Getting a managerial appointment right is difficult. A number of things went in our favour when we landed Brendan Rodgers, not least the market for managers in England. The days when a club the size of Liverpool would recruit a manager from Swansea, as they did with Brendan in 2012, are gone.
The era when Arsenal would risk a manager from Grampus Eight, as they did with Wenger, or Manchester United would take someone from Aberdeen, as with Ferguson, even now seem bizarre.
It’s relatively easy to get a short-term boost from a managerial appointment which would take the pressure off board and even players, but football has a habit of bringing reality to the fore quickly. A defeat or two can make years of forward planning difficult to achieve.
I like the strategy of appointing a caretaker if you lose a manager midseason. This buys you time to test the market before appointing an available and familiar name. We have had a few caretakers in our time: Kenny Dalglish won the League Cup, while Frank Connor managed to retire undefeated before handing the reigns to Luigi.
Kenny took over a decent, if poorly managed, squad, while Frank steadied the ship after Liam Brady’s ill-fated tenure ended. Their task was straightforward, get the players pulling in the same direction. If you limit the caretaker’s remit to this, he should do OK.
Had we appointed a permanent replacement in the weeks after John Barnes ‘resigned’ we would have missed out on Martin O’Neill and all that followed. Taking your time can pay.
I’m also open to the idea of a director of football. There is no right or wrong policy on this subject. Changing a manager is the biggest upheaval a club will face (a normal club, anyway). Often the coaches and scouts go too, but if you have a director of football controlling recruitment strategy, for example, you recruit a coach to match the existing strategy. You also don’t need to start scouting players for different roles from scratch.
If we were sitting with a youth coach in charge of the first team right now I’d be doing my best ‘Calm down’ routine. A decision rushed, or worse, a decision made because you are terrified to visit Celtic Park in three weeks, would be the worst of all worlds. Take your medicine at Celtic Park but get it right for June.
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Auldheid on 22nd February 2017 10:41 am
Think she’s retail background, Menzies, McColls, not sure if she has any Glasgow Airport connection.
The bottom line is that it would be mind-boggling to assume that the Celtic Board haven’t carried out extensive research into this plan.
The costs and income will have been assessed along with the return on investment. That will drive the business approach to creating the hotel, museum and retail outlets. It will also drive the funding model.
What should also be noted is that Celtic are very cash rich and without significant expenditure (in the playing and non-playing divisions) a whole chunk of money will disappear (sic) in Corporation Tax. The bean-counters will have devised the optimum strategy to reduce this to the barest minimum.
It’s a good position to be in when we are debating what the club should spend our millions on; what seems to be the case though is that it isn’t being spent on big dividends for shareholders!
KTF
Condolences, thoughts and prayers with the family and friends of ‘Call Me Gerry’. RIP
MWD
Sharon Brown (From Linkedin),
It would be nice to re-structure the PR Department too.
Experience
Non Executive Director
Celtic plc
December 2016 – Present (3 months)
McColls Retail Group plc
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman
February 2014 – Present (3 years 1 month)London, United Kingdom
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman
F&C Capital and Income Investment Trust plc
September 2013 – Present (3 years 6 months)London, United Kingdom
Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman
Fidelity Special Values plc
April 2010 – Present (6 years 11 months)London, United Kingdom
Dobbies Garden Centres plc
Finance Director and Company Secretary
Dobbies Garden Centres plc
October 1998 – July 2013 (14 years 10 months)Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Court Member and Chairman of Audit Committee
Queen Margaret University
August 2006 – April 2011 (4 years 9 months)
Financial Planning Manager
John Menzies plc
1992 – October 1998 (6 years)
Financial Accountant
Alma Holdings Ltd
1989 – 1992 (3 years)
Trainee Accountant
CR Smith Glaziers Ltd
1986 – 1989 (3 years)
Looking for 1 ticket for a very good friend for the Sevco game. Can be contacted via email at eddieinkrkmichael@hotmail.com
aye but has she managed a hotel in Glasgow
I hiv !
I’ve not git a scooby doo about building, financing or running a hotel.
I’m just enjoying the Ersatz FC supports pain.
Is that bad?
MWD
Whitedoghunch,
Ask P67 to send her your CV. You never know :))
Duty Calls.
WDH… if you decide to run for a seat on the Board, I’d vote for you at the next AGM! But only if you run on a platform of ‘making Celtic Great Again’ and promise to build a wall around Govan to stop the undesirables from buying tickets for the Sevco games at Celtic Park!
:)
Call me Gerry, Thoughts & prayers for your Dad & your Family today.
May he rest in Peace.
YNWA
La Bella Italia .
Fall out continues re Leonardo Bonucci and Max Allegri having a frank exchange of opinion during and after Palermo 1 Juventus 4 ..
Bonucci is not in the squad for tonight’s CL game at Porto – he has been dropped .
Bonucci has been fined a week’s wages.
Allegri has made a large donation to a Childrens Charity as penance for losing the rag with Bonucci .-” There were children in the stadium , there were children watching the game on TV . My behaviour and my language did not set a good example “.
Spat between player and Manager is said to have been caused by the Manager taking exception to the player not doing what he was told in a game that Juve won 4 -1.
Italian media assuming that Bonucci will leave Juve ASAP -destination Chelsea or Manchester City . £ 50 million .( on the evidence of last night , City could certainly do with a defender who is capable of defending )
Weefra
How will you cope with a wee Dot N Doris ?
VFR800
I think brought forward losses wil take care of a lot of the tax liability
Any corporation tax will need to be paid for the profits on this year, and the capital expenditure on any development wont occur in this year
Any capital expenditure for this year can’t be included in full as a revenue expense, it is amortized or depreciated annually.
South of Tunis
I have never understood why no one in the epl bought bonucci, he’d be the best Centre half in the prem by a mile
Call me Gerry
Just awoke and hadn’t read back before posting
Hadn’t seen your sad news, so my apologies for that
Obviously, thoughts and prayers on your loss.
clogher
not for me working for others again
Mike no likey board meetings.
not a game I attended but yes.
The main stand.
We don’t need more seats, what about a modern media centre with some high end boxes?
Just even up he roof line and what an outstanding looking stadium we would have.
Call me Gerry
Prayers offered up for your father
Ernie,
I replied to your response to my post, then went out to do some work.
When I came back, my reply had vanished and a notice on screen demanding my attention.
It seems I had to confirm that I wasn’t a robot.
It could have been worse. It could have asked if I was a zombie.
Anyway, I can’t be bothered rewriting my post, so maybe you can accept that I believe that the Foundation are exceeding Walfrid’s vision in areas that were unimaginable back in the 1880’s.
Also that this is being done in the name of Celtic, the club and support.
It works for me.
Condolences to CALL ME GERRY and his loved ones.
May your father RIP.
celtic40me on 22nd February 2017 12:06 pm
Thanks for the clarification.
KTF
Tomthetim@12:14
Me too….
Those of us who used to put some of our pocket money in the plate of a Sunday or done the Black Babies donation at school(remember that?)
Wilfrid Wishes is a natural progression.
new article posted.
THOMTHETHIM FOR OSCAR OK on 22ND FEBRUARY 2017 12:14 PM
‘I believe that the Foundation are exceeding Walfrid’s vision in areas that were unimaginable back in the 1880’s.’
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Yes, but who funds the Foundation?
You seem to assume that the Plc hands over a wodge of cash to the Foundation, who then distribute it.
That’s not what happens.
KevJ…..huns die again……what part of liquidation don’t you get….ffs……;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
I don’t understand how Tony Mowbray continues to secure managerial posts. Can’t think of him having any recent successes.