Celtic board remained "CALM" about situation over break as Kieran McKenna discusses future...

So last night, uh, after Martin O'Neill spoke to the Celtic player, Sky Sports' Anthony Joseph issued an update on the Martin O'Neill situation and basically confirmed there was absolutely no doubt in-house at Celtic that Martin O'Neill would be here for the game on Sunday, and that Celtic actually remained calm over the situation despite what felt like the house burning down following the second defeat to Rangers in a single, uh, week.

So Anthony Joseph of Sky issued this update yesterday, which was titled, of course, Celtic were always calm about O'Neill's future.

And we'll try and dance through this very quickly, but he said verbatim that Martin O'Neill was never going to be sacked by Celtic after three humiliating defeats in one week before the international break, but there was potential of him walking away from the job.

So there was no doubt i- in-house at Celtic that he would be here, but there was a chance that Martin O'Neill could have walked away on his own terms.

Um, O'Neill said he would take some time to think about whether he would want to be manager of the club.

And after that speculation, you know, of course he remained.

So Sky Sports News understands that Celtic have always remained calm about the situation despite the results, and there was no appetite to pull the trigger themselves, especially when the teams are sitting at the top of the, uh, uh, top of the league.

Uh, that was proven when Michael Nicholson backed Martin O'Neill in a, a statement.

And of course, then it goes through what his comments were.

So it'll be an interesting one ahead for O'Neill and Celtic.

Now, none of this, of course, seems like groundbreaking news.

I don't think any genius had to tell you that Celtic were never going to sack O'Neill.

I, I, in fact, I remember saying that exact thing, uh, on my match reaction.

Celtic won't sack O'Neill, but there was always the danger of him walking.

Maybe it was all too much for him.

Maybe at this age it was stress that he didn't need in his day-to-day life.

Um, but he remains here.

The big part about it is that Celtic apparently remained calm about the situation.

And I, I think there's a few schools of thought that will go into that.

Some people will go, "Well, of course, top of the league.

You know, Martin O'Neill won them the league last year.

He owes them, he...

The Celtic board probably owe a, a great amount of, uh, they've got a great amount of debt to Martin O'Neill, and gratitude that they owe him, um, and sacking him would probably feel a little bit out of pocket on their end." But on the other half, I have seen reaction, and once again, I'm talking about general reaction here, not necessarily mine, from some Celtic fans suggesting that Celtic remaining calm over the situation and basically banking on O'Neill not to walk away is a little kind of weak, if you like.

Like, it's, it's the CEO of the club taking a, a gamble and not really preparing for the worst.

And I, I'd see where that's...