RGC - A Celtic Podcast

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 the coming weeks and months, these roles will hopefully be getting discussed a bit more, and we thought a jargon-free guide to corporate governance would be helpful. 

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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 still "cautiously optimistic". We then get a pod title from the discussion about the accounts as well

The RGC is a young man and his family from the host's home town and we get a lovely message from the family of another young man who passed too soon.

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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 enough, then the Take The High Road Team Bonding Exercise just put a cherry on the cake.

With the steering group potentially moving forward this week, there may be some issues surrounding corporate governance getting discussed. Now, we know it's dull af, but if you'd like some of the corporate gobbledegook explained in layman's terms,  drop us an email at [email protected] and we'll ask Chris and Paul to try and make it interesting.

Finally there's a lot of discussion about who warrants being RGC this week, and we know someone isn't going to like it.

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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 road.

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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.

Unsurprisingly, his expert view on the statement is exactly the same as the "amateur" view of almost every Celtic fan who read it.

There's plenty of moaning, some discussion around what next for the fans in terms of attempting to effect change. There's a consultation document here that we'd encourage fans to engage with

https://forms.gle/F2hwGqkiiQCeTbDc7

We then finish with our suggestion of how a new board set up should look.

We won't lie, it may sound a bit dry, but if you want change, you should have some idea what you want that change to look like.

Thanks as always for the support

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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 take a bit of a kicking and we resign ourselves to the fact that those actually responsible will suffer no consequences for the transfer window shambles.

We do discuss what options are open to fans who want to register their disgust and it boils down to "Do whatever feels right for you"

Chris manages to eke out a very worthy RGC from an unlikely source. 

Sadly, we stopped recording before we got a chance to mention Mick Rice, a good Tim from Belfast, a barman in one of London's hidden gems, who was laid to rest today.

Go easy Mick

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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 there is that...

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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 only negative in this recording. We're hoping that later in the week, the next pod will be equally upbeat.

The RGC award goes to two people this week, and you'll fully understand why when you hear the reason.

As always, we thank you for your support and kind words, all 1692 of you.

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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 the approach to that one.

We have an enthusiastic and animated discussion about the exciting transfer rumours, and that's a complete f*cking lie.

We do have a bit of self-indulgent chat about our day out, but it does give us a chance to talk about Saturday's games and a certain penalty shoot-out. As a result of that discussion a certain Premier League manager will now be known as "The SFC". Regular listeners will have a fair idea who that will be.

Paul suggests the RGC of the week and rarely has anyone deserved the award more.

As always, thanks for your continued support and please feel free to tell the grumpy Sellick Da or Ma about the pod. 

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