Nancy has gone, so too has Tisdale. It’s time to save our season

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·5 January 2026

Nancy has gone, so too has Tisdale. It’s time to save our season

Hallelujah! Nancy has gone, so too has Tisdale. Next up should be Nicholson and co. Now let’s go and save our season...

Wilfried Nancy. Premier Sports Cup Final. 14 December 2025. St Mirren v Celtic. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

Hallelujah the Celtic hierarchy have actually seen sense and fired the hopeless pairing of Wilfried Nancy with Paul Tisdale also leaving much to the delight of Celtic supporters everywhere.

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Nancy will go down as the worst ever manager in the history of the football club after just weeks in charge, and to be honest he can count himself lucky he lasted as long as he did. He ripped up the spine of our side, and demoralised the players and supporters with his insane philosophy and approach to the game.

Wilfried Nancy, Dundee Utd v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. Tannadice, 17 December 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

Although we can celebrate the revitalisation of our season, the clouds have not totally disappeared over Celtic park, far from it, as Michael Nicholson and his cronies should be next in following the Frenchman, Tisdale and their old chum Lawwell out the door.

First things first though, and the appointment of a new boss should be done asap, either interim or permanent, but it must be the right man, that goes without saying.

The rumour mill will undoubtedly cry for Martin O’Neill, but it’s unclear if he will want a second shot so soon after coming to our rescue after the departure of Brendan Rodgers.

Shaun Maloney and Martin O’Neill at Celtic Park on October 28, 2025 (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

One man who could be interested is Shaun Maloney who is of course still employed by the club, and for me I’d take him all day long as he would undoubtedly kickstart our title as was shown during his short cameo with Martin O’Neill when he more than played his part. Although to be fair i’d take Sean Bean if it meant binning Wilfried Nancy!!

Maloney incidentally has been working alongside Paul Tisdale in the transfer market preparations so will already be up to speed on the targets that have been identified. Where he agrees with all the calls Tisdale was making remains to be seen but there is time to change course if need be and still bring in the signings we need.

I noted earlier that the title was still ours to lose if we got rid of Nancy, and you’d better believe I still feel the same way.

Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney celebrate Celtic’s opening goal during the Premier League match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on October 29, 2025 (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Let’s get the right man in and kickstart our season. The league is there to be won, and we can now feel all that more confident going forward and the decision will undoubtedly be a major boost to the Celtic players who clearly were lost playing Nancy’s peculiar brand of football that gifted so many points to teams we should have beaten.

Only Motherwell were worthy of the three points against us but in the rest of the game Nancy kept shooting himself in the foot with his kamikaze approach to defending.

Supporters will be happy at the news and will now be looking forward to the game against Dundee United this weekend, after many had earlier in the day begun to contemplate a boycott. This is not the end though, more changes are needed and there also needs to be a complete re-set in the attitude in the Boardroom towards the support.

Green Brigade gesture prior to the UEFA Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

The next announcement should be lifting the ban on the Green Brigade and refunding them for the ticket money for the money games that they have missed.

An apology should also be given to the Celtic fan media and a meeting set up to discuss clear rules for both sides – Celtic unilaterally and without cause broke the current arrangement and there is no going back to that.

03.01.2026 Celtic v theRangers, Scottish Premiership. Brian Wilson, Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO / News Licensing

And then there’s the Celtic Fans Collective which is NOT going to go away. It’s a new reality on the Celtic landscape and it’s going to play an important role going forward representing the Celtic support.

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