Dominic McKay has just resigned from Celtic due to personal reasons

[BigMaz]

The current board are not interested in 'modernising' the club as McKay said he wanted to do on the few occasions he spoke to the supporters. The current board want the status quo to remain, they want a 'CEO' (quotation marks as its in name only) to carry out their exact instruction and have very little autonomy. As I mentioned on here before, McKay would be like Lawwell during the early years he was "CEO'. Every decision had to get board approval. Lawwell got more autonomy the longer he was in the job as he knew, and accepted, how the board wanted the club to be run.
The board think they are doing a brilliant job and last season was a one-off, a blip, and everything will be back to normal this season.
When headlines appeared in the papers in July that Desmond had stepped in and was taking 'personal charge' of the transfer activity then the alarm bells started ringing for me. My take on 'personal charge' was Lawwell will do it and report back to me.
The fact that its Lawwell's protege, Nicholson, who has stepped up as CEO and been given a place on the board is telling.
Forget modernising the club, we remain a 'as long as we're one point better than them' club with zero ambition beyond the colloquial little country we live in.

you have nailed that Gary - disgusted with this development. We don't need a 'team player' - we need someone with power, new ideas and energy - not another failed board yes man. If he is so brilliant what did we need Dom for ? Anything that Bankier is involved in just turns to sh*t. What are we doing ????

 

[Lubos left peg]

OK, how many Dom threads do we need???

Has Imatim started one yet.....please god ...just so he can ask WC to delete

 

[boab1916]

It's times like this I wish our investigative bloggers (Phil Mac) could give us a fucking heads up. Seem to know when someone in the blue room logs on to pornhub but not a clue when shit like this happens at our own club!!

Maybe because what has happened lubo has taken all by surprise and is a genuine reason for a man to step down today,

"Celtic have announced that chief executive Dom McKay has stood down from his position for personal reasons after just two months at the Scottish Premiership club.

The announcement was made to the stock exchange on Friday. Celtic have replaced him with Michael Nicholson,"

 

[Jinky1962]

We don't know the personal reasons let's hope it's nothing to serious I'll keep my powder dry.I'll just thank him for the job he did in the short time he was at celtic.big ange and the players are still here and thiers a match tomorrow.Mon the hoops.

 

[CelticRose]

Has Imatim started one yet.....please god ...just so he can ask WC to delete

Look I started one thread and didn’t see the others so apologies maybe WC could merge them?

 

[Lubos left peg]

Maybe because what has happened lubo has taken all by surprise and is a genuine reason for a man to step down today,

"Celtic have announced that chief executive Dom McKay has stood down from his position for personal reasons after just two months at the Scottish Premiership club.

The announcement was made to the stock exchange on Friday. Celtic have replaced him with Michael Nicholson,"

And with that boab. Maybe, just maybe there isn't some underhand reason he's gone. Maybe the board and McKay got on just fine. Maybe he's actually had to step down for personal reasons and we should just accept that.

 

[Lubos left peg]

Look I started one thread and didn’t see the others so apologies maybe WC could merge them?

Don't you dare apologise!!! Your thread is the best. The rest must be avoided....especially Kelly's. That's the worse of the lot. Every single person who started a dom thread owes you an apology.

 

[_Neil_]

And with that boab. Maybe, just maybe there isn't some underhand reason he's gone. Maybe the board and McKay got on just fine. Maybe he's actually had to step down for personal reasons and we should just accept that.

It's the board's past record and the wording of the statement that has led people to doubt the statement.

 

[boab1916]

And with that boab. Maybe, just maybe there isn't some underhand reason he's gone. Maybe the board and McKay got on just fine. Maybe he's actually had to step down for personal reasons and we should just accept that.

Hope so and sincerely believe it will be, if there was any underhand i could not see the recruitment drive we had been done. This is a big season and as someone commented earlier shit happens and tends to when things are going well.

 

[Lubos left peg]

Infact, I'm going to create a whose dom thread is the best thread. We can all vote and the winner (CelticRose) gets a boax!!!

 

[boab1916]

It's the board's past record and the wording of the statement that has led people to doubt the statement.

Think the board have a long way to go to win back the fans trust after last season, we need to move on I reckon and concentrate our attention on the field of play,

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

And with that boab. Maybe, just maybe there isn't some underhand reason he's gone. Maybe the board and McKay got on just fine. Maybe he's actually had to step down for personal reasons and we should just accept that.

Exactly. Unless someone has some genuine information then I wish Dom well and will wait and see what info comes out. If it then turns out that this is because of interference by Lawwell, Desmond, Bankier or anyone else then at that point I will go ballistic - and I expect there to be trouble.

 

[DILLIGAF]

It's the board's past record and the wording of the statement that has led people to doubt the statement.

For 'doubt their statement' insert 'Lose their shit'
Takes all kinds, so good luck to Dom and his family, and also to those who are losing their shit
Have a great weekend everyone

HH

 

[_Neil_]

Think the board have a long way to go to win back the fans trust after last season, we need to move on I reckon and concentrate our attention on the field of play,

Quite. Support for Ange and the squad whilst keeping a watchful eye on the board.

 

[Lubos left peg]

Think the board have a long way to go to win back the fans trust after last season, we need to move on I reckon and concentrate our attention on the field of play,

Exactly...the suits and ties don't effect what Ange and his players do on the pitch. Nothing has changed in that respect....if we need reinforcements in January then we will see what the boards game is.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Infact, I'm going to create a whose dom thread is the best thread. We can all vote and the winner (CelticRose) gets a boax!!!

Rose gets my vote

 

[Winter]

Just seen this on Celtic Twitter can’t confirm though.

Yeah can confirm hes left for personal reasons ( family ) I believe. We canny catch a fukn break can we ? Just when things were looking better than forva long time. I hope his family are ok but I cant help but listen to my gut ( gut says hello) that theres more to this I hope I'm wrong very wrong but to me this has DDs leash all over it

 

[Lubos left peg]

Rose gets my vote

None of this merging threads nonsense. Delete the rest!!!! This one is simply the be........shit!!! Wrong forum!!

 

[CelticRose]

Don't you dare apologise!!! Your thread is the best. The rest must be avoided....especially Kelly's. That's the worse of the lot. Every single person who started a dom thread owes you an apology.

I was trying to check out if it was actually true before posting it and in that time another two threads had started.

 

[Ally]

I wish Dom and his family well for the future. I do sincerely hope that he wasn't pushed. Dom in your short time with us imo you were doing it your way bringing in change to our club, maybe the changes you wanted to make were to quick to soon for our heads in the sand board.. Time will tell us in future what is really going on behind the scenes. Good luck in your future endeavours I thank you for your time and input into our club.