RGC - A Celtic Podcast

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 Davie Farrell joins us to pass judgment on Nancy's "game plans" and it's no spoiler to say he's baffled at what he's seen in th...

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 was a lot to worry about, and we discussed our concerns at some length.

We look forward to the Roma game, and...

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 overindulged before and after the game. 

It wouldn't be the RGC Podcast if there wasn't some moaning and the delay in announcing the new manager gives us the...

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 isn't much positivity around.

Just a reminder that we are just three fans giving our opinions on...

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 the board even if the block votes will ensure the status quo (for now)

It also appears that the new manager will be announced...

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 to be "world class" in everything we do. Guess what conclusion we reach about this aspect of the operation?

We then have a chat about the ticket allocation for the...

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 we acknowledge that the fixture is taking place on Remembrance Sunday in "traditional" RGC Podcast fashion.

The host nominates his...

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". between a club's board and its management team.

We also have a chat about what we would like to see as a permanent replacement for Rodgers.

All we...

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 "bawhair" that he was hanging on with last week has gone, and Davie is inclined to see what the next two games deliver, let's just s...

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 the criticism has some weight to it and isn't just "bin ra lorra 'em" (Although it does sound a bit like 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 Jim mainly repeat back what Paul has just said to give him a bit of a breather 

It's a long record, b...

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 moved on to the Motherwell game on Sunday. Neither is a particularly upbeat discussion as you can imagine.

There's then a bit of a discussion about...

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 game, where they were reasonably positive about the team's performance, and that carried on into Monday's recording.

We have a bit...

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't think any of you will be surprised at the result.

It's the longest episode we've recorded, it's a dry subject, but in t...

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.

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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 have a bit of a general chat about where it is going. The mood among the lads is st...

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 have a hearty chortle about events in Govan on Saturday and the WhatsApp group unpleasantness it triggered. And if that wasn't hilarious...

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 concerns are ones that we feel can be easily addressed and overcome.

As the pod title suggests, we are cautiously optimistic that we are on the right...

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.

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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...

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...

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 second half performance and "events" in Edinburgh and Paisley.

There is frustration that we can't claim credit for christening a certain manager "Terry Vegetables", but that's the...

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 less bullish about the tie.

There's a bit of a preview of the Livvy game, and we agree that the outcome of Wednesday's game will determine...

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 Saturday, three old blokes discuss the other results at the weekend, with one result in particular getting slightly more attention than the others. Our efforts to have that section sponsored by Biffa Skip Hire were...

A slightly more upbeat episode this week. (Only slightly mind you)

We discuss the Flag Day victory against St Mirren and reflect on Brendan's Friday press conference, which did have a whiff of "Back me or I'm off" about it.  There's a bit of actual xG chat but largely in a "point and laugh" context when discussing the game at Motherwell at the weekend.

Sunday's game against Aberdeen gets a preview of sorts and there's some chat about the CL draw and ticket prices for the upcoming games.

When the calculations of how m...

Sadly it’s a familiar theme in what should have been an upbeat pre-season episode.

Three grumpy Tims of a certain vintage railing against Dermot and the unacceptable way he's running the show. Even the new Dundee manager making a James Hunt of his first few weeks in the job isn't enough to lift our mood.

Hopefully, in a few weeks time we'll look back at this recording and laugh. 

As always thanks for your support.

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Yes, the RGC lads are back for a Summer Special, but if you're looking for laughs from a Summer Special, then you're probably better off buying the one The Beano releases.

We talk about the impact on the squad of the departures this close season and discuss the arrival of what appears to be a number of projects in the window thus far.

Our absentee Irish landlord and his transfer fee ceiling and his tatouazophobia* come in for some criticism too. 

The lads discuss the best resolution for the "Brendan issue" and suggest t...

Well, compared to the RGC lads Rev I.M. Jolly is a ray of f*cking sunshine. Maybe it's entitlement but in a season where we won the league and the League Cup and did okay in the CL, it's a very downbeat episode.

None of us has shaken off that absolute shambolic cup final performance and there's not a huge amount of confidence that the summer is going to cheer us up. 

The manager's contract position is a concern as the idea of him running down his contract isn't one that any of the l...

It's a packed programme 

The host's professionalism is tested 

We have pre-match pints with two Pat Nevins and a Mad John

Post-match nonsense in the Press Bar with a somewhat pished host recording a "drop in" from a special guest

There's a discussion about the supposed East End War zone, and we offer a simple solution.

We have a cup final preview and some chat about the managerial merry-go-round.

And for Southside Tims, there's an RGC you will undoubtedly agree is worthy of the honour.

As...

As the host was otherwise disposed and our man in the East was poncing about up that Italy our man in the West is the only one of the team who saw Saturday's 90 minutes. 

Not a huge amount to say about the game. Was it a bafflingly toothless performance from Hibs, or was it really professional game management by Celtic?

We have a chat about Wednesday's "gonnae gie wee Jamesey a goal mister" match against Aberdeen and then the lads make their plans for Saturday's trophy presentation against St Mirren. 

We then have a...

It could have been another giddy pod had Maeda made the right decision but he gets a pass as he's got a LOT of credit in the bank.

We have our very own Kate Adie's report from behind the Tarrier barrier, and our reflections from the game. We all get the fear when we consider who the back four will be in the game at the weekend against Hibs.

There's a moan about tickets for the cup final, and the host shamelessly tries to get one of the contributors...

As you can imagine, the mood on the pod this week is officially giddy AF.

We have a great time talking about Saturday's game, have a moan about Sky and their presenters pulling players away from the celebrations so they can ask them mundane questions at time up.

We return briefly to the issue of ticket prices and applaud the two protests during the game although we do feel sorry for the poor b*stard who had to blow up all those "Stolen from Sports Direct" fitbaws.

All in all, we make a...

A two handed episode this week as Chris joins Jim as Paul is having a mid-life crisis in Santa Ponsa.

We have a message from the Remy McSwain fan club and reflect on Sunday's semi-final  and we couldn't miss an opportunity to have a chuckle at the Jambos and Chris revels in a Craig Gordon "masterclass" from the other semi.

That brings us to a preview of Saturday's game at Tannadice, and we then have a discussion about ticketing in general from home matches, cup semis and finals to a...

An extra "mini-pod", recorded as a test of yet another recording set-up by the useless aul' b*stard of a host. Fingers crossed that it works.

We decided to have a chat about who gives Maeda any kind of run for his money in the Player Of The Year stakes and it's fair to say that second place was a LONG way back.

In fairness, at least there were a few candidates for second place, as when we considered Young Player Of The Year, we stumbled across a subject for a close-season podcast about our...

We've mixed it up a bit this week.

As Chris was in Manchester for the weekend and Jim seized the chance to use his seat, we have a stand-in host for this week's episode. (With Taylor making his return to the starting lineup, it was probably for the best.)

We reflect on a great first-half performance on Saturday and a perfunctory second half. A remarkable explanation is offered about the Man Of The Match award by the stand-in host to end the reflection on that game.

We salute St Mirren for consigning Hearts...

Welcome to this week's pod. 

The "gid-ometer" should have been off the f*cking charts after Saturday's fixtures, however...

Despite pre-record protestations we had all calmed down after Sunday's game it didn't take much to get us foaming at the mouth after an absolutely abject performance in Perth.

After a cathartic discussion of the St Johnstone game the  pod host *may* have triggered one of the contributors when we started talking about Saturday's game against Killie.

As always, we are incredibly grateful and humbled by yo...

It's fair to say there's not as much grumpiness on our first proper pod since "that" game. Well, we say that, bearing in mind both Gordon and Shankland were playing for the opposition on Saturday then there's *some* grumpiness.

We have a chat about people leaving the game early and ticketing issues. Should fans have the ability to give up their seat a few times a year to allow people on the waiting list to get to games.

There's a bit of discussion about the club using AI when we have so...

As it is International Week and  there was no game we got a guest in. A man who played in the SPL and had an 18-year professional football career and coached too and he's a right good c*nt into the bargain, Dennistoun's finest Davie Farrell.

We quickly realise that the three regular podders are still pissed off after last Sunday and Davie gives us an idea why it went so wrong on the day.

There's a bit of chat about referees and you'll be shocked at Davie's view on the current batch of Scottish w...

It won't surprise you to hear that the "g" in Pod xG this week isn't Guinness, it's Grumpiness.

We reflect (well, rant) on the events of Sunday, as you can imagine there's not a lot of positivity and no one escapes without criticism and that includes the manager.

The only light moment comes courtesy of a "Toon Tim" Ricky as we got his on-the-whistle reaction to their win. (It seemed like a good idea at the time and after eight pints)

We are pretty sure that this week has seen...

The boys reflect on the Hibs cup game but not until we had the pleasure of listening to the view from the Hibs end delivered with frankly magnificent levels of profanity by, friend of the pod, Raymondo Broon.

Ahead of this Sunday's game against "Thaym", we discuss our view of the away ticket situation and give an unbiased and balanced preview of how we think the game will go.

As a bit of a spoiler, we did get nervous about the prospect of facing a managerial heavyweight after Chris...

The pod starts on a more sombre note as Chris pays tribute to Sweeney, an RGC who passed away at the weekend.

We then look back at the Aberdeen and St Mirren games and then have a chat about Sunday's game against Hibs.

There's then the inaugural "Sweeney Section" where we have a cheery wee "point and laugh" at Trackie Baz and say a heartfelt goodbye to The Baldy Banger.

On the 31st anniversary of the takeover, we pay tribute to the man who put the wheels in motion for a period of...

Celtic out of the Champions League?

An away defeat to Hibs with a questionable VAR decision?

A recipe for a downbeat pod recording you would think, however...

An incredibly cheery podcast where we reflect on the two games with a special guest all round good guy Martin from Mogwai who watched the game with one of the hosts in Leeds Irish Centre. There is a LOT of 'Espanyolification' chat as we say a fond farewell to The Baldy Banger and say an enthusiastic hello, hello to the Staunch Squad.

As always...

The curse is real...

The episode title will make sense when you get to the RGC nomination at the end of the pod. Before then we cover both Bayern games and reflect on Saturday's game against The Arabs.

We also chat about Saturday's game against Hibs and how one of the podcast team will go "Prawn sandwichless" as he won't be able to attend. 

It does allow the other two podders to go in two-footed on his Hibee mates none of whom are Pat Nevin we are assured.

A...

It's episode 13 and it's unlucky for some...

Mind you the people it's unlucky for are not Celtic fans. There's some reflection on the Raith Rovers game, some chat about the Bayern game and it's fair to say there's not a huge amount of confidence from any of the lads. We also have a bit of chat about the NEDs in the Celtic boardroom (This is not Buckfast related content)

Now, we know some Celtic fans do not think we should ever discuss "thaym" on a Celtic pod and if that's how you...

An extra pod this week for two reasons

1) To try a new platform to record the pod to deal with the sound issues of the last few weeks

2) To allow Chris and Paul to deal with their differences in a safe and healing environment

It appears to have worked on both counts (We think)

We reflect on the Dundee game, we throw forward to the cup game against Raith,  there's a bit of chat about the transfer window and we wonder whose f...

Firstly we hope there are none of the sound issues we had last week.

The idea behind this pod was that it would have the vibe of three lads (Old blokes)  talking about Celtic in the pub after the game. 

Well, we probably nailed it this week as, like a good pub conversation we had two polar opposite opinions and someone in the middle saying "Come on boys, we've all had a drink". It won't surprise you to learn that it was this transfer window that provoked a heated debate*

Here's episode 10 of the podcast they are calling "WTF? Another Celtic podcast?"

Jim Burke your host welcomes Paul and Chris where we talk about a nerve-shredding night at Celtic Park, a fortuitous cancellation and our trip to Villa Park.

We also discover that Chris has another nemesis this time it's not a left-back from Ayrshire but an Oscar winner from California

There's a fond farewell to a Celtic hero and a warm welcome to a returning hero.

The host had some issues with his internet connection so there may be the...

Yes, we are a day late as the day jobs got in the way and Chris got stuck in traffic apparently.

We discuss the game at Dens Park and the game against Killie has Paul penning a love letter to his Brand New Friend before he goes to see some band, apparently they wouldn't be My Bag.

The Champions League game against Young Boys is previewed (Spoiler Alert Host is nervous, guests are both confident)

We finish on a chat about misfiring strikers a subject we hope sorts itself out this coming week.<...

In a frankly childish effort at a futile GIRUY, we attempted to produce a 55-minute pod.

We hit the crossbar but we still managed to talk about last week's games, a very brief preview of our visit to Dens and then we stumbled across the identity of the man who our chums in Govan should turn to in order to turn their club around...

Chris and Paul join host Jim for the pod that people are calling "Another f***ing Celtic podcast?"

Thanks to @fitzpas.com for the artwork and...

Oddly enough there isn't the same upbeat tone of previous pods this week.

Jim, Chris and Paul reflect on an absolute shocker of a performance in the derby.

Sunday's game is discussed (Paul picks up his first yellow of the season) and we look forward to Wednesday's game against Dundee United.

Finally, there's a chat about Brendan's diversion tactics and Jim has to use his "Host's veto" in the end of pod RGC discussion. 

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F...

It's just Jim and Chris this week as Paul was off poncing round Berlin. We take the opportunity to look back at a great week on the park for Celtic. 

We don't miss the opportunity to have a right laugh at Wile E. Coyote FC and look forward to this week's two games and we also don't miss the opportunity to go in two-footed on Paul when discussing the RGC of the year.

Thank you for downloading and listening and may you have a great new year hopefully with the tone for the year being s...

The first pod after a disappointing result and as you can imagine the three pod lads get whipped up into a frenzied state of "Can everybody calm the f*** doon"

There's a look back at Tannadice, a hearty chuckle at "Thur's been a statement" issued from the top of the marble staircase and a quick look forward to the next two home games.

Finally, we have our first, posthumous RGC award

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It's a bit of a giddy pod reflecting on the cup final as you can imagine

Jim and Paul talk karaoke. Chris outs a member of a famous Scottish band as a massive Tory but mainly it's three Tims revelling in another cup final victory.

We have a bit of a chat about the upcoming transfer window, amazingly Chris would like Celtic  to sign a left back even if it one that used to play for us

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It's a bit of a giddy pod reflecting on the cup final as you can imagine.

Jim and Paul talk karaoke, Chris outs a member of a famous Scottish band as a massive Tory but mainly it's three Tims revelling in another cup final victory.

We have a bit of chat about the upcoming transfer window and amazingly Chris would like Celtic to sign a left back even if it is one that used to play for us.

Episode 3 of RGC - A Celtic Podcast and it's a little longer than usual.  Two games to reflect on and two big games to look forward to plus we reflect on how prescient last week's pod title turned out. Contains gig reviews, advice to Glasgow Uber drivers on how to get a tip and a story of an encounter with a famous Spurs fan. 

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Three is the magic number

Three people on the pod

Three games to discuss

The pod that Greg Taylor's mum won't let him listen to

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Welcome to the first episode of RGC Celtic

It's a two-hander with host Jim welcoming Artist Formerly Known As Remy McSwain, Paul T decided that seeing some band that 8 people have heard of to boost his "I was into them before they got big" credentials

Chris and Jim discuss the events of the weekend and it is agreed that we picked the perfect week to start a Celtic pod. Celtic victory, Aberdeen Defeat and a soul-destroying draw for "thaym" at Ibrox

If you enjoy the pod, spread the word tell your pals and...

Is another Celtic podcast

Coming soon, a new Celtic podcast where three men of a certain age reflect on all things Celtic

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