BBC Sportsound<\/a>, \u201cCan I also say about that statement from Dermot Desmond.<\/p>\n\u201cA couple of weeks before Brendan Rodgers resigned, we were told by Michael Nicholson that everybody\u2019s pulling in the same direction in the meeting that he had with the Celtic Fans Collective on the 6th of October.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were told there were no problems, we\u2019re all pulling the same direction, we\u2019re all trying to do our best for Celtic and, all of a sudden, this statement from Desmond appeared to blame Brendan Rodgers for all the ills at the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo for me, there\u2019s so many conflicting accounts of what\u2019s been actually going on. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then when you look at how Desmond attacked Rodgers in the media and how his son, Ross attacked the fans, for me, like I said before, I\u2019m actually dumbfounded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m 48 years old now, I\u2019ve never seen anything like this in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The heated BBC debate over Dermot Desmond, Brendan Rodgers, Ross Desmond and the Celtic support<\/p>\n
The comments sparked a heated debate as Tom English and Rory Loy argued over Dermot Desmond\u2019s hatchet job on Brendan Rodgers and Ross Desmond\u2019s incredible attack on the Celtic supporters.<\/p>\n
English replied, \u201cPaddy, what possibly drove Ross Desmond and Dermot Desmond, by extension, to do this?<\/p>\n
\u201cLike, what good did you do? If you try and look into Ross Desmond\u2019s head, what good do you think he was he was trying to achieve?\u201d<\/p>\n
Loy: \u201cIf they feel that Brendan Rodgers has come out, and we all know about the car analogy, I\u2019m not going to revisit that, and he has been saying things that aren\u2019t true, and Paddy hits the nail on the head..\u201d<\/p>\n
English: \u201cBut we\u2019re talking about the AGM now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Loy: \u201cNo, I understand that, but it\u2019s all pulled into one. But I think that the initial statement that Celtic released with regards to Brendan Rodgers leaving from Dermot Desmond was their way, I think they felt that that was their voice to try and I think they were concerned that the fans would would massively turn against them, even more given the circumstances that Brendan Rodgers had left, and they wanted to try and set the record straight.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it all accumulates to the AGM, where they try a second time, and the fans just aren\u2019t having it.\u201d<\/p>\n
English: \u201cIf Dermot Desmond thought that his statement attacking Brendan Rodgers was going to turn the fans around, then he really is living in cloud cuckoo land\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Loy: \u201cBut what, what\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
English: \u201cHang on a second, because he was laying all of the problems of Celtic squarely at Brendan Rodgers\u2019 door, not accepting any responsibility for the board\u2019s failure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Loy: \u201cBut they had already apologised for the summer transfer window, so that\u2019s not entirely true Tom.\u201d<\/p>\n
English: \u201cWhen did they apologise for the transfer window.\u201d<\/p>\n
Loy: \u201cThey said that they had gotten it wrong in terms of the business and how they\u2019ve gone about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
English: \u201cDid you read Dermot Desmond\u2019s statement?\u201d<\/p>\n
Loy: \u201cI can\u2019t remember specifically but I\u2019m pretty sure they come out and said\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
English: \u201cIt was a full-on assault on Brendan Rodgers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Loy: \u201cPaddy hits a nail on the head. We don\u2019t know what\u2019s happened. So if what Dermot Desmond has said previously and is true, then I wouldn\u2019t be comfortable sitting there while somebody sees these things about the board that aren\u2019t true, so you want to have your own voice. But the problem is, like Paddy says\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
English: \u201cRodgers is gone. Show a bit of decorum, let him go. He\u2019s won a lot of trophies. Yes, he\u2019s been high maintenance at times, without question.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis ego has got out of control, without question. He\u2019s gone, let him go. What\u2019s the point? <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is the point of really attacking him as he goes out the door? And what was the point on Friday of Ross Desmond taking a flamethrower to the supporters?\u201d<\/p>\n
The debate over both Desmond\u2019s motives will continue but Celtic fans are not fooled. They can see the board circling the wagons around themselves and it\u2019s not a good look.<\/p>\n
Compare and contrast that against how the Ibrox club have conducted their business over the last 24 hours, the Celtic board and both Desmonds should take a long hard look in their collective mirrors.<\/p>\n
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Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesMichael Nicholson called out for his appearance at the Celtic Fans Collective meeting<\/p>\n