My inbox today was full of angst at the latest series of ‘favourites’ for the manager’s job. There are upwards of 20 journalists working on this story right now, each of whom need to push the story on every day.
No information? Tough, write something. Not found a single person Peter Lawwell has spoken to? Hard lines, get Ownie’s neighbour’s granny on again, she’ll be good for a word.
Who’s fault is this? The journos are just doing a job, the media have space to fill – and it will be filled with any type of speculation. We all know the rules so why take the bait?
By the time the news of Neil’s resignation leaked out on Thursday Celtic’s moves were already underway. Potential candidates jockeyed for position in the limelight for a couple of days, and for most cases they were disappointed the call didn’t arrive. Even Henrik was talking about returning to Celtic at one point, only to reaffirm his commitment to his current employers a couple of days later.
Agents will also be busy offering their clients, Celtic will respond respectfully, but just because an agent opens a one-sided dialogue doesn’t mean meaningful dialogue is taking place. Celtic will also speak to applicants out of courtesy. If a former player or prominent candidate asks to be considered, you can expect Celtic to meet them, whether they have a genuine interest or not.
>90% of this activity will be fruitless. Some of it will seep out into the public domain but it is vastly more likely that those wanting to raise their profile make the newspapers, as opposed to those Celtic have approached.
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Jude2005 at 20:17
What do you mean by that post?
/Confused.com/
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
20:50 on
26 May, 2014
Thomthethim
It’ll either be one of your preferred types or someone desperate for a job
I prefer your option
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At least it give me the option of not plunging into despair, based on a perceived worst case scenario.
I am happy that Neil Lennon reached the stage that he feels he can achieve more, with regards to his professional progression, at a club with access to greater finance.
He deserves the opportunity to so do.
I am also happy that it was his choice to leave the club and not the opposite.
He also deserves that.
I am most Happy though, that he is out of the evil environment in which he worked….and I don’t mean the club.
Neil Lennon understood what many on here apparently don’t… and that is that Celtic just do not have the income to maintain a level of expenditure equal to the levels of previous managers.
Even though he understood and accepted that, it does not mean that he was not frustrated by that reality.
He has left Celtic with his head held high and with his love of the club intact.
Dallas
Totally agree, parents fighting, coaches giving it laldy from the sidelines, and meanwhile the eleven year olds are trying to play a game of fitba. My son’s a right good wee player but Ive told him to get his head into his books, its not happening
SFTB,
Good evening. I will defend Russia/Russians when bigots make racist points about the country/people. It doesn’t equate to absolute endorsement for any leader or party. Nor does it equate to going native or being a Russian nationalist. Incidentally,, do you endorse the IRA and their acts?
You are quite right about some UKIP people. Some are nasty pieces of work, just like the SWP, UAF, Greens, Liberals, BNP and other nutjobs. The fact that UKIP wants to ban Islamic women from wearing their religious clothes shows that they are intolerant and also scaredy cats. I don’t buy aspects of their anti establishment guff.
I have my own ways of challenging Left and Right wing racists. They may be, er, right or wrong.
I read a variety of newspapers.
That is my final, final point. Take care all.
PFayr
Its no me!!! Ask lct.
Dallas
Really enjoxed our chat yesterday. You stirred some great teenage memories! :))
I didn’t realise that Michael Laudrup had agreed compo, cos for sure I don’t see us paying compo again, so rule out Rosler >}
Add him to the list.
HH
FrankMarker….
I was at both of these games. A certain Mr. Johnston got quite the reception…..
Big Yin
Was gettin to big for his 5* image!! The Irish guy on BBC spilled it.
Dallas
Enjoyed. Of course. :))
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
20:53 on
26 May, 2014
The guy who told me Neil was leaving 4 days b4 he did also told me Houston was the next manager!!
Shudder the thot!!
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is no aboot the time oor Danny had a heart attack.?
jointhedotscfc
braw
(all the best Danny if your lurking …: ) )
I have it on good authority that Neil Lennon was told that ” He had to lose a player.”
That the league was a ” dead rubber without Rangers.”
These are two aspects why Lenny decided to resign.
TT
TinyTim –
can you reveal anything about your ‘good authority’?
just askin’ like
TinyTim
Unsubstantiated drivel
Hail Hail
TET
Once again we are on message.
Glad to hear that the sewing machine man didn’t stitch you up, even though you took the needle!
I’m meeting up with some Tim Tweeters in Glasgow this Saturday for drinks and chat.
Anybody wanting to join in mail, text or call me.
Interesting. This is what our MEP outlook would look like if we were an independent country with the same allocation of MEPs as other member states with a similar population size (12).
* SNP (29.4%): 4
* Labour (26.2%): 3
* Tories (17.4%): 2
* UKIP (10.6%): 1
* Green (8.2%): 1
* Lib Dems (7.2%): 1
Of course in an Independent Scotland there wouldn’t even be a UKIP.
Syd Negakev
21:15 on
26 May, 2014
Hmmm – that is a sinister pattern right enough!
The Board really have to get this appointment / these appointments bang-on.
Any half-measures, cheap options – or particularly someone who will not play a progressive and attacking style of football will – I fear, see crowds plummeting still further.
They must do something to get the stay-away fans back to Celtic Park on a weekly basis; not just for CL games. Perhaps (I hope) they recognise this, and are clearing the decks for something spectacular (but I don’t think so).
Fast, passing, positive play – that will bring the crowds (except those who only want to see the ‘Old Firm’) back.
TeT – 80 Euro – just shows you the mark-up on the old sewing machine parts in the first place – shocking!!!
HH
BGFC
Delaneys dunky. When I was chatting to you at the hootenanny, we seem to know each other but couldn’t figure out how. Reading back I see you were a member of the Lisbon Lions bus, me tae! Sat with Duffy, Tam Gough, big Jim, wee terry etc. drank in chambers for years. Back then had the moniker “Micky” ring any bells?
Here’s an idea for PL. In an effort to raise valuable funds for the club he could allow fans to pay a fee to be boss for one week and pick the team. I’m sure we’d still win the league.
Tinytim – who told you that? The same guys who said some big players were waiting to buy into Rangers?!
Sid Neg – Davie Moyes is a Rangers man? Wonder where he’ll put the framed Billy McNeill Hoops top his brother bought him on Friday night, because “Big Billy signed Davie for Celtic”?!
T4
JON
If they are asked to remove their burkas in any non Islamic country they must imo.
THE EXILED TIM: “… Butcher Fenlon Ok then, forget the last two”
I’d rate Butcher if the bog needs scrubbing …
Frantic
Oh aye bud! A huge bell has rung. :))
You know Dallas too! :)
DD, trying to place Dallas!
Delaney’s thanks. It was a pleasure having a cyber conversation with you about a lot of good people we know.
The Lions bus was great to travel on. The fact it left from George Square meant we had members from all over ther city. The Patersons and their moustaches, Wuliie Taggart, Terry McQuade, Gal and his Milton crew, big Chewbacca, the O’Neills & Jim Reilly as well as well as the Doobie Brothers.
Paying up front for the season instead of weekly dues was a great idea. I’m sure it was £80 for the season.
They hired a double decker to go to Ibrox in November 1983 when we one 2 1, our much missed Tommy and wee Frank, scoring. There were that many people on the bus, at least 120 counted by the polis, it was stopped in Hope Street. The bus scraped the road and sparks flew it was weighed down by so many happy Tims.
Late Spring
For the late ’50s pre pubescent, privileged enough to grow up in God’s Green Oasis in North Lanarkshire’s savannah region, late May early June was a transitional season.
The Scottish football season was over by April’s end and Celtic were usually left empty handed. Only the 1958 world cup in Sweden and the exploits of Pele and Garrincha would retain our football interest in the interim.
Being the Month of Mary, First Communions, Confirmation and consummations were the order of the day and many a scramble was contested on a Saturday morning. A successful scramble usually prompted a wee visit to the sweetie shop for 3 old pence worth of soor plooms or pineapple chunks. The stray piece of siller could lead to an afternoon treat in the fish and chip shop for 4 pence worth of chips, a glass of Irn Bru or Robertson’s Cola and at a wee stretch a pickled onion.
Since Catholic schools were not welcome in the Airdrie Schools’ cup, there were few school football team’s games left, as any remaining interest in Lanarkshire cup games would come to a grinding halt as soon as you drew St Columba’s Viewpark.
Especially if it was away, where local intimidation often, well always, came into play.
The local miners had finished knocking lumps out of their opponents with their metal toecap boots and the football park was recovering from its winter beating.
As it was a month too early for those with aspirations of emulating Lew Hoad or Ken Rosewall, and since we did not acquire an interest in cricket until Garfield Sobers was single handedly demolishing the cream of England, we usually ushered in the field and track season. (Well field as we were sorely lacking a track.)
There were two major events in the offing.
Airdrie Schools Sports day and the pinnacle of athletic prowess……..
The Miners’ Gala Day
We had all seen the efforts of Bannister in breaking the 4 minute barrier, and had visions of being the next middle distance great like Zatopek and Elliot, the Marist brother product from down under.
Yes TV and the wonders of the White City had reached the wilds of the moss. We could even see the Kirk of Shotts mast on clearer days.
Mrs Bonnar and Miss Kearney would regularly hold classes outside in the warm spring sunshine, especially for lessons which didn’t require lots of detailed attention or precision such as history and geography, where they would struggle to teach us about Scotland’s more remote counties like Kirkcudbrightshire, Wigtonshire and Clackmannan. The exploits of Wallace, Bruce, the Black Douglas and Bonnie Prince Charlie could grab our attention and imagination and prompt sword sparring at playtime.
Joe Reilly, the headmaster, had us practising our running in the lush verdant school lawns. Sorry, I mean rutted.
He ingrained into us the need for a fast start and continued acceleration THROUGH the tape. But it was all for nought. Sprints were the domain of Andy Gorman and Stewart Bennet, the rest of us were competing for bit parts in the relay team and the dreaded sack and three legged races.
Joe had his eye on school pride and the Airdrie schools sports day held at Broomfield was a chance for him to compensate for our usual beating at the hands of St Columba’s. (You can tell that some of these defeats were painful?)
On sports day Broomfield would be a bewildering cacophony of primary school kids in school colours, lining up for short sprints, three legged races, piggy back races and sack races. It was a half day off at least and a chance to compete in the relay team as worker bees setting up the two sprinters. From a purely personal point of view it’s best we draw a veil over the proceedings, as it wasn’t easy to run with gutties on a slippery park.
After the humiliation it was a pleasure to return home and concentrate of the season’s sports climax highlight, the Miner’s Gala Day held in mid June.
More of which later.
voguepunter
20:40 on 26 May, 2014
Monaghan1900
“Dignified silence almost done for Rangers,… causing irrevocable damage. And leaving the snakes and their placement with the keys to the candy store.”
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Mon1900 any vijo of thems snakes working keys……would be interesting.hh
Tooooo funny you ghuys. I assume they must be clever/devious ( delete as appropriate) Jungle Snakes that have developed arms and hands and fingers to enable their dexterous plots to unfold!??!
Did sumdy no take the lead oot the water doon ipox way?
HH jamesgang
TT
The league is a dead rubber without a strong Sevco
As for losing a player …we’ll see …if no CL football I’d say that will happen
Maybe even happen if we qualify for the CL ….it did last year
Delaney/Dallas
I was a member of Lions bus for a few years, is Paul still running it ?
I’m not sure what is funnier/sadder/more absurd . . . The Celtic manager speculation on here or the pantomime being played out in the media.
At least the press can make the excuse that they have a job to do, however badly.
We keep seeing the same names over and over again, followed by the mantra . . . “not for me”.
wake me up when someone has something original to say.
zzzzzzzz
Twenty first, my son’s the same. He’s only interested in Playstation, Football & ‘Dean Martin’.
Frantic, Mr McA by chance. How could I forget you, Duffy and Tam along with big Jim McBride. The lions bus had a lot of pride (sorry). My wife has already put my jaiket and shoes on me for that one.
Time for my z-quarters. I’m up at five bells. I’m a big Jessie.
Dallas
Remember that game well.
One cop came up to the back of the bus and told the Doobie brothers. “That smoke smells good, you lot won’t be causing any bother at Ibrox today.” He then smiled and walked away. We got Tim cops that day! :))
Twentyfirst
Gal is still running the bus. See him often.
Dallas, bingo got me in one. Awa tae ma pit. 6:00 start for me. Will try to find out who you are tomorrow!
Twenty First, I left the bus about ten years ago once I had a mortgage and other bills to pay.
I’m sure Paul ‘Gal’ Gallagher was in charge for a while. He was one of the original members if my memory serves me well.
There were six of us members at one point from the mid eighties to around 1995. Only one of my pals is still a member
GCT- You called me out the other day and i replied.
Frantic, I am a pal of C McD’s who was on , in my best Colin Compton voice, the committee.