Rosenborg went five years without winning the Norwegian title before Kare Ingebrigtsen turned things around. Under him, they were champions the last three seasons – back on the pertch. A mere two points off the pace, having scraped a win against Valur, he was sacked, just six days before his former team face Celtic.
It seems harsh. This is a club burdened by their Champions League history. Until 2004, when money replaced meritocracy, they held the record for the number of consecutive appearances in the group stage (8). But they never turned the lights off. They see clubs from other small nations reach the group stage of the Europa League and, to a lesser extent, the Champions League, and know they could do the same.
If they thought Ingebrigtsen’s team would have beaten Celtic he would still be in a job. Instead, they have thrown the dice in the hope of giving players an edge. The new interim boss’s only managerial gig in the last seven years was six weeks in charge of the Aruba national team. Since then he’s kicked around as a youth coach and been an assistant in Dubai. It’s a strange one.
Sacking a manager often leads to a short-term boost in results, which is all that is required for European qualification. Expect this tie to be competitive. That’s good, I prefer Celtic to play in games with a visible edge, than against unknowns with fire in their belly. Cool heads will be needed. On that subject, we’ll discuss Jozo later.
Newco, having successfully argued the SFA should refer the matter of Rangers’ eligibility for Uefa competition in 2011 to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), now request the SFA do not take the matter to CAS. It’s a kind of Newco logic; any victory in a storm.
They argue this procedural guidance establishes the complaint has no merit, whereas the SFA Judicial Panel Disciplinary Tribunal did not address the complaint, only their competency to examine it.
The Judicial Panel ruled “the Notice of Complaint must be determined by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.” The word “must” has been overlooked by Newco. The SFA must act accordingly. Taking the whole thing to Lausanne will make sure we don’t need to go through another round of “Who are these people” type witch-hunts. I know what you are thinking, Dave King has been making friend with the SFA on a weekly basis for months now, surely they will do his bidding.
I’m not sure Dave’s that clever.
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Topcat.
thanks for the info re the game.
Fahrhill Bhoy 5.44pm
I might have made that up :-) but am sure I didn’t
Dallas 5.52pm
Cheers for the heads up, I didn’t realise thats where the U19s were playing, I will remind our mutual Coleraine/Liverpool/Sevco fan that on Monday…. got a lot of time for him
Gene 6.04pm
The 59 that Fairhill Bhoy hit was the 59 bus in Motherwell :-)
GFTB-I hit 52 on Thursday playing with KTs dad
#namedroper???
G64
Got a feeling Jordan Spieth is in the mood….
GQN
Great goal Celtic.
young bhoys just cannot score
Cafrey the scorer (spelling).
1-1 Caffrey well deserved
another goal from the tic Henderson.
henderson scores 2-1 tic.
2-1 been coming, Bhoys finishing strongly
Gene, you were saying… HH
2-1 henderson
Fairhill Bhoy
Apart from the clubs surely your handicap must be 36 :-)
52 my bahookie, I call it a centenary 88 :-) :-)
Am rubbish at golf was outstanding at “selling” golf balls to so called golfers
FRIESDORFER
must be a few minutes behind
Man Utd goal should have been disallowed anyway for offside/obstruction of the goalkeeper. HH
Gene ???
Young henderson has been brill
Celtic hoping to hang on according to the commentator ?
POG
Yes I remember that day fondly as well.
Sadly my pal Wee Rab, I’m sure you recall his repartee, passed away last year. Don’t get in there nowadays. We’re in O’Donnells in South Harrow now.
Not as exotic as your destinations I know bot ok nevertheless.
Keep Well and Hail Hail
Young Bhoys playing well against a Giants Causeway team. HH
GFTB-it’s a nine holer ya ejit ?
FB
9 holes – what did you do on the back 4 and a half :)))
S’no fair, trying to watch the gowf on laptop side-by-side with the footy. In danger of turning into a(nother) swivel-eyed loon here…! HH
Doc on 20th July 2018 11:20 pm
During times of universal deceit telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
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The irony being that George Orwell never said it.
Brilliant bhoys
another goal for henderson.
And the denouement is final. Well done the Young Bhoys. HH
Young Henderson best man on the pitch – MOTM
3-1 – henderson
GENE-I hung on?
the united fans streaming out
The commentator doesn’t like us ?
Gene, that’ll be most of the celebrity watchers then. Don’t believe that commentator just said “they just about deserve the victory ” Clown. HH
Well Played Celtic.
Looking good.
well done the young yins.3-1
Full time 3-1 to Celtic, very well deserved, much the better team. Great stuff. HH