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 Celtic, and we're not attempting to become influencers or try to monetise the pod, so it's possible you won't agree with our opinions, but be assured these opinions come from a good place.

Incidentally, the invite for Ross Desmond to come on and discuss his views on the support is a genuine one.

Thank you for all your support in the last year. We love doing it, and some of your feedback has humbled us.

So spread the word.

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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)

In fairness, this is a pod to be endured rather than enjoyed, but it does at least attempt to identify where the issues are and provide some suggestions about what we should be doing next.

We finish with a bold prediction from Davie, and an optical and fried dough product expert gets this week's RGC Award

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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 this week and we enter the "Wilfball" era and we'd love to say the pod contributors are excited about what lies ahead.

We think you know us well enough to know that's not how it pans out.

The pod finishes with the RGC being revealed as the bass player of a seminal 80s band (No, not that one)

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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 final, and it yields this week's episode title.

We finish with a bit of a trailer for another special episode next week and some gig chat (Well, when we say "chat" we mean "moaning")

Incidentally, the plan for the special episode is to include a Collective update and a bit of insight into what the AGM is likely to look like.

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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 RGC for this week, but is almost usurped by an excellent suggestion backed up by a great gag, but democracy prevails.

Thanks as always for downloading and listening. The numbers keep climbing as word spreads through the "Sellick Da-osphere" and we are so appreciative of your support

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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 can hope for now is that Brendan waits a couple of days before he issues his rebuttal, as we can't be arsed recording another podcast.

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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 say neither of them is convinced by the other's argument.

The host sits on the fence like a right prick...

One thing that all three contributors could agree on is that none of them is approaching the semi-final on Sunday with confidence.

Last week's figures showed a nice increase (needless to say, the ex-pro was claiming the credit for the rise), so we thank each and every one of you who listened. Feel free to spread the word even further

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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, but there was really no way we could do it justice and keep it under an hour.

Hope you enjoy it

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