I can’t argue with John Hughes winning the Manager of the Year award. Without glossing over the obvious semi-final issue, he’s taken Inverness to stick-on favourites for the Scottish Cup and, for a while, stuck with Aberdeen in the Best of the Rest fight. The second half of the season have seen fortunes fade, but this reflects the resource paucity he has, compared to Dundee United or Aberdeen.
What’s just as clear is that Ronny Deila would have been a contender for the award. Appointing a manager is always a risk. Gordon Strachan was as safe a pair of hands as you could hope for in 2005, but it took nerves of steel for him to cope with some early reversals. Tony Mowbray was also a known quantity, who should have done better, but rookie Neil Lennon pitted against experienced Walter Smith was highly risky. Neil could have sunk without a trace, instead of winning all those trophies.
At least Neil knew the club and the club knew Neil. Appointing a guy from one of the smallest professional clubs in Europe, totally unknown in the Scottish game until Celtic scouted Stefan Johansen, was an almighty risk.
What we recruited was a philosophy. Celtic knew how a football team should be prepared, how to recruit, what tactical intelligence was required in a manager, and they travelled to Strømsgodset to find their man.
Had he qualified for the Champions League group stage, I reckon Ronny would have won Manager of the Year, but as this is the standard Celtic managers are judged by, he missed out. There are no guarantees in football, so qualifying next season cannot be taken for granted, but he should be better prepared. As should the players. This is the target, Ronny.
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BGX
Cheers!
I am 100% CORRECT though :O)
DD-you take Jamesgang 8 quid,and give VPs 8 quid to me,simples….:)
VP & James
Celtic Shop it is. Free T shirt with pre ordered top I see.
Will sleep sounder tonight now.
Thanks lads.
Guys Im Paranoid…Keano On Tv Wearing Brown Brogues…Fk it…Im Joinin The Masons, Doing a sheep( can i get a female wan) an votin SNP.@allhunstogether.com..
DD: go to SD, bring it to the counter, let them scan it and then say no. Say you’ll only buy it when MA gets his loans repaid by Sevco. Go to the Celtic shop, pay the full price and I’ll give you another polo shirt.
Simples!
Celtic shop whenever possible lhads but if a chap was in London, Manchester or some other far flung exotic place would Celtic benefit from his buying celtic gear elsewhere? Surely they do????
BB
Glad my Ryan is 22 this month and out of shorts now. :)
Juve v RM.
Good first half.
…several beards on show.
Pirlo just ‘shaves’ Carvajal I would say.
HH!!
Bbc 1 NI if anyone is feeling too happy and wants brought down by a bunch of hypocrites… Otherwise known as party leaders in the north of Ireland…..
God almighty it’s painful
Was in the Celtic shop in Glasgow Airport yesterday morning.
The lassie told me the hun hovel next door was closing that night.
Smashin!
HH!!
Almore
A bit of espionage involved. It is getting ordered online tonight from Celtic direct.
HH
Juve need to give the ball to Pirlo then everyone back off for 10 seconds or so and let him deliver a 30 yard pass.
Then we can all gush about him.
theglasgowcelticway
20:14 on
5 May, 2015
Jamesgang
No need for the winter fuel allowance in Torquemada’s day.They didnae agree with you? burn them.Ahhh!the good old days.
Would that be he of ‘The smell of burnt flesh is the smell of saved souls’.
When I was about 14, we all loved Reel ( that`s how we pronounced it!) Madrid. We used to `debate` as to who would win between Brazil 1958 and Real Madrid 1960. We could name every player in the side which beat Eintracht 7-3. I cannot remember when and why (at the time) I started preferring Barcelona.
JJ
A weans kit probably costs that all in socks shorts and jersey
Pen Juve
Tallybhoy
Good news. :))
All the more reason to support the Celtic Stores!
Ohhhh penalty for juve…
2 to 1 Juve
Goal juve.
Two wan Juve.
Tevez pen
TSPOAL….
You doing that to annoy me :)))
I cannot see Juve failing to win this game now.
JJ
Tallybhoy
Those types of stores are always a loss leader for the main revenue generators.
Charles de Gaulle is full of Prada and Cartier when all you want is a pint and a sambo
Celtic can take the loss at GLA to represent the brand.
That any incarnation of rangers cannot sustain a presence is quite shocking for the potential revenue they should have
Ha ha ha
Well done Martin Atkinson for giving Vidal a yellow card for demanding that an opposition player be carded! One of my pet hates in football.
It’s distressing at his age to see how Pirlo has let himself go so badly – he was once a fine figure of a man – so sad
The final is tomorrow night IMO
quonno
I love the smell of condemned souls in the morning.
Get Bale on….
Mick
£90 for the full adult kit from Celtic Direct.
Pogmathon…
Atkinson also correct giving penalty but no card for the Madrid defender. Correctly interpreted as penalty but an attempt to play ball. Wish refs would use this common sense more often
Bada,
Lol. He’s a great player but he’s just not got into it tonight.
HH
Anybody Worried About any Incarnation of The huns should take a wee liedown…Its never gonna be what it was..Thats The Problem with People on Here and People in General..They cant Or Wont let go of The Past…Maybe they Dont wanna, Maybe its out Their Confort Zone…Change is Gonna Come..And Me…I Love Change…
delaneys dunky
20:48 on 5 May, 2015
BB
Glad my Ryan is 22 this month and out of shorts now. :)
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At 22 he shouldn’t even still be at school. Let alone papping him out in shorts of a morning!
HH jamesgang
Terry Butcher on now for Juve
BGX
21:10 on
5 May, 2015
Anybody Worried About any Incarnation of The huns should take a wee liedown…Its never gonna be what it was..Thats The Problem with People on Here and People in General..They cant Or Wont let go of The Past…Maybe they Dont wanna, Maybe its out Their Confort Zone…Change is Gonna Come..And Me…I Love Change…
Be very wary of the serpent of complacency.
James
I Wear the shorts in this hoose! ;))
Ramos is the worst player on the park tonight.
HH!!