Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy reacts as he his team score their first goal during the Premier League match between Celtic and Aberdeen at Celtic Park on December 21, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
LIONEL RICHIE – 6.5/10 – “Aye, but – he’s only wan wan oot ae five…”But it was the one he had to win, or bust… And with Big Paulo mysteriously overlooked after being one of Tannadice’s rare successes, I was fighting off a headache long before the ten men nearly filled in his P45…But he never signed-off on it thanks to the veteran salvage duo nicking two late goals and the boss got an eleventh hour (and 59 minutes, 59 seconds…) firing-squad reprieve, the likes of which not seen since George’s mad Uncle Rupert saved Captain Blackadder.
‘We hit the post five times, I’ve never seen that in my life’
Wilfried Nancy after his side beat Aberdeen to earn his first win in charge at Celtic ⤵️#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/GSz6b2wm46
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) December 21, 2025
So reality once more plays out in a strange version of expectations – a requisite win, yes. Routine, no. Swashbuckling not really. Pleasing, ultimately. But…Convincing? Nowhere near it. Yet. What perplexing contradictions he’s faced with. What confusion. What surreal, existentialist paradoxes.
How very French.
Scales was on 5 minutes & they scored. No sure wtf you’re talkin aboot tbh
Scales need tae stop thinkin he’s a creative attackin player & just focus on defendin. Use that big daft heid tae heider the baw & he’ll be nearly ok.
Still no gid enough tho!
Donovan is twice the player Ralston is, was or will ever be.
Seiously if ye cannae see that, you’re the one best tae sit at hame in yer bedroom on yer playstation as you obviously never kicked a baw in yer life!