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.

Chris Paul and Jim discuss both events and we also got some input from Kieron O'Connor, the man behind the excellent football finance site @swissramble on social media.

Unsurprisingly, his expert view on the statement is exactly the same as the "amateur" view of almost every Celtic fan who read it.

There's plenty of moaning, some discussion around what next for the fans in terms of attempting to effect change. There's a consultation document here that we'd encourage fans to engage with

https://forms.gle/F2hwGqkiiQCeTbDc7

We then finish with our suggestion of how a new board set up should look.

We won't lie, it may sound a bit dry, but if you want change, you should have some idea what you want that change to look like.

Thanks as always for the support

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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 would cheer us up? Well, it didn't and don't call me Shirley. As you can imagine, the board and the major shareholder take a bit of a kicking and we resign ourselves to the fact that those actually responsible will suffer no consequences for the transfer window shambles.

We do discuss what options are open to fans who want to register their disgust and it boils down to "Do whatever feels right for you"

Chris manages to eke out a very worthy RGC from an unlikely source.

Sadly, we stopped recording before we got a chance to mention Mick Rice, a good Tim from Belfast, a barman in one of London's hidden gems, who was laid to rest today.

Go easy Mick

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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's not cheery listening in some ways, but Davie is always worth listening to and he does end on an upbeat note so there is that...

Thanks to @fitzpas.com for the artwork and @arseneparcelie.bsky.social for the outro music.

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