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And Fadinger was a Wimmer PCA, so there's every chance we have players lined up that were either identified or or OK'd by JBA before he left.

McGhee was an SK pre-contract agreement in January 2026.

We signed Fadinger and McGhee without a manager pretty early last summer, and the likes of Just, Watt, and Longelo were brought in very early, in time for the training camp in the Netherlands if I remember right.

What he Said.

Hope they weren't watching him in the last 10 games then.

I’m assuming this category will be pretty slow for the incomings till we get a manager in place and the window actually opens? June 15th?

I share your frustration with this incident and it does highlight a wider problem in Scottish Football but you can't objectively frame this as a Celtic only problem. It is an OF problem and has been for decades. I agree that John Beaton was put in an impossible situation. I thought he refereed the game really well and was literally a couple of seconds away from being able to say job done. I thought the Maeda penalty call, he got right, the Slattery penalty call was also right. His onfield decision at the end was also spot on. I have no doubts that as he was walking to the monitor he would have either consciously or subconsciously been thinking about the personal implications for him and his family of overturning the decision. Unfortunately for him in this particular instance, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Had it been Rangers we were playing and Rangers were going for the title the outcome would have been EXACTLY the same. Both OF's clubs have used intimidation and the weight of numbers to get what they want for as long as I have been watching football. To frame it as a Celtic only problem (or a Rangers only problem) dilutes the argument. It is based on a predudice that favours one club or the other. They both use power and influence to get what they want and have both been very successful at getting what they want. It is why they keep doing it. Jim Traynor was hired as the Rangers communications man to use his knowledge of the press in Scotland to do exactly this, spin the narrative, put pressure on the authorities in Rangers favour. Rangers and Celtic are a collective. They are both a cancer on Scottish Football.

Get that 3.75M amd maybe we could approach Toulouse for their manager ? 😂

Ok I didn’t notice capital letters on my first read and was confused. After a few other posts I now understand. Having a Will Still and a Just on our books could throw me for a loop when reading some posts

The question needs to be asked as to whether wee Willie was also in the VAR room at the time (as he was for the Aberdeen cup game).

What I find surprising is that Beaton is getting all or at least most of the flak. Not excusing Beaton but Andrew Dallas is the one that created the whole injustice. Even though the supposed error was not Clear and Obvious. More like Fabricated. Beaton could have stuck by his original decision of course but he was put in such a position that I don't think any referee would have overridden Dallas. Add Beaton's previous history with Celtic and the outcome was assured. Dallas must have known that. If I was Beaton...and thank God I'm not.......I would be raging at Dallas for putting me in such a situation. For his part (and more so because of the part Dallas played) Collum will refuse to acknowledge any error. Fortunately for us, other than a point lost, the penalty did not change our situation. Draw or lose we still had to win at Easter Road. Hearts were the team most hard done to, especially as they had a much more valid penalty claim denied a few days earlier. Despite all that crap about errors balancing themselves out over a season, those two decisions decided the outcome of the League. Our Officials and our Association should be ashamed not only about the way things played out at Fir Park but their rewriting of history regards the disgraceful ending at Celtic Park a few days later. Given the recent actions of many Celtic fans at Ibrox, Fir Park and Celtic Park I wonder what sanctions will be handed out? Not holding my breath though as I suspect all the ever increasing noise coming from the SFA about pitch invasions not being unlawful in Scotland is a prelude to taking no action whatsoever. If anything, Rangers and Motherwell will be warned about not taking ample precautions, we will be fined for the pyros, and the Celtic Park invasion will be viewed simply as understandable exuberance with Hearts fined for leaving early and not completing Media duties. As MJC says, that is the extent to which Celtic control things in Scotland. Media included.

From this article? https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/scottish-premiership/latest-premiership-news/next-motherwell-manager-odds-ex-hearts-celtic-and-rangers-men-join-fir-park-hero-amongst-favourites-for-role-8646186 Thats just a list from the bookies, which has never been close for us in the past, because its essentially made up shite, and even in this case Still is the outsider candidate.

Honestly dont think he will be anywhere on our radar but if he was appointed I would be over the moon. I watched a tactical analysis when talked about what he wants his players to do in and out of possession he would have a field day with the players we have.

I was thinking much the same. And comparisons with Bowie are pointless as I think if they continue their current development paths they are going to be completely different kinds of players.

The only reason for the last few reconstructions has been to ensure more revenue for the OF and guarantee a minimum number of OF derbies per season for the TV companies. Mission accomplished there.

It's never happened yet with any league reconstruction. Not one reconstruction in the last 50 years has produced the perceived benefits.

I don't think he was shite but he is not as brilliant as some would have you believe. I think the time for him to move is right. I think he's a bit like Theo Bair, I think we got the best out of him. Hope he does well for Anderlecht.

The Scotsman seems to think that the young Belgian chap Will Still could be our man. Could possibly carry on JBA's legacy and add a more aggressive attack?

GKS Katowice would be a good draw

Cue the “that boy Mawanheezy was shite anyway” patter from those pricks now.

According to previous rumours, we rejected an offer of £3.75M which included ‘add-ons’ from Anderlecht. Apparently they really want to sign him so you would imagine that they will come back with an increased offer.

Last week they were reporting we would demand a minimum of 3 million. As neither club will disclose the fee, they media is just making wild guesses. As for comparison to Bowie, JBA covered that nicely back in January. Totally different kinds of players subject to offers from totally different types of teams.

I don’t think hearing the audio from that night will tell us much that isn’t already pretty obvious to be honest. VAR saw a ‘potential’ handball which obviously wasn’t but Andrew Dallas or whoever it was likely knew that John Beaton is too scared to give any big call against Celtic and would take the ‘safer’ option by giving them a penalty. And it took Beaton literally seconds to watch that and give it when it would have been impossible to be able to determine that in that time. Celtic run the show and the whole thing stinks. I’m not talking about daft conspiracy theories like lodges, dodgy handshakes and knowing nods, I’m talking about that club having such a hold on football, media and society that they are running it through fear and intimidation. Celtic caused a refereeing strike in 2010 for far less than what happened at Fir Park earlier this month and since then they’ve had almost everything their own way. And on the odd occasion that they haven’t the officials in question have been absolutely hounded by them, their fans, the managers and their media stooges. John Beaton being the most obvious but there have been others. The reality is that Celtic Football Club are an absolute cancer on Scottish Football.

Could it possibly be that the fee quoted as "north of 2 million" was plucked out of the air because 2 million was what Rangers were prepared to pay and we will undoubtedly want more than that. The article is all about the teddy bears and you can sense the complete disinterest in both the player and his current club once it becomes clear he is going elsewhere. I certainly hope we will get a fair amount more than that.

It's Hearts that should be pushing for this to be released and scrutinised. It cost them the title and millions in revenue.