You will not hear supporters or staff at an opposing club with a bad word to say about Graeme Murty. He took over a shambles of a football club and for several months matched results with anyone in the league. Twice he took Newco to Celtic Park and left with a point, but the man is a football coach, not a miracle worker. The disparity in resources would eventually tell.
Against the might of Brendan Rodger’s Celtic for a third, fourth and fifth time he experienced increasingly worse defeats. No one was surprised by this, the Newco board even tried to sell these results as “ahead of the curve”, but there was a fundamental issue that made it difficult for Murty to remain in position – he was sabotaged.
The evening before a game at Celtic Park, news leaked (and was not contradicted by the club) that Steven Gerrard agreed terms to become Newco manager. This came a day after Murty spoke about his chances of keeping the job if he won the four remaining league games. It was degrading and prioritised the position of the board over results on the field.
Dave King made a similar comment about the future Newco manager just days before his team faced Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final two weeks ago. That statement coincided with season ticket renewal letters.
What could Murty say after losing 5-0 at Celtic Park? We did our best but last night someone, who travelled with us on the team bus today, leaked that I was soon to be removed from my position? Whatever exchanges took place between the manager and his employers, a common purpose was difficult to imagine.
Inevitably, there has been some pullback on the Gerrard ‘news’. It seems matter is not as clear-cut as was believed on Sunday morning. I spoke to Peter Lawwell before the appointment of Brendan Rodgers. Brendan wanted to come and the Celtic board were equally keen, but Peter was clear: until a deal was signed, no one really knew what would happen. He had not committed to deliver anyone in particular, but he was nervous.
Promising a new manager the evening before you visit Celtic Park might take the edge of the inevitable pain for some, even at the cost of undermining your manager, but you had better deliver on that leak. Otherwise, you will look like pathetic opportunists who are exploiting the trust of your fans and are miles behind the curve.
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Welcome Stevie G, I believe the rangers are coming ???????? ???????
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY
Pog
:))))
Yer well named:))
HH
SP
Everything about that mob is dark. The light terrifies them. Gangsters in a political hat.
okay you heard it hear first, Gerrard, attended St Michael’s Primary School, and Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School.[21] Despite him not being Catholic, so stevie boy is from the dark side, am so feckin glad, hey he might even have a king billy tattoo on his arm.hh.
Big Packy –
In my opinion none of that should have any relevance whatsoever. And I’d feel exactly the same if we were talking about a player coming to us.
Shortbread majoring on Div 2 play offs….oh dear…
Mahe @ 5.38
Well done, excellent post and point very well made, and taken.
You’ve raised the bar in developing the debate in your counter, here was me at ground level getting ‘abused’ and not being allowed to cross the Queens highway on my way to a game of soccer on a Sunday morning too.
I don’t think your American friends will understand how Celtic’s legitimately gained ‘sporting advantage’ and nowadays is referred to as a ‘ bigger budget ‘ occurred?
Everywhere in sport clubs will be better advantaged or have bigger budgets than others, i.e. big team wee team, and its certainly not our fault wee team Sevco began in 2012 with nothing, nada, zilch, zero.
The BBC breaking news in the main Scottish bulletins for Celtic licence payers too, is that there is another ‘reshuffle’ at Rainjurz, whilst Celtic have just thrashed Sevco and here is Paul67 writing whatever he feels .
What’s he like CSC
Hail Hail
p.s. Scottish Sevco News doesn’t matter when their directorship are the real Crooks and Hoodlums just ask Rainjurz how that worked out
BIG PACKY
So everybody who is not a catholic is from the dark side???
Give it a rest would you please..
Hi Bhoys
Were are you reading/hearing the Gerard info?
KEEP THE FAITH
NATKNOW on 1ST MAY 2018 5:18 PM
DAVIDOPOULOS on 1ST MAY 2018 4:49 PM
Why doesn’t Lawwell expand the underground vaults to make space for the TO and Almore’s cafe? It will also allow fans to see the Champions League bullion up close.
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I understand that the problems are technical. For a start the underground line from Glasgow City Chambers via Celtic Park to The Vatican would need to be moved. And on top of all that
They’d have to dig through a layer of diamonds which is a lot of drilling…
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I am SICK of you board apologists defending the lack of action on the expansion of the vaults. No more excuses.
Just dig under the cemetery. The bodies are bound to have floated up to heaven by now…
get the impression on here that far too many of us are obsessed with what is going on over there.
I may have been premature, signing just denied by der hun.
STARRY PLOUGH JOBO BALDIE dont misunderstand my post everybody was talking about this lovely tim from liverpool bringing his young catholic family up here to this sectarian shite so dont give me any lectures .hh.
BIG PACKY
:)))))))
BP
My favourite ever manager and favourite ever player are Jock Stein and Danny McGrain. Both great Scottish Protestant Bhoys.
YNWA
DELANEYS DUNKY
Danny’s birthday today I believe..
Happy Birthday Auld Yin ya Legend:))
BP … you causing trouble on here? that’s my job!
:)
Good luck to The Son’s of the Rock tonight v Arbroath.
PS. Ian Durrant is a good guy.
Urinating in public is it ?
Whilst not advocating that anyone should break the law, the lack of available toilets mean that you may be forced to make a decision about breaking the law, or peeing your pants and walking through the centre of town with urine stained clothing.
I once was caught short, after all licensed premises had closed, in a small town not far from here. The square in the centre of town was empty and my bladder needed to be relieved. I stood at a rubbish bin, and relieved myself into the bin, not fouling the public highway. At no time did i expose myself to anyone else. Just as i finished and made myself decent again a couple of Polis walked round the corner and saw me walk away from the bucket. I waved to them in a friendly manner and walked off, unhuckled. It would not have gone so well had the Polis come round the corner 5 seconds earlier.
One way of looking at it is, it’s only a crime if you get caught. ?
DELANEYS DUNKY, garry my wife is church of england,she hates the word protestant, i was only commenting on how ghuys on the blog presumed he was a tim, and happy birthday.hh.
DD …
one of those Double Life/Sliding Doors things ….
I had always understood that DMcG was scouted by the dead team, but they didn’t look at him because someone said his name was daniel …(may or may not be true, but that is waht I was always told)
what if they had said his name was Fergus? Would he have ended up with the them? What kind of player and person would he have ended up as?
I dont know the man, but from everything I hear, there is something innately decent about him as a person … would that have risen above the dross had he gone to Ibrox?
If he is a genuinely good person, would we still appreciate him, had he been Fergus McGrain of Rangers, instead of Danny McGrain of Celtic?
SP
Mayday for Daniel Fergus McGrain.
Drumchapel’s greatest ever son.
Andy Gray ? Nowhere near Danny’s class.
God bless Danny
Goooooood evening CQN
Like quite a few, I would rather talk about Celtic
But
Just sitting here, wondering what part that Celtic great ( in some opinions) Kenny Dalglish
Is playing in his Steven Gerard fiasco
Was mr King not his guest last week ?
And did he not work for teflon Murray ?
Just wondering
Incidentally that same KD, wouldn’t even get into my top ten Celts
Hail Hail
Oh
FtSFA
DELANEYS DUNKY
Since that inglorious example of workplace bullying where Walter Smith shouted abuse and hit Durranty in the directors box, I’ve always felt a bit sorry for him. So good luck to the guy.
Even if he has Rangers eyes…
;)
MIKE IN TORONTO, thought id give you a break smiley thing, no i posted that because if he goes to rainjurz, i wont be thinking your a tim why did you go to them.hh.
Bateen … my uncle and a load of his pals went down to England to see scotland play many years ago …. as there was a huge line-up for the lavs, he and his pals decided to go around the corner and peed up against a wall …
as he’s going, he feels a tap on shoulder … of course it is the police and they all got knicked …
and, the story (naming him and all his pals) made it into the Paisley Express … he and his pals went round Paisely trying to buy every paper, so that my gran and the other old ladies wouldn’t find out!
:)
Gerrard confirms on BT Sports that he is in talks to become Sevco manager. Hh
RON67
Obsessed? Hmmmmmmmmmm…
I am obsessed with mocking people who cheat our game then regenerate to act like William Big Potatoes with an over inflated sense of importance, an incredible superiority complex and a unexplainable sense of entitlement.
For years before the original club went bust I said “Their uppancce shall come”
They have been uppanced.
And I will laughterise their situation.
I know words good really btw
It’s official…I hate Steven Gerrard…
Gerrard on BT Sport just said he has had talks with Sevco, more talks on Thursday
Sorry if I’ve misunderstood but,
Having just won our 7eventh championship in a row, pumping a team by 5-0, they sack their manager and the press is full “hopeful “ proclamations of a new messiah arriving to lead them to their deserved glory, we shouldn’t comment about it on here!
Eurochamps67
MIT,
Can’t imagine anything worse than my Grannie finding out, but it would have been disastrous at the time, had i been caught, given my career choice at that time. ????
Roger Hannah must be on some bonus for the number of times he says ” Old Firm”.
Gérard has confirmed on BT Sport he is in talks with Rangers with a view to becoming manager according to R Clyde.
He could hardly deny it could he?
Mike in Toronto
Re Danny McGrain (68 today so many happy returns)
I have heard Danny dismiss the story that Rangers did not sign him because of his name. I assume he would know.
As for how we would view him had he signed him for Rangers and not us then I would like to think we would admit he was, if nothing else, a great player. Plenty would not though.
Jimbo67
JIMBO67
That McGrain at rangers is rubbish total haddie:))
SG to Sevco doesnt make any sense unless he is being promised piss pots full of money to spend …. but, I just dont see how that is realistic or even possible given their financial situation ….
I know this is Scottish football, so, rules are not really rules, but more like suggestions …well, not really suggestions, but more like, ‘you can do this if you want to, but nobody else follows them, so its up to you ‘
…. but, at some point, the whole thing just becomes a farce …well, more of a farce….
just don’t give them any airtime on here , wether its oldco , newco , sevco or steveco give then no recognition on here.
And I hate the term Stevie G…