Tomorrow is Celtic’s AGM. The message to the board is simple; don’t change course now.

Tomorrow is the Celtic AGM, and for the first time in a long time, there are no special resolutions on the table from ordinary fans. Nothing is being proposed, no one is calling on the club to make changes. I always think these meetings are missed opportunities, and this one will be no different unless there are some strong questions raised from the floor.

0verall though, I understand why the mood around it is so positive.

Hopefully, before people go in to vote, there will be some minimal information about what the only special resolution this year relates to.

It’s been put forward by the club itself and seems to be about granting permission to allot shares and equity in the club. I’m very curious to know what that’s in reference to and why it’s on the table this year. Maybe someone will come up with an answer for that, although it seems too late for any proper debate on the subject.

Other than that, there doesn’t seem to be anything particularly controversial up for discussion. As usual, all the directors will be nodded through by acclaim, which is a pity because we barely know what some of them actually do or what value they bring to the table. To be quite honest, I can’t see it in some cases. There should also be a debate about whether the chairman intends to stick around much longer. Everyone knows where I stand on that subject.

Still, it would be churlish not to admit that the lack of controversy reflects the fact that nothing particularly contentious is going on at the moment. The club is in a good place. That doesn’t mean it’s perfect, but I’m a lot happier now than I was in the summer.

Last season, the manager endured a torrid time during the summer transfer window, and last year’s AGM was a bit rockier as a result. The manager was completely sidelined and overshadowed by whoever was making the decisions on signings behind his back. It was a preposterous situation for us to be in. I’m comforted knowing that’s no longer the case.

Some of the internal appointments at the club have been outstanding. We brought in a top-class U18 coach, made major progress with the Barrowfield Project—although scaling back on the idea of building a spectator stand is a missed opportunity—and we brought in Paul Tisdale to fill a key role at the club. He acts as a technical director of sorts, taking some of the heavy lifting off the manager and executive team so they can focus on their respective roles.

I thought this summer was a bit of a mess, and I’ve said so repeatedly. I’ve written about it many times. We were far too slow to get transfer business done. We paid more than we should have, in a panic, for Adam Idah because we spent weeks, if not months, dragging our feet for no valid reason. A deal could have been done sooner, and probably cheaper. But we dithered and delayed—and paid for it. Still, we got some big deals done. We brought in proper quality, although we could have pushed the boat out further to get a wide player and a striker. I understand, though, that the manager was happy enough coming out of the window.

It’s a truism of the last 25 years at Celtic that whenever we’ve pushed the boat out, whenever we’ve gone the extra mile, we’ve reaped the rewards.

You can see it right now—not just in the league table but in the Champions League group table and our chance, not only to make a qualifier but to have an outside shot at the top eight and straight progression to the Round of 16. That would give us a prestige bump and significant financial rewards along the way.

That’s because the club put its faith in the boss and gave him the tools to do the job. He made recommendations about the players he wanted, and the club went out and got them. We broke the club transfer record twice.

We spent £6 million on a centre-back who’s proving to be worth every penny, signed McCowan in midfield who looks excellent, and brought in a Portuguese U21 international who’s having a great season. Overall, the squad looks stronger in every department.

Without proper investment in quality, would we be where we are? Nine points clear of Ibrox in the league, sitting in a cup final, and with a good chance of progress in Europe? I wrote earlier about how December will be difficult, but at least we know we’ve got the strength and depth to get through it. That’s why we’re confident we will.

And yet, because things are going so well, I worry.

I always worry when things are good at Celtic because, historically, we’re never short of ways to shoot ourselves in the foot. Granted, it would take something spectacular to unravel things now, but I wouldn’t put it past some of the people in the director’s box.

For the first time in a long while, many of the questions fans have asked about the club—its vision, its long-term goals, and how we achieve them—are being answered.

Not all of them yet, but the appointment of people like Tisdale is a positive step. Backing the manager with serious money to buy quality players is a positive step. The team’s performances this season have been excellent. All the pieces are fitting together.

When any organisation has that kind of synchronicity, things will go well. When all the parts of the machine work interdependently, success follows. That forward momentum can become unstoppable. The mystery of Brendan’s first transfer window was how disconnected it felt from his needs. No one can say that about the summer just gone. The club backed him and gave him the players he wanted. The manager has fully justified that faith.

The message to fans heading into the AGM is simple: we’re in a good place. The structure is better than it was, the squad is better, the mood is better, and our prospects are brighter than they’ve been in years. All we need to do is keep going.

Things are working well. All the board has to do is keep backing the manager and letting the football department get on with its job. On the commercial side, the directors are doing a superb job. We’re leaving our rivals in the dust in every department—it’s almost embarrassing for them. We post massive profits while they post massive losses.

The gap has never been bigger, and we just need to keep moving forward.

One of the unfortunate truths of being a Celtic fan is how often we’ve failed to build on a position of strength. If we squander this opportunity, it would be unforgivable. All the good things we’re enjoying right now can continue. All the positivity can keep growing if we keep trusting the manager, supporting him, and modernising the areas of the club that need it.

The business side of the club has always been strong, but the football side has never looked better. The only thing that can change that is if we veer off course. That’s the only message that needs to be delivered tomorrow: don’t fall asleep at the wheel.