Who exactly.needs to go and when?

Already had our fans protesting against him so maybe no the guy to get behind

 

I think Desmond accepts Lawwell's direction, as they've been successful financially and trophy wise. If a new group came in with a convincing argument about how Lawwell's way was * and there is a way to be more ambitious without much extra risk.

We're never going to get rid of Desmond, he's not selling up and I don't think his family will if he sells up.

 

Anyone who's been a director for 10 years or more. As soon as possible.

 

I am with you there. Dermot Desmond is front and center who we must get rid of. Now obviously the issue with that is its a cooperate level battle we face. But facts are upto 20% of Celtic shares are dormant. If we can start a campaign at corporate level that gathers as many of them as possible and start to put pressure on the other shareholders for change and to ultimately force Desmond to sell up it can be done IMHO especially alongside fan protests and coordinated boycotts. We pile as much pressure on as possible outside the corporate level but ultimately we need to have a corporate level campaign for the success we need.
I understand getting Desmond to sell up seems near impossible. I hear that and understand those arguments but for me this is Celtic so I don't care if its that hard. If the club I have supported and that has been a core part of my whole life is to be saved we must begin the fight now to get Desmond out regardless of how hard it is to do.

 

Agreed, I think we would be out of the frying pan into the fire with Dennis O'Brien from what I know of him.

 

For me Dermot Desmond ultimately is responsible for the shambles Celtic has become in terms of how we are run and that shambles has now reached a level where it has not only once again sabotaged deliberately our ability to be a respectable force at a Champions League level it now has put our domestic success at serious risk. His board cronies Michael Nicholson, Peter Lawwell and Chris McKay all must go also. For me this past weekends cowardly attack on Brendan Rodgers and the so called club statement sent out Saturday night was the complete end. Any possibility where I could be convinced that reform could come from within and that the club could change died with those 2 events.

I said it before if Desmond, Nicholson and Lawwell are the Celtic fans they have all claimed to be they would resign as a result of where we are under their control. They of course will not do so and I never expected they would. They have zero interest in doing whats best for Celtic. As such we need IMHO a two tired strategy. At corporate level we need to find a vehicle to go after the dormant shares and build up a base from where we can go after other shareholders and put them under pressure to get rid of Desmond. It would be great if alongside this we could find a major investor or 2 to help back this effort. Especially a group that could outline a clear future vision and plans and strategy of how to achieve that if they were able to buy Celtic shares and invest in the club. Alongside this we need to keep the pressure on the board and Desmond as fans by as many boycotts and protests as possible. It is not going to be easy and it won't happen over night unfortunately but if we all want a Celtic for the long term that is progressive and looking to improve and get better on and off the field we need this major level of change and renewal at Celtic.

 

Removing Desmond from the board will make little difference. It's a token move. He is one of 7 votes in the board. If he can control Celtic to the level he does with 1 vote then he can do it with zero vote. The only way things change in that regard is if we get a significant change in shareholding or current shareholders grow a pair and start questioning this board and it's direction.

The first 2 to go should be Lawwell and Nicholson. Nicholson holds the most important position at the club and is so out of his depth it is unbelievable. Lawwell is the architect of our failed strategy. The 12 months or so he was gone from Celtics boardroom was the most competent we've been ran. I think he is the most influential person in that boardroom and has to go.