Wilfried Nancy's rocky start to life as Celtic manager plunged to new depths on Sunday afternoon after his side fell to a 3-1 defeat to St. Mirren at Hampden Park in the Scottish League Cup final.
The result means that the former Columbus Crew boss has lost all three matches he has taken charge of since replacing Martin O'Neill in the Celtic dugout at the beginning of December.
While there are already doubts among Celtic fans over Nancy's suitability for the role, the supporters chose not to publicly condemn the new manager after the defeat at Hampden. Instead, they took out their frustrations on the club's board.
Celtic fans gather outside Celtic Park after League Cup final defeat
Inside Hampden Park, the Celtic players were booed off the pitch by the Celtic fans who remained in the national stadium until full-time. Away from Hampden, however, supporters headed straight to Celtic Park to express their frustration at the board.
Videos circulated on social media of groups of Celtic supporters chanting ‘the Celtic board has got to go' outside their home stadium. It is understood that most of the frustration was aimed at Peter Lawwell, Michael Nicholson and Dermot Desmond.
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While it is highly unlikely that any of the three men were inside Celtic Park at that time, the image of Celtic fans protesting immediately after a cup final defeat is an ominous sign for certain members of the Celtic board, who are now perhaps regretting their decision not to let Martin O'Neill see the season out as Interim Manager.
The fans' frustrations with the board go way beyond their managerial appointments, though. The general consensus among supporters is that a string of poor transfer windows, where the club have been seemingly reluctant to spend, has contributed to a decline in standards at Celtic Park.
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Celtic fans haven't been happy with the club's hierarchy for a number of years now, and although Martin O'Neill was able to paper over the cracks for six weeks, the situation is now in danger of bubbling over.
If Celtic fail to qualify for the Europa League playoff and slip further behind Hearts in the Scottish Premiership title race, then we could be in for bigger and louder protests at Celtic Park in the not-too-distant future.