Celtic FC have had a horror 25-26 season, time to reset and go back to basic football.
A basic analysis of what Celtic have got so wrong, by Brendan Hunter. It's safe to say the 2025/26 season has been nothing short of a disaster for Celtic. One could point to a specific part of the year when it went wrong, or you could make a list of all the reasons. Every fan seems to have someone to blame, with the majority of people pointing the finger to the Celtic board of directors. Others have pointed to the boring negative style of football led by manager Brendan Rodgers and some will say the kamikaze attack first tactics of short-lived boss Wilfried Nancy was a setback in an already tough season. The truth is everyone is at fault in some way or another. We can analyse all the moments where the wheels began to slowly fall and then roll off, I mean getting knocked out of the Champions League playoffs by a team from Kazakhstan who had a major shoestring budget compared to the Hoops wasn't exactly a good star or sign of things to come. But the reality of the situation i...