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The Football Show · 8 October 2026
"They might lead him to the cliff." Martin O'Neill has decided to stay at Celtic after "a lot of soul-searching and reflection", and Peter Martin, Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks ask how long it lasts with Motherwell, Benfica, Hearts and Celta Vigo next.
Who is really picking the team with Shaun Maloney, Stephen McManus and Mark Fotheringham, why Peter thinks O'Neill is "going to get the bullet" if he doesn't take control, and whether he stayed for the football or for the money. Then the AGM ("a set piece of chaos and turmoil"), why the protests have "no strategy, no endgame", Celtic's Saturday-night statement ("the daftest thing I've ever read"), and why "Dermot Desmond will go from Celtic when Dermot Desmond wants to go from Celtic". Plus Rangers' chance to pile on the pressure, this weekend's fixtures and the 900 who turned up for Thorniewood v Bellshill.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Martin O'Neill stays: the Celtic TV exclusive
0:27 "A lot of soul-searching and reflection"
1:01 Motherwell, Benfica, Hearts, Celta Vigo: the next four games
1:19 "It took me two minutes": how long was he soul-searching?
2:07 "Clarity of purpose": no patterns, no routines
2:32 Maloney, McManus, Fotheringham: who picks the Celtic team?
2:53 "The buck stops with the manager"
3:47 "He's going to get the bullet"
4:05 "They might lead him to the cliff"
4:20 Football or finance: why did O'Neill stay?
5:05 "He's a short-term fix"
5:29 A sacrificial lamb?
6:01 One month, then the AGM
6:23 "It's going to be done over Zoom"
6:38 If Desmond turns up: "running out of tennis balls"
6:54 The protests: "no strategy, no endgame"
7:17 Could Celtic hold the AGM online?
7:57 "People are entitled to protest"
8:18 Celtic's Saturday-night statement: "the daftest thing I've ever read"
8:37 "At least we got up the nose of Dermot"
9:03 A PR man on the board, and a statement that was a diktat
9:44 Who picks up the bat phone to Dermot Desmond?
10:29 "A PR own goal", and when protest is the last option
11:17 "What is our endgame?"
11:34 "Dermot Desmond will go from Celtic when Dermot Desmond wants to"
12:21 "He'll dig his heels in": O'Neill in the firing line
12:38 Rangers hunting Celtic down
13:05 The international break: healing at Celtic, momentum at Rangers
13:46 Rangers v Kilmarnock first, then Motherwell v Celtic at Fir Park
14:15 This weekend's Premiership fixtures
14:35 "A great country for stories"
15:52 900 at Thorniewood v Bellshill: lower-league crowds
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