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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fritzsong
If I remember correctly it was an Irish sports journalist (when covering the England games at the World Cup in Germany for the Irish Times)
The Onlooker
My sauce tells me that it has a full, fruity flavour and is perfect with chips.>}
21579
Agreed, passing is atrocious
I cannot believe the amount of times he actually puts team in trouble with this
But still like him in my team as opposed to not, due to his drive
( actually discussed this on blog once with HT and we were in agreement :-))
TinyTim
Do you think Sammi deserved a new contract worth around £1m a year for 10 starts in the SPFL ? And he was poor last season in Europe ( accepting good the season prior)
I didn’t
Hail Hail
Roy Keane mmmmm great for press conferences, putting down the MSM and starting fights in an empty room.
Tick
Tick
Tick
Good for football and taking us to a new level of flowing but frugal footie at a CP level?
Ipswich?
Sunderland?
HH jamesgang
We let hoopslegend D Marshall go because he was shippin’ goals at an alarmin’ rate.
We also had THG ready to step up.
I’m delighted he has done so well .
He’s had a few ole snakes and ladders in his career; he deserves a bit of success.
CQNers
My local football team are dying a very slow death and I’m trying to raise the funds to keep them afloat. If you can send your pledges on a postcard I’ll give you the bank details. Couple of hundred million should sort it
Now is the Jeff Winters of their discontent
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine
12:06 on 27 May, 2014
CQNers
My local football team are dying a very slow death and I’m trying to raise the funds to keep them afloat. If you can send your pledges on a postcard I’ll give you the bank details. Couple of hundred million should sort it
Sure thing Mr King. SA Rand acceptable to you?
;-)
HH jamesgang
Cowiebhoy
Absolutely agree with your summation, I love Broonie in the team but he frustrates the hell out of me
the world has gone bonkers…
“Disney’s animated film Frozen has become the fifth highest-grossing film in box office history.
The Oscar-winning movie, which was released in the US in November, has taken $1.219bn (£723m) worldwide, overtaking Iron Man 3’s total haul”
..its a cartoon!
TinyTim
With respect, I reckon NFL would have been content to lose a lot more than Georgios Samaras, if he really wished to remain the manager of Celtic.
I’m afraid your post remains in the unsubstantiated, sometimes known as Owen Coyle’s Granny said category.
Hail Hail
David Marshall’s career has accelerated brilliantly at Cardiff, and good luck to him. I do not recall any clamour to drop the holy goalie in favour of Marshall when he was with us.
All denominations acceptable jamesgang, theyre not too fussed about were the penny comes from
Where
Rock tree bhoy @1213
Let it go.
There are three kinds of lies:
Lies, damnd lies and Owen Coyle’s granny’s elaborate fibs.
I’ve not seen ‘frozen’
No way can it be half as good as ‘Ice Cold in Alex’.
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine
12:12 on 27 May, 2014
Cowiebhoy
Absolutely agree with your summation, I love Broonie in the team but he frustrates the hell out of me
I’ll ‘fourth’ that view.
HH jamesgang
Arsenal have never been the same since they dropped the Woolwich.
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine
@ 12:14
All denominations acceptable jamesgang
Now there’s a phrase I never thought I’d hear uttered in the context of the FOD!
HH jamesgang
STOP PRESS!!!!
UEFA Champions League Winners have foregone the opportunity to defend their title and applied to join the Scottish Championship.
Real Madrid see the move as the way to test the real metal of their team in the world’s most competitive league.
Rock Tree Bhoy
That just goes to prove one thing.
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.cinema tickets are too expensive
Will that be the Real Real Madrid or Sevco Madrid/ Thee Madrid. Same club mind!
HH jamesgang
What happened to the ole Shay Given and Brad Friedel money?
new article posted.
an interesting article on Faecal Transplants caught my eye….
You would have to be desperate to take a sample of your husband’s excrement, liquidise it in a kitchen blender and then insert it into your body with an off-the-shelf enema kit.
I mean however your day is going ………it will probably top this …..unless of course your a sevcomedian ……
braw
I just left Celtic Park there as I had some business there, and Susan Boyle and Pat Neven where getting out of a limo and going in, cough cough. Budge & Leven?
Glad to see Davie Marshall has resurrected his career. He was brilliant with us to start with and then lost his way and we had Boruc, who was also brilliant for a while. Both seem to have realised their potential in the EPL. Good for them. We have moved on and now have someone every bit as good, if not better.
My mate and I spend much of our afternoons at Celtic Park bemoaning the number of times the likes of our captain fail to pass the ball in front of a player into space. The very least that is lost is momentum. Often too, it seems the simpler pass. Biton is one the few to whom it seems to come naturally.
MWD
You dont half talk a lot of Gladdiss!!!!
Cowiebhoy 12.06
Definitely not.
I think we were right to not offer him a new contract on similar or improved terms.
Neil Lennon disagreed with my assessment.
TT