With crisis comes opportunity
Its been the best International break of recent times. Plenty to discuss and none of them laughing matters.
Last Sunday morning Derek would have been the waking up laughing and once he heard Rangers were in the news he would have believed praise was coming. His feel-good factor got blasted out of the blue (pardon the pun) and now all the current players are properly aware of the past I hope. It was hard to turn anywhere but their name was getting dragged into a comparison chart with England’s team in blue.
The Parkhead bigwigs may or may not have been laughing at them being unexpectedly dragged back into the uncomfortable past, but the smiles would have ceased upon hearing Brendan is visiting the supporters for an evening of chit-chat. Ahem.
The attempt to shift the narrative was as transparent as it was pathetic. They dragged a young ex-players race into the mix, then our well known links to the City Group was deemed sufficient evidence of guilt by association.
Nothing will happen up north, we all know that, but it’s delicious knowing some must squirm when quotes like “tainted titles” and “we all know” are given much airwave time.
The debate between them and the “we lived the moment” crowd is very interesting and revealing.
Its also frustrating because each camp is correct in their view, if anything it could be said those that celebrated the winning got more out of the tainted years as yes they own those memories.
But football is not just about the memory. If we whallop Motherwell 5-0 you would probably say that was money well spent and a good memory. Football should never been squeezed soo much that the memories of a single game or games surpass the highs and lows of the entire journey from start to finish. Aguero was a fleeting moment, the Tommy title was the trip of a lifetime.
It’s good to see the sport truly and properly kickstarted into action over club ownership and rule changes will be proposed by the supposed 15 who would vote City out per the rags. Introspection and restructure is called for at club level, better guardrails and more grassroots help from Gov.
It didn’t happen in Scotland, but there’s a world in which this City malarkey really helps tie the rest together and form closer bonds.
It’s too early to say if this is the best thing that ever happened to them, but there’s a chance. With crisis comes opportunity.
By Mahe
sentinelcelts@gmail.com
Rook,
I’m glad some are at least letting Desmond know how we feel. Do I think anything we do makes a blind bit of difference to him? I wish I could yes.
I know some would be happy to see guys like me either let go of my feelings on the man, or just clam up and disappear, I’m sorry to disappoint them but I’m in for the long haul, and the hope that I’m still able to enjoy Celtic long after he has fecked off and found another thing to toy with.
HH 🍀
Stolen from a poster on the other channel
https://x.com/CFC_Collective/status/2106399099662872692?s=20
Footage of “The Owner” getting his golf game disturbed
BP,
AHH, the trombone? Yeah, I was right, I don’t remember reading that at all, very interesting.
It’s a real shame you both didn’t meet 30 years earlier when you were both musically active, or we might have had another Beatles on our hands, eh? Jim on the brass etc, and you doing your thing on the drums, all you’d have needed was me to bring my Fender along and away we might have went .. straight on to top of the pops! 😊
🥁 🎺 🎸
HH 💚🍀
BAD that would have been a great band, you on guitar, jim on trombone, me on drums, and the late delaneys dunky on bass guitar,another true story👍👍👍
We don’t need to know the exact details of what happened between Brendan and the club to know Desmond used the situation, and Brendan’s name, to shift any focus that might have been on him or the board.
And without knowing exactly what went on in the relationship between Desmond and Brendan, I know which one I’d prefer to break bread with.
BP,
As I was never really interested in being famous, I’d be the George Harrison of the group
On the name of our band id go with – BIG PACKY AND THE REBELS 😉
HH 🍀
Big Packy
The Happiest of Happy Birthdays to Wee Joan
waydoonsouthCSC
October 3, 2026 2:32 pm
I know but would that have happened if the club had stuck to its founding values?
No house divided for a start.
Celtic as a whole club lost its way when those responsible saw it as a money maker.
An accusation that remains today although to exist Celtic has to make money but not at the price (I mean division) that is being paid.
Its sad to see how much joy has been sucked away from being a Celtic supporter.
Bawheid.
October 3, 2026 10:22 am
Did I not make your shareholders records collection known to either Celtic Trust or CSL or am I confusing that with your memorabilia.?
Nabbla
You know fine well that the comment you selectively harvest described on field chaos.
Ex M -;nope you will have to enlighten me as to
Which comment? What am I harvesting?
In short whit ard you havering bout?
“The same coaching team, the same formation, tactics and personnel deployed with the inevitable head scratching substitutions – what possibly can go wrong?
ExM I look forward to you asking MoN those questions with the same vitriol and disdain.
£100 to Mahes charity if you done that to his face lols,good venting but I know if you even attempted to speak like that to MoN youd be popped.lol good typin tho mmmm
Hoping for some sort of miracle transformation but expecting the grinding tedium of a hopeless, failed system.” A shitshow. I stand by that opinion.
Off field the obvious, dysfunctional, failed operation can also be fairly described as a shitshow.
ExM I have seen worse and stuck by my team.no walking away here.
You feel differently about it – good for you.
Celtic legend he undoubtedly is but MoN is yesterday’s man – I referred to him as an Capn Mainwaring/ Corporal Jones mash up I think – and said he should retire gracefully, he’s become a caricature, hence the description – sadly we’d be left with the gormless Private Pike & extras
Ex M thats it let it all out,show that typing prowess and try very badly at having a go at our manager,dont stop there but mind nae kicking tellys
If I had a seat number I wouldn’t give it to you for fear of being stalked, but would happily chat over an overpriced pie and Bovril at half time at one of the many quality food outlets our club provides around the crumbling concrete concourse.
Ex M oh be quiet,your paranoia and delusions are unfoundedtho not as funny as your view on MoN.which borders on the disgusting
Why are you dishing out grief to a fellow Celt when you go yourself?,or is your head fried you dont go to games,but do go,boycott but dont boycott,its all very wishy-washy and meaningless bland.
Me,consistent.i go see Celtic.
HH
Saint Stivs on 3rd October 2026 10:42 am
saying it forever.
only another owner changing sides and voting against desmond makes a difference.
same as itwas in 94.
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Its not the same as 94 . Celtic are no where closure and although we complain about lack of squad spend and selling our best player for a profit that profit is recycled into football earnings.
It is that policy that will enable Celtic to maintain and perhaps increase spend as far as FSR SCR allows.
To that will be added around £34m from player trading from Engels, Maeda,Hatate, Kenny and Nawrocki.
The issue is getting bang per buck in recruiting with better balance between football needs and finance so that football helps the finance.
Next summer our profit will depend on how much we get for AJ and Nygen Bauer. Duran will hopefully not need to be sold but unless we do see players in the squad raise their game enough to attract high bids then we will need every penny not spent to stop squad wages falling and with it football quality.
Waydoonsouth.12.29
To my knowledge there is no NDA with BR
I agree BR won’t speak out of turn.regardless.
HH
TSATC ,cheers pal, hope you are well👍👍👍👍👍❤
BAD that sounds like a good name to me😎😎😎😎
Aw Naw..
David Conn of The Guardian to whom I wrote at length in a vain attempt to tell him he was lied to.
I wonder if he now recollects the differences between how the EPL are dealing with Man City and how the SFA lied to him.
I hope you and others can find time to read the article and letter at.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ozvqcD924JD_GfwF24jzpuuMFX1617C/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=107947982974245186134&rtpof=true&sd=true
Who knows the effort made back then might still have an impact now.
Alex Thomson too remembers the events well and why he gave up pursuing after the Supreme Court ruling as it was obvious to him by the Scottish football is a bent as a nine bob note.
Yet as Mags occasionally reminds us folk pay a lot more than that to watch a circus, which to be fair does occupy our attention.
I wonder if the news that BR was booked to speak in public raised eyebrows or had eyes rolling at Celtic?
Auldheid,
Don’t let them grind you down, they’ll be gone one day and us fans will still be there.
Still get joy from small things in Celtic, sure LASK 3-0 with that CL theme was joyful.
Alas we couldn’t do it.
Small things, SK won the Asian Cup so Yang
wont be doing his National Service, Jota back soon hopefully.
See, always look on the bright side of life.
Nabbla
“Ex.machine
Seeing Celtic is a complete shitshow is it?”
This comment you started your diatribe with at 7.43 am today.
Too long ago to recall? Who is havering now?
I stand by everything I’ve said, you churn out your
passive – aggressive rhetoric as much as you care to.
I’ll survive your own “meaningless, bland” content.
“Oh be quiet” 😂 😂
I’m off to an Exploited gig in Glesga so will reply tomoz when sober etc ,hope that doesn’t sound fecking pretentious, I cant shake off that punk feeling from first hearing The Clash in 77.
Have a good Saturday night y’all
The Gangster will be more embarrassed today,than he will ever be at CP,as he’s never there,fk him
Dundee keeper, Goodman, gets his first cap for Canada today.
Ex Machina
October 3, 2026 6:12 pm
Nabbla
“Ex.machine
Seeing Celtic is a complete shitshow is it?”
This comment you started your diatribe with at 7.43 am today.
N-Diatribe- what,saying consistently i go to see Celtic? Lmao@ your english,tis a bit vacuous and luxuriant in emphasis when uncalled fior
Too long ago to recall? Who is havering now?
N- like this,you trying to shine an imbecilic light on me but forget what you post on sat nite 9.45…there is irony there lolS
I stand by everything I’ve said, you churn out your
passive – aggressive rhetoric as much as you care to.
I’ll survive your own “meaningless, bland” content.
N- of course you stand by what you say and as I say never in a million years would you approach and question MoN face to face with such over use of english,as i said a massive variance with what typists like you think and real world,also £100 to the mission if you ,came out with your venting guff in front of him.you know fine you would never come out with such stuff…
but it makes rare typinGoin to games is
What do you call someone who would not ask him what he types to his face?
Is that passive aggressive enough for you?
quite bland but is part of me since 4’0 win in 69 final.
Its sound advice(below)
“Oh be quiet” 😂
HH
HarvestingCsc
So dispiriting when Englandshire score 7 in Croatia and their previous equals (or betters), the Scots, can’t buy a goal against Slovenia or Switzerland.
BAD
I am not one of some guys and if you feel angry and let your peace depend on DD leaving that is just where you and I differ.
When I do mention the F word it is for those who might be ready to consider doing it.
It is not aimed at you or to upset you and when you mention the word in same para as sneaky and rat then I think it might be personal and so far off the mark I broke my rule and addressed you.
I will leave it there.
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I know some would be happy to see guys like me either let go of my feelings on the man, or just clam up and disappear, I’m sorry to disappoint them but I’m in for the long haul, and the hope that I’m still able to enjoy Celtic long after he has fecked off and found another thing to toy with.
Geez, Celtic gubbed 7-1 by the Huns at the Braehead sixes.😱
INIQUITOUS IV
October 3, 2026 7:31 pm
‘So dispiriting when Englandshire score 7 in Croatia and their previous equals (or betters), the Scots, can’t buy a goal against Slovenia or Switzerland.’
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The standard of Scottish football (both the international team and the domestic leagues) is as bad as it’s ever been.
In England it’s probably as good as it’s ever been.
It is what it is.
Big Packy
I hope you are well. Happy birthday to Joan. Please send her my best wishes.
INIQUITOUS IV
Who was the ref? Hugh Dallas? 😡
Hail Hail.
Even our Tennents sixes team is struggling, we just got smashed 7-1 by the Huns 😳
HI MAGUA long time no speak, hope you are well❤❤👍
No celtic players in Scotland starting line-up, as the lead Northern Macedonia 0-1
Big Packy
👍☘️
As if it wasn’t bad enough watching the Scotland team, weve got to listen to McLeod and McFudden .
Nabbla
I’ll have my say, you have yours. And no, I won’t “be quiet”. Your baiting will be ignored til it needs to be addressed.
I suspect you enjoy what you consider verbal oneupmanship just a bit too much.
Your writing style hints at that.
MIT,
There might not be any Celtic players starting the game but there’s two ex players playing who we could be doing with right now.
Bluegrass
as more Scottish players play in better leagues, it will eventually but inevitably improve the standard of the Scottish team… but for today, I gave up on the Scotland and Canada games, and switched over to the Spain Czechia game
A prerequisite for being a commentator or panelist at Scotland game is ability to put lipstick on a pig.
It seems they also have got message that Gilmour is the new Zidane.
Gannon Doak is a guy who can run fast but lacks footballing ability.
Ref overturns Gannon Doak penalty after VAR review.
Despite commentators view he dived.
Scotland finally score a goal after an astonishing 428 minutes without one.
Scotland 2-0. McGinn penalty.
Miovski astonished that a penalty gets awarded against his team, you ain’t playing for sevco tonight.
Auldheid, Hope you are well.
Doesn’t really matter nobody gives a shit anyway, too busy throwing tennis balls.
New balls please. To think that at one time we kicked the tanner baws for fun and honed our skills dribbling through the Irn Bru bottles.
McGinn scores penalty 2-0
Commentators with orgasmic drivel.
Surprised they haven’t praised Gilmour yet though he wasn’t involved.
Craig 76
In fairness penalty was soft.
But in the best wee country would never have been given.
Still don’t understand why we got rid of Welsh.
Throwing Tennis balls at a petulant megalomaniac when he is doing the only thing he gives a fuck about may backfire big time. Knowing the vindictive prick that he is, he does have the power and wealth to buy 100% of Celtic PLC shares (instead of 34+17) then you can put that in yer pipe and smoke it. Then you really will have to give up your season tickets instead of protesting not a penny more bullshit.
Macedonia are dreadful.
They look like a team from lower league.
The new coach has Scotland playing positions better.
Against this level of opponent easy but against better quality will be the real test.
ATOB
Instead of bitchin to others why dont you come on and discuss. Its one of the reasons Bobby and Mahe set up the blog
McKenna rash tackle gets him the red card. Robertson suicide pass caused it.
McKenna red card.
When will our defenders learn to stay on there feet?
Two players in two games tells you everything you need to know of game intelligence.
New coach has his work cut out!
Ure gets ball in clear veers wide and shoots into side net.
Mike in Toronto
October 3, 2026 8:57 pm
Bluegrass
“as more Scottish players play in better leagues, it will eventually but inevitably improve the standard of the Scottish team.”
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Hi Mike:
Respectfully disagree with you. For example, I think that there are only 6 Scots in possibly the toughest league in the world, the EPL, and they all feature today – McGinn, McBurnie, Hickey, Gannon-Doaks, Robertson and Christie. I can remember when the top English league had Scots in almost every team, with several teams having multiples. Leeds with Bremner, Jordan, Lorimer, Gray, Man U with Crerand, Law, Morgan etc.
Most of today’s Scots EPL representatives are on the downside of their careers, and I can see a future EPL with no Scots at all. The French academies are turning out dozens of potential internationals every year, the EPL is spoiled for choice, and the world is their oyster.
HH
INIQUITOUS IV😊