Here’s everything that Wilfried Nancy had to say at Fir Park last night after Celtic’s damaging 2-0 defeat to Motherwell. Celtic were truly dreadful all around the park and the blame lies with the Celtic Board who have to go and they have to take their manager with them.
Despondent Celts. Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
From Munich to Motherwell, Celtic’s Decline and Fall. Time for these two to go and take their manager with them…
Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay, Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Q: How do you reflect on that?
Wilfried Nancy: “Tough night, tough night. We faced a good team, collectively really good. I knew that today could be a bit difficult because of the way they play and where we are at this moment. I think the first half, we had imbalances at certain moments because we were in between to press and to be patient and to jump. We conceded the first goal on the throw-in and the cross. I think that we can do better on this one.
Time to go Tisdale and take your pal Wilfried and his coaches with you.
Chris McKay and Paul Tisdale, Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
“We didn’t create too much. The second half, we were more of a collective to jump and to win the ball. This is what we did better. We had a few opportunities but it was difficult to score. After that, the game was about an offensive transition for them because we missed a few passes, we missed a few things technically at certain moments. This will be the reality for tonight.”
Q: You’ve said after previous defeats that you’ve seen positives in the games. Have you seen any positives at all tonight?
Wilfried Nancy: “Tonight was a tough one. This is the reality. I think that I saw positive stuff defensively in the second half. The way we were able to cope with the way they imbalanced us in the first half, we did better in the second half. After that, it was not a good game for us tonight because we missed many, many things. This is the reality for tonight.”
Q: You made three changes at the break, what was the thinking behind that?
Wilfried Nancy and his Despondent Celts. Motherwell v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. 30 December 2025 Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Wilfried Nancy: “It was planned because Daizen [Maeda] and Kieran [Tierney] have played a lot of minutes. In the beginning, I wanted them to be on the bench but also I wanted them to be part of this game because they are important. That’s why the idea was to give them only 45 minutes for this game.”
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Instead of Desmond criticising the fans he should now realise that he should go through the Board like a dose of salts and ream out all the ” Self-important” clowns who are master-minding THE DECLINE of our great club . The decline co-incides with the appointment of Paul Tisdale ( October 2024) and he should be the first to go , taking the clowns who appointed him as he goes . He is the villain who apparently recommended ” Nancy” a prior under 14 year old “Girls” coach ?
I predicted after Nancy’s first game in charge ( on this forum ) that the chant by Christmas would be , ” Nancy , Nancy get to F**K ” and I wasn’t far wrong . The manager’s days are gone along with his , “Russell Martin” insane excuses —–He’s a dud !!!!!!
It’s now damage limitation with Nancy. How much more pain will he be allowed to inflict before whoever is making the decisions at Celtic decides it is time? The answer to that question is…..a lot more. The future of certain individuals in power at the club is inextricably linked to that of Nancy. Get rid of him now and that would be an admission of failure on their part. So he will remain in post, play the same tactics and get the same results until….. I honestly don’t know. Maybe Auchinleck Talbot will make the decision for them.
Celtic play the way he talks, fuckin rubbish, go now for fuck sake.
A so called footballing doctor, with the only capabilities of making ourselves vomit. Is also given a title of head of football operations?
Tisdale has to go immediately.
Nancy is totally out of his depth also. Yet no manager is going to survive with such a couldn’t care less attitude, within our playing squad at present imo?
16 players used last night, and just how many could any manager work with, in trying to form a core group within our squad?
Nancy is only making things worse with his own ridiculous decision making, and will become the fall guy, sooner rather than later imo?
So even considering Tisdale and Nancy to be allowed to make the footballing decisions required in January? Would be no more than an act of footballing suicide for ourselves, that may take years to recover from imo?
This existing war between board and support, can only see ourselves suffering moreso imo?
Been looking for change since the summer, now we have got it, in a very unsavoury and unsatisfactory manner, that isn’t going to be fixed overnight either imo?
With such a desperate wimp of a performance on show. Can only conclude that that the number of players wanting out of the club, is far larger than those wanting to stay imo?
This is becoming a salvage situation, at only the half way stage of this season. And it never happened overnight either, as has been the case for the best part of this calendar year also.
Way too many culprits available, to pinpoint who actually is totally responsible for ripping the heart out of our club?
Yet no signs of everyone accountable, showing no signs of taking responsibility for there actions, which is evident within our own changing room at present imo?
Very hard to support such a toxic shitshow in operation, and feel it’s still going to become worse, than seeing any signs of improvement, for this season at least imo?