Michel-Ange Balikwisha’s social media activity in the hours after Brendan Rodgers’ exit has raised eyebrows inside Celtic Park, with the £4.5 million summer signing accused of showing poor judgement following a difficult start to his Hoops career.
The Belgian forward shared an image of himself celebrating a goal, alongside prayer and pointing emojis, and included a reference to the Bible verse Romans 12:19 — “Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath.”
The post, deleted not long after it appeared, came across as ill-timed and unprofessional given the circumstances. Whether or not it was aimed directly at Rodgers, it hinted at frustration from a player who has yet to make any meaningful impact on the pitch.
Balikwisha arrived from Antwerp in a £5 million deal with high expectations, but his first few months in Glasgow have been underwhelming. He has yet to score for Celtic and hasn’t started a match since September. His flashes of ability have been limited to brief substitute appearances, and supporters are still waiting to see the player’s true value.
At a time when Celtic are searching for focus and unity under interim boss Martin O’Neill, public gestures like this risk sending the wrong message.
O’Neill and Shaun Maloney now face the challenge of not only lifting the team’s form but also restoring professionalism and discipline behind the scenes.
Balikwisha’s talent isn’t in question, but the forward needs to let his football do the talking. With a hefty price tag and the club under pressure, actions on the pitch will count far more than cryptic messages online.
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Cant get why Rodgers never played him in midfeild he looks more midfielder he has speed and good passing haita wasnt a happy man taking his top off we play falkirk in wed if players are up to show Martin O’Neil if there up for battle im sure the anarchrists will be out in force with there sack the board thats allowed they put there money into the club but so has Dermit any political flags banners not needed or wanted by all supporters except for the anarchrists that have attached themselves to the ultra not for Celtic but there huge media platform the have to put there
political veiws the wouldnt out side government house but the have a big audience At Celtic park and life tv at every away now like most teenagers they are angry at the world and are been used by could be vaselane childs who parents camp there our atmosphere is at an all time low throwing tennis balls on pitch and embarising iur players by clearing the pitch then try to sing non stop to fire players up didnt work then one match come in late it takes the focus of why players and most fans players only turned up it last half hour and won atmosphere was good but only when the seen Celtic players roll their sleeves up thats what us needed if they do that hustle bustle they supporters will grt behind them they never got into building from goalkeeper we nit got the players Barcelona have so why do it three plastic pitches and some with speed bumps ithers not rolled plastic pitchess no water sprinkler not turned on waisting time even our captain says on sunday after game teams are finding it easy to play against up thats how much frustation coming out maybe rodgers with only europa cup abd spl treble not fitting his hunger or ego its best for Celtic and Rodgers cause we were going no where Falkirk at home I could manage Celtic to win that one spl could speed up games by 3 for win 1 for scoring draw zero for no goal games that might speed our game up cause supporters leaving games 15 minutes to go stands empty ten minutes to go