The Cynic Weekly – 25.02.2026
The Cynic | A Celtic FC Podcast
Christopher Gallagher
4.9 • 678 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
After a bruising week that left Celtic’s season hanging in the balance, Gall is joined by Barry and Boud to pick through everything from a tough week.
Fresh from a damaging loss to Hibs and a humbling European night against VfB Stuttgart, the panel ask whether this is the moment the title charge truly began to unravel or the point it finally sparks back into life.
The panel discuss:
● The Hibs setback and why Celtic look alarmingly easy to play through
● Austin Trusty’s red card drama, the failed appeal, and whether the club’s response feels like deflection
● Kasper Schmeichel’s worrying form and the recruitment questions that refuse to go away
● A European tie that already feels over
● Protests at Celtic Park, fan frustration, and the growing disconnect between boardroom and stands
● A tough run of fixtures: Rangers at Ibrox, Aberdeen away, Motherwell looming and the very real top-four anxiety
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to The Cynic Weekly. |
| 0:25.7 | I'm your host, Chris Gallagher. |
| 0:27.4 | It's Wednesday. |
| 0:28.6 | It's the 25th of February 2026. |
| 0:30.7 | We are again recording one day earlier than usual. |
| 0:34.9 | Usually we go out on a Thursday, but we're recording this week because |
| 0:38.3 | we're going to Germany and what could be a frankly terrifying second leg of the playoff. |
| 0:46.4 | But we are here. We're going to talk about Celtic. We're going to talk about a variety of |
| 0:50.4 | different things. We're going to talk about the game at the weekend, talk about the weekend |
| 0:53.6 | results. We'll talk about stuff off the field, including the collective notes, the notes from |
| 0:59.8 | the collective meeting with the club, chat about the manager search, and then we do have games |
| 1:05.3 | that we need to talk about because obviously this weekend is the huge derby at Ibrooks, |
| 1:10.6 | and I think we all are |
| 1:12.5 | nervous about that. I'm going to |
| 1:14.6 | introduce the panel. It's the same panel as last |
| 1:16.5 | week. It's a great panel. It's the B |
| 1:18.4 | team but not B as in |
| 1:20.2 | negative. It's just their name |
| 1:22.3 | begins with B. I should have thought |
| 1:24.4 | that through. Barry |
| 1:26.7 | Hi Barry. How are you? |
| 1:28.6 | I'm great, thanks. |
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