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The Board - general discussion (including Res 12); notes from the AGM
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Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,755 Views)
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Ricky Spanish
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20 Dec 2015, 08:55 AM
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They have allowed us to regress so much that it's going to take years to recover. We'll be confined to bottom place in the Europa league(if we make it that far) for a while yet.
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20 Dec 2015, 11:26 AM
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I'd be happy to be proven wrong over the next year or two. I have my doubts. This board seems great at only one thing- not doing anything beyond the minimum required to get by.
They weren't slow in threatening fans with civil actions to recover any fines imposed by uefa for letting off flares in Turkey. Not so quick to threaten action against the SFA for letting the huns into the CL in 2011 when the were ineligible, the lot of them need emptied. That's because, like all bullies, they only pick on people who lack the means to fight back
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The Poacher
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20 Dec 2015, 12:21 PM
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Willie Collow on YT put this up the other week
https://youtu.be/fjEdgS3I2G0
Easier to watch at this vantage point but shows how vital planning is, but also not to outstay your welcome.
Thanks for the sardines, Kaiser, but kindly eff off.
We desperately need an alternative plan for the short & medium term, ideally with as open & transparent (as possible) a discussion within the whole club, not just the 'custodians'
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Lobey Dosser
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21 Dec 2015, 05:23 PM
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Any news from the AGM yet ? Or is it just yawn time ?
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remy mcswain
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21 Dec 2015, 05:29 PM
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- Lobey Dosser
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Any news from the AGM yet ? Or is it just yawn time ? The AGM was last month
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Lobey Dosser
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21 Dec 2015, 05:37 PM
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- remy mcswain
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- 21 Dec 2015, 05:23 PM
Any news from the AGM yet ? Or is it just yawn time ?
The AGM was last month Must get a little watch on this hand !!!
Thanks Remy, meant the board meeting . Any news ?
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2 Jan 2016, 06:31 PM
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Hiya Peter!
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2 Jan 2016, 06:45 PM
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Get rid of the fecking lot of them.
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2 Jan 2016, 06:46 PM
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There are so many problems at this club currently. Th primary problem is the frugal nature of the board. You cant say on one hand we could, if required, pay 8 million for a player and the next state we put everything we have back into the club. We are also paying a bunch of average footballers way way to much money. The squad purchases, overseen by PL are shambolic. The club is regressing beyond all recognition, apart from of course Mr Lawwells salary.
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2 Jan 2016, 06:46 PM
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2 Jan 2016, 11:21 PM
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There are so many problems at this club currently. Th primary problem is the frugal nature of the board. You cant say on one hand we could, if required, pay 8 million for a player and the next state we put everything we have back into the club. We are also paying a bunch of average footballers way way to much money. The squad purchases, overseen by PL are shambolic. The club is regressing beyond all recognition, apart from of course Mr Lawwells salary. When Ronnie's time is up i honestly don't think we can trust the board to appoint the correct man .
Peter Lawwell will always look for a manager that he can dominate , you only need to look at the last three appointments to see this, He must have bricked it when DD offered the gig to Keane and during the interview made the job as unattractive as possible to Keane who decided to patch it. A yes man is what is required , can you imagine any decent manager allowing the board to sell the entire spine of a successful side as what happened to Lenny and this was after we got to the last 16 .
Over the last few seasons Celtic have failed to qualify for the Champions league from fairly easy groups and lost a title to a Rangers side who where on their knees which allowed them automatic entry into the champions league, this has cost us approaching £50 million in revenue ,this has not been down to bad luck or superior opposition ,this has been caused by decisions made by our board, you only have to look at this season when we were grubbing about looking for two centre halves while trying to qualify for Europe .
Our transfers have been extremely poor recently and the absurd last minute signing's of Pukki ,Balde and Boerichter a couple of years ago (who we are still paying for) are an example of lack of direction at board level .I was at the game today and it was embarrassing to watch, i hope Peter Lawwell sitting there in his leather seat counting his £20 000 a week salary was also embarrassed but i doubt it.
We have 7 season tickets in our family and today 4 went unused , i couldent give them away for free, despite numerous phone calls no one could be arsed going . We are in reverse gear at Celtic and this board should watch what their doing, because when Rangers come back up it wouldent much to do this Celtic team.
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3 Jan 2016, 12:12 AM
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- 2 Jan 2016, 06:46 PM
There are so many problems at this club currently. Th primary problem is the frugal nature of the board. You cant say on one hand we could, if required, pay 8 million for a player and the next state we put everything we have back into the club. We are also paying a bunch of average footballers way way to much money. The squad purchases, overseen by PL are shambolic. The club is regressing beyond all recognition, apart from of course Mr Lawwells salary.
When Ronnie's time is up i honestly don't think we can trust the board to appoint the correct man . Peter Lawwell will always look for a manager that he can dominate , you only need to look at the last three appointments to see this, He must have bricked it when DD offered the gig to Keane and during the interview made the job as unattractive as possible to Keane who decided to patch it. A yes man is what is required , can you imagine any decent manager allowing the board to sell the entire spine of a successful side as what happened to Lenny and this was after we got to the last 16 . Over the last few seasons Celtic have failed to qualify for the Champions league from fairly easy groups and lost a title to a Rangers side who where on their knees which allowed them automatic entry into the champions league, this has cost us approaching £50 million in revenue ,this has not been down to bad luck or superior opposition ,this has been caused by decisions made by our board, you only have to look at this season when we were grubbing about looking for two centre halves while trying to qualify for Europe . Our transfers have been extremely poor recently and the absurd last minute signing's of Pukki ,Balde and Boerichter a couple of years ago (who we are still paying for) are an example of lack of direction at board level .I was at the game today and it was embarrassing to watch, i hope Peter Lawwell sitting there in his leather seat counting his £20 000 a week salary was also embarrassed but i doubt it. We have 7 season tickets in our family and today 4 went unused , i couldent give them away for free, despite numerous phone calls no one could be arsed going . We are in reverse gear at Celtic and this board should watch what their doing, because when Rangers come back up it wouldent much to do this Celtic team. Well said
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3 Jan 2016, 01:00 AM
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- frankebhoy
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- rossthekid
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There are so many problems at this club currently. Th primary problem is the frugal nature of the board. You cant say on one hand we could, if required, pay 8 million for a player and the next state we put everything we have back into the club. We are also paying a bunch of average footballers way way to much money. The squad purchases, overseen by PL are shambolic. The club is regressing beyond all recognition, apart from of course Mr Lawwells salary.
When Ronnie's time is up i honestly don't think we can trust the board to appoint the correct man . Peter Lawwell will always look for a manager that he can dominate , you only need to look at the last three appointments to see this, He must have bricked it when DD offered the gig to Keane and during the interview made the job as unattractive as possible to Keane who decided to patch it. A yes man is what is required , can you imagine any decent manager allowing the board to sell the entire spine of a successful side as what happened to Lenny and this was after we got to the last 16 . Over the last few seasons Celtic have failed to qualify for the Champions league from fairly easy groups and lost a title to a Rangers side who where on their knees which allowed them automatic entry into the champions league, this has cost us approaching £50 million in revenue ,this has not been down to bad luck or superior opposition ,this has been caused by decisions made by our board, you only have to look at this season when we were grubbing about looking for two centre halves while trying to qualify for Europe . Our transfers have been extremely poor recently and the absurd last minute signing's of Pukki ,Balde and Boerichter a couple of years ago (who we are still paying for) are an example of lack of direction at board level .I was at the game today and it was embarrassing to watch, i hope Peter Lawwell sitting there in his leather seat counting his £20 000 a week salary was also embarrassed but i doubt it. We have 7 season tickets in our family and today 4 went unused , i couldent give them away for free, despite numerous phone calls no one could be arsed going . We are in reverse gear at Celtic and this board should watch what their doing, because when Rangers come back up it wouldent much to do this Celtic team. Good post Frank. They should never have gambled promoting Deila to manager when he was originally brought as a coach. As for your tickets Kids have more interesting things to do these days, sitting in the cold watching that dross isn't one of them.
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3 Jan 2016, 01:49 AM
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There are so many problems at this club currently. Th primary problem is the frugal nature of the board. You cant say on one hand we could, if required, pay 8 million for a player and the next state we put everything we have back into the club. We are also paying a bunch of average footballers way way to much money. The squad purchases, overseen by PL are shambolic. The club is regressing beyond all recognition, apart from of course Mr Lawwells salary.
When Ronnie's time is up i honestly don't think we can trust the board to appoint the correct man . Peter Lawwell will always look for a manager that he can dominate , you only need to look at the last three appointments to see this, He must have bricked it when DD offered the gig to Keane and during the interview made the job as unattractive as possible to Keane who decided to patch it. A yes man is what is required , can you imagine any decent manager allowing the board to sell the entire spine of a successful side as what happened to Lenny and this was after we got to the last 16 . Over the last few seasons Celtic have failed to qualify for the Champions league from fairly easy groups and lost a title to a Rangers side who where on their knees which allowed them automatic entry into the champions league, this has cost us approaching £50 million in revenue ,this has not been down to bad luck or superior opposition ,this has been caused by decisions made by our board, you only have to look at this season when we were grubbing about looking for two centre halves while trying to qualify for Europe . Our transfers have been extremely poor recently and the absurd last minute signing's of Pukki ,Balde and Boerichter a couple of years ago (who we are still paying for) are an example of lack of direction at board level .I was at the game today and it was embarrassing to watch, i hope Peter Lawwell sitting there in his leather seat counting his £20 000 a week salary was also embarrassed but i doubt it. We have 7 season tickets in our family and today 4 went unused , i couldent give them away for free, despite numerous phone calls no one could be arsed going . We are in reverse gear at Celtic and this board should watch what their doing, because when Rangers come back up it wouldent much to do this Celtic team.
Good post Frank. They should never have gambled promoting Deila to manager when he was originally brought as a coach. As for your tickets Kids have more interesting things to do these days, sitting in the cold watching that dross isn't one of them. Geo footballs an entertainment business , today you could count the shots on target from Celtic on one hand and this has been going on since the manager arrived, its not good enough for Celtic and he should never have been given the Managers job .Lawwell and the rest of the board should be ashamed of what we are currently being served up. in European terms this season they and they alone have embarrassed the hoops and made us the whipping boys .
A million + a year for Lawwell is a scandal, he probably earns more than any of our players ffs, he gets an easy ride from the supporters who moan like hell about Ronnie when he and the rest of the board should be their target ,some of the boards decisions over the years have been ridiculous, I mean what was the thinking of our CEO when he head hunted a manager( Tony Mowbray) and pay millions to buy out his contract to bring him to Celtic, ffs Mowbray had just got his team relegated and we head hunted him ??. it cost 5 million to sack him and his backroom staff , for that alone Lawwell should have been sacked.. Lawwell and co have made major costly errors over the years, but as long as the balance sheet is healthy Desmond is happy and they get away with it . Celtic should have the best manager that we can afford not some unknown guy from Norway who was supposed to be the assistant but was given the gig because no one of any stature would work under the control of Lawwell.
Our board are lucky that Rangers snuffed it .
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3 Jan 2016, 02:19 AM
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They have taken something that was more than a club (see the 125th Anniversary display and the subsequent win over Barcelona) and turned it into just another business resplendent with "trading environment" and "macro economy" bullshampoo excuses for the customers.
I know there are a few on this message board that have contacts at Celtic. I know there has in the past been some information passed from the club to this message board so there are people for want of a better phrase "in the know" So, what is the boards response to all this? Is it an "eff you" silence?
Surely the board are aware of the ill feeling towards them, they must know that they have effed up completely. They must see the thousands of empty seats at home games.
If they are even half competent they know that come season ticket renewal there will be a reduction in those renewing.
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3 Jan 2016, 04:25 AM
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They have taken something that was more than a club (see the 125th Anniversary display and the subsequent win over Barcelona) and turned it into just another business resplendent with "trading environment" and "macro economy" bullshampoo excuses for the customers.
I know there are a few on this message board that have contacts at Celtic. I know there has in the past been some information passed from the club to this message board so there are people for want of a better phrase "in the know" So, what is the boards response to all this? Is it an "eff you" silence?
Surely the board are aware of the ill feeling towards them, they must know that they have effed up completely. They must see the thousands of empty seats at home games.
If they are even half competent they know that come season ticket renewal there will be a reduction in those renewing. My guess is they are hoping for Rangers to get promoted and help ST renewals.
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3 Jan 2016, 07:34 AM
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They have taken something that was more than a club (see the 125th Anniversary display and the subsequent win over Barcelona) and turned it into just another business resplendent with "trading environment" and "macro economy" bullshampoo excuses for the customers.
I know there are a few on this message board that have contacts at Celtic. I know there has in the past been some information passed from the club to this message board so there are people for want of a better phrase "in the know" So, what is the boards response to all this? Is it an "eff you" silence?
Surely the board are aware of the ill feeling towards them, they must know that they have effed up completely. They must see the thousands of empty seats at home games.
If they are even half competent they know that come season ticket renewal there will be a reduction in those renewing.
My guess is they are hoping for Rangers to get promoted and help ST renewals. Sadly they've effed up so badly that this is now their only play. We are now that far back we dont have our get out of jail free card in the form of a big money sale.
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3 Jan 2016, 07:57 AM
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- rossthekid
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There are so many problems at this club currently. Th primary problem is the frugal nature of the board. You cant say on one hand we could, if required, pay 8 million for a player and the next state we put everything we have back into the club. We are also paying a bunch of average footballers way way to much money. The squad purchases, overseen by PL are shambolic. The club is regressing beyond all recognition, apart from of course Mr Lawwells salary.
When Ronnie's time is up i honestly don't think we can trust the board to appoint the correct man . Peter Lawwell will always look for a manager that he can dominate , you only need to look at the last three appointments to see this, He must have bricked it when DD offered the gig to Keane and during the interview made the job as unattractive as possible to Keane who decided to patch it. A yes man is what is required , can you imagine any decent manager allowing the board to sell the entire spine of a successful side as what happened to Lenny and this was after we got to the last 16 . Over the last few seasons Celtic have failed to qualify for the Champions league from fairly easy groups and lost a title to a Rangers side who where on their knees which allowed them automatic entry into the champions league, this has cost us approaching £50 million in revenue ,this has not been down to bad luck or superior opposition ,this has been caused by decisions made by our board, you only have to look at this season when we were grubbing about looking for two centre halves while trying to qualify for Europe . Our transfers have been extremely poor recently and the absurd last minute signing's of Pukki ,Balde and Boerichter a couple of years ago (who we are still paying for) are an example of lack of direction at board level .I was at the game today and it was embarrassing to watch, i hope Peter Lawwell sitting there in his leather seat counting his £20 000 a week salary was also embarrassed but i doubt it. We have 7 season tickets in our family and today 4 went unused , i couldent give them away for free, despite numerous phone calls no one could be arsed going . We are in reverse gear at Celtic and this board should watch what their doing, because when Rangers come back up it wouldent much to do this Celtic team. They didn't just lose one title to a Rangers team on their knees they managed to lose 3 consecutive titles to them when they were on their deathbeds. Their gross mismanagement has cost the club in the region of £100m of CL funds in recent years that they should easily have had. We should now be looking at an established CL club,much stronger financially & a much greater attraction to players & managers than what we now are. The long term damage done here can't be overestimated.
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3 Jan 2016, 09:15 AM
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They have taken something that was more than a club (see the 125th Anniversary display and the subsequent win over Barcelona) and turned it into just another business resplendent with "trading environment" and "macro economy" bullshampoo excuses for the customers.
I know there are a few on this message board that have contacts at Celtic. I know there has in the past been some information passed from the club to this message board so there are people for want of a better phrase "in the know" So, what is the boards response to all this? Is it an "eff you" silence?
Surely the board are aware of the ill feeling towards them, they must know that they have effed up completely. They must see the thousands of empty seats at home games.
If they are even half competent they know that come season ticket renewal there will be a reduction in those renewing.
My guess is they are hoping for Rangers to get promoted and help ST renewals. I think they'll be severely disappointed if they think folk will shell out £400+ just to get guaranteed seats v the huns.
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3 Jan 2016, 11:25 AM
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The apathy surrounding much of the club is a result of a complacent board. They seem to be going through the motions till the huns get promoted. I stopped going to CP over a year ago and initially it was easy. As time goes on I don't miss sitting watching a manager so out of his depth it's painful. The board must realise "the football product" is turning more fans off but they seem unable or unwilling to act.
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