Daniel Kelly could be the latest youth to leave #Celtic before making an impact.

But why?

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Well, there's a huge gap in our player development structure, between B team & 1st team.

The B team has a place, even at its current level. But not as a direct feed to 1st team.
1/ It should give 16 and 17 year olds a 1st taste of senior football. But limited to 1 year.

Then it's about utilising the loan system effectively.

Lay out the pathway to the player on how they are to make the first team and milestones they have to hit.

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#Celtic fans wondering where transfers are.

Well, let's look how Celtic work.

Our best insight was that transfer leak from 2019.

Where Desmond, Lawwell, Lennon & some others sat in a room, talking about actual targets, and assessing players currently there. 👀
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Board members themselves should never be that near to the micro details of football operations.

It's one thing if you have a scouting/transfer system in place run by experts in the field, and they are reporting back to the board.

Not the board actually hands deep themselves.
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