When Gordon Strachan left Celtic in 2009 the overwhelming calls on CQN were for the club to go for broke and appoint Davie Moyes as manager. Again last year, when we were replacing Ronny Deila, Davie and Brendan Rodgers were Celtic’s top choices for the job.
This week Davie, one of the most awful central defenders to have played for Celtic in my time, underwhelmed West Ham fans when given the job of rescuing them from relegation.
Davie did well in his first managerial job at Preston, then rescued Everton from the failing hands of Walter Smith, taking the club on an 11-year run of what is regarded as success around those parts. Throughout his Everton era he was a hot prospect. The Manchester United job was his four years ago, but little has gone his way since. He left Old Trafford, Real Sociedad and Sunderland under a cloud in quick succession.
We could have had him before Sunderland last year and we would have been delighted at the appointment too. It may even have worked out well. Despite that, I don’t expect him to inspire West Ham to midfield mediocrity. The West Ham job is one of many wonderfully well-paid bad jobs in England. They may avoid relegation, but Davie will never be liked.
Brendan Rodgers will receive regular calls from representatives of West Ham-like clubs, with plenty of money but little hope of success. The Celtic job is far from perfect, but there are few better gigs.
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TTR, shows you how bad Jack is when Bazza Fergishun was berating McKay for picking him.
Philbhoy.
A great response to your motorbike theme, well except from Ernie. Do you think Ernie will reply? Norton your life.
Turkeybhoy likes these kind of things too, I expect he will be on soon. :-))
Hail Hail
who’s playing number six tonight?
At the Holland goal we are two v two at the back and he watches their goal scorer jog past him to knock the ball in from six yards.
WITS
Ha.
Then again you are a Dub and had to invent the imaginary County Fingal so that youse had a friend.
I’ve just had an e-mail from the ticket agency reminding me that I’m booked for the North Hop in Aviemore tomorrow night. Aye, as if I’m going to forget that I’m going to a beer festival ffs!
JIMMYNOTPAUL
He’ll be away lookin’ it up!
Early yet!
Do you ever just wake up,kiss the person beside you,and feel glad that your alive?I just did that and apparently I’m not allowed on the bus anymore…
JNP
Hope Saint Stivs saw your post about Enola Gay being the Stuart Armstrong song.
Know nought about bikes. :)
WITS
Was once asked by a sales representative in work if I had ever went to the Taste of Dublin food festival, my reply was “I’ve smelt Dublin, why in the name of God would I want to taste it” :-)
The balls are flat…
… A bit like the Pittodrie crowd.
The balls are under pressure…
… A bit like the Sevco Board.
I’m here all week :)
Pog
Your personal secretary boobed there for sure.
TTR
Aye, they tore us apart there, but the lino did as well, offside twice ffs, still, for a bunch of weans doing no bad.
As for Jack, I said the other day, MM must have been told to pick him, any coach, no matter how inept they are wouldn’t pick him in month of sundays.
HH
I would be another who knows feck all about bikes, apart from having three wheels that is…..
DD, P45’s in the post.
Hi Bhoys
FFS would you believe the BBC Scotland webpage are now canvassing Jason Holt for a cap.
Is there a legal way not to pay the licence fee except no T.V.
KEEP THE FAITH
Ah now Owen
Thats mean
Have we not suffered enough
WITS
I can forgive the vikings for to looting and pillaging but founding Dublin that was a step too far.
Last one honestly :-)
Never a penalty
This morning I was driving to Lennoxtown to visit my mum, dad and grandparents graves as it is November. On the way, I just happened to have Radio Scotland on and before I realised it, I was listening to First Minister’s Questions. Half way through, the bold Christine “we must even things out” Grahame asked about people who were dodging the payment of tax and cited the three members of Mrs Brown’s Boys. ‘Should’, she asked the First Minister, ‘these people be given free treatment on the NHS since they did not pay tax?’
Can anyone recall her asking a similar question about those who benefitted from EBTs? Actually don’t answer that, it was a rhetorical question. Trust Ms Grahame to be up to her usual tricks. The Irish and Celtic are fair game for that lady.
Incidentally I do not agree with people not paying tax. But if you are going to simply land on one group for your own self reasons, I am not with you.
Broonie, Armstrong and The Griff will make a fair bit of difference to this team
Owen
The Vikings?
I thought I was bad for bearing grudges. I still haven’t forgiven the Spanish for letting us down at Kinsale
TonyRome
Youtube it, there are lots of vids about it.
HH
SOAL 8.46.
Very good that’s the feedback.
I told it to my wife, she laughed out loud, says I’ve to tell you that the joke was very good.
Hail Hail
WITS
Leave the Spanish alone you. TET has a pool I have an ambition to paddle in some day. I said paddle before autocorrect gets me in trouble.
Leichsteiner goes down, unfairly according to Gerry A (Armstrong not Adams). That’s the Latin temperament for you says the boul Gerry talking about the Swiss Internationalist.
Seriously..?….?
https://twitter.com/collectcelticfc/status/928646274961891328
Lord Sugar has sent big Claude to track this genius down…
Owen
I hope you have long legs if paddling is what you are thinking of :-)
HH
Gearoid
Well swiss spanish..all bloody foreigners innit !!
Scotland would be better playing a Phillips screwdriver up front, at least that has a point
TET
A man can dream.
Owen
Yip, we sure can :-)
HH
Bada,
Couple of issues there
Brown/ Greig reading???
“Honest truth from inside Ipox”
Sumo suits….definitely don’t need them.
Permanent seats for life……debenture seats anyone….too funny by half.
WITS
These Northern European Latino types….makes your blood boil so it does.
More Progrès Luxembourg beat Hungary 2-1
JC2 – if you’re about?
Have been very impressed with John McGinn tonight.
WITS-8:33pm- that will not be beat:-)))
TET
Aye he looks a good yin right enough :-)
KEEP THE FAITH
P.S.
Is it your wife who writes childrens books?
Once in a bluemoon The return of the gargoyles
That was so unfair on Norn Iron, that was an absolute nightmare of a penalty decision and they have every right to be aggrieved.
Good hell slap it into the hun, Bouncy Bouncy singing scumbags.
Santa didn’t send the meteorite I asked for but that penalty was almost as good.