We’ve talked about the big changes needed at the end of the season for a while now, specifically in terms of the manager’s position. I was never in favour of firing Ronny midseason. By that stage the die was cast for European football, and we were nip and tuck with Aberdeen in a fight for the league.
My guess was that Ronny could deliver the league, and I expected a cup or two as well. The cups have gone – and may have been won had we changed manager months ago, but we could also have appointed the wrong caretaker (a high probability) and reduced our title prospects. The decision then was what was the greater risk to the league title. All other things being equal, sitting tight was most probably going to deliver the league.
We’re now three wins from becoming champions. Ronny is one of only two Celtic managers never to have lost a league title, and whatever disappointments there have been, he’s applied himself honestly and openly. He’s also a title winning part of our history and we need to handle our history well, even as a project concludes. Lessons from ’78 still rankle with some.
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Ernie
Teas oot wee man
TRADITIONALIST88 on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:05 PM
Ernie
Teas oot wee man
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That’s very kind of you.
‘They also serve……..’
TBJ,
Was it not the Daily Hun Roger Hannah was talking about. ?
HH. Pedantic csc.
FOXY – you are spot on! we crated most chances, hit the woodwork a few times , at 2-2 we had three chances to win it. Rangers scored with a wonder goal and a poor pass deflected perfectly onto millers boot. The problem was with the possession – Celtic should be dominating these games and we are not – whether its rangers , hearts , molde etc.. the team or format is missing something and Ronny is responsible for this.
KITALBA
Multitasking here,I have made sacrifices to watch
Celtic, many have……the game’s rigged,always has
been,can’t remember a time in my life back tae
when Bob Kelly became a knight of the realm
that I held those in charge at Celtic in any esteem,
they ain’t Celtic,the support are.
Sorry but I need tae run.
Oldtim
you have hit something on your phone and cut me off
Now permanently engaged
If you wanted rid of me should just have said x
A man with two plums
TBJ
On Saturday CQn had over 17,000 people visit the site. Monday’s figure was over 38,000 people.
Ernie
An ever expanding textbook eh.
WINNING CAPTAINS on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:16 PM
TBJ
‘On Saturday CQn had over 17,000 people visit the site. Monday’s figure was over 38,000 people.’
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How does that compare with the Samaritans?
WINNING CAPTAINS on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:16 PM
How many of them were TD67?
Right Pastry…im back for a joust, lets have you.
Time i shut you up with the magnificent debating skills i honed in the anarchist/surrealist fight against the establishment during the 1920s.
It will be like a cat toying with a mouse:)
Im ready….lets start in the year 1900.
Name your poison.
Cmon lets spar this out:)
HH
Ernie Lynch 7.22pm
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WC
Remember you are under no obligation to answer that.
Cite the EL get out clause if you will
HH
Macjay
What you failed to include in your earlier replies to SFTB and TET was that when I posted that the Celtic Trust wanted to run the club was the smiley I put at the end of that post. Subsequently, I’ve explained to you the mission of the Trust.
We’re not stupid Macjay, we’re acutely aware that the likelihood of any form of Trust running Celtic is a vision that will never be achieved. What we want is greater dialogue with the support and fan representation on the Plc board. That need not be a member of the Trust.
Any notion that I personally joined the Trust because of any political motivation is absolutely laughable. I joined because I saw a group who genuinely believed that Celtic should be run with our founding ethos in mind and the ideals of Brother Walfrid should be maintained.
It’s now tiresome and insulting when you continually accuse the Trust of being ‘entryists’ when it’s simply not the case. I’ve made this known to you several times on here and still you refuse to accept what are actually the facts.
Foxy
Agree with your summary of the game however,when you surrender the midfield and possession so easily and let the opposition play the ball around your box mistakes like the one that led to their first goal are more likely to happen. They aren’t any great shakes and if we’d a team similar to the one which played Motherwell I’d expect us to have forced them back and they would have erred at the back.
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Bravo,”Brexit Michael”…!
You Gave Those “Bullingdon Brats” A Bliddy Good Whippin’ The Dae..
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/19/gove-attacks-cameron-treating-like-children-facts-life-say-leave/
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Michael Gove Is A Damn Good Tim…!!
And A Son O’ The ‘Brig.
He First Saw The Light Of Day In 1964..
One Of Twin Boys Born At Bellshill Peoples’ Maternity Hospital…..
Just As Labour Came To Power And Wrecked The Economy.
As Austerity Gripped North Lanarkshire,Michael’s Young Parents Decided To Fall Back On A Cultural Practice Of Previous Generations.
In Victorian Times,In Both Scotland & Ireland,There Was A Belief That Twins Should Be Brought Up In Separate Households..
OtherwÍse ‘Bad Luck’ Could Befall The Family….
If The Twins Were Possessed By ‘Evil Spirits’…
And ‘Talked In Tongues’ To One Anither.
One Of The Twins Would Be Sent Off To Live With Childless Distant Relatives…
And They Were Frequently Never Re-United In Later Life.
The Financial Strain Persuaded The Young Coatbrig’ Couple That This Was The Best Course Of Action.
They Decided To Keep The Handsome Ginger Twin…
And Michael Was Sent Off To His ‘New Family’ In Aberdeenshire.
After Qualifying In Law At Oxford…
He Became Lead Singer In A Wildly Successful Reggae Band For Several Years…
Before He Was Selected To Represent The Conservative Party In A ‘Safe Seat’.
Little Is Known About The Early Life Of The Handsome Ginger Twin…
Though He Later Became A Keen Contestant In Popular Game-Shows..
Such As ‘Musical Podiums’.
It Is Believed That He Is Currently Employed…
As A ‘Speech-Writer’ For A Neighbour In Witney Oxon…
And Spends His Leisure Time Singing In ‘Glee Clubs’….
And Flying ‘Blimp’ Balloons Over Southern England.
(thumbsup)
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Just a thought: If RD is ‘leaving’ at the end of the season why doesn’t PL invite everybody who is interested in being the next Celtic manager to attend the next 5 games in order to sort out the absolute shite from the no quite shite and the occasional good player on the books at present so that he knows who to get rid of when he, whoever he is, takes over? Would certainly boost the attendances at the 5 games:) :).
When I look back there are for me several signs that Ronny needed to be stronger 1) Scott Brown the club Captain sitting in the street eating a kebab a poor example to anyone. 2) Kris Commons going ballistic at John Collins after being subbed and he was still played in the first team 3 ) Charlie Mulgrew walking off the park in a European game them claiming injury and now back in the first team. I feel Ronny should have diciplined each of these players and publicly let them know any further action of that kind they would be moved on.Unfortunately Ronny appeared to let it pass and of course the rumours started about him losing the dressing room . 3 senior players cocked a snoot at Ronny and it appears he failed to deal with them and that can lose you the respect of the entire squad. H.H.
THEGLASGOWCELTICWAY on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:27 PM
They aren’t any great shakes.
Some applied that to Maribor, Malmo and Molde.
That being the case implies that some one, possibly RD failed to learn how to deal with sides who were no great shakes.
Great shakes or not, it will be THEIR fans, repugnant or not who will be singing and dancing at the end of next months cup final.
COSY CORNER BHOY on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:32 PM
Just a thought: If RD is ‘leaving’ at the end of the season why doesn’t PL invite everybody who is interested in being the next Celtic manager to attend the next 5 games in order to sort out the absolute shite from the no quite shite and the occasional good player on the books at present so that he knows who to get rid of when he, whoever he is, takes over? Would certainly boost the attendances at the 5 games:) :).
Are you trying to put candidates off?
Reading back i see some of Peter’s pals making an appearance. Fair enough, but I just wish Peter himself would make an appearance. Near on £20k a week and he needs honers. Poor guy. You know, you could get a very good manager or centre forward for £20k a week. Good CEOs of relatively small turnover businesses you can get for a whole lot less.
Quonno
I believe RD didn’t learn from the first half against Hearts when a similar side took its couple of chances,led at halftime even though the Hearts side were walking through our midfield with great ease.
QUONNO. Have Celtic officialy said Ronny is leaving at the end of the season ? or has Ronny himself said it ? H.H.
JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:33 PM
I cannot argue with your assessment of Ronny being weak in the dressing room.
The problem being that when NL for reasons as yet unexplained, left in a hurry, Ronny was available cheaply and thinking that he had won the lottery, extremely pliable. The perfect profile for a Celtic manager.
Thunder road
Re Leões
It’s a bit like omitting an accent in Spanish in that it might look strange, and change the pronunciation, but, certainly being seen in written form, shouldn’t change the meaning for anyone viewing it.
A wee caveat for anyone learning Spanish, accents can change the tense/ person of a verb, eg, hablo = I speak, but habló = he/she spoke.
PAUL67 on 19TH APRIL 2016 6:12 PM
Y NOT67, deleted and yellow card. Personal abuse is not allowed.
‘If you want to call someone a liar please leave your name and address to allow them the appropriate right of reply.’
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In fairness he doesn’t exactly conceal his identity, nor his location.
JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:41 PM
QUONNO. Have Celtic officialy said Ronny is leaving at the end of the season ? or has Ronny himself said it ? H.H.
At the moment it is speculation. God help us all if it is nothing more.
The problem is that Ronny is only a very minor part of the problem.
Silent ‘h’ that, mind!
QUONNO. I agree the problems at Celtic go much deeper than just Ronny. H.H.
Being claimed on e-tims that PL has biscuit tin mentality.
PETERLATCHFORDSBELLY on 19TH APRIL 2016 7:40 PM
Having been begging Paul 67 for months to get PL on here for unscripted grilling.
what an unbelievable own goal
what and unbelievable own goal
what the fupp have we been thinking
Beatbhoy
I’m doing Spanish on Duolingo, when the audio speaks the words and I try to spell it can be difficult but im enjoying trying, any tips for remembering verbs that end in a s or n for example Va Vas Van ?
Apologies if this has been mentioned before but a serious question, when is the Season Ticket renewal date?
I only ask because this is when, I believe, Lawwell and the board’s real spin with start.
FANADPATRIOT on 19TH APRIL 2016 2:37 PM
I was a supporter of Ronny but after Sunday debacle no more.
Sevco in the last month had lost 3 goals against Falkirk,Queen of the South and Raith Rovers and we decide to sit in and hope to hit them on the break,Utter S—e
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I’m not convinced that tactic was by design. But…
Maybe those teams scored 3 goals BECAUSE they sat back and hit them on the break?
CLOGHERCELT@4:59 – I normally keep more than one thought in my mind at any one time and make decisions on all those thoughts day and daily – the process is called intelligence.
Keeping only one thought in a mind, as you suggest, and who knows practice, is being dogmatic and prejudiced.
STEBHOY on 19TH APRIL 2016 6:26 PM
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Lawwell did not try something new with Deila’s appointment. It was an act of a utter desperation by a CEO who had been undermined by his boss who was all for giving Roy Keane the gig but then had to quickly find a replacement for RK when he flounced off after hearing there was no transfer budget. Never forget that Delia’s name was on shortlist to replace Mjallby as Lennon’s assistant. Lawwell hadn’t a clue who to go for after when Roy Keane unexpectedly turned down the manager’s job at CP. He turned to Deila in a moment of sheer panic and then dressed his appointment up as something it was clearly not. It was doomed to fail from the moment Desmond handed the poisoned chalice to his overpaid lapdug.
Foxy@7-05pm
You may be right that we cannot blame the coach for missed chances.
But if you look at both goals against then he should shoulder responsibility.
Both goals came from shots in an area that has been a weakness all season long.
This was never addressed with the coach sticking with flawed system and same players.
The first came from a shot outside the that a centre mid made a feeble effort to block that resulted in them scoring rebound.
The second came from the same area and was a good strike but where was the centre mids.
In our loss to Aberdeen we dominated till again our centre mids failed to close that area down and another strike from that area found our net.
It has been a bugbear to me all season that the area was occupied by players unsuited to and our defenders where our often unfairly maligned due to their colleagues in the centre mid area.
If a layman like me could see why couldn’t any of our coaches.
The goals we lost were replicas of many this season and for the coach not to address means he is culpable.