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The Cynic Weekly - Celtic Facing Uncomfortable Home Truths

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Your regular hosts Chris Gallagher & Ryan Fitzsimons (‪@Ryan118Official‬) are joined in studio this week by Paul McTaggart (‪@CelticFansTV‬) to discuss a week of continued capitulation, mismanagement and on-field disaster, in the wake of our European campaign kicking off with a loss to Ferencvaros at Celtic Park.

With a home derby looming on Sunday, can Celtic show enough to grab a positive result or without a drastic change in coaching, does this team have any levels to go up?

The Cynic Weekly is produced by Lorenzo Pacitti (@RareWaterMedia)

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20 Comments

@Tombomb2000 2 weeks ago

Paul' s deep insights make him the top Celtic podcaster. His take on the failures at Celtic is spot on.

@olSnakeEyeslo 2 weeks ago

We’ve been learning lessons in Europe for 15 years fs

@TopKat1 2 weeks ago (edited)

Paul's channel is one of the best. No BS. No getting carried away with a few signings. He loves the club and wants the best for it and backs it up with a bit of conviction.

@henrikmclarsson 2 weeks ago

Paul brings amazing insights to any pod

@Kalarandir 2 weeks ago

My dad who would be about 100 if he was still alive put it simply, "I don't care where we finish, so long as it is above them". This is and always has been the old firm attitude, and will remain so. MO and his attitude to the Europa League is fully in touch with that.

@Murney4 2 weeks ago

International break should be the ideal time to replace O’Neill
If we lose badly on Sunday we’ll see crowds outside the main door demanding changes

@garywhite8880 2 weeks ago

Well, we all better pray for a miracle on Sunday. I wil be watching it from under ma bed

@ianbhoy1888 2 weeks ago

Paul is a top man. His Celtic Fans TV podcast is really good with some great contributors. KTF guys , we'll get out of this mess.

@ADASTRAVIRTUS 2 weeks ago

Great show guys in a depressing time , so thanks for lifting the spirits 😊👍

@graemeorr5884 2 weeks ago (edited)

Gordon Strachans and Neil Lennon both have better records managing Celtic in Europe than MON. But for some reason MON is held in a higher regard

@JordanCostello-y3k 2 weeks ago (edited)

Iv said this on a few places on social media, i was someone who really really wanted MON back over summer. I was delighted he stayed on so i dont say this lightly at all...... but time is so clearly up on this management team. Season might not salvageable (and there r more problems than jst management) but the ONLY hope weve got is changing management during international break. Its as simple as that. Be it Mckenna, Howe, maybe even steve clarke. I dont like punts on folk we havent heard of but right now ill take 1. But this has to change. Take our inevitable beating off rangers that we r going to get now🙄🙄 and get a new gaffer in

@Paddymcg2134 2 weeks ago

Great show bhoys . Sadly I can’t see things getting better .i think the management team don’t have answers and it looks very much as if the players are aware of this . Of course the board will let things roll on , pull the shutters down , fingers in ears and have zero meaningful solutions . Toxicity will probably hit feaver pitch.

@mikeyisanalien 2 weeks ago

Paul is brilliant

@noahmckee4569 2 weeks ago

Fantastic work lads Big fan of the show, well done 💚

@Joehumepiano 2 weeks ago

There’s obviously a mismatch where ambition is concerned between the fanbase and Desmond. We have a waiting list that would fill most stadiums in Scotland and it’s not being utilised to our advantage.

The only way to force change is to withdraw season ticket money but they know the threat of losing your ticket to that waiting list will deter people from doing it. If you clear the waiting list you essentially transfer all the power to the support. I genuinely believe that’s what’s happening here.

@JohnBrown-gn3xi 2 weeks ago

Great show guys HH

@jmyjnstn67 2 weeks ago

Even CcV should be replaced.None of our centre halfs are good enough.

@RMcL328 2 weeks ago

I said months ago a serious club would have strengthened the spine of the team. Keeper, centre half, defensive midfield. That’s how you build a team. Celtic decided to tinker about with wingers and then bought two strikers for the same position. It’s madness.

@davidpalmer683 2 weeks ago

I can't believe that Celtic are playing with the same defenders as last season. Not one new face. Even when Donovan came off, it was Ralston who replaced him.