Celtic Exchange: Celtic Football Club in Focus

Ange took to the mic at Lennoxtown last week and gave us a small insight into his training ground methods and the demands he’ll be putting on his players. The mic’d up footage was impressive to see and with each passing day Ange continues to win over the doubters as he gets down to the hard work of preparing for the season ahead. Ultimately he’ll be judged by results on the park but so far, so goo...

Ange Postecoglou and Dom McKay gave their first official press conferences as Celtic Manager and CEO on Friday and as impressive as their answers were much of the focus since has been on the input and the value of Fan Media (such as ourselves) at such an event. There’s been a notable backlash from the mainstream media itself, which is perhaps no huge surprise, but also from some fans of the club,...

With rumours abound that ex-manager Gordon Strachan and ex-player Eric Sviatchenko may be returning to the club it seems that Celtic are taking a somewhat unorthodox approach to the new “shared vision” that Dom McKay and Ange Postecoglou have for modernising the club. Like so much of what we’ve seen in recent months it may just be paper/online talk but it’s done little to give confidence to the fa...

Just a short 106 days in the making and Celtic have finally named Ange Postecoglou as the man to take us forward into a new era for the club. With a to-do list the length of the Gold Coast the fans will be hoping he gets off to a flier as he sets out to get us back on track following last season’s disappointments. A squad overhaul will be top of the list and regardless how talented Ange may be, mu...

With just 10 days until pre-season and despite patter such as "at an advanced stage" and "very shortly" flying about since last week, we still (at time of recording) find ourselves without a new manager. However, all roads point firmly towards Ange Postecoglou as being the man to take the job with reports this week claiming that personal terms have been verbally agreed (where have we heard that be...

They say a week's a long time in football and it's fair to say that a lot has happened in Celtic world in the 7 days since our last episode. Eddie Howe is now yesterday's man as the "done deal" that everyone at the club was so relaxed about (apparently) has now come un-done, leaving us with no permanent manager to speak of for the 14th consecutive week! Consistent if nothing else! But fret not Cel...

Unless the whole thing’s just been a very, very elaborate hoax it now looks like Eddie Howe will be named as our new Head Coach in the coming days (or by 1st June at the absolute latest) and all just a short 13 weeks or so since Neil Lennon left the club! With Bournemouth consigned to the EFL Championship for another season this seems to have signalled the go-ahead for Celtic to now also secure Ho...

It's hard to tell if Saturday's game against Hibs was some sort of final testimonial for Broony, such was the lack of notable action on display, however what we do know for sure is that we can now finally close the door on the riot of a season that was 2020/21. In theory this should now open the door to the exciting possibilities of what next season may bring but we remain as much in the dark toda...

We've made it lads. It's finally over! After the worst season in recent history we can finally bring the shutters down on season 2020/21 and look ahead to whatever the future will bring. The transition starts now with long serving skipper Scott Brown having played his final 90 minutes for the club and he goes with everyone's thanks and best wishes after a phenomenal 14 years at the club. The quest...

Celtic took on Scottish Cup finalists St Johnstone in our final home game of the season - and more poignantly the final home game that captain Scott Brown will play for the club after 14 years at Celtic Park. He himself played a key role in an impressive second goal with an assist for Odsonne Edouard with the Bhoys eventually running out as 4-0 winners. Adam Montgomery also made an impressive debu...

Mif & Paddy were in the hot-seat this week which has given us an absolute tap-in in terms of the title of this week's show! If only getting a new manager in was just as easy but that one continues to rumble on as we await any sort of concrete news on who'll be taking the reins next season. We did hear from the club via email this week (or at least some of us did) but that communication can be summ...

We’re getting fed up covering the same old ground when it comes to Celtic’s lack of action at the moment – and we’re pretty sure you’re all fed up hearing it. So, this week we decided to take the show in a different direction and put it to our followers on twitter (@CeltExchange) to ask them what they would like us to cover. We received a number of great responses and suggestions and so Tino, Mif...

The shutters can’t come down quickly enough on this season as Celtic turned in another performance similar to so many others that have gone before it – plenty of possession, plenty of chances, zero points! There are some players who we know for sure won’t be here next season, and some others who already seem to have one foot out the door, but in truth of those who’ll remain there’s only a handful...

It’s now almost 9 weeks since Neil Lennon left the building at Celtic Park and the silence grows louder by the day. With Season Ticket renewals on the horizon the cynics amongst us predict that we’ll hear news of our new Head Coach sooner rather than later, but either way some form of communication is needed as we as a fanbase grow increasingly anxious ahead of next season. On the park there’s lit...

Celtic played out a game tonight against Aberdeen which has been typical of so many of our games this season. It included the concession of a set piece goal, the lions share of possession, a failure to convert, and ultimately a failure to take all three points. A late Leigh Griffiths goal salvaged a point for Celtic and we were also treated to a rare glimpse of Karamoko Dembele but there was very...

Celtic turned in as bad a performance as they’ve produced all season as their Scottish Cup defence fizzled out this weekend at Ibrox. Despite the poor display there were clear cut chances to make a contest of it but a mixture of poor finishing and an overall lack of belief led to a 2-0 win that our opponents barely had to break sweat for. In truth that lack of belief has been the story of our seas...

Celtic had a chance to salvage something from what's been a woeful season so far but failed miserably by giving up their Scottish Cup in a timid display at Ibrox. The big news pre-match was that James Forrest had failed to make the starting line-up but in truth it likely wouldn't have had a huge bearing on the final outcome as the team showed a fragility that's been all too evident this season. De...

Despite frenzied speculation this time last week Celtic seem no further forward in their quest to name a new Head Coach, with the Eddie Howe chat cooling off somewhat over the last 7 days or so. This hasn’t had any negative impact on what John Kennedy and the players are doing however as they recorded their biggest win of the league campaign with an impressive 6-0 hammering of Livingston. So is Th...

Welcome back Celtic. Where have you been? Celtic firmly clicked into gear this afternoon with an impressive performance against Livingston in our first league fixture after the split. Though there's little at stake in terms of the league, an important Scottish Cup tie with Rangers awaits next weekend and John Kennedy's players will be brimming with confidence after a clinic display at Celtic Park....

Though nothing had yet been confirmed when we took to the mics for this week’s recording all signs seem to point towards Eddie Howe being named Celtic’s new Head Coach in the coming days. So is the ex-Bournemouth hero the man to take the club forward and manage the substantial squad overhaul that awaits this summer? And can he handle the undoubted pressure that comes with managing in Glasgow’s foo...

Dermot Desmond came out via the club website this week to clarify matters for the fans around the ongoing managerial situation. In truth however, a lot of words were used to say very little, with the principal shareholder leaving much of his statement open to interpretation. So is an announcement imminent? Almost 5 weeks have now passed since Neil Lennon left the building yet we seem to be no furt...

Rumours have intensified that Celtic are about to appoint Man City’s Fergal Harkin as our new Director of Football. Hot on the heels of that is the suggestion that City’s U23 coach Enzo Maresca will then join him to take up the role of Head Coach. But are these the kind of appointments that the fans are hoping for and expecting at this time? The right men to get us back on track? We cover this as...

With no official word coming out on who’ll be stepping into the Manager/head Coach role for next season, speculation has been rife with dozens of names doing the rounds in recent weeks. Having just left Sheffield United, Chris Wilder has been heavily linked and shot to the top of the bookie’s favourite list this week, but is this just a case of 2 + 2 = 37. We discuss the possibilities of Wilder an...

The world of football media moves at an incredible pace these days and with news breaking as quickly as it does at times it pays to know who the journalists with the breaking stories are. Once such journalist is Anthony Joseph, News Editor at Sky Sports News, and Anthony very kindly gave up some of his time this week to share some stories and to provide some insight into how that media space is ev...

As the old saying goes, the only constant thing in life is change. And in the context of Celtic we now face the most notable period of change in the last decade, as we get used to the strange feeling of no longer being the holders of the Scottish league title. In the weeks and months ahead players will change, coaches will change, and even the boardroom will change as the club look to reclaim thei...