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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exslamuirbhoy…Calm Doon mate….Never gonna Happen…Why would you spend £100when a fiver will do…Relax…Ffs Ashley Could Buy BAYERN….He Could…
jamesgang
21:53 on
5 May, 2015
Ashley is the only niggling doubt I have re sevco, if he goes they go imho bud
Delaneys Dunky…What have i said Wrong…Laughing…(check spelling)
Just before I disappear, reading twitter, it looks like Labour have lost Wales as well. Wtf is that party up to. If true, they must get back to their leftie roots rapidly.
jamesgang
Agreed, MA can achieve all he wishes and has the finances to do it. Nytol.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
67H
Fine man ye are. We know the truth!
Hail Hail
BGX
Appreciate the correct spelling of my family name and nickname furra change!!! ;)
I watched Coast Australia with that long haired Neil guy, he ate some kind of fish that makes you hallucinate like f*** when you go to sleep, He wakened up with nightmares, seen figures and a huge heid coming toward him. Canny remember the name o the fish but the locals avoid like the plague
Ashley gies me they kind o nightmares, he’s got some napper on him
Oíche mhaith a chairde. Remember, we are the Champions.
night bhoys sleep well and lay aff Australian fish
Question…Why Didnt Mike Ashley Pump money into Newcastle Like Abravomitch did at Chelsea…but hes gonna pump it into Rankers…Tell me Why…`[JimmySomerville.com]
Weefra
So sad. My Trades Unionist shop steward father is turning in his grave at this shower of Tory type imposters. We have lost the only party I ever voted for till Tory Blair. :((
67heaven @21:54 great post “fading away in the ether of mediocrity” classic line Gordon,cap doffed Sir. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Can you buy Australian fish in Scotland?
Sounds good. :)
BGX
Me personally , I don’t think he will pump money in tae sevco not in the immediate future, he could make them a stand alone outfit though, magpies turned big profits for him
DelaneysDunky…Got it…But ..They Will never be our rivals again..I gotta say This Mate..Some People on Here say..Aw They Will Be back, the Masons will see to it..Ffs…its as if They want a self fullfiling Prophecy…I DONT want Them Back…NEVER..if they do..They Will NEVER be our Rivals…
Delaneys Dunky
22:10 on
5 May, 2015
Can you buy Australian fish in Scotland?
Sounds good. :)
It’s perfectly legal tae, was on earlier tonight. Freaked the Neil guy right oot. Probably get in the barras the morra
BGX @22:05 it is comparing apples to oranges, if you will pardon the pun ….
MA would have to pump a fortune into Newcastle in order for them to appreciably improve/qualify for the CL and make a ROI…. whereas he could invest buttons into Sevco, and they would challenge for the title/get a run in Europe and he would make his money back in relatively short order.
jamesgang/exslaemuir …. in a season or two, when Sevco are pushing us for the title (and, sadly, it will happen…. ), on RM/FF, they will all be crowing about how much they love MA, and how they knew it the moment they first saw him… and many on here will be moaning about how we let it happen.
DD
Me tae, it’s like a death in the family. Sad days indeed. Night.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Exskaemuirbhoy…Thats it Mate…The huns buy more merchandise than Newxastle do..Thats a Fact…So if You can keep that going for a £10..why would you spend a £100 ..you wouldnt…Trust me Mate…He Wont…
It was a Rainbow Fish.
“… and many on here will be moaning about how we let it happen.”
Mike,
Where do I sign to have him removed?
HH
mike in toronto
22:14 on
5 May, 2015
I’m not sure Ashley will stay in football, he’s getting it tight here at the moment. Not a football man. Like I said wish he’d p**s off. We are a decade ahead of any challenge I suspect
Hallucinations whilst sleeping??
Is it a cheese fish? :)
Think I met a Hun who’d ate that fish.Told me they were going to win the Ramsdens cup.” That fish supper cup?” said I “you must be hallucinating.”
Mike in Toronto…I Disagree..Difference is Celtic Are a Stable Club…MA if he put Money into Rankets…How long Before he sees Profit….WEEMINGER..On here has done The Figures To Death….It Aint Gonna Happen…
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Tgcw,
I won’t mind all that much if they win the next one!:)
theglasgowcelticway
Doc cheers that was it
brilliant lol. All the Aussie bhoys will be on shortly with tales of woe re that fish.
delaneys dunky
22:10 on 5 May, 2015
Can you buy Australian fish in Scotland?
Sounds good. :)
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You’d then send it straight up to the arbroath Bhoys cos knowing you you’d want to smoke.
Right, I’ll get Ma dressing goon!
HH jamesgang
Smoke it….
BGX
My take on it, no matter what, they will never be, what they deemed they were, The Supreme Football Club.The power,s that be,SFA , SPFL, MSM, The Ludge,The Estabishment, and anyone else who may venture into the Loaby, or should I say the Wally Staircase,in the Big Hoose.If and when I pop my cork ( 70 next yr ) I will go and meet my maker, knowing no matter how many times they Polish the Brown Brogues,the shine has gone,and on present football matters,heard there is a strong rumour Elbows taken his Coaching Badges and moving to Killie, are Mc Gills buses short of drivers down Ayrshire way, btw they are concerned about missing his talents,brilliant.
Awerabest PJ
When I find myself in times of trouble
Anywi…Since Ive Decided.to Vote SNP because i believe My Country Needs Change, I Better go Iron ma Sash…
Huns don’t eat fish…Fact.
Papa John…Why cant Everyone on Here See What You See…I agree 100%…
If you want a right larf watch this
http://youtu.be/Ud0lceP9K9w
HH
My bhoy tells me we are interested in the Elche player, Jonathas De Jesus.
I saw him play 4 times recently for Elche. To my uneducated eye, he is a player. He has 12 goals this season, in a poor side. One less than Bale.
Don’t know if we could afford him though.
But even having De Jesus on the field might be worth the money.
Almore,
Sent you a quick mail earlier.
Clogher
Over 2,000 signatures on the first day! Come on troops, get it signed and get it shared.
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Supporting your team is not a crime.
BGX … I recall Weeminger’s analysis .. and I enjoyed it when I read it ….. and I go to sleep each night praying that you are right (“God, its Mike here…. I promise I will never ( … what I promised depends on the day ….) again, if you just please, finally and forever liquidate Sevco and turn Ipox into a shopping plaza”)….. but I am not at all convinced … fairness, decency logic and reason have no role in scottish football…. the game’s rigged.