[Official TC Thread] General Fan Action & Sack the Board Thread - TalkCeltic Signed letter

Think this could end up a bit of a mess. Prob be a bit cringe tbh. By the time we get to the Motherwell game I think this will get binned, if not before then.

 

So, the Braga game looks like it will be close to a sellout, with fans who cant normally get to the games snapping up tickets.. the individual tickets are more expensive than the season ticket packages.. so those boycotting have inadvertently given the board more cash.

Boycotting doesn't work as there's 20,000 waiting to take their seats.

 

That’s the worst bit.. and the plc know it..

The real hammer would be fir STs to not be bought in the first place… but again.. we and they know there’s a waitlist..

The plc/board are Teflon coated on this..

Money is all that matters and that is guaranteed.

I don’t think they will give a monkeys about silent protests..
They have zero impact on finances.

 

There's a limit as to what we can do..

The important thing is the fanbase in united and we keep the pressure on..

 

This really has died a death very quickly.

Silent protests will do absolutely * all. Has been very little action since the initial Kilmarnock game bar a few chats.

 

Protest should be simple to be effective.

Loud and proud with songs, chants and banners before and after the game.
Get behind the team during the 90.
Repeat until action taken.

 

Yeah strange how a sidentyg protest could get a majority vote. A loud protest would be 10x better

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The debate over the Celtic Collective’s plan for silence has become a proxy war over what it really means to support your club. On one side, the Celtic Fans Collective has mapped out escalating demonstrations: 12 minutes against Hibs, 29 against Braga, 32 against Motherwell. On the other, dissenting voices online insist this is nothing more than self-sabotage, a cold shoulder to the players instead of the men in suits upstairs.
Some fans argue the silence hurts the players more than the board. It sounds convincing at first, but only if you stop at the surface. Look closer and you see it’s not the team on the pitch who are being left in the cold. That argument, as predictable as another limp European exit, misses the point. The silence is not aimed at Callum McGregor or any of the men wearing the shirt. It is aimed at the directors’ box.







Supporters know their power is limited. They cannot sack a chairman, set a transfer budget, or drag Celtic into the modern era of football governance by sheer will. What they can do is withhold their energy, their voice, their heartbeat. In doing so, they show how lifeless the club feels when fans are reduced to paying customers.

The Collective’s own words prove how deliberate the plan is. These are not chaotic boycotts but measured, time-boxed protests. Goals will still be cheered. Big tackles will still be applauded. The silence itself is the message, a glimpse of Celtic Park stripped of its soul. In many ways, it plays out like a tragedy on stage. Act I, the silence. Act II, the eruption of noise once it ends. Act III, the unanswered question of why supporters feel forced to act this way at all.

Those who oppose the protests often fall back on the cliché: “Back the team” Yet it is possible to do both. Nobody is stopping dissenters from singing through the muted minutes. The anger appears to also be coming from fans who think this is just the Green Brigade at work. Let this be clear, this is not some niche grievance of ultras. More than 400 Celtic organisations—supporters’ clubs, fan media like CeltsAreHere, and associations across the globe—stand behind the action. They see no contradiction. For them, this is not a withdrawal of support but an act of defence. A defence of standards, ambition in Europe, and a club identity that cannot be reduced to balance sheets and dividends.

And that is where the focus lands: Michael Nicholson, Peter Lawwell, and Chris McKay. The CEO, chairman, and chief financial officer sit at the heart of the boardroom decisions that have drained so much faith from the terraces. Dermot Desmond’s day will come, but for now the anger is aimed at the men in Glasgow. Their choices, their inaction, and their vision—or lack of it—are what the silence exposes most brutally.






Here lies the uncomfortable truth for the directors. The silence can end tomorrow if the board is willing to sit down, listen, and act in good faith. They have chosen not to. Instead, Celtic plc now looks less like a football club and more like a cash register, run to keep the profits steady while ambition gathers dust. Their European record, when qualifiers are required, pratfalls and missed opportunities, is proof of how far the institution has drifted.

The silence is not about weakening Celtic. It is about reminding those in charge who breathes life into the place. Without the supporters, Celtic Park is just another ground, another business, another shell. With them, it becomes one of the most intimidating arenas in Europe.

And here is the heart of it: staying silent is not easy for these supporters. Silence goes against instinct. It fights every fibre of what it means to follow Celtic, to roar and sing and lift the team in moments of struggle. That is why the act carries such weight. It is not born of apathy but of desperation. Of people who feel ignored and misrepresented, taking the only tool left to them and wielding it in unison.

So challenge it if you want. Mock it if you must. But understand this. In the end, the silence belongs to the protestors, not the directors and not the doubters. It belongs to people who give their hearts every week and who, for a few chosen minutes, take them back to prove a point. They know the silence hurts. That is the point. Because only through that pain can they show the board what Celtic truly is. And when the noise returns, it will not just be sound. It will be a statement that this club is still theirs.

 

I hoped for more from everyone to be honest. A half hearted sack the board chant late on.

 

There was a few sack the board chants to be fair

 

They need to scrap whatever this so called plan was because that protest was terrible. Told the fans they can cheer before the game and react during the game, which is what majority of people in the stadium do every game anyway. Only difference was the green brigade's corner was quiet for 12 minutes, which means very little because the board would happily see them silent until the end of time. Even when they started singing again, not a peep about the board until the dying minutes when half the people already left. Shows no unity or any real negative energy towards the board. Don't know what they were thinking, to be honest. Noise is always better than silence

 

4 nil nil draws and it's not even October after failing to replace our forward line and still folk would rather blame anyone else other than the board.

 

Up the ante. We should be grateful we have a Rodgers who will scrape us through. This isn't acceptable.

 

I dont think there is anyone left who isnt critical of the board.

But we have managed as many goals in the league as Livingston and they operate with a budget equivalent to the England conference leagues. Hearts have managed almost twice as many goals. That is a football problem rather than a board problem.

 

2 goals scored from the past 316 corners since Jan 5.
19 goals conceded in that same time.

Over the past 7 WC since 1998, roughtly 30% of all goals come from set pieces (not including penalty shootouts) highlights the value of these. Most teams average a goal from roughly every 30-odd corners taken.

I am not saying we should become a team that relies upon set pieces, but they are an effective plan B, to scape something when all that matters is getting a goal, and seemingly neglecting this aspect of the game is undoubtedly hurting us also at both ends of the park.

The point is, there is plenty of reason to share responsibility here. No doubt the Executive does bare it's share of accountability for the failures in transfer negotiations, but that shouldn't mean that the manager or players are beyond criticism or accountability also, just as there are those that think that the ref somehow was responsible for that also today...

It was a game that Celtic had 77% possession, 50-odd touches in the box, 40-odd crosses, 26 shots (just 6 of which were on target), 2 hit woodwork and 1 chalked off, just none of the only stat that matters. Go figure,

And not entirely sure today's silent protest was any more effective or observed as the 12 min delayed entry at Rugby Park was. Or by the stated intention to repeat this for even longer periods feels increasingly self-sabotaging even,

 

* protest. * the full game imo.

 

Aye a fan protest made players miss the goal

 

Back the team, sack the board. They didn't back the team being silent. Exact opposite of what was discussed at the meetings. Just like the board. Don't listen.