The Trinity Tims Podcast

"Celtic is in crisis. Let's not sugarcoat it or pretend things are other than they are. This club is in a profoundly bad place ... and the question that should dominate all of our minds is this; is the worst over, or is that still in front of us? The signs are ... well, they are not good."

"Celtic are not only back in the title race but we're in charge of it. The next round of European Football is in front of us too now. And with a new manager on the way the football department has big things to look forward to." 

"Celtic's AGM continues to dominate the discourse, and last night the Celtic Collective met to talk it out. Meanwhile, Hearts dropping points means that we're very much back in the title race ... and with a new boss about to come in. Exciting times at Celtic ... though not always in the way we would want."

"So, it all descended into farce at today's annual Celtic AGM. As usual the board failed to read the room, but when the room 'read' them the riot act, Pete pulled the plug and as all cowards do, they ran!"

"Celtic have this evening announced that they're continuing with Martin O'Neill as interim manager, which begs the question, have the negotiations with Wilfried Nancy broken down? We discuss this and other pressing issues on tonight's TT podcast."

"Two weeks ago we left Tynecastle eight points behind and certain people were wetting their pants about our season collapsing. A fortnight later, Hearts lead is seven points but Celtic have a game in hand. Are we hitting league form at just the right time? And are the early leaders starting to tire already?"

"Celtic are back! It's not just two good results in a week it is the sudden shift in mood around the whole club. Those who thought we'd simply fade out this season better think again. We're just starting."

"For all his sins, Rodgers tiptoed through the minefield the best he could. It should surprise no-one that when the detonation came it was courtesy of someone who wasn't concerned about the collateral damage."

"Celtic Land is in darkness. Will the next game bring the light back around, or are we going to need radical changes to get radical effects?"

Celtic has been skirting the edge of it all the way through 2025; now the crisis is here. Celtic has lurched and reeled from one setback to another since that night in Munich. Now all involved must consider their roles in where we've ended up.

International hell is almost over. The Collective continues to make progress and forge ahead with its plans. Celtic is due to play at the weekend on the back of our Motherwell triumph. And at Ibrox Steven Gerrard does walking away.

Celtic drew a blank for the second time this season against Hibernian, which begs the question, why is Brendan Rodgers so tactically inflexible? Meanwhile, the Celtic Fans Collective campaign gathers momentum. We discuss these points and plenty of others on this evening's TT podcast.

The Celtic fan protests are ramping up and now it's been given a name. It's obvious this is just the start. On a football front we're back scoring goals and maybe just maybe getting back to our best.

"Oh for binary choices; run or fight; rise or fall; speak up or stay silent' protest ... or accept. Rodgers has told the players to come together or crumble apart. And at Ibrox Russell Martin told his players to sink or swim."

"400 fan organisations have signed an open letter dismissing the current strategy. Now the No Confidence motions are coming in. The board has lost its mandate. That removes their legitimacy."

"The window slams down hard on the Celtic board. There are no more alibis left. There are no more excuses (not from most people anyway.) Now we move onto the reckoning."

"Celtic's transfer window has been a farce, leaving us in a mad last ditch scramble to get deals over the line, and of course clubs are bumping up the prices on us because they know we are desperate. Heads should roll for this mess."

“Celtic’s draw at home against Kairat has finally opened the floodgates. The water is trickling in right now but the swelling tide will sweep away our outdated plans. In the meantime, the boss continues to show his professionalism as Celtic go six clear of our rivals. And the Ibrox club itself? Well we’re on season 15 of the Banter Years and there is no end in sight ...”

"On Wednesday we're headed for our Champions League qualifier and this squad is weaker than the one we had at the turn of the year. That's shameful for a club like Celtic, but the manager and this team can still work miracles, and it's over to them."

"The last great hope of the pro-board faction ends in midweek as the clock runs down on our Champions League signing deadline. Short of a wildcard signing who will almost certainly not play, we're going into this undermanned. Who'd have thought that was likely? Well, we did ..."

“The season is underway! And Celtic has put the first three points on the board, albeit not very convincingly. The transfer window blues continue to haunt us with our own directors hamstringing the club and the manager. He’s increasingly fed up with it ... and we know what that means for the future.”

"The Celtic board either doesn't see that we're walking into potential danger or they just don't care. The same applies to some sections of the fan-base and they all - fans and board - have to snap out of this pronto. Rodgers knows. Which is why some are still trying to undermine him."

Off the field the club tries the patience of the fans. On it, the manager continues working his magic. This is a club of contradictions. We love it anyway.

"Celtic fans continue to have to be the most patient fans in Europe when it comes to signings. And the manager signing a new contract. And for some sign that their club cares about them after all. As we wait, we're all just putting a brave face on it. Except ... no. Not us three."

"Tom Petty said it; the waiting is the hardest part. And that's where we are right now. The waiting. Endless. Awful. Soul-crushing. Will there be signings? Will the boss sign a new deal? Or are we mad to hope for these things, should we not simply resign ourselves to the inevitability of disappoint ... and have a much easier summer?"

"Celtic get two more signings over the line whilst malcontents like us gripe from the sidelines. Ibrox suffers the adjustment shock as the reality of austerity sets in. Scotland's worst ever chairman and Scotland's worst ever journalist go head to head to see who can best rewrite history ... and Rod Stewart goes full tonto."

 "In spite of a tabloid hack suggesting that all eyes at Celtic should be on Ibrox, Celtic is best when it focusses on itself. On signings. On the manager. On the SFA's latest drum banging. Get our house in order and looking over the garden fence is nothing but a search of laughs ..." 

"Another week which we got through somehow. Transfer rumours popping up all over. Celtic seems busy ... but to what end? Across the city, a revolution unfolds. Or something. And the World Club Cup has kicked off ... but does anyone really care? And what are we to make of the rash of new 'fan sites' out there offering suspiciously bland content? Do we need a Turing Test for bloggers now?"

"We're stuck in that horrible limbo between a season ending and the transfer window opening, where we don't even have the opportunity to flay our club for not already having signed six players. This is the worst part of the summer ... no games and nothing to report. Still, we're here as long as you folks are! This is how we stay sane."

"Celtic fans face a month without football and even longer if we're going through with our alleged unofficial boycott of the Newcastle friendly. How are we going to get through it? Fortunately events at Ibrox remain entertaining ... and questions about some of our own board remain unanswered. As ever, we will go where others fear to tread ...."

"The season is over, and ends not with a bang but a whimper. We lost the chance at the treble. Now it's all about building back better; the focus is on June and the new deals being mooted for the manager and some players and on July and the transfer window. Brace for a bumpy ride."

Saturday was about James Forrest. The next week is a team effort. The league campaign ends with a bang, but it could have been a whimper. Until the hero stepped up. With the final on the horizon we look at the weekend, the final itself and we peer across the fence for the latest lunacy; Bazza gets snubbed and Bomber goes off on a madcap rant.

"Celtic prepares for Wednesday night with a win, whilst our opponents show how far they have to come losing across the city. What is the answer to this question about how these teams get better? And as you grapple with that, try this; when are the victims not the victims? When they are the Celtic fans."

"Another game passes at Ibrox, and whilst the football itself didn't dazzle anybody, events off the pitch are making headlines. Celtic now has a clear road to the cup final and a treble ... and manager of the year reject Rodgers can add to his trophy haul. Across town ... shameful."

"It's four in a row. It's thirteen in fourteen. It's fifty five in total. It's 11 for Rodgers. It all adds up to Celtic dominance, not just now but in the future ... which is why Keith Jackson and others are tearing out their hair over it. ..."

Celtic storms into the final against Aberdeen. Fans now have five games in the league and one cup final; two trophies to win in the next four weeks. Ibrox fans have ... nothing to look forward to at all. It has long been thus ...

"Celtic needs one point. Get it, and we're champions. At the weekend, we looked more like Celtic. Rodgers gave us a big commitment for the season ahead. It was the week when the takeover became the fakeover ... and we lost Alan Muir." 

Believe it or not, Celtic still stands on the brink of a treble. Believe it or not, the club across town is still a shambling disaster. Believe it or not, the Fakeover has started to unravel. And believe it or not, Greg Taylor is not going to Ibrox.

Celtic secure a comfortable win over Hearts. The Scottish Cup semi-final looms, with some of the most scandalous ticketing arrangements any of us has ever seen. The boss wants a new deal for Maeda; does this mean he intends to stay? There is more chaos at Ibrox, as they continue to press their own fans, and the cartoon character manager continues to generate his own soap opera. And we prepare for St Johnstone, no longer a title party, but a dress rehearsal for the semi.

"The game at Celtic Park has receded into memory after a dull, dreary international break. We now have Hearts to look forward to ... but before that is Lawwell leaning on journalists and UEFA sanctioning Sevco."

Yesterday was the Glasgow derby ... and it wasn't a particularly good one. In the aftermath, fans debated the performance, the cause of it and its implications, if they are any. And today we're going to take a brief look at it all.

Celtic took a step closer to the treble yesterday, and we booked our place at Hampden, a ground where Rodgers has never lost a match. It’s been a busy week; we had the Alan Muir debate spiral into a scandal, we had Celtic issue a statement about our own fans ... and the game against Sevco is next.

Celtic almost shocked Europe with a storming display in Munich ... and then we promptly went and lost at the weekend. That would have been some week, but it got a lot weirder than that, and finished on a hilarious note the best scriptwriter wouldn't have dared to pen.

Celtic almost shocked Europe with a storming display in Munich ... and then we promptly went and lost at the weekend. That would have been some week, but it got a lot weirder than that, and finished on a hilarious note the best scriptwriter wouldn't have dared to pen.

Following on from a more than credible performance against Munich, Celtic turn in a solid, professional and disciplined display in the league in a weekend where Mad Phil again lives to fight another day.

Today Phillipe Clement hangs by a thread after his club's disastrous defeat in the Scottish Cup. We mocked. We laughed ... and then we discussed all things Celtic including Bayern, Maeda ... and the Invisible CEO. As long as a game and with time added on, this is a Trinity Tims blockbuster episode; They're Simply Depressed!

"There's only one story worth discussing tonight and that's the transfer window, where the manager was failed because the people running our club have one set of priorities and he has another. How long can this continue? And will he stick around for it?"

The transfer window closes in a week and Celtic has just done it's first major bits of business; one in and one out. Will it end the way we hope it will, with a stronger squad? Or are we facing disappointment? We'll know in a week ... but it's like Tom Petty said; "The waiting is the hardest part ..."

Celtic shut up all of the critics last night by qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League after a hard fought win over Young Boys. Tonight we have a Champions League special as well as all the transfer talk we expected in the aftermath of qualification. And there's one story none of us are particularly happy about.....

Celtic draw in Dundee but then earn their place in the next round of the cup with a win over Kilmarnock which wasn't as convincing as it deserved to be. McInnes cried. We're also going to discuss Reo, the Young Boys game, and the transfer window so far ...

The Ibrox game is behind us! Two more wins, six more points, even further clear at the top of the league and in the meantime chaos engulfs our so called rivals! Patrick Stewart made his first appearance in front of the media ... and all he had for them were hard facts and there was no good news at all. Tonight we cover those stories, the transfer window ... and more!

Celtic went to Ibrox and lost heavily. There was widespread sectarian singing, coins thrown at Celtic staff and in the aftermath we had supremacist drum banging. Then came Sunday and the sound of Sevco’s bottle crashing. Rodgers was pleased ... but still had a pop at some fans. We’re covering it all on this Trinity Tims podcast ... the Calm After The Storm.

Just a week after we were told "the title race is back on" the title race is ... err ... over. Celtic goes to Ibrox with a 14 point lead and assorted hacks have more egg on their face than Kirk Broadfoot trying to make breakfast. Next up is Ibrox ... and High Noon for the Belgian Waffler.

Celtic dropped points in Dundee with a lamentable defensive performance from the home team. Tom English just keeps on embarrassing himself. We close out the "penalty" issue, and Ibrox indulges in the usual fairy tales. This is Episode 4 of The Trinity Times podcast. The Christmas Special.

With Christmas just around the corner, Celtic give the fans the best present we could have hoped for. Here on our third podcast – which we’re calling Joyful & Triumphant – the team discuss the final. The match. The result. The implications for our club and our rivals. And we snigger at the reaction of the bitter losers.

Two more games have been played and won. Six more points. Four more goals and more than anything else it was the team ethic on display. On this podcast we look back at Aberdeen and Hibs and ahead to Zagreb. We briefly touch on the SPFL charges for the use of pyro. We discus the youth academy and pose a question; is it delivering? And we look ahead to the cup final ... and Brother Beaton holding the whistle. Again.

In this, the first Trinity Tims Podcast, The Opening Goal, our three bloggers discuss Brugge, Ross County, our predictions for Aberdeen, the AGM ... and Ibrox's public park style walking pace football. As a smarter man than any of us once said, "this isn't the end, it's just the beginning."