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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Dessybhoy
Chipsaway
Barney … sorry, I think it is safari … see, I am an IT numpty
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*yes yds.
Gene
Cheers, do they come to your home.
HOT SMOKED on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 3:24 PM
As I looked at the `Brentford Supremo Robert Rowan` article , I noticed that once again a picture of the iconic gates of Ibrox are used to headline a Sevco story. Is this meant to create a subliminal picture suggesting that they are not dead and remain something of importance in Scotland? A wee bit scary, this desperation of the MSSM
Yep.On the Tim sites the pic is taken from the other side,over a spare ground with a manky lake of water on it.Always gets me the SMSM show the gates with Rangers PLC on them.
Anyway,that will all be in the past soon,because someone”In the know”has told some deadbeat on the National that the UAE are really interested in bankrupting their countries economy to invest in “The black hole of Govania”Apologies to Calcutta.
And we thought Minty spun them “Moonbeams”.
quonno on 21st February 2017 3:53 pm
Non Celtic, non football, non political question.
When I open my pc, a wallpaper showing a city or a town sitting on a cliff looking towards a wilderness.
Any ideas where this is?
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Is it the one with the castle and tower at the very top? If so, I think that is San Marino.
MiT, as it’s an Apple, and I’ve never had one, it’s probably their own browser. Probably won’t be a virus, more likely one of the many many spy warehouse Adds that polute this site. On an Android we can download Adblockers, dunno about iPhone.
dessybhoy
yes – its a franchise organisation – will come and give you a quote
https://www.chipsaway.co.uk/
spy warehouse=spyware
Maybe Rowan could make the brilliant Lewis MacLeod his first signing……
Gene
Cheers
DESSYBHOY
Car scratches? Get yerself a tube of toothpaste!!!! I kid you not, have a pimple at the video.
https://youtu.be/zZBNYyfCuNA
DAVIDOPOULOS on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 3:57 PM
quonno on 21st February 2017 3:53 pm
Sorry,I misread your post.I thought you said “A walloper”was showing you something.
GlassTwoThirdsFull
Question is….would Lewis give up a lucrative career in London tripping over twigs to return to his boyhood* hereos???
Oops sorry,Quonno thought it was “A walloper”.
Turkeybhoy
I often insult my computer – it’s entirely possible that Quonno was calling his PC a walloper…
And anyway…
What kind of name is Robert Rowan?? Sounds like a character from a Stan Lee comic.
Anyone seen Ronny’s volley?
Davidopoulos on 21st February 2017 4:08 pm
GlassTwoThirdsFull
Question is….would Lewis give up a lucrative career in London tripping over twigs to return to his boyhood* hereos???
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Perfect replacement for Leipzig-bound Barrie McKay :-)
GlassTwoThirdsFull
Neither of them could lace Fleckinho’s boots.
Ronny Ds buddy holly a belter.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/15106543.Former_Celtic_boss_Ronny_Deila_scores_sensational_training_ground_volley_with_new_club_Valerenga/?ref=rss
Wow, check out the Celtic statement folks0
Hover pitch-esque and I’m guessing it’ll mean a share issue where DD has his obligations to make an offer waived and will end up with more than 50% of the club.
The response will be “But shiny new”
Celtic have just released a statement about further development of the stadium and surrounding area. At this moment we can neither confirm nor deny whether Almore will get his cafe.
Glasstwothirds,
Aye but even I could do that if it came at me at that speed ;-)
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/watch-former-celtic-boss-ronny-9860272.amp?client=ms-android-sonymobile
HH
http://www.celticfc.net/news/12125
DAVIDOPOULOS on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 3:57 PM
quonno on 21st February 2017 3:53 pm
Non Celtic, non football, non political question.
When I open my pc, a wallpaper showing a city or a town sitting on a cliff looking towards a wilderness.
Any ideas where this is?
Thanks.
Glad my post caused some amusement on a driech afternoon.
Picture is apparently Ronda in Spain.
Quonno
I see. Glad to be of no help whatsoever ;)
The one my computer has that I was referring to is this:
http://www.moveabroadnow.com/wp-content/uploads/San-Marino.jpg
Wonder where around the stadium though? por cierto
No floating pitch or Casino
Pretty disappointed
One across city will be better when complete
: > (
Yea I see where now! DOH! por cierto
So my exclusive about the hotel was true……….
#smartarse
Somebody get Arnold on to explain this money
wasting project or more likely a tax dodge
between Vatican Celtic and council
I hope Glasgow City Council have got enough to pay for this……..tell the huns that’s why the Cooncil Tax is going up….;]]
QUONNO
Picture is apparently Ronda in Spain.
I once knew a Ronda but she lived in Easterhoose.
I read that statement and far from being “hover pitchesque” it plainly states that this is only the first step in what may be a long and complicated process.
As for Dermot Desmond, I can’t find his name at all maybe I was looking at the wrong one.
That looks outstanding, well done Peter Lawwell and the rest of the CFC board who get a hard time on here from the combat jacket Che Guevara outfit in here hats off to you all.
Rhonda Bout is from East Kilbride…..
CELTIC fc have put another boot into Rangers fc by copying David Murrys vision of Ibrox and implimenting it at Paradise , Celtic wIll commit to this and finalise the plan with the blessing of the GCC
No admin or liquidation will be attained in achieving this .