Live and Let Die

Catching up on the musings of others on financial performance, player trading performance, and the moustachioed overlord.

Firstly, thank you to James, Laura, Martyn and Andrew for holding huddlebreakdown.com together and continuing the prodigious output that I hope has helped keep your summer entertained as regards all things nerdy at Celtic, whilst I embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime family adventure in Australia.

In fact, I feel kinda redundant!

Oh well, I’m back like it or not.

I have greatly enjoyed the content not just from us, but from Celtic Underground on the topic of the goings on behind the scenes at Celtic, specifically on strategic matters, financial management, the role of the major shareholder, and transfer window performances.

In particular, I could only nod in agreement to most of what Harry Brady wrote in this piece. It is not just great because I agree with it – we all like to be challenged, hopefully, but it echoes what I hope has been a consistent opinion on our pod over the years.

It’s what James would call “motherhood and apple pie” when you get down to it, and I don’t think any rational fan would disagree.

I’m also here all season for James’ attempts to bring down the billionaire majority shareholder Dermot Desmond, apparently single-handedly – watch out for the piranha-infested waters underneath the trap door, James!

Whether to let James live or die, I was taken by the piece on transfer performance profit margins as discussed on this pod. Additionally, the Desmond take down here. Just as well that ruthless businessmen who always must win are not vengeful.

As I have not had the chance to comment on these before the real action on the pitch kicks off again this weekend, I thought I’d use the weekly column for some thoughts.