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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The Celtic Triangle looks the business, I know it’s early days in the process but I am sure they will have a hotel partner tied up to ensure it happens, that should pay for some of the rest to be built
In that artist’s impression I can’t see where the Theme Park will be going?
Where are they putting The Magic Timdom?
I’ve heard they will have amusements like the dodgems, where you have to dodge past heavy handed polis to make it into the standing section, and the Waltzers, where Tom Rogic just repeatedly runs rings round you with a football.
Magnificentseven on 21st February 2017 4:44 pm
The Celtic Triangle looks the business, I know it’s early days in the process but I am sure they will have a hotel partner tied up to ensure it happens, that should pay for some of the rest to be built
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The Hilton TrebleTree???
Bournesouprecipe
Wetherspoons Cambuslang –
today’s special Fisn n Chips £2.99
Does the local 25piece of 25 stone tuneless triangle players still practice round the corner round the corner in taberknuckle lane?
OnetrooserlegrolledupCsc:-)
Cheers Tony and Geordie.
It will be a while before they start on the buildings….got to sort out the tunnel first!
Davidopoulos on 21st February 2017 4:48 pm
Very quick, now that would be nice :-)
Looks like there are no plans to extend the capacity of the stadium, judging by those plans. Little likelihood then of moving to another league???
BadaBing
Rip locky.was reading of him over weekend.a good tim by sounds of it
HH
BFDJ says Dave King says he would rather spend his warchest
on players than this white Elephant
“Same Old Celtic biscuit tin mentality”
RICHIE
True mate.plus state aid will have to be provided :-)
HH
VFR800 IS NOW A MONSTER 821 on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 2:15 PM
thomthethim for Oscar OK on 21st February 2017 2:09 pm
As was I!
KTF
*****
I think we’d both be better sticking to the day jobs.
I would, if I had one !! : > )
Club operations have lost focus
Martn Bain….
Of Sunderland
Diff chap from the ringfening shredder?
HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 2:02 PM
Blinkin’ flip,I’ve never seen this before.
Our 7-1 Hampden in the Sun. And crystal clear.
That means it’s likely the whole game is lying in a vault somewhere!
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-match-reports/video-watch-highlights-celtics-7-6656012
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Superb quality must be remasterd, I can think of a few auld bhoys would love that – whisk them 60 years back in time…
Methinks the full game tape/ reel is still buried under the ‘100 years rule’ ;-)
That 7-1 Video has been around for a while por cierto
Here is the You Tube link rather than a record one por cierto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWOMrKXKSAg
TOMTHETHIM
from earlier
Well they are missing Clint ‘baresi’ hill
And
Joe “mcbridenot’ garner
And
Lee ‘4thplace’ clark
Jeez am feart typin
Better go nurse ratchet wants a group therapy sesh :-)
Hope your good
HH
Hope the hotel has a coffee lounge for the non-drinkers !
As far as big Moussa is concerned, don’t be surprised to see Zinedine Zidane push Real madrid to the top of the queue with a possible loan back to Celtic.
Zidane told Moussa at the start of the season to spend 2 or 3 years at Celtic to learn his trade.
As for the draw of a Frenchman, Zidane is Monica Bellucci to Wengers Dot Cotton.
KTF
KTF
Great Looking stuff.
I hope it is renamed the Celtic Place, or, an even bigger….. Celtic Way.
An Tearmann
If you put it that way, no wonder they are slightly apprehensive.
I’m in good form, thanks for asking.
MIT e-mail me at vfr@girfuy.co.uk and I will send you an idiots guide.
KTF
So CQN was, again, close to the mark when raising the questions with JPT. Was it !!BADA BING!! who raised this recently?
Almores
CaféHotelCQN: There have been observations of groundworks near the existing ticket office and rumblings of a hotel; without asking for speculation, are there any truth in these rumours?
JPT: No word on any of these I’m afraid, I know it was mooted at other Clubs in the past so I don’t see the Club falling into that trap, if when there is anything to announced the Club will confirm and state clearly what their plans are.
CQN COMMENT: Understandably Celtic don’t want this to turn into a floating pitch and moonbeams scenario so are, quite rightly, keeping tight-lipped about these “rumoured” proposals. It’s interesting that it wasn’t flat out denied; it was “no word on these”. In this vein, Winning Captains and I had to settle for a burger from the van as there was no succulent lamb on offer either!
KTF
Tonydonnelly67 on 21st February 2017 4:38 pm
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
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Wolfie Smith post here?
I really like the design of our new development.
Name?:
the ‘No-Hun Hotel’.
Hi Paul67,
Sound advise there… Must Celtic’s Caretakers did a great job under difficult circumstances but they had a lot more knowledge and experience to call upon than Mr Murty.
It could be a long 4 months for him…
Hail Hail
Davidopoulos on 21st February 2017 4:48 pm
The Hilton TrebleTree???
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Shoorly `The RAmada’ or the `Hail-ton’?
As for the area…the Celtic Plaza or Plaza Celtic….as it is the place of Celtic.
Wonder if it is Miller-Homes Partnership who have drawn the plans up?
Either way, all good.
AT- thanks, a True Celt and a real family man was Locky.
VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on 21st February 2017 5:31 pm
So CQN was, again, close to the mark when raising the questions with JPT. Was it !!BADA BING!! who raised this recently?
It was an exclusive…in a non Gerry McNee stylie…..HH
BLANTYREKEV @ 4:20 PM,
If you are still aboot…
During the last share issue it was stated, methinks, that DD was underwriting the Issue and would not be increasing his Shareholding if the full issue was taken up.
Now, I believe that the Issue was oversubscribed, yet DD still managed to increase his % Shareholding. Do you know how this happened?
Hail Hail
Por Cienta
Yes, Saw a version available for many years – but the quality was nowhere near that version posted by Bmcuw
Glad you posted a youtube link
Maybe the 4-2 game can also be enhanced.
HH
That was meant to be `Paradise Hail-ton’….
can see a wee five a side pitch in the drawing? With bleachers for fans?
The casino and floating pitch in phase 2?
The opportinitues for Global Conferencing, in daytime, topped off with a CL game in the evening v Barca, would attract a michty premium.
CEO’s from diaspora issue…”just do it…” instructions…
Ebouie, playing for Development team tonight.
F###The Crowne Plaza
SANDMAN on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 5:39 PM
Tonydonnelly67 on 21st February 2017 4:38 pm
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
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Wolfie Smith post here?
Tony & Sandman do you think that PL could also put a drug and rehabilitation centre on for the Aussie drunk and German crack head to be allowed help and support so that they may be able to return to the board:-)) Oh and not forgetting NEG the clown and the clique who we could also build a Wendy house for so that they may never leave it :-)))
!!BADA BING!! on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 5:49 PM
Well done that man!
dadsarmy CSC
KTF
Iki
You are awful ……;-)