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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Radison Green..
Great news today! Shame it’s upset a few stickies!!!
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Celtic now building a Hotel on land they acquired for £675,000 which had a market value of £11,000,000. Celtic FC & GCC totally CORRUPT!
iki – :-) vg
VFR800 is now a Monster 821 – the problem with that theory is that Zidane is unlikely to be the Madrid manager in 3 years time. They rarely keep managers that long so unless he delivers a couple of CLs and La Ligas he’ll be preparing his CV for a stint elsewhere.
Desmond owns 35% of Ordinary Shares through his Gibraltar based Company Line Nominees Ltd.
The second biggest tranche is 18.27% in the name of The Bank of New York Nominees.
I probably should know this but can anyone tell me who is behind this holding.
Paradise Hotel
Simples
Hotel Arbour Hillton
Hi Bhoys
Bada Bing
If your card and screen were replaced with new parts they should be subject to a 1 year manufacturers warranty.
Take it back to whoever done the repair work and tell them you want them replaced for free.
KEEP THE FAITH
Deniabhoy
You are absolutely correct – Zidane flew to South Africa last week for a secret meeting with bomber, no surname and glib – you heard it here first :-))
From the Hun’s perspective, Heartbreak Hotel.
Ken ? I’ll ask tonight
As long as it’s no a travel ludge ;-)
Tony Rome- i linked it to my projector and could use it but laptop screen was the same, i closed it down, restarted it and started as normal…..strange, but if it happens again i will look for replacement, thanks HH
HH10….
Premier (league winners) hotel
Does anyone know if the conference facilities at CP are used much through the week?
We still need to sort the transport problems out but when we do…….
Evening All.
Absolutely Excellent news from Celtic PLC today as the commercial development of the land for the benefit of the club and the support is something that I have long advocated.
This is the Entrepreneurial approach that is so so necessary for Celtic now and in the years to come.
Income generation away from the football side, but in conjunction with it, is a necessity and I am all in favour of the area becoming a destinational venue on non match days with attractions for fans and non fans alike.
As for the Hotel name, well that has already been pre determined as the unit will undoubtedly be run and managed by one of France’s leading and most progressive Hotel chains.
Details here.
https://www.timhotel.com/en/
THETIMREAPER @ 6:07 PM,
Didn’t Arnold work that out…?
Hail Hail
ernie lynch on 21st February 2017 6:21 pm
Does anyone know if the conference facilities at CP are used much through the week?
Ernie, don’t know how often they are used but I do know that a recent Young Enterprise conference was held there, possibly over two days.
Hotel name.
What about
TIMMIES
Ernie
GCC have their council meetings there every week :-))
Of course no one sees them arrive or leave as they use the Vatican tunnel
Timtown…niiiiice…
due to unforseen circumstances i had no access to cqn today. a first in a long time.
can anyone quickly give me any news about celtic ?
Hotel could get business from events at the Emirates too.
A Grand Old Country Hotel
Dave kings big announcement next month
The purvey is now being served in the Hawaiian bar
Saint Stivs
Move along Timmy nothing to see here
SS- Eboue playing for U20s tonight
http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/machinery/tractor-driving-on-only-three-wheels-seized-by-gardai-35469445.html
Park Road 67: How’s it going? Off to dog racing in Galway on Friday night.
Brilliant news about the proposed developments around Celtic Park. It is long overdue and while it may be several years before it comes to fruition the inclusion of a museum is a major boost for the fans’ experience. I would hope that the hotel (or the museum) would include a fans’ café.
Tiocfaidh ár gCafé:-)
Walfridorf Hotel
BROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN on 21ST FEBRUARY 2017 6:25 PM
I believe the hotel industry in Glasgow is driven by the conference market, so presumably there must be a benefit in having a hotel and a conference facility so close together.
A hotel just to service the football side of things seems a bit unrealistic.
Match Weekend Specials.
2 Nights B/B, 1 Evening Meal and Match Ticket.
A report on RTÉ radio earlier today claimed that Galway and Glasgow had the highest consumption of Buckfast per capita in the world.
Uselessinfocsc
Art of War on 21st February 2017 6:24 pm
We still need to sort the transport problems out but when we do…….
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That isn’t going to be easy.
Unless you leave Celtic Park early now, you are left with a very long wait Time, especially when parked down the Springfield Road area.
It meaning more going to Supporters buses would be good, these are changed days, my Son is in East Kilbride, I’m Dumbarton.
It isn’t easy, any solution now.
VicWanyama.CSC
CELTIC is Worth it.
BROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN.
You spoke about having a dinner for the bhoys that are going to Lisbon.
I hope that it isn’t suit and tie affair,I don’t want to pack a suit in my bag.