Back in October 2011 I was for calling an end to the Neil Lennon experiment. During the previous season he lost the league after a late collapse, while exiting Europe in August after defeats to Braga and Utrecht. That season Sion’s insistence in not playing by the rules allowed us a backdoor ticket to the Europa League but we were 10 points behind Ally McCoist’s Rangers.
Subsequent events proved there was not enough evidence on show to judge the Neil Lennon era early in his second season. Neil pulled things together, finished a credible third in the Europa League group and never looked back.
Ronny Deila has already made mistakes in his Celtic tenure but does anyone seriously believe he has had the opportunity and resources to build a team? Of course not. He needs to sort out the many cousins of George Weah who have arrived recently from the genuine John Guidetti’s. He needs players who can pass the ball with reasonable accuracy but most of all he needs players of courage and attitude.
I would probably be singing a different tune if we still had Rangers to contend with, long-term development objectives are important but the short-term need to win the league remains absolute, but we don’t, which means short-term targets remain well within grasp.
The memory of Rangers’ many mistakes in the years before liquidation offers another lesson. They sacked Paul Le Guen six months into a badly needed overhaul project. Le Guen was appointed months before he took up the reins and had enough time to watch his new team and scout transfer targets, but even that wasn’t enough to ensure a smooth transition, as he found the Weahs living in Austria. Le Guen was decrying his as a heretic by a club incapable of change.
Despite the tiredness after Thursday and a plethora of injuries, Celtic had enough resources to swamp a tiny football club yesterday. That we didn’t, suggests Ronny has a big job on his hands. From the frustration shown by Scott Brown and Stefan Johansen at their team-mates yesterday, I suggest he builds his recovery around these two.
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ACGR
Sorry, I aint got anything as good as that for a swap. How about a half bottle of Grants?
LOL !
Pity we’ve got our Spanish trips at the wrong times. We’re back to Fuengirola next month for a two week vino tinto experience, and there’s only one bar there showing the Scottish games. I make a lot of noise as the only Celtic supporter in there surrounded by the English.
Vaya con dios mi hermano
Ha ha, like it Neil. You’re on a jolly and you assume all can fall at your feet. Who’s full of their own self important pish now.
You declined to meet me last year when I’d booked a table at Coai’s after you abused me the previous night so in post. I booked a table, you said you’d be there, you didn’t show. You made a feeble excuse. You didn’t turn up. NO SHOW. LET DOWN.
You shat it. Maybe, you had to dry your hair or sort your stamp book. I don’t know.
Don’t come over all Mr aggressive again, FFS, I thought we’d got past that.
As I said, next time. I’m sure I’d enjoy your company, but less of the post revisionism please.
Enjoy the hootenanny.
ACGR
R.E.M.
Lovely
As an almost musician, I really enjoyed that singing an musicianship.
Bedtime
hasta pronto
Syd..,
While I have every sympathy with your sentiment, I got talking to a bampots hun at the weekend who honestly believes the investigation into the hun tax evasion is down to read and Quinn, he honestly believes Lawwell into the SFA is part of the end game and for the lif of me I don’t want to let him down, Lawwell must stay, preferably in a much reduced role at Celtic but that should be reduced in line with his promotion in the SFA :)
AGCR,
So yer shittin it to come through to partick, and babbling shite about yer fantasies, shitbag
Have you noticed ?
There are some posters who are very very anxious to have Ronny Deila removed from job. Their enthusiasm for this to happen is almost un natural for a celtic supporter.
But they will say words to the effect of “Aw ah ker aboot is the sellick” ?????
I believe Ronny has lots and lots of support.
I also believe that there are lots of sh– disturbers on here commonly referred to as huns.
Booked eff all, you go to coias and asked, I said I’d try, that was it, there was no commitment so revisionism is what ?
Are there drunk people on here ?
I see drunk people.
Mungolian bhoy,
The turd sense :)
Don’t talk to me. I probably couldn’t cope.
Boo
Is it dark where you are ? Boo yersel.
Naw, it’s never dark when the sun shines out of it :)
Canamalar, you even got so aggressive you asked me where I sat in the ground. I told you where my seats where. I told you what time the table was booked for. I posted on the blog I was waiting before I ordered my lunch. You never showed up. Ergo, you shat yourself, your wee frillies were honking rotten. Shame really as you’d have had a good lunch in good company with myself and my son.
Anyway, I’ve wished you well all night and you seem quite aggressive. You don’t really do well with the bevy canman. You need to chill down and meet me for a few pre / post match swallies.
It would help if you stopped being a fud too.
Ok I’ll stop
ACGR
I see your favourite catamite is calling you bad names. How on earth can you deal with such “eloquence”.
“Shitebag” Seems to be the limit of his vocabulary at the moment???
Sorry you wont be at the hootenanny this weekend. Last one was brilliant
Unthank,
I’ll be there, look forward to meeting you
Mungolian bhoy
Stop taking sense. it will never catch on with Neil C !
Neil
You have made my night, sooo looking forward to being close to you
I suppose we’ll see
the unthank road, myself and canamalar are old pals, leave it to us bud.
Canman, glad you’ve stopped. I’m going back in my box anaw:-)
Mom the fuds
Petec tells me tomorrow night;s moon if visible will be a blood moon. I saw the last one in April, spooky as feck it was. I hope it’s a clear sky tomorrow. Pretty spectacular thing to see, although I don’t put the same stock in it as Pete does. Sorry bud,I don’t buy into this end is nigh pish.
The end is alway’s nigh, it’s inevitable…………………………so it’s true.
See them every eid in arabland, nothing special, red sky at night shepherds delight, speaking of which time for the cluge
Neil C
Oh yes you will, That’s a promise
Good
If canamalar turns up at the hootenanny,stays for four hours and buys my brother a drink I’ll donate £100 his favourite Celtic charity.
Celtc ethos lives.
I have many brothers.
Couple o fannies
Future love Paradise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM-wEZvJ_xs
unthankroad, you seem to be under the misapprehension I voted for the status quo, the union, the butchers flag. You think I voted with the OO, BNP, Ukip, the tory’s and every other stank rotten corrupt whore who sold my country three week’s ago. You got me a wee bit wrong there bruv
I voted yes and will do the same next time.
Fuck the union.
We Are Scotland
Canamalar ,while I laff at the Huns and their timmy conspiracies. My main thought is to Celtic fc
Lawwell is the CEO of PL Plc and is destroying our club for his personal gain. We are his last pay check and he wants it a whopper No pesky chief scout who recommends good players or a good coach is going to get in his road. Hence yes men as park and Ronny are there
Paul 67 said… “”I would probably be singing a different tune if we still had Rangers to contend with, long-term development objectives are important but the short-term need to win the league remains absolute, but we don’t, which means short-term targets remain well within grasp.””
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With all due respect Paul, that is defeatism. You seem resigned to mediocrity because we can get away with it. But are we getting away with it?
Absolutely AWFUL league form.
Absolute DRIVEL in Champions League.
Absolute NAIVETE in tactics.
I cannot comprehend why we put up with this nonsense. I don’t mean our funding. I mean our use of funding by inept staff. Deila is a joke, Collins is culpable by association. Both need to be dumped immediately.
Syd..,
Only problem I have with that is, PL is simply doing his masters bidding, replace PL and we’ll get a clone in his place, DD rules the roost don’t kid yourself PL is not doing anything he’s not told to do.
Set yer sights higher, only an organised concerted share buying effort can have any affect and until we are ready to do that it’s just blawhardery
I think there’s some smokin’ goin’ on.
Good teams have numbers in the mid field – ALL workin’ – That’s the way to win the three points.
You’re welcome
ACGR
You got that 100% wrong.
First time you’ve ever done that.
Read the post again. I said I could not believe my fellow Scots voted to be governed by the Tories and Ukip, as well might happen next year. This is not the end of the fight, only the beginning. I don’t think I’ll see independence in my lifetime, but my children and grandchildren will. Yippee! ( along with all the hun grandchildren who will be tims!)
Peace and love
KTF
Neil
How u doin’ ? conspiracies ?
Business is business. No?
Mungolian..,
Shareholders decide the direction the business takes, for me Celtic is more than a business and more than a club, to the current majority shareholders it’s no more than a business.
What’s your opinion ?
Neil,
Relax.
Its just a game and rich people enjoy dabbling in it. Relax.
Mungolian..,
Nah ah want better than paying to see a billionaires plaything