CELTIC have crashed out at the first hurdle of the Champions League qualifiers.
Quite simply, the board, Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond caused this result tonight which almost felt inevitable since the start of this season.
Ange Postecoglou came in around a month ago and has tried to make the best of things in the short term. He hasn’t been helped with slow recruitment and we went into a qualifier with a back line who could have turned out for the colts on another night.
Celtic should have been preparing for these qualifiers since January last year. They could even have started last October if Dermot Desmond did the right thing and gave Neil Lennon his marching orders.
It’s incredible, because had we finished our own chances with the team we had tonight, we still might have just slipped through – so imagine if we had a competent board and majority shareholder who made sure last season didn’t bleed into this one.
Dermot Desmond refused to dismiss Neil Lennon, he was led down the garden path from Eddie Howe and these two things have had a major impact on where we sit tonight – out of the Champions League.
Celtic will now drop into the Europa League qualifiers and hope they can make it through.
