Sergeant Wilson Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Aye personal problems were for wimps in your day SW. We didn't win the war with personal problems. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: Exactly, shower of Tory c***s that deserve nothing but disdain. Edited September 11, 2021 by Drew Brees 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: We didn't win the war with personal problems. Hearts fan imvho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepundit Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) My guess is Gordon Strachan was lined up at the end of last season to take the Director of Football role but McKay was against it. Strachan brought in anyway as an ‘advisor’ which may be set to become full time Director of Football. Add to that the fact that Ange was supposedly chosen by McKay with the 2 being close allies yet Ange wasn’t able to choose his own back room staff and got teamed up with John Kennedy and Gavin Strachan then it could possibly be why McKay left?… Edited September 10, 2021 by thepundit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbix Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 McKay absolutely loved Christie, thought he was the best place kicker in the country with Finn Russell out at Racing, couldn’t understand why he was sold out from under him and resigned is what I heard. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Drew Brees said: nothing but distain. Tee hee hee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Proof if it was needed that rugby and football don’t mix. Kick. Them. Out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr. Alli said: Tee hee hee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Edouard scores with his first touch for Crystal Palace Edit: Make that a double Edited September 11, 2021 by Clown Job 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 A recording doing the rounds of Charlie Mulgrew talking about McKay. Not sure how reliably informed he is but basically saying McKay was punted because he had a disagreement with Bankier and the Celtic board. McKay wanted more signings in, but Bankier said they’d spent enough in one window. This was during the Juranovic discussions and the deal was going to get dropped. McKay apparently went ahead with the deal anyway without telling Bankier. Bankier went tonto and informed Desmond who in turn, invited McKay to a meeting in London where he made it clear he answers to Bankier and Bankier answers to Desmond. Apparently at this point McKay said he’d had enough and told them to eff the job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Here is said recording apparently 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 sounds feasible, the statement talking about this interim ceo being a team player was a bit strange, it came across as the board trying to start their narrative of what happened 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 57 minutes ago, BigDoddyKane said: sounds feasible, the statement talking about this interim ceo being a team player was a bit strange, it came across as the board trying to start their narrative of what happened It give creditable to the story that we Yan Couto on loan from Man City was our preferred option over signing Juranovic on a perm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) The Athletic on McKay exit The exact reason for McKay's departure is unclear. The Athletic understands McKay faced a host of internal challenges at the club, including differences of opinion on how to move Celtic forward, and what he perceived as an undermining of his authority. McKay was peripheral to Howe talks, but took an active role in appointing Ange. Celtic had been close to appointing City's football partnerships and pathways manager Fergal Harkin as sporting director in February, but pulled the plug. McKay wanted to revive such a model, and made appointing a sporting director one of his first objectives. Disagreement over a new Sporting Director became a source of tension. Some of Celtic's board members were not ready for a change of structure. McKay may have felt that Strachan's appointment undermined his authority. A counter point to this, a bother source claims that McKay was unimpressive in his short stint. Sources external to Celtic have said that they were confused on who to contact at the club in regards to transfers. McKay, Desmond, Desmond’s son Ross, Lawwell, Michael Nicholson and the club’s head of scouting operations, Jay Lefevre, were all involved in co-ordinating transfers. One source described Celtic as painfully slow, with several mentioning that it took days and even weeks to get a reply. More then one target was missed out on due to the sloppy transfer process. Only Kyogo and Juranovic are players that were specifically requested by Ange. Some sources say McKay was too passive in his dealings, while others say that the lack of a hierarchy was responsible. The board did not want to concede day-to-day input, and McKay felt he was not given the power to modernise the club according to his vision. McKay sought to improve the clubs PR and communication. He hired a company that specialises in behind the scenes content, and he wanted to build relationships with Celtic Fan Media. Michael Nicholson, McKay's replacement for the foreseeable future, can be described as the "Board's Man". He is well regarded and well liked by the board, and he shares a close relationship with Peter Lawwell. Edited September 12, 2021 by Clown Job 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) If its not personal reason. I tend to believe Mckay is in the right here on this (maybe not right to resign though), the fact the board seem to be implying transfers were painfully slow and Mckay was too passive in his dealings when we know Celtic have been painfully slow in every transfer window previously suggests a brass neck of epic levels by the board that we would believe that. I cant say im right but just weighing it all up id go with Mckay being hindered in multiple ways by board because he wanted to make more transfers than they did and he wanted a different set up from them. Which then begs the question what sort of due diligence and discussions they had with him that this was a surprise. I think they have got so set in their ways that its such an old boys network now that hiring someone who actually stood up for what they wanted was too much. Whats Dermots son doing even working at club? Was it Lawells son that was the agent Celtic kept using in recent years too? We have Strachan and his son there. Edited September 12, 2021 by BigDoddyKane 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Some disturbing/tragic rumours going around about Ciaran Dickson on Twitter right now that he has apparently killed an 18 year old whilst drink driving at the weekend. I’ve no idea how accurate or not the rumours are but seems to be getting quite a bit of traction but I’d always take these things with a pinch of salt until anything concrete comes out. Edited September 12, 2021 by AJF 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) 51 minutes ago, AJF said: Some disturbing/tragic rumours going around about Ciaran Dickson on Twitter right now that he has apparently killed an 18 year old whilst drink driving at the weekend. I’ve no idea how accurate or not the rumours are but seems to be getting quite a bit of traction but I’d always take these things with a pinch of salt until anything concrete comes out. There have been rumours doing the rounds for months that the boy was a total roaster, previous for drink driving and a fondness for “a pinch of salt” at the weekend. Gerrard had had enough of him being a stupid wee fanny and emptied him. Edited September 12, 2021 by 8MileBU -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/7692143/celtic-ciaran-dickson-glasgow-hit-run-aidan-pilkington/ Naw just rumours 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratelli Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Had heard the rumour and did think it was unlikely to have been completely made up given how obscure a player he is. The footballing side of it is of zero relevance just now but the chat does seem to be that he had a fairly well known reputation for being a complete banger, which you'd surely imagine folk at Celtic were aware of. Those discussions can wait though, an absolutely tragic situation and just horrible for the lad's family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 The Dickson story about to take an even more tragic turn if rumours are true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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