Owen Coyle has probably no idea the trouble caused in his name at Celtic. Notions that his granny’s uncle’s cousin passed on verifiable information that either Owen rejected the Celtic job, or that he did so because he didn’t agree with the direction the club were going, were clearly nonsense at the time and are more evidently the case now.
Having just earned promotion to the English Premier League the man chose not to be interviewed for the Celtic position, a perfectly defendable decision. He was never offered a job. Coyle performed well at St Johnstone (without winning promotion) and did well at Burnley before managing an inevitable decline at Bolton. He remains a good manager who I hope gets back into the game soon.
The Bolton lesson to football is stark. On some levels the club was well run. Good manager, good scouts, a small but faithful following, a chairman who could see the iceberg ahead, all signed up to the ambition to remain in top flight football, but their budget was forever under pressure. Debts topped £100m, although the directors ensured public services didn’t suffer as a result of their ‘ambition’.
Three years ago Phil Gartside, the Bolton chairman, knew the model in the English game was unsustainable and tried to change things. He failed, unfortunately, and was unable to produce a reverse alchemy – turning tens of millions of pounds from Sky TV each year into a 17th place finish in the Premier League. I hope the change works for them.
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Hugh McIlvanney I could listen to for days
Nevin makes me “BOAK”
auldheid
18:29 on
9 October, 2012
The Forbes article setting out what needs to be done to turn Rangers around.
You can’t turn a dead club around ……how good does THAT sound / feel
Say it more better …!!….. And I was right about Spartak
I DONT THINK BARCA WILL BEAT US AT CAMP NOU
sparkleghirl
cheeres for the link
sorry about names everyone I dont know how to copy them
HH
Sheik Yerbouti
20:28 on
9 October, 2012
say it better
I DONT THINK BARCA WILL BEAT US AT CAMP NOU
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I would prefer if you said “I Know Barca will not beat us at Camp Nou.
From Hugh McIlvanney to Jim Traynor.
Scottish msm quite brilliantly mimicking the decline of Rangers.
Nevin really is a cringeworthy wee orc
googybhoy ♥ celtic
16:51 on
9 October, 2012
asonofdan
16:15 on 9 October, 2012
miki67
Out of interest, what was Hitler’s confirmation name?
Ghenghis?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Billy ?
Mad dog ?
I used to really like Nevin. He was supposed to have more of a brain than the average footballer. Now I realise that having a brain matters not if you have no soul.
Busby, Stein & Shankly: The Football Men parts 1 to 4
for whenever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53TaTp5N4sw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8f4F9uHWYo&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8f4F9uHWYo&feature=relmfu
HAIL HAIL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NytTluhCjyM&feature=relmfu
Talking about big Jock
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_five_live
Just read the Forbes article on Rankers , I can’t help but think that it would be naive , and perhaps arrogant on our part to simply dismiss the content and have a good laugh at Rankers / Newco etc.
The clue for me, is in the title of the article ‘what can we learn’, and I would hope that as a support, we are not so dismissive as to challenge Celtic’s business model against some of the suggestions put forward.
It goes without saying, that we are not in the position that Rankers are in,but many of the economic / market challenges e.g. Declining attendances/ declining sponsorship / EPL growth are equally relevant.
Admittedly, we have managed those challenges a lot better than most, but that shouldn’t prevent us thinking about driving revenue from new sources, managing costs and, to paraphrase the writer, one of the best marketing strategies to remain as No1 brand, is to act / fights / challenge yourself as though you are a No2.
Thoughts ?
vp
you say tomatoe I say tomatoe.as long as your both right I’l be happy
HH
Stirling 1 Sevco 0 canny stop laughing
“The cowardice of the sevco klan has no equal. If they hear or read anything that criticises ‘them’, they become apopleptic and bombard ‘their’ blogs spewing their bile and hatred. This is quickly followed by threats of violence – or death.
The Scottish msm, however, continue to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to all this – it is left to people like yourself, Alex Thomson, RTC and others to set the record straight.
I often despair at what I hear coming from the hacks of the laptop loyal – but that is what we have come to expect of them. Cowards one and all. But their day will come – of that I am convinced”
Bhoys
Cease and desist with this Barca craic
As a born realist if not pessimist we could get utterly humped
Barca are struggling defensively but to score we need to get he ball ….not an easy task
dena29
20:40 on 9 October, 2012
vp
you say tomatoe I say tomatoe.as long as your both right I’l be happy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I say ….to my toe …….I’ll get my coat
TBM @ 2017
With you on that one!
Two damaging earthquakes here in Italy this year had their epicentre just over 100 km from where I am – 27 killed, hundreds injured and c20,000 homeless.
We felt them here too – walls literally swaying from side to side, furniture shaking…not nice. Thankfully no damage or casualties.
If this is what this site has become – I also despair! Making ill-advised and, frankly, juvenile comments about varying degrees of magnitude leaves me cold!
HH!!
oglach
FFS you live in Holland, you have got next to no chance!
Assen eh …… next you will be saying you work for Royal D……… :-)
I think your best chance is the one big-ish hotel in Assen, sorry cant remember the name of it but i am confident there is only one
good luck
Liverpool supporters are getting upset about their poor start to the season….they are currently 11 places behind Manchester United this makes them feel even worse about their situation
The Sevco franchise are currently 34 places behind the famous Glasgow Celtic
67Heaven @ 2043
I’m going to sue you for plagiarism!
That post ‘of yours’ is the one – word for word – that I posted on Phil Mac’s blog about an hour ago!
Choose your own words next time! It’s not that difficult!
HH!!
juvenile comments about varying degrees of magnitude leaves me cold
I never seen anyone making a joke of victims or even encouraging mirth about them.
Its a natural disaster a natural occurance, the fact there are victims is not the point.
Should people identify eathquakes without human tragedy, do you believe posters on here are laughing at earthquake victims, how very dare you.
sober up you lot, do you buy your knickers pretwisted
NoRippedKnittingHereCSC
Of Course,Not All Recent Environmental Disasters Have Been ‘Natural’….
I Wonder Why This Story Has Not Gained More Prominence In Our Media…?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9585098/Al-Qaeda-blamed-for-Europe-wide-forest-fires.html
And We’re Still Funding And Arming Their ‘Brigades’…
In This So-Called ‘Arab Spring’…..
Great News For The Guid Folk Doon In
Timbuctoo…?
Dontcha Think…?
On trying to stop Barca…
http://www.thefootballlife.co.uk/post/33243520068/how-can-celtic-stop-barcelona
Have you ever been in a pub where the pub bore keeps shouting out inane questions in order to draw attention to himself?
And even though most ignore the brain farts, except to occasionally tell him to shut the buck up, that’s validation enough to keep things going.
So, do you change pubs or just pretend he’s not there?
canamalar
Well we will agree to disagree on the subject matter of earthquakes being a suitable topic for debate on here.
I am also perfectly sober and I certainly do NOT buy my knickers pre-twisted!
HH!!
BBC2 NOW!
Ian Hislop’s Stiff Upper Lip-An Emotional History Of Britain….
Required Viewing For Those Of You With A ‘Canamalar Mentality’……
(ThumbsUp?)
Tallyboy
I appreciate that some posts are crass and on occassion tasteless but you know varying degrees of alcohol are probably a factor.Theres no accounting for folk
my advice when you read the first offending sentence
use the scroll button thats what I do
HH
Tallybhoy,
so your saying people on here are making fun of earthquake victims
Dena
I was suggesting that Sheik Yerbouti should be more positive,to try
and convince my feeble mind that we have a miniscule of a chance.
Hail hail,by the way have been in the Nou Camp when they failed to beat us,
it’s just we have a lot of youngsters coming through………like Marshall and
Kennedy ,,,haud oan we’ll pump them.
Dena
Meant to say ,tell your bruv to get off my case :O)
setting free the bears
Lock him in the toilet…
canamalar
No I am not saying that. I have said, and will say it again, that I do not think that it is an appropriate topic to be discussing here.
That is just my personal opinion.
TBB
Very reassuring your article regarding Sevco finances
I am getting very impatient about all of this.
I wonder how many of Greens new investors were previously EBT beneficiaries and hun regime beneficiaries. Now being emotionally ;+) leant on.
My prediction is that Sevco will trundle on until the summer.
HH
Did not envisage that with demise of the huns, instead of talking about a league challenge, we would be arguing about earthquakes.
COULDNAEMAKEITUPCSC
Nevin………………………………
dena29
You are of course right! Find it difficult to do sometimes tho’!
Thanks!
HH!!
starry plough
He seems to prefer emptying his bowels and bladder outside the toilet area.