Appointing a manager is an incredible gamble but the risks can be mitigated, especially at a club which is successful or even pointing in the right direction. In this case, clubs should look to build upon whatever platform they have. Bringing in a new guy with a team development strategy which is completely different from the existing plan accentuates the risks.
This is why the boot room strategy is successful over any extended period. Build on what you have, sign players needed by the squad and who have been scouted extensively. The new man may or may not prove to be the world’s best coach but at least he’ll have a successful infrastructure to insulate the club from lurching into oblivion.
When Gordon Strachan succeeded Martin O’Neill, Gordon picked up a scouting folder, flew to Poland and got on with the development project, much as Martin would have, had he stayed. Celtic were technically no less successful when Tony Mowbray took over in 2009 but the team, and strategy, were tired. A change of direction was appealing, we couldn’t continue to sign Hibs players, although the execution of the new strategy was flawed. The writing was on the wall from the moment we signed £3.9m Marc-Antoine Fortune.
Neil Lennon was an enormous gamble when he was appointed in 2010. He was a rookie, had never signed a player, won a trophy (as manager), or deployed a game plan in anger. There were a few facts in his favour. He’d worked with the other coaches at the club, as well as chief scout, John Park, and Peter Lawwell. For years, they shared a development vision. Celtic retreated into a strategy closely aligned to the vision of the remaining technical staff.
Despite the Scottish Cup semi-final debacle against Ross County Neil got the job, spent much of the next year learning a few painful lessons and hasn’t looked back since. The club gambled on the guy with ultimate responsibility, but they knew he was not about the step out on a ledge.
The time to have a root-and-branch clear-out is following a John Barnes-type season. The manager was wrong, as was tactics, scouting and team development plan. Martin O’Neill brought with him radical and necessary change. This worked at Celtic but, if anything, it is even more risky than appointing a rookie. The lower leagues of England are full of clubs who have gambled unsustainable money on a manager only to come a cropper.
There are gems out there, Pochettino and Simeone, for example, but finding them is a challenge. Pochettino pitched up at Southampton after being sacked by a hugely underperforming Espanyol, and Simeone got the Atletico Madrid job after several years of average-to-poor returns.
Big Davie Moyes was a good manager at Everton but watching him at Manchester United was a bit like watching him 30 years ago in a Celtic shirt. He started by dismantling whatever platforms were in place and served notice he would be following a Haphazard and Wasteful player recruitment policy on the final day of last summer’s transfer window by blowing all his pocket money on a guy he didn’t need and refused to sign for less money a few weeks earlier. He had to go.
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ernie lynch @ 17 29.
” I sometimes wish the nats would win just to show the halfwits what would happen ”
Mmm ——–my 95 year old father will vote No ( ” if I am still here” ) but adds ( on the basis that ” I wont be here for long ” ) that he is tempted to vote Yes as a departing GIRFUY .
Shortie……………….very quick to put the Hibs fan in the dock.
Only story they are interested in is a conviction against us.
The huns befoul themselves at the prospect of any talent establishing themselves at Paradise.
All this YES/NO stuff does ma heid in, I hope it`s a draw……
Johan Mjallby, proper Celt, all the best Big Chap for your future..
BobbyRussell
cyber rattling.
Big Dolph issues a “come and get me” to the Easdales?
!!Bada Bing!!
Ah well…..i am sure they were put through a thoroughly rigorous process.
Occasionally my work has an interview process and the candidates are shown around the premises.
They are brought into my area and it leads to myself and a fellow workmate going through our own selection criteria based purely on what we see and informing the manager who to select but strangely she never takes our opinion into consideration.
bournesouprecipe
17:48 on 22 April, 2014
‘ernie lynch first with conspiracy theory shock.’
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Hardly a conspiracy theory.
It’s a surprise though.
I haven’t seen anyone on here suggest it was going to happen.
I’m sure if there was anything untoward or amiss we’d have been told.
ernie
dishonesty in politics -or political campaigns – whatever next
Best wishes to big Johan. Terrific and terrifying player. You know when you’ve been Mjallbyed.
With him and big Sammi going, it will be all down to big Chas Muldini and myself in the ole Celtic handsomeness stakes soon!
EC67
Leigh Griffith is guilty of ignorant behavior but it was hardly serious racisim . A very low level rascist offence with Rudi well out of earshot. The curse of the mobile phones.
Swarthy swashbuckling Swedes CSC
starry plough
17:52 on 22 April, 2014
‘Johan Mjallby, proper Celt, all the best Big Chap for your future..’
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x2.
dessybhoy- i don’t think NL would bring in anyone in ,who could be perceived as a threat to him if results weren’t going well IMO.
John Kennedy to step up maybe? HH
ernie lynch
Nearly went last year FYI
There were rumours this time last year big Johan was for the off.
Clearly has some idea of what he is going to do…
HH
Best wishes to big Mjalby he has been a good servant to the hoops but I think he wants a crack at being the boss.A big decision for us to get the right man to replace him HenK would by my choice.H.H.
Big Dolph announces his departure the same day as ManU announce Moyesy departure……hmmmm
bsr
beat me to it:)
HH
Ernie-i think a bhoy posted about JM leaving ,on here at the start of the year?
ernie lynch
17:49 on
22 April, 2014
Ernie last politics post as it bores other posters, the yes campaign is a broad church with a wide spectrum of political views, i know for the purposes of political campaigning you want to make this all about Salmond and the SNP on behalf of the no campaign PR
http://www.scotsman.com/news/essay-coming-out-for-scottish-independence-1-3377612
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/20/what-do-english-think-of-scottish-independence-kevin-mckenna
As soon as you were asked LOL…………………………………
Cork Celt
Has the Postman been?
derbyshirebhoy, checked back and saw your post and I most certainly will include you. If I’m not intruding, are you unwell or is something amiss. If you’d rather not answer then don’t, you will be in my thoughts and prayers either way.
Hope it’s not Peter Houston
HH
Mjalby leaving at the end of the season.
Thanks Johan. All the best for the future.
Gutted, to read that big Dolph is leaving at the end of the season. A great Celt, top man and a hunskelper of the highest order. Good luck in whatever you choose to do after Celtic.
TET, if you see this I,ve been trying to call on both numbers I have for you and cant get through on either. I was planning on visiting you at the cave on friday.
Gimme a bell.
HH
Just received my renewal pack and have referred a phrase from the HCTS section to JP following on from his response (below) to the Glasgow Cup reference to R#ng#rs FC (neutral venue etc) ..
Hi John Paul
Further to your ‘neutral venue’ response below regarding “I object to the new club at Ibrox being referred to as Rangers instead of The Rangers or RIFC”, I have just received my renewal pack which (under HCTS) refers to “match versus Rangers FC”.
As I assume this publication is directly from Celtic FC Limited, what is your response this time? My ST renewal hinges on this whole issue
Regards
——- Original response from JP ——
I completely understand the sentiment however, Celtic Park is a neutral venue for the City of Glasgow Schools, Glasgow Cup Final. The venue is selected by rotation and this year the venue is Celtic Park and we are provided the match details by the organisers, in this case Glasgow Schools FA. We are merely fulfilling our obligation to promote the match as instructed with the details provided
I will post his response
Good luck to Johan Mjallby wherever he is off to – not Old Trafford is it?
Wonder who we will get in as Assistant Manager? There must be a few young coaches out there who would welcome the opportunity.
A fond farewell to Johan (AKA Dolph Hun slayer) a fine Celt. All the best to you Johan wherever you decide to moor your long ship.
Farväl den som dräper hunnerna, kan Odin vaka över dig
Eurochamps67 contemplates the departure of big Dolph.
http://news.stv.tv/west-central/270981-robbie-coltrane-to-open-new-30m-glasgow-school-of-art-building/
Oops, meant to leave a request.
If anyone see,s TET on the blog later can yo refer him to my previos post.
Fanx
He has indeed winning captains, this morning to be precise, I made a post about it earlier in the last blog. There was a lot more than a Golf Shirt in the parcel. A bit overwhelmed about it to be honest, made a couple of posts thanking paddybhoy but he is rarely on these days. Thanks again to you and anyone else who had anything to do with it. I will do as I said on e-mail.
Oh and my tuppence worth lets bring in another Swede as assistant coach- Henke – make it happen PL.
Sincere thanks and best wishes to big Johann Mjallby, he made great contributions to Celtic as player and coach.
Can’t recall off the top of my head if it was his debut, but my first sighting of him was the 5-1 hammering of RFC (deceased) and I came away thinking ‘I like this guy’ :-)
beatbhoy
I never have and never would denigrate the level of his achievements.
Peter Ridsdale brought unexpected success to Leeds that they are still paying for today.
I said short term because Clough took over Derby in 67 and improved them until they won the league in 72, having been banned from Europe for financial irregularities the year before. Despite Clough leaving in 73, Derby won the top division under Dave Mackay too in 75. In 1980 they were relegated to Div.2 and by 84 were in Div.3 for only the 2nd time in their history. That was the cost of the Clough legacy for Derby. That was the short term effect. They have spent most of their time since outwith the top Division.
With Forest, Clough spent 18 years and achieved massive things, back to back European Cups. However, after a 1984 semi final UEFA cup defeat, Forest had one further significant achievements. a 1989 League cup win. By 93, they were relegated so again a 10 year period of success counts as short term when you see them as a yo-yo team for most of the 90s and they have not been in the top division this century. His period of success was 5 years and then a long, slow dropping off.
Forest might say it was worth it but Derby were never a solid club for progression and stability.
Evening all
I checked in earlier and noticed people saying LG wants an Embra Jury with reference to the NFL assault case.
Lets revisit that shall we?
While the villain of the piece was undoubtedly Wilson, he was at least prepared to plead guilty to assaulting NFL. The Procurator Fiscal took the view he would not accept a plea of guilty to Assault, but charged Wilson with Assault with sectarian aggravation.
Wilson was therefore entitled to make the PF prove beyond all reasonable doubt that his offence was aggravated by sectarianism.
Why didn’t the PF accept the plea of guilty to Assault?
Hmmmm??
Bada Bing
Dont see it a threat myself NL has the total support of DD and PL, his experience would be invaluable