RGC - A Celtic Podcast

Which is more than Johnny Kenny has managed to do in the last two games. It's a mixed bag this week. There's some discussion about the shambles at Tannadice with a bit of input from Davie Farrell, which you'll note was recorded just after the final whistle. We then move on to Sunday's game against Aberdeen and we genuinely look for and actually find some positives we can take f...

We got some feedback after last week's episode that we had been overly harsh in our view of the new manager.  It's fair to say that the events of the last seven days, unfortunately, have vindicated us to an extent. Incidentally, none of us takes any pleasure from that.  As we watched events unfold on the pitch, we decided that some input from an ex-pro and coach would be worthwhile, so D...

We did say when we started the pod, we wouldn't try to be knee-jerk reactionaries. Well, that shitshow on Sunday, against the backdrop of the events of the last 10 months, has put paid to any idea of us being optimistic about what lies ahead. There's a very brief review of the Dundee game, followed by a dissection of Sunday's horror show. We genuinely want Nancy to be a success, but...

There's a fair amount of cheeriness this week.  Three great away wins have improved the mood, prompting the host to seek forgiveness from our man in the west.  We talk about that great victory in Rotterdam before moving on to Sunday's game in Edinburgh. All three lads were in attendance to see Celtic win comfortably at Easter Road although Jim and Paul (in particular) may have overindulg...

We never promised you a rose garden... A year ago today, we released the first RGC pod, and we promised an upbeat pod, free of moaning and bed wetting. That's worked out well hasn't it? This week's pod is a bit bloody miserable with a side of righteous anger. The combination of an uninspiring win on Saturday, which followed a shambles of an AGM and a collective meeting, means there...

The title isn't a song by a Belle & Sebastian tribute band but a reference to the story behind this week's RGC. As it's international week we took the opportunity to record a pre-AGM podcast and the message is that if you are a shareholder make sure your voice is heard either by going to AGM, Proxying your vote or getting your vote registered. It all helps to send a message to t...

The giddiness from last week was a one-off thanks to an absolutely shambolic performance on Thursday. We don't spend much time on that for obvious reasons. The Killie game gets the usual "one half each" analysis before we move on to some new manager chat, and also raise some questions about our medical and sports science departments. Always remember that the board suggest we strive...

It's fair to say it's a more upbeat podcast that in previous weeks. Sunday's game is obviously the main talking point, and we throw our weight behind the outrage at the refereeing performance in the Semi. We then move on briefly to the game on Thursday and have a bit of a chat about the names in the frame for the permanent manager at the moment. Quick chat about the Killie game and...

Thanks to Celtic and Desmond releasing statements half an hour after last night's episode went live it rendered the recording somewhat out of date. The only thing we could do in the circumstances was get the gang back together to discuss last night's events and our new (old) caretaker manager. Davie Farrell gives a bit of insight into the discussions around a "change in direction&qu...

With Britain's biggest "Soor face c*nt" fan away in Italy this week we asked Davie Farrell to step in for this week's recording. Chris and Davie pick over the bones of the horror show at Tynecastle, and as you can imagine, there's not a lot of positives to be taken from the performance.   That leads us on to a discussion about the manager and his future, for Chris, the &qu...

What are we worried about? Quite a f*cking lot by the sounds of this episode. Paul is off on his travels, so Davie Farrell joins us this week to discuss Sunday's game and the squad in general. It's fair to say this isn't a cheery, upbeat listen.  No one at the club, including the manager and the captain, escapes criticism. Thanks to Davie's insight, we are pretty confident that...

Our man in the meeting, Paul, performs a podcast tour de force as he walks us through the minutes of Monday's meeting. It won't surprise anyone that the minutes weren't the whole story of the meeting, and Paul fills in some blanks. It has to be stressed that Paul is only speaking in a personal capacity, and how he managed to keep going and make it interesting is a miracle. Chris and...

First of two pods this week. There's a brief discussion about the meeting between the Collective and Celtic that we'll cover in more depth once the minutes are available. There is some frustration that certain people weren't able to wait for the collective to release their view on the meeting. Anyway... We then had a nice change of pace when we discussed the Braga game, and then mov...

Change of host this week. Chris takes the "I was south of the border, so wasn't at the game" role. He was in Manchester, we think he might have been at a gig and unlike an un-umerellaed Jim as he walked into town after the game he was thinking Please Don't Stop The Rain (wee clue where he was on Saturday night there) Jim had Chris's seat and hooked up with Paul after the g...

We got together to record a corporate governance special so we took the opportunity to record a short pod talking about the draw in Belgrade. It's fair to say that the point away from home left the lads all a bit underwhelmed. We are sure that a victory against Braga next Thursday teatime may change our view on that result. Thanks to  @fitzpas.com for the artwork and @arseneparcelie.bsky.soci...

Ah'll give ye Corporate governance. The steering group campaign is focusing on achieving change at board level so we felt we'd use the experience of two of the lads to record a special episode.  Essentially, we discuss the roles of CEO, CFO, Chairman and Non-Exec Directors and what they look like in a well-run organisation. We then compare them to how they operate at Celtic, and I don&ap...

It's a busy pod with Thistle, Red Star, Steering Group and Celtic's accounts on the agenda. Firstly, we appear to have had some sound issues that we'll try to get to the bottom of for the next record.  We look back on the Thistle game and briefly discuss the Red Star game this week.  As Paul is on the steering group we get a first-hand report on the early days of the campaign and we...

It's a two-hander this week as our man in the east is in Poland and we *might* have taken advantage of his absence when it came to the RGC nominations for this week. Chris gives a first-hand account of the 12-minute protest at Rugby Park, and we discuss the game and that last-minute penalty, which, as well as bagging all three points, upset all the right people. Nice. Of course, we had to hav...

As a follow-up to Tuesday's episode, we recorded a pod as we had a representative at Wednesday night's meeting, our man in the east, corporate schill, and all round good guy, Paul. He gives a brief summary of what happened, and it wouldn't be an RGC pod if we didn't flex our "cynical aul' gits" muscles, so we do voice a few concerns. That said, all of the concern...

They drag us back in. Welcome to The Godfather 3 podcast. The plan to take advantage of the International break went up in flames thanks to an "accidental" leak of a conversation about the manager, followed up by a simply incredible statement, released at ten to nine on Saturday night. A statement sponsored by Chateauneuf-De-Pape and Chat GPT by the sound, length and accuracy of it. Chri...

I don't think any of us were quite prepared for the clusterf*ck of the closure of the transfer window. We start by discussing Sunday to set the (bad) mood for the rest of the pod. Concerns are raised about both the manager and the captain, and our apparent inability to get up for big games. That's the last five where we've not shown up. Surely the last day of the transfer window wou...

As promised, here is the European "Special" if it can be called that. We decided to get someone on the pod who might genuinely have an idea what he is talking about when it comes to squad dynamics, player performances and what effect uncertainty can have on a club. We therefore got ex-pro, ex-asst manager and all-round good guy, Davie Farrell to talk about the events of the last week. It...

That's Rabbie, not Tommy, of course... An executive decision was made last week that this episode would only focus on Saturday's game and events domestically. There will be another pod later in the week dealing with all things European. With Chris on holiday, it's a two-hander, so as we're only discussing the Livvy game, the mood in the camp is pretty cheery, helped by a good s...

Three men of a certain age are still feeling tender after the RGC day out, so that, allied to the usual complaints about the board, it's a bit of a subdued episode. We discuss Friday's very cheery and entertaining game against Falkirk, and then discuss the CL qualifier. Two of the team are very confident, the other has some residual Celtic in Europe PTSD, which means he's a little l...

Another increase in the giddyness quotient this week. We discuss Sunday's game and it's broadly positive and actually, there is genuine positivity when we discuss the performances of Maeda, mind you, it's somewhat balanced out when we discuss Idah and Scales, but overall, even the horror of the four quid Pittodrie Pie can't dampen the lads' enthusiasm. Like Sportscene on S...