Sack Race?

[TheDeeDon]

I read that he pulled out as didn't want to be rejected twice by them, as they are going all out on Muscat.

I am sure that the boy Muscat will be staunch/loyal enough and keep a polished pair of brown brogues handy.

Also stories about him having a ?2 million release clause in his contract. Be funny if that come to pass and he lasted as long as Martin did.

[OneBrianIrvine]

They’ve overlooked him for years and now he’s worth buying out of a contract? Ha.

The boy Martin had been heading for the door for weeks yet apparently IF Muscat comes it won’t be until November.

They’re just pig sick in case anyone else publicly turns them down.

Muscats agent must be like a pig in ****.

[swaddon2]

Big Ange's impassioned speech yesterday didn't work. He's been fired by Forest after 39 days.

He was punted just 17 minutes after the final whistle today. That's brutal. Although I suppose it stops him having a sleepless night worrying about his job.

[Jormungand]

Big Ange's impassioned speech yesterday didn't work. He's been fired by Forest after 39 days.

He was punted just 17 minutes after the final whistle today. That's brutal. Although I suppose it stops him having a sleepless night worrying about his job.

Easy money if you can get it

[blowupsheep]

Big Ange's impassioned speech yesterday didn't work. He's been fired by Forest after 39 days.

He was punted just 17 minutes after the final whistle today. That's brutal. Although I suppose it stops him having a sleepless night worrying about his job.

Can you imagine the unwashed hun scum in total meltdown when Ange get's linked the manager's job there, that would be pure comedy gold

[blowupsheep]

surely the next name to be the subject for discussion on this thread deserves to be our very Thelin.
tick tock tick tock
Surely to god he cannot keep surviving this shambles

[Jupiter]

Woof - Timmy meltdown, Brenda out at Celtic and Martin O'Neill back in.

[OneBrianIrvine]

Belter. And we have the cheek to moan about our club

By Celtic Football Club



27 Oct 2025, 9:59 pm

Brendan Rodgers has today tendered his resignation as manager of Celtic Football Club.

I want to acknowledge Brendan’s contribution across his two spells as Manager, during which he helped deliver success that forms part of the club’s modern history. However, I must also express my deep disappointment at the way the past several months have unfolded.

When we brought Brendan back to Celtic two years ago, it was done with complete trust and belief in his ability to lead the club into a new era of sustained success. Unfortunately, his conduct and communication in recent months have not reflected that trust.

In June, both Michael Nicholson and I expressed to Brendan that we were keen to offer him a contract extension, to reaffirm the club’s full backing and long-term commitment to him. He said he would need to think about it and revert. Yet in subsequent press conferences, Brendan implied that the club had made no commitment to offer him a contract. That was simply untrue.

We met with Brendan regularly, including in December last year and at the start of the summer, with regular dialogue in between, to discuss and agree our collective strategy, priorities, and approach. Every player signed and every player sold during his tenure was done so with Brendan’s full knowledge, approval, and endorsement. Any insinuation otherwise is absolutely false.

His later public statements about transfers and club operations came entirely out of the blue. At no point prior to those remarks had he raised any such concerns with me, Michael, or any member of the Board or executive team. In reality, he was given final say over all football matters and was consistently backed in the recruitment process including record investment in players he personally identified and approved.

When his comments were made publicly, I sought to address them directly. Brendan and I met for over three hours at his home in Scotland to discuss the issue. Despite ample opportunity, he was unable to identify a single instance where the club had obstructed or failed to support him. The facts did not match his public narrative.

Regrettably, his words and actions since then have been divisive, misleading, and self-serving. They have contributed to a toxic atmosphere around the club and fuelled hostility towards members of the executive team and the Board. Some of the abuse directed at them, and at their families, has been entirely unwarranted and unacceptable.

Every member of the Board and executive team is deeply passionate about Celtic and acts at all times with professionalism, integrity, and a shared desire for success. What has failed recently was not due to our structure or model, but to one individual’s desire for self-preservation at the expense of others.

Celtic’s structure - where the manager oversees football, the Chief Executive manages operations, and the Board provides oversight - has served the club with great success for more than two decades. We all share the same ambition: to ensure Celtic?s continued success domestically and to achieve further progress in Europe. Every pound generated by the club is reinvested towards those goals and the continuous improvement of Celtic Football Club.

Celtic is greater than any one person. Our focus now is on restoring harmony, strengthening the squad, and continuing to build a club worthy of its values, traditions, and supporters.

Dermot Desmond

[TheDeeDon]

Brendan Rodgers out and Martin O'Neil in at Celtic.

It's a funny old game right enough.

[blowupsheep]

Brendan Rodgers out and Martin O'Neil in at Celtic.

It's a funny old game right enough.

Aye and that's the same Martin O'Neil that some hours before being announced as the interim Timothy gaffer publicly said that Hearts would win the league this season

[Don Julio]

Savvy expectation management, that.

[swaddon2]

I think Martin O'Neill is a good lad, but he's 73 years old and the game has moved on since he was a top level manager.

Still, it's not my problem, so I don't really care.

[RED_JOHN]

Celtic have expectations, Rangers have little other than hope, Aberdeen though have nothing but tolerance. We don?t act professionally as a football team and even though our current manager has been the most back in the history of the club we still find ourselves tolerating being 2nd bottom of the poor Scottish league.
It has been a real problem of the club over numerous years that standards regarding professionalism on the pitch and on the training field have been very accepted by our club boards.
Aberdeen are nothing more than a stuttering wreck of a club (football wise) nowadays. Far too many people accept this and that is the real issue.

[blowupsheep]

I think Martin O'Neill is a good lad, but he's 73 years old and the game has moved on since he was a top level manager.

Still, it's not my problem, so I don't really care.

My thoughts as well Swaddon.
Was actually thinking that this has shades of being the green and white version of when we appointed Warnock