Celtic exited the Champions League after failing to score across 210 minutes against Kairat Almaty. The elimination will affect recruitment budgets, the appeal of European fixtures, and could influence Brendan Rodgers' future. Fans blame limited board investment, the sale of key players, and inadequate replacements that left the squad predictable and lacking quality. Specific departures mentioned include Kyogo Furuhashi, Nicolas Kuhn, Greg Taylor, and Matt O'Riley, while signings failed to match their quality. Several contributors cited aging players, insufficient depth, and tactical predictability. Calls emerged for a comprehensive overhaul from the boardroom to the playing squad to restore competitiveness.
It has been very clear for a while what was needed but the board has dug in and taken an unnecessary risk - and lost. Brendan Rodgers and the players are not blameless but I felt for a while we were a one trick pony and teams had worked us out. Hopefully some new signings will add the energy required.
We let quality players like Kyogo Furuhashi, Nicolas Kuhn, Greg Taylor and Matt O'Riley leave and bring in nobody with the same quality. What do you expect? Tierney might play the odd 65 minutes but he is not as valuable to team as Taylor. Adam Idah could not tie Kyogo's laces. The less said about replacements for Kuhn and O'Riley the better. They both had class.
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