Dermot Desmond

He loves the OF thing. Says it all.

TIAR was never a real target.

 

You’ve got it in one.

I’ve seen some people on here slaughtered for merely suggesting that the higher ups for both the huns and us will never let one get too far in front of the other.

How anyone can’t see this is what has happened is beyond me. We have regressed at a shocking speed and none of the board care.

 

For the most, I always liked to think we stayed quiet during their old clubs death because we was just taking a moral high ground and trying to calm the flames of the divide.

But the more you realise how little this board have a * about the res12 stuff speaks volumes. Along with a lot more this season and previous.

It's been mentioned for decades now how we both like to give each other a leg up in some aspects, no surprise at all if we have been keeping quiet just so we don't look like we are helping them at times.

Absolutely no reason why we squandered so much opportunity over the last few years to spend money we have, to earn vast sums more that would in turn kill off their new club.

Yet he we are with a board that has been happy to watch runs of 2 in 12 wins, 8 in 19 now, and actually tell us we are entitled and spoilt? That this is acceptable?
Watching a league season collapse from day one, nothing done.

Hard not to assume these * have allowed this to let the Huns get a run at a title and to help solve their issues with a windfall at a cl shot.

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Would you leave your job if you were getting 10 times the market rate?

 

Fair point

 

Dermot * Desmond should get his billionaire wallet out and sign a decent manager or * off and sell his shares to someone who gives a * about Celtic. Seen him at a Pro-Am golf tournament strolling around with his hooped Driver cover, he's more interested in his * moustache, counting his gold and playing golf than football.

 

Guilty of neglect. He ain’t interested so he can * off

 

Part of the 3 man team that failed the fans and failed to deliver the 10.

 

Keep coming on in hopes that something has happened is a story of this season its honestly like building a house for years and at the end thinking wonder if its fire proof? Lighting it up and instead of phoning the fire brigade you stand there with lighter fluid squirting it and laughing

 

Quick desmond do nothing!

 

Celtic’s principal shareholder, Dermot Desmond, today responded to a number of questions and issues raised by supporters in an exclusive interview with the official Celtic website.

When can we expect the appointment of a manager?
As with any key appointment at Celtic, there is a process which involves research, investigation, interviewing and negotiation. This process is underway and is taking place privately and when complete, the Board will make a public announcement.

Who is in charge of the process?
The Chairman Ian Bankier, Peter Lawwell and myself take a lead in the process, and naturally, the incoming CEO will also participate. Any decision made will require Board approval.

Could you give us some idea of the type of candidate you are looking for?
We are mindful of the fact that there is a huge amount of interest and speculation among our supporters and the press. However, we have to respect the privacy of potential candidates and the integrity of the process, and so I think it would be inappropriate to make comment on the type of candidate we are looking for.

What is your analysis of the season?
Firstly, the season is not over yet, as we are still in the Scottish Cup. However, my current thoughts are that this season has been extremely disappointing. Decision-making in football is not an exact science and I accept without qualification that we have made some wrong calls. We will endeavour to learn from those. However, the conjecture coming from some journalists, commentators and pundits that they foresaw the outcome of this season is entirely disingenuous in my opinion.

Regardless of whether we won the league or not this year, we knew that the 2021/22 season would be a transitional year for the team. A number of the existing squad would more than likely be departing or returning to their parent clubs, but we felt that, in order to give the team the best chance of success this year to achieve the overriding ambition, we should endeavour to retain these players, despite receiving a number of substantial bids. In so doing, we recognised that this would add to the recruitment requirements for the subsequent season. We recognise that we have under-performed both on and off the pitch and must do better.

It has been reported that you should sell your shares in Celtic as you are not a true fan?
This is a contemptible suggestion. I am as passionate about Celtic as any other supporter. My shares are not for sale. Brian Dempsey, in an article in The Times, is reported to be floating the idea that fans should own the Club and that we have reverted back to where we were in 1994. When I think about the strength of this Club today and the playing success that we have enjoyed to date, these are entirely attributable to being financially strong and being professionally managed under stable ownership. When I look back at the record of the Club since 2001, we have achieved remarkable success and encountered only a few set-backs along the way. This season has been one of them, but it does not re-create the conditions of the early 1990s, as Mr Dempsey would like to have us believe.

It is said that the Board is not fit for purpose. How do you react to that criticism?
One of Fergus McCann’s tenets was that the Club would be run professionally and that we should never return to the position he inherited where the entire existence of Celtic could be jeopardised by mis-management and unacceptable levels of indebtedness. Celtic is and will continue to be run on a meritocratic basis by the best executives available at the time. There is no member of the Celtic Board that I personally knew before they were appointed. We have maintained this policy and it has endured the test of time. In a professional manner we conduct our business behind closed doors, we don’t seek public acclaim for everything we do. Critics are in no position to judge what they cannot see.

We are very fortunate to have Ian Bankier as our Chairman and he leads a diverse and extremely talented Board. We could not have had a better CEO, nor a more committed Celtic supporter than Peter Lawwell. He has built a solid platform upon which our new CEO, Dominic McKay, can build. With every Board appointment we make, we undertake a thorough recruitment process of researching, investigating, interviewing and negotiating, unknown to all except the Celtic Board members. That will be the same process that is being implemented in recruiting our next manager.

What are your hopes for next season?
That we recruit a manager that plays football the way that all Celtic supporters want and that we give that manager the time to implement their own plans. After that, I am sure much more success will follow.

 

Cool story Dermot

 

Are we the only club that can release a statement and have a 5 paragraph story and still say fa other than what we already know

 

Our ability to punch ourselves in the face knows no bounds. Where was he 5/6 months ago and my main take away from that Q&A is that they have written next season off

 

If they're doing interviews then at least we know its not John kennedy thank *.

Edit- well please not anyway.

 

Away tae * ya captain Birdseye looking *

 

All that so he could have a dig publicly at Brian Dempsey

Wit a club.

 

That statement told us nothing.

Can’t wait for Four Tims to slaughter it

 

He did waffle on there.