The Celtic Board has got to go, no matter the outcome of this window

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·20 gennaio 2026

The Celtic Board has got to go, no matter the outcome of this window

The catchy chant that is ‘the Celtic board have got to go’ has been heard ringing around Celtic Park and away venues in recent months, and it’s a sentiment that the overwhelming majority of Celtic supporters will agree with…

Chris McKay, Michael Nicholson and Brian Wilson – Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic, Scottish Cup 4th Round, Rugby Park. Sunday 18 January 2026. Photo Vagelis Georgariou ( The Celtic Star)

Our club has been incompetently run for quite some time now, and it beggars belief that those who operate in the corridors of power of Celtic Park are still receiving their generous annual salaries with perks and bonuses on top.

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The shambles that was the last January transfer window, to the calamity that was the summer one, is now threatening to disrupt the current one, at a time we are in a three way fight for the title. It is utterly unacceptable and should warrant instant dismissal for all involved.

Brendan Rodgers talks to the media after the match. Hearts v Celtic, 26 October 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

They stabbed Brendan Rodgers in the back for pointing out the obvious – that the Celtic squad in the summer needed strengthening after so many goals had been taken out of the team through the sales of Kyogo (£10m), Nicolas Kuhn (£17m) and Adam Idah (£7m) who were eventually replaced by a project signing from Japan (Shin Yamada), a seldom fit free agent (Kelechi Iheanacho) and Johnny Kenny.

Manager Celtic Wilfried Nancy of Celtic looks on after Celtic’s loss in the Premier League match between Motherwell and Celtic at Fir Park on December 30, 2025 in Motherwell, Scotland. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)

Then then gave Wilfried Nancy his job and that cost us the Premier Sports Cup final against St Mirren, a damaging heavy home defeat in the Europa League against Roma and a dozen valuable Scottish Premiership points losing to Hearts, Dundee United, Motherwell and theRangers.

There is also the slight possibility that our incompetent custodians might pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat in terms of a ‘marquee’ signing before the window slams shut, but knowing them it would most likely turn out to be a three legged hare.

Arne Engels of Celtic. Falkirk v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, Falkirk Stadium, 14 January 2026. Photo Vagelis Georgariou

There’s talk of Arne Engels being sold to RB Leipzig (£12m) and they will be all over that like a rash eyeing another cash windfall and another transfer window when they make a profit.

Even so, if Dermot somehow uses our considerable cash reserves meant for a rain day (£75m) – weather report, it’s flaming pouring down – or even his own wealth (no laughing at the back) to bring in a Robbie Keane type signing, it still wouldn’t change the supporters stance towards the billionaire, and his cronies who are dragging our club down with their sheer incompetence.

Our starting XI against Auchinleck Talbot on Sunday was yet more evidence of their failings. It’s why Brendan Rodgers felt the need to stand down, the total and utter failure to add quality to a side who could achieve so much more. After all it’s only just under a year ago we went toe to toe with Bayern Munich in the Champions League, and now look where we are.

Michael Nicholson and Brian Wilson. Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic, Scottish Cup 4th Round, Rugby Park. Sunday 18 January 2026. Photo Vagelis Georgariou ( The Celtic Star)

Hopefully we do add a few more additions to our ailing squad, but even then it’s still too late for this board. They simply have to be removed. The Non-Execs have been there way to long and bring nothing to the table, they are standing in the way of fresh talent with new ideas and insight. Michael Nicholson is never a Celtic CEO and has done zero to make anyone think that he is deserving of the £750k salary he draws from the club.

Ange Postecoglou and Dominic McKay Unveiling – Celtic Park Celtic new manager Ange Postecoglou poses for a photo at Celtic Park Glasgow. Picture date: Friday June 25, 2021. Photo: Jeff Holmes

Former SPL CEO Roger Mitchell recently described Nicholson as no more than a conveyancing lawyer. Michael Nicholson is a back-room guy, good at contracts but that about it. Why was he ever over promoted to Celtic CEO, a role that requires outstanding leadership and communications skills. They chased Dom McKay after a few weeks in the job, as soon as the previous season’s protests had died down. They even brought Peter Lawwell back as Chairman after he had to resign after the COVID season shambles.

Nicholson got the job because he was inside the tent and incidentally Brendan Rodgers lost his because he was reluctant to put the board before the club. He wouldn’t toe the line and he wanted the best possible Celtic team on the park so that we could compete in European football.

At the AGM (baby Desmond’s statement) and in other pronouncements, ie Lawwell’s retirement address, the fact that we merely qualified for Europe is now being sold as a success story. Gaslighting the support might work on some but not many.

As the catchy chant says, ‘The Celtic Board has got to go, the Celtic Board has got to go…”

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