Appointing a manager is always a stressful time. Being left to get on with business away from scrutiny is rare, so it is ideal when all scrutiny falls on one particular candidate, leaving you free to meet and discuss plans with others.
You can be absolutely sure Celtic are speaking to more than one candidate, no decisions have been made and the ball is still in play. Meetings that are in the public domain are nothing more than that, many more have not made it into the newspapers.
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GLENDALYSTONSILS re: Sturgeon in a basque
Be a great poster for a young teens bedroom. Swapping out my Marilyn Monroe one as I type.
So having caught out some fella in Glasgow, there for a stag do, we’ve now mistaken a couple of auld billionaires golfing for imminent white smoke?
Some craic this…
HH
So to avoid public scrutiny, get yer 2 Exec Directors and major shareholder running aboot in yer private jet. A big massive squirrel to appoint someone else.
Really?
KTF
Maybe Michael Nicolson and Chris McKay have the final decision on the nominations put forward from both DD and Lawwell camps – after interviewing all candidates?
connaire12 on 13th June 2023 12:35 pm
I have asked this before and will do so now again. How many of those who contribute anti-Peter Lawwell views on here have actually spoken to him? If we knew that we would be in a better position to know what value to put on their views..
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What’s your point, mate ?
I never spoke to Maggie Thatcher but i know what I think of her…
My inner green peace wants to hang O’brien and Desmond by their dangly bits for using private jets for a round of golf.
Destroying the planet for those who will be around long after these two old rich farts are covered in dirt.
flight tracker is mgic
If Rodgers is our new manager will people get off Lawwell’s back? Peter Lawwell HAS always had to do what Dermot Desmond demands. DD makes all the important decisions. PL as CEO did as he was told by the largest shareholder.
So, what big elusive tart, away from public scrutiny, have we got gift wrapped and waiting if big Brendan says No !
Surely all bases covered, with some bearded & baldy hipster Euro type who plays last man back as his signature tactic, already mentioned.
HH
“Away from pubic scrutiny…”
Shirley a typo P67 ? While I don’t want to get into the cross-hairs of an editorial spat but with balls still in play, are you saying that pubes have been trimmed down, scratched entirely while others are being hidden outta sight ??
If that kinda scrutiny does go on, all that jetting around is more understandable given how CFC clearly does its in-depth managerial interviews face to face and – even better – in the showers.
HH
Quadrophenian> Well spotted. Haha. Some kind of Freudian slip maybe?
Maybe the first signing will be a Brazilian.
RWBDH…
A brazillion is some amount of dosh ;))
If not totally Freudian, its a curly one for sure. HH
That would be why Lawwell was “waxing” lyrical about Neil Lennon.
Celtic, a family owned club. Take your pick:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3180174/worlds-richest-royal-families-2022-revealed-net-worths
Connaire.
I have,shouting at half way line in the playground :-))Peter,should have finished the business .No not where your thinking,not CP :-)
Back a fair bit.Our primary also provided Celtic with Chris the a/c.used to see his ma at 10am mass years back.All good folk with addition all Celtic fans all with the additional burden of ensuring future generations the joy of Celtic is there.
Hope all well.
HH
AN DÚN on 13TH JUNE 2023 1:10 PM
connaire12 on 13th June 2023 12:35 pm
I am not anti Lawwell
My concern is his relationship with Rogers
Like Boris and Rishi – they are on the same side but they are not
67ECW
I hope there are decent showers at Turnberry.
there’s a Dassault Falcon 7X , same make as DDs heading for GLA right now, from Cardiff…………
BHOY FROM THE BOYNE on 13TH JUNE 2023 1:04 PM
Maybe Michael Nicolson and Chris McKay have the final decision on the nominations put forward from both DD and Lawwell camps – after interviewing all candidates?
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It should have nothing do with Peter Lawwell. He is a non executive director. He should have no involvement in executive matters or day to day running of the company.
Good afternoon all from the Queens Park Cafe. A sweltering day in downtown Govanhill. 🥵
I don’t believe you can determine in advance who the best manager for Celtic will be based on what they did at a club not very similar to Celtic.
Yes, Maresca’s record at Parma was unimpressive but, as we have seen with even super managers with a record of success at a lot of clubs, some can prove to be beyond them. Stein & Clough at Leeds, Mourinho & Van Gaal at Man U, Ancelotti at Everton.
Some managers need the right mix of club and them to make a go of it. Harry Redknapp always needed a chairman willing to spend big and he concentrated on making them a success while he was there but rarely left a club in a good state when he departed. Other managers developed a name as someone who made small clubs hard to beat- defensive coaches- Bruce, Dyche,Pulis etc; Others got a reputation as short term rabble rousers who could get a relegation threatened team out of trouble- Pleat, Allardyce, Warnock.
The point is that some fit a club and don’t fit others no matter how good their past record was. We are dealing with an art or a craft rather than a science.
Some of the managers we slaughtered turned out to be good reliable managers- Strachan, Deila, Postecoglou. Some that we overpraised never did anything after they left us- Jansen is the best example yet.
So what do we want as best fit with us. Do we want a builder, a breaker, a continuity maker?
Well, we may lose a few stars in this summer window. There will be interest in Kyogo, Jota, Hatate, CCV, Abada, O’Riley and Maeda. They won’t all go but it is unlikely too that they will all stay. My view is that, if we are not to lose more than two of our small nippy stars, then there is no room for a “breaker” as manager. I find it a dubious form of business speak anyway; If change is a constant you should be building and breaking in harmony not one or the other. So, that would be a no for me to Moyes ( I know he’s not coming) or MON.
Our fanbase has appreciated the style of football Ange brought; some think it was tailing off in effectiveness – other put it down to post title win slackness. Either way, we are not in a good place to become a Strachan type team again though we would welcome some defensive tightening in Europe.
I think our squad would like some continuity of Angeball. Brendan might deliver this but the clearer exponents on our list are Knutsen,McKenna, Iraola and perhaps, Maresca (I never saw his Parma side play but I know City reserves play like their first team.
Whoever we get, I will not proclaim them either a success or a dud, until I have seen how they do with us. That lesson should have been learned when Spurs stole our latest dud.
There’s a lot of noise right enough, but the loudest noise I’m hearing right now is that a deal with Brendan Rodgers has been agreed ‘in principle’.
RAY WINSTONE’S BIG DISEMBODIED HEID on 13TH JUNE 2023 1:31 PM
Maybe the first signing will be a Brazilian
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Hopefully not a rip-off like a previous one was.
Sitting in the back garden a plane just flew over heading south from Manchester –
BackgardenflightradarCSC
David17
according to the Celtic site:
Nomination Committee: Desmond. Allison – doesn’t say who is Chair
Remuneration Committee; Allison (chair), Wilson
Doesn’t list the Chairman as being on these committees
They would have to sanction a senior position such as the execs and the manager, plus his contract.
my plane has kept going, over Loch Ness – it’s Malky Mackay!!!!
The only people elevating PL to positions of power are on CQN.
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 13TH JUNE 2023 1:19 PM
If Rodgers is our new manager will people get off Lawwell’s back? Peter Lawwell HAS always had to do what Dermot Desmond demands. DD makes all the important decisions. PL as CEO did as he was told by the largest shareholder.
Correct.Parkheadcumsalford
Shareholding/power % 👇
https://twitter.com/antearmann1967/status/1668605446528139265?t=Iyp_Ss37HIVADfkhSlbfJA&s=19
HH
I remember a few years ago our Chairman had to step in as Exec Chairman while we looked for a new CEO.
When the new CEO was reported to be in the foyer, the Chairman scuttled out his office to the lifts. As a person stepped out he said
‘ah, David, great to meet you at last
Noel from IT said ‘ehm, Werner, it’s Noel from IT’
Noel stormed into his seat for 2 reasons; he had worked for this guy for 15 years plus he had just aged him 10 years.
Best bit was that the Chairman had no idea what the new CEO looked like and had clearly not been involved the selection process; seniors in the shareholder fund had decided over his head.
Note: we are not a plc so they can do that
FIELDOFDRAMS on 13TH JUNE 2023 1:59 PM
There’s a lot of noise right enough, but the loudest noise I’m hearing right now is that a deal with Brendan Rodgers has been agreed ‘in principle’.
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We’re fucked then – he doesn’t have any principles.🤣
Coneybhoy
If you had stepped out of the lift the poor sod would have aged 20 years. 😂
Wee midafternoon musical interlude :-))
Let it go
https://youtu.be/L0MK7qz13bU
HH
DAVID17 on 13TH JUNE 2023 1:54 PM
Choosing the CEO is the responsibility of the full board
An Tearmann
Who or what is Lindsell Train Ltd.?
I tried that flight tracker site once and all I got was stuff about an old fat beardy guy in a red suit.
Is that Dermot Desmond?
So why would the next important position at the club not also be?
Peter Lawwell has been involved with appointing Celtic managers on 8 different occasions
He’s worked closely with them all, he understands the daily pressures Ike nobody else
He’s the best person to be part of the process. Not necessarily make the final choice but it would be foolish to not to utilize the asset that is his knowledge and experience