Eyes are now starting to turn to this year’s Celtic AGM as the shareholders prepare to go head-to-head with the board in a rare opportunity to do so.

The focus of attention is shifting towards the upcoming annual general meeting of the club.

Shareholders are getting ready for the chance to confront the board directly. Such opportunities do not come around often for those who hold shares in the club.

Last year’s AGM was a disaster and it was cut short after Ross Desmond upset supporters and after a negative reaction the board cut the meeting short.

The previous annual general meeting turned into a complete disaster.

It came to an early end following the way Ross Desmond upset the supporters.

A negative reaction followed and as a result the board made the decision to cut the meeting short.

The entire event from last year is remembered as a disaster because of how it was brought to a close.

Going into this year’s AGM fan shareholders have asked if Desmond Junior will apologise but that request has already been rejected.

As this year’s meeting approaches the fan shareholders have put forward a question about whether Desmond Junior will offer an apology. That particular request has already been rejected.

The hope this year is that actual progress and dialogue can be achieved and fan shareholders have stressed the importance of not giving the board any excuse to cut the meeting short.

Fans want the board to have to answer for their lack of strategy and poor recruitment and they will not do that if the meeting is cut short. The AGM will take place on December 1 and there is anticipation aplenty given the civil war between fans and the board and given what happened last year.

Ahead of the event Chris Sutton had discussed what Celtic fans are frustrated about ahead in his Daily Record column. The discussion took place in the pages of the Daily Record.

The focus of that discussion was the frustration felt by Celtic fans. The points raised concerned the issues that have been causing concern among the support.

He said that the main issue with Celtic fans have been this repeated failure in Europe. The big question is whether Celtic are the best version of the club they can be. The answers are pretty obvious according to the comments.

The best version of Celtic replaces players who have been sold in time for the games that matter. Those games include the Champions League qualifiers.

It is about having a proper recruitment model rather than waiting until the final days of the window and throwing in a raft of loan players.

The comments pointed to the need for a proper recruitment model. That model would avoid waiting until the final days of the transfer window. It would avoid the practice of throwing in a raft of loan players at the last moment.

It is about not just trying to be one point better off than Rangers or Hearts every season and then just being happy to turn up in any group stage of European competition. The approach of simply aiming to finish one point ahead of Rangers is not enough.

The same applies to finishing one point better than Hearts. Being content just to appear in any group stage of European competition falls short of what is required.

It boils down to ambition. That is where the frustration comes in for a lot of Celtic supporters. Ambition is the central point according to the remarks. Frustration among a large number of Celtic supporters stems from that area. The lack of clear ambition is at the heart of the feelings expressed.

They see their club having money in the bank but going backwards at the same time. Supporters observe that the club has money available in the bank. At the same time they see the club going backwards. The combination of available funds and a sense of moving in the wrong direction is noted.

Hearts had an incredible season last time and Rangers were in the fight up until their bottle crashed. Hearts produced an incredible season in the previous campaign. Rangers remained in the fight for a long period. That continued until their bottle crashed in the way described.

But you only need to look at the points total to see it was Celtic who came back to them rather than those clubs improving so much to catch up with the Parkhead side. Looking at the points total makes the picture clear. It shows that it was Celtic who came back towards the other clubs. It was not a case of those other clubs improving by such a large amount that they managed to catch up with the Parkhead side.

Fans want to see progress or at least a plan for progress. The supporters are looking for progress to be visible. If not actual progress then at least a plan that shows how progress will be made.

That is the position that has been set out regarding the expectations of the fans. The same points about progress and the plan for progress are the ones that have been highlighted in relation to what the fans want to see.

The desire for progress or a plan for it remains the key element drawn from the remarks about the situation. The call for progress or at least a plan for progress is repeated as the core of what has been expressed.

The fans want to see progress or at least a plan for progress as the central request that has been put forward. The repeated failure in Europe is listed as the main issue. The question of whether the club is the best version it can be is raised.

The answers being pretty obvious is stated. Replacing players who have been sold in time for the games that matter is described as part of the best version.

The Champions League qualifiers are named as the games that matter. Having a proper recruitment model is set against waiting until the final days of the window.

Throwing in a raft of loan players is the practice that is noted as the alternative. Ambition is identified as the point it boils down to.

The frustration for a lot of Celtic supporters is linked to that. Money in the bank while going backwards is the observation made. Hearts having an incredible season and Rangers being in the fight until their bottle crashed is recalled.

The points total is used to show it was the club that came back to them. Progress or at least a plan for progress is what the fans want to see.