Its time to force change: Suggestion Thread

all the celtic stores need to be like ghost towns ,thats the starting point not another penny spent .some of you twitter guys can get the ball rolling with a #notanotherpenny

 

My suggestions are pretty basic, and may do * all, but it allows the fans to make a very obvious gesture...

1) Turn up to the matches wearing no club colours, all completely decked out in black - representing the death of the club, cash black hole, disappearance of the fans - pick your metaphor.

2) it's 2025 and they're killing our club, so an organised fan gesture between the 20th and 25th minute - silence, turn your backs, boo - pick whatever makes the biggest impact.

3) boycott of non-essential produce and merch - bring own food, try to avoid buying drinks, no official merch only fans-based materials.

4) refuse to leave the ground after the matches are over and do formal protest against the board - support the team until the end but make it clear it's OUR ground and we'll not be pushed out

 

They have us over a barrel any financial boycott they will point to the 'rainy day fund' being justified

 

let off a few flares ,* uefa ,* israel banner should get us some fines help relieve the * of that £80 m they think is theirs

 

I know where he lives unless he's moved haha

 

One thing that is a requirement is unity among the fans. We still have board apologists there and we all know if dissent emerges among the fanbase what the board will attempt to do is divide and conquer, the Green Brigae are not everyones cup of tea and they will be the first targeted.

Unfortunately fan ownership which is fantastic idea is principle is not realistic so fans been to join together, they need a movement that will do the protesting, demonstrations and whatever else to keep the heat and spotlight on the board but they also need to have people who can call and look for outward investment. Many clubs are ran by capitalists and billionaires but they run those clubs properly, they runs those clubs to grow and compete and we need that kind of ownership - none of current shareholders have any ambition, passion or vision for Celtic, they are all passive investors who have handover their stake to a bunch of Tory trustees who are too lacking in the expertise or work ethic to grow Celtic.

The Celtic Trust is probably the best group to move this but maybe its time to move away from fan ownership to a investment group who have the capital to actually take a significant share with Celtic and have the ambition and values that are aligned with the fans - to make Celtic the best possible version of itself it can be.

 

There will be no unity amongst the fans, thats clear to see from this forum alone. Now take the wider Celtic fan base into account, I just cant see it happening. Even last week people getting upset with "sack the board" chants ffs. If social media is anything to go by we can forget it

From happy clappers, to season ticket holders, day trippers, people that favour boycotts, bact the team no the board folk, people that go for social and family reasons, There are so many different aspects of supporting Celtic to get the entire fanbase singing from the same song sheet is gonna be difficult.

Yesterday might change that but im doubtful. I honestly believe the only way anything changes is if DD is bought out.

Dermot Desmond is the route of every single issue at this club, a man that couldn't really give 2 * about Celtic. Problem is hes a vein billionaire, they don't tend to lose much so until hes feed up i think we are stuck with him. Its * demoralising

 

I genuinely haven't heard so many of our fans as angry as they are just now with many of them saying they're done. Hopefully fans groups and supporters groups come together to organise some form of protest that is nonviolent but effective

 

That doesn't affect the board. It just enables them vilainise the fans

 

Protests. Banners. Walkouts. Boycotts. Letting them know and feel it more than ever this time and make them severely uncomfortable. Hit them in the pocket as much as possible from here on in..

There's plenty of ways where they'd have to sit up and take notice..

Even fan podcasts last night were talking about this and saying all we hear is this 'can't' be done but no one has a clue as they've never been put under enough pressure. Covid season was their blessing and the polis and barriers were put up in the end..

Think Paul John Dykes was another one last night saying they absolutely hate getting it rotten at games. They even had the tannoy turned up full pelt to drown out the sack the board chants and were raging by all accounts at the stick they were getting..

It can't continue like this. It's time for change. It's inevitable what's coming for us, we can all see it..

 

To be honest–the best chance you got is come up with a case, something, anything, make arrests, stir the shitstorm. You gotta hope to reach a point of critical mass where other people will come forward and the board will crack. Remember, fundamentally people are suckers for the truth, and the truth is on your side, ‘bubbas. I hope you get a break…

 

A lot of us never believed we'd get rid of the Kelly dynasty but we did. The pressure put on them by the Celts for Chage group worked and that's the type of thing we need now. Hopefully some of our wealthier fans and perhaps members of the board who can see what's happening to our club can do something along with all the fans' groups. Im sure Adidas wouldn't be too pleased if we all stopped buying their merchandise for a start and would be asking questions as to why its happening

 

their days of dividing and vilianising fans are over

 

This is the best bet.. there's a Celtic Trust thread with Duncan Smillie's full interview with the Celtic Way

 

Only thing that will work is empty seats and not parting with our money for their merchandise and tickets.

Anything else, the board will be able to ignore it or do a symbolic gesture of *.

If we protest every weekend, you may see Tiadale and/or Nicholson leave, much like the time ML and JD was shown the door to pay lip service to it.

But that will be the limit of what the club will do

Financially we need to hit the board. With near £100m in bank, we could refuse Europa and cup tickets all season and they'll take note, and it wouldn't hot the club too hard. That £100m will dwindle but the squad shouldn't in theory be hit - the board would try it, but the idea is to push them to true change.

If anyone doesn't have the appetite for that sort of thing or has the opinion "i would, but someone else will buy my ticket" then it's just exactly what the board expect you to do.

It's the same with politics and voting, one vote may not seem to matter, but collectively if we all done it, it will.
We can't all sit here thinking "I" don't make a difference. We all need to play our part.

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They are regularly embarrased and pilliored in the media and it seems to have no effect on them. European embarrassments come and go enough times now to know that doesnt bother them.

Only time ive seen them spooked was covid when practically had to charge the gates and drag them out

 

Other things to back/take serious is the Trust trying to get all the fan shares to be pooled/under one voice and make a collective voice that can make a change.

Sure a few years back there was posts on here about it as well, but quiet since

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Expose these * for the "old firm" worshiping scum that they are. Find out about any other commercial interests they have, and screw them.

Target their families with our concerns. Nothing excessive or illegal, but let their family members know that we hate the *.

If needed make sure ALL family members of the * on our board know that we detest them, and they are guilty by association.

Nothing ilegal but hound them in every legal way possible.

We don't need rangers to be Celtic.

 

I've never known the fan base to be as united against them but I still think there will be a few who will be satasfied with Tisdale getting sacked. The amount of folk that have came off the hcts scheme should at the very least make them aware of the feeling of the support if they didn't already but I'll be shocked if it changes anything

 

This is me right now can't be arsed watching * boring games so deflated for the season to come