Mondays Meeting

Thank you for the detailed debrief.

 

The WhatsApp doing the rounds…

The only update is there's nae update to be honest. 2 and a half hours of not a lot of substance.
Not long out.
I can say that there are meant to be minutes shared pretty quickly over next day or so, they will be checked against our mins taken, and then a joint minute will be released. I would expect there will be arguments about the content, and that will lead to our own minutes being released separately, but we'll see.
The board do not accept the club is not moving forward, they don't accept that the transfer windows over a number of years have been a failure, the dont accept that how we do our business in the transfer windows needs to be overhauled, saying they will be reviewing anyway as part of their normal process.
They don't accept that the club appears to lack ambition, referring to moving past the group stages last year and the domestic success.
They don't accept that they wont soend money and spend just enough to win in Scotland.
They did say that the non executive board have to be asked about spending money above certain levels, although obviously wouldn't say what those were.
Ps on that point I was talking to paul.john dykes and he says that when we sign McGowan, Nicholson could not himself approve upping out bid from 800k to 1 mil and had to leave the room to obtain permission. PJD said McGowan agent told him this personally. Take what yoi want about that.
They do not accept that there is a wedge between the board and the manager.
They say the manager approves all transfers.
They wouldn't answer my question about who, within celtic, values players that we are interested in, saying its multidisciplinary approach.
They have no intention of launching any investigation into the leak to the press about the manager. They asked all the board members and everyone said they weren't it lol.
They did accept that their fan engagement and communication could be better and they will look at that, but no commitment as to how or when.
Some of the points made were a bit mad from.some people there and there are clearly personalities on the group that will never agree with one another.
I can see that what will.happen now is the collective will re-engage the silences and other forms of protest following all of the unanswered questions, that wont suit everyone, and the collective will fall apart, being left with the more militant members. People are already saying they are just the GB. That's not the case but I can see it going that way.