Davie Provan has stated he wants to see better communication from new Celtic CEO Dom McKay in relation to the club’s supporters.
Celtic fans groups have announced that they plan to protest at Parkhead before Sunday’s second league game of the season against Dundee. As posted on North Curve Celtic’s Twitter account, they plan to “hold the board to account” with their demonstration.
This comes after a slow start to the summer transfer window that leaves Ange Postecoglou with major shortages in the full-back areas. Granted, the protest was announced before the big double-signing of Joe Hart and James McCarthy.
Provan believes the protest will see the Celtic support “forcibly” let the board know they’ve dropped the ball over the last 12 months. And speaking on the Go Radio Football Show, he believes McKay needs to be the source of better communication from boardroom level to the fanbase:
“I think the supporters deserve better communication. And Dominic McKay who’s come in as the new guy, I thought that would’ve been a new start at Celtic where we would see more communication. Because Dom McKay talks a good game. He’s got all the modern jargon, blue-sky thinking, synergies and all this. I thought he would be a real conduit in terms of communication between the boardroom and supporters.
“I still think the board are going to take a bit of heat. There’s talk of a demonstration coming up this Sunday. I think the supporters will want to make a point very forcibly to the Celtic board that they’ve slipped up big time.
“Now that the 10’s gone, people can see how poor the team has been over the years.”
Davie Provan not wrong; Dom McKay has a lot of work to do with the Celtic support
There were some promising signs early on. McKay appeared to be hands-on with the appointment of Postecoglou. He then opened the door to fan media who were given access to both himself and the new manager.
But since then, work has been slow in improving the club on and off the pitch. New signings have taken far too long to come in the door. So much so that we sacrificed Champions League football because of it.
In addition to that, several key areas of the first-team squad have yet to be plugged. We’re already three points behind in the title-race, and Celtic will do well to qualify for the Europa League given our current position.
McKay also spoke about modernising the football club. Whilst this is something supporters can certainly get behind, no details have been given to fans about what this might entail. Even now, there doesn’t appear to have been much substantial short-term change in that department.
The new CEO has a long-term job on his hands. Taking over from the mess that was left before him can’t have been easy. You can’t turn around a major organisation overnight. As such, the new man will get the time he needs from supporters to sort things out.
But Sunday’s protest is a sign that not everything has been handled smoothly this summer whatsoever.
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