It was (honestly) a complete coincidence that at the start of last week I wrote that football clubs need “people who can say to the manager, “A club in Romania is doing something really clever, we should try it”, without being frog-marched off the premises”, a few days before Celtic employed a GAA coach as a performance consultant.
Organisations who succeed actively look for development ideas from unusual sources. If you are fishing in the same pond as everyone else, you’ll not find a strategy that will allow you to over-perform. Jim McGuinness, coach at Donegal GAA, will work with Neil Lennon’s technical team two days per week.
McGuinness had transformed Gaelic football, since taking control of unfancied Donegal they have been described as “virtually unbeatable”, provoking astonishment and some hostility from those close to the game as a result of his tactical revolution, known as ‘The System’. For his sport, he has found the ‘Moneyball code’ and the metaphorical answer to ‘Why England lose’, which we have discussed here for a number of years.
In short, Jim McGuinness sees things that others don’t and Celtic know the value of new ideas. I’m pleased at both.
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happy birthday Rubicon…
As the cardigan has now returned does that make it official that McMoist is now the eternal apprentice?
Striker Coaches? Why don’t we just bring back Henrik, Chris and BBJ! Sure Des would foot the bill – LOL!
TET
Cheers mate I’m just about to eat so it’s probably safer if I wait until I’m finished ;-)
Paul67,
Let’s hope your hopes for the new mhan prove true. If he can contribute to our becoming unbeatable, he’ll acquire LEGEND status in jig time.
HT
Agreed :>)
doc is neil lennon17:50 on12 November, 2012
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I think the monster raving loonies at the apex of the game in Scotland are prepared to do anything to shoehorn Bigot Inc. back to the top flight because of Orange orders, and they’ll attempt to flog it ‘furra good arra gemme’. All to get them back. Meanwhile, any other club in difficulties is on its own and we’ll have to tolerate the presstitutes and utter gobmanglers like DL trumpeting that they only have themselves to blame, all the while honking about how we need the zombie robbers for all the usual spurious reasons.
These clowns care not a jot that the game in Scotland will die completely, it’s already in a moribund state, if these nigh-on criminal plans come to fruition.
It would mean that the whole league structure would be complicit in an enormous fraud.
But hey, that’s okay, because it’s Scotland, they is the huns, and that how it gonna be.
Rednecks, brass necks….neck it down. Because the future’s bright, the future’s orange.
Whether anybody likes it or not.
Well….they need to be told: Glasgow’s Green and White! And they need to remember that little fact of life. Times have changed. They can get tae…
sftb,
Sorry I didn’treply to your comment on my naming Forster last night. Of course, I meant James Forrest.
feedthebhear,
I said yesterday that Miku should not have been hooked. I said then that Brown should have been but Commons was equally poor.
Total clowns on Snyde makin’ these mental criminally fraudulent plans okay…….surely this all incitement to commit crime?
16:19 on
12 November, 2012
Last nights posts were pretty doom and gloom in general!
I don’t think I read a single post acknowledging St Johnstone….
Okay, so we “should” be beating the likes of St Johnstone!
As much as I didn’t
Want to drop points, sometimes it is a nice reminder that it is a game of football ( think what I’m trying to say is- it nakes you appreciate winning that little bit more)
Weloveyouweloveyouweloveyou!
I think you will find I did acknowledge the way St J played bud. They must have learned lessons from their last visit to CP and how we played against Barca. Not to worry eh, onwards and upwards as they say….
Just seen that Sourface is backing JJ. Strachan should get the Scotland job no doubt, he was actually the man for the job before he signed for Celtic.
miki67
18:10 on 12 November, 2012
Hopefully the league members will do the same to these proposals as they did to shoehorning Sevco into, first the SPL and then the first Div.
Proposals are just that and the members can adjust them, or reject them totally.
For a team who are happy to be in the fourth tier of Scottish football, and have no intention of playing in the SPL. Old sevco and their supporters seem awfy keen on league reconstruction.
Kris Commons looked THE MOST surprised man on the park when he wasn’t hooked!
Canamalar
Did they not keep the monies raised from last years collection?
Why would a brand new team from the 3rd div be allowed to have a reserve tam in any reconstructured league?????????????????
team even
HH
The Killie caller returns.
Where’s Frank?
Auldheid@Auldheid
That Killie caller on Clyde needs a humour implant. Plenty of space methinks.
Hope Gord DOES NOT go for or get the Scotland job – he’s a LOT MORE to offer to football than the “poisoned chalice”. Steer clear Gord!
There will be a vacancy at Sheffield Wednesday very shortly….
doc…,
Never seen anything in the meeja about that :oD
Googybhoy 17:32
Brilliant
Would be interesting to know if Celtic have been consulted on this fantasy league reconstruction.
Ismellbrownstuffcfc
Happy Birthday Rubicon.
One year closer to shooting your age round the ole golf course.
Cheers,
EC67
Headlines from Shortbread of leage reconstruction.
In place for 2015-16
3 leagues; 16-10-18
Will require 11-1 vote from SLP clubs
With the 11-1 voting requirement, I would suggest this is a no-go before it starts.
We all know what a bully on the park was sourpous, well George McCluskey, Billy Stark, the Steau player etc.
A few years back Shoot/Goal magazine had a series of articles about the 6 best players in 25 years to play in varios parts of Scotland and England and prominent ex-pros were asked to pick them, BTW only Kenny made 2 sections Scotland and Mersey.
Dennis Law was chosen to pick the Mersey selection and at the end he mentioned that he deliberately left out the beast as why would he choose a player who went out of his way to injure a fellow pro.
Round about this time I also read another article which mentioned a cup game at OT, the beast kicked everything that moved.
In the replay at Annfield as soon as the kick off was taken JJ ran from the centre of the park to the right midfield position and humphed the beast, he never kicked a ball/player all night and manure won comfortably.
Three leagues of 16, 10 and 18? Did they just pick those numbers out of thin air? Do they have any attempt at justification – other than the obvious help “The Rangers” agenda?
Orange Poppy’s?
Someone having a laugh?
Mike in Toronto
I agree no excuse for the team not trying… I would put in youngsters after euro matches… Not guaranteed a win but good experience for them.
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
18:37 on 12 November, 2012
I think 2015-16 is when Sevco would get promotion to the SPL if the won promotion every year in the lower leagues.
for a tim,Jim Duffy talk some drivel
Canamalar
Maybe a rumour, or my memory!
googybhoy ♥ Celtic-Frank put Mal Content in his place there.
Has the date for this years AGM been announced yet.
Haven’t had attendance card through yet.
Souness inducted in to SFA Hall of Fame,dearie me,how many players did he pull out of Scotland squads when he was the huns manager?
bhoywithseethrougheyes
This Friday 16/11/12 at 10:30 for AGM
the exiled tim
17:59 on
12 November, 2012
HT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZUK4PYQmvk
Sorry ET, not for me
16-10-18?
Are these the 3 most ‘popular’ numbers chosen by punters in the various lotteries each week?
HH!!
I think this has been asked before and not sure anyone answered it but i’ve seen it a few times now
Wat are the orcs on about when they mention wats comin on the 31st?