ANDY WALKER has come an unlikely champion of Celtic fans who feel their board are taking them for a ride.
The Sky Sports man believes the board is so out of touch with the ordinary fan and the next time they will give the support any attention will be renewal season.
Walker slammed Celtic’s jaunt to Dubai and believes their flimsy excuse of following rules does nothing to offset the poor decision to leave the country during a deadly pandemic.
While the club usually take this trip, we live in extraordinary times and if there was a year NOT to head out, it would have been this one.
Speaking to SunSport, Walker spoke about the whole feeling around the trip and political response:
“I’m always suspicious of politicians when they get involved in football.
“Too often I see MPs north and south of the border trying to make political capital at the expense of our game, but they have a point on this issue.
“Celtic’s poor line of defence is that their Dubai plans were government-approved in November.
“The reality is that we are all acutely aware of how unpredictable this virus has become.
“So much has happened since November that it’s foolish to think what was in order a few weeks ago still stands.
“If only the Celtic of today had someone like Billy McNeill who could grasp the feelings of the supporters in an instant and understand what they are all going through in these extraordinary times.
“Sadly, there’s no one.
“Those in the boardroom stand accused of a complete lack of understanding as to what it means to be a Celtic supporter and I doubt you could find one who spends any time with ordinary fans.
“The next time Celtic fans get a message from the privileged boardroom, it will no doubt be a call to dig deep into their pockets and renew their season tickets.
“No wonder some fans are in despair.”
A lot of Celtic fans feel they have been cast aside after pouring money into the club over the past year.
Celtic have had over 50,000 fans pay full price for the privilege of sitting in their living room to watch games.
When push comes to shove, the board are not bothered what we think until they start rolling out slogans for the next season ticket campaign or kit release.
There’s a large distance between the suits in the boardroom and the commons fans and a fence in between both.
