Dundee United did well last season. Fourth in the league, securing a European qualification spot, is a significant improvement on the previous term’s ninth place, all achieved under new manager, Tam Courts, who was a coach at the club before his appointment.
A year on and United have lost Courts, who is wanted by Rijeka, the side who finished fourth in the Croatian league. What chance do United have of building a sustainably successful team when they lose their manager after one season when he managed to split Hearts and Motherwell?
So what’s it to us? Back in the years after Rangers liquidation the subject of what competition Celtic needed was often discussed. I argued the last thing we needed was a club gambling their existence every season in an attempt to finish ahead of us – they will occasionally win, then they will crash. The competition Celtic could really do with is from Aberdeen, United Hibs and Hearts.
These are teams who, if they get their act together to the extent that they can out-compete Motherwell, can take points of Celtic home and away, will play expansive football and provide regular competitive games.
The great scourge of these clubs has been the drift of their most promising players south without adequate compensation heading back north. If they are now losing one-hit-wonder managers to a team fourth in Croatia, you have to wonder if a viable plan for sustained success is even possible.
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bognorbhoy on 16th June 2022 8:03 am
Brave man , but funny
https://twitter.com/i/status/1537169540802662401
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Now that is genuinely funny! Brilliant -thank you for posting it.
Good morning from a warm and sunny Village.
Happy Bloomsday to all the Dubliners.
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https://youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA
BOGNORBHOY on 16TH JUNE 2022 8:03 AM
Ha!
pretty quiet out there
yeah, pretty darn too quiet if you ask me
Imagine 22/23…
Hart
JJ
CCV
Itakura
Bernebei
Souza
McGregor
Hatate
Jota
Kyogo
Maeda
Subs
Siegrist
Ralston
Starfelt
Turnbull
Giakomakis
O’Riley
Ideguchi
Abada
Forrest
“Seville now interested in signing Morelos,who is entering the last year of his contract.Nevertheless,the Ibrox club will be looking for upwards of 20 million pounds for the striker”
:-) :-):-):-).They just can’t help themselves.
“Meanwhile a good few clubs are in the hunt for Calvin Bassey.Villa were said to be interested,but Gerrard has now brought in another player,so interest has cooled.Still there’s BOUND to be other interest.”
Aw is there,AYE. Do you wonder if they ever read back?.
Calmac on Ange:
“He was adamant we would be successful and he was right. The easiest thing in the world is to watch football and criticise,”
Some CQNers might want to consider the second sentence and what it implies.
Hot Smoked,
Do we take that as fast though?
Surely even easier would be to drop the critical thought 😀
MAJESTIC HARTSON on 16TH JUNE 2022 11:38 AM
No, it is not a fact but it depends on the nature of the critical thought. Critical thought which is simply a regurgitation of MSSM nonsense doesn’t qualify as thought. That is what I was getting at.
Critical thought which shows awareness of out place in the world of the business that is modern football is more difficult and is welcome.
Have to go.
Cheerio for now.
new article posted.