Vacancy for a coach to challenge O’Neill orthodoxy

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If/when minds at Celtic get around to considering a replacement for Alan Thompson it would also be wise to recognise the international nature of the game.  Lennon, Mjallby, Parker and Thompson were all football sons of Martin O’Neill, rooted in the domestic tradition of the game (even the Swede).

Football philosophy drifts slowly between national boundaries carried by successful coaches and players.  Right now the ambitious teams in the world are trying to ape the Barcelona/Spain model, the success of which is hard to argue with, but whether we look for a Spanish influence or not, we must surely look for a voice to challenge what the current management team regard as orthodoxy, in all aspects of the job.

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  1. Kilbowie Kelt on

    DJBEE,

     

    I don’t doubt that the shows that you are recommending have some kind of quality & maybe even artistic integrity.

     

    I genuinely DON’T KNOW.

     

    All I do know is that my life would need to be very devoid of stimulation before I would depend on some writer, producer, actor,..whatever, ..to fill the spaces in my otherwise bored existence.

     

    A walk on the local hills, or an hour spent with a history book, would provide more excitement & stimulation for ME than all the imaginations of some guy in London, or in Hollywood.

     

    There is more drama by the minute in your local hills than these self-important ‘artistes’ could even imagine.

     

    Actors ? Is there any adult among us who has ever met an actor who had the IQ of a frog, or the integrity of Craig Whyte ?

     

    Now , there is a man who has wasted his talent.

     

    HE is a natural born ACTOR.

     

     

    I can understand an old, infirm or bed-ridden person watching these ‘fantastic’ TV dramas, but speaking personally , I would sooner stare at a naked light bulb.

     

     

    Takes all kinds……….

  2. Paddy Gallagher on

    ibleedgreenandwhite1

     

     

    I didn’t know about that post, I do now.

     

    Sometimes better to stay schtum mate, albeit I do agree with your observation.

  3. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on 5 June, 2012 at 19:39 said:

     

     

    Sad to say, but although the VAST majority of Celtic fans are the most decent in the world, we will always have some moronic hangers on.

     

    It’s the way of the world.

     

    Fortunately most of those that carry on as you described, grow up eventually and cringe at their former actions.

  4. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    Paddy Gallagher on 5 June, 2012 at 19:44 said:

     

    ibleedgreenandwhite1

     

     

    I didn’t know about that post, I do now.

     

    Sometimes better to stay schtum mate, albeit I do agree with your observation.

     

     

    When i see things like that it boils my blood,,Celtic fans acting like huns!!

     

     

    If you see stuff like this you have to say something ,you have to challenge it!!

     

     

    Hail hail

  5. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    hamiltontim on 5 June, 2012 at 19:43 said:

     

     

    I have said all that I have got to say on the matter.I could sit here and tell list all the occasions when we got lucky in the CL games as well,but I am not going to,because I don’t wish to upset folk any further that i already have.

     

     

    It is my opinion that WGS wasn’t a good manager,he got lucky to a certain extent,but the luck didn’t last and we went back down to zero.

  6. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    MadraRua on 5 June, 2012 at 19:47 said:

     

    ibleedgreenandwhite1 on 5 June, 2012 at 19:39 said:

     

     

    Sad to say, but although the VAST majority of Celtic fans are the most decent in the world, we will always have some moronic hangers on.

     

    It’s the way of the world.

     

    Fortunately most of those that carry on as you described, grow up eventually and cringe at their former actions.

     

     

    I agree with you that 99% of the Celtic support are fantastic and do nothing but good things,,,all it takes though is that 1% to ruin it for everyone!!!

     

     

    Anyway onwards and upwards!!

     

     

    Hail hail

  7. voguepunter on 5 June, 2012 at 19:35 said:

     

    I don’t think you could win three league titles, a Scottish Cup, a League Cup and get to the last 16 of the ECL, twice, by being really, really, really lucky.

     

     

    You’d have to be really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really very lucky indeed to achieve all of that just because you’re really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really lucky;-)

     

     

    A wee bit of hard work and talent might have helped as well.

     

     

    Sixteen Roads to Golgatha, what is it you don’t like about Gordon Strachan?

     

    Was he just too lucky, can’t be that he wasn’t a successful Celtic manager, because he was, arguably as successful as Martin O’Neil.

  8. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    Sixteen Roads

     

     

    We went back down to zero

     

     

    Can you elaborate ?

     

     

    HH

  9. Paddy Gallagher on

    Martin O’Neil inherited a far superior pool of players than Gordon Strachan. Anyway cheers to them both.

  10. Doc is Neil Lennon on 5 June, 2012 at 19:52 said:

     

     

    I wouldn’t go that far:O)

     

    What about poor Aiden getting a bad press in Donegal,have the LL moved ,because they can’t write about their beloved huns?

  11. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 5 June, 2012 at 19:52 said:

     

     

    There was nothing – zero,just like his first European game – we just went full circle under his stewardship and reverted right back to where we were almost four years later.

     

     

    Going backwards.

  12. Jobo – sorry, was trying to hold a conversation with you whilst trying to sort out young Kayla. Whenever we get some good weather again – we can have a catch up over a beer or two. Any driveway suits!

  13. Doc is Neil Lennon on 5 June, 2012 at 19:52 said:

     

    Sixteen Roads to Golgatha, what is it you don’t like about Gordon Strachan?

     

    —————

     

    This will be good, like a Kevjungle response

  14. fergus slayed the blues on

    My word this guy A Smith talks some sense ,do you think he will be clearing his desk after this interview

     

     

    Here you go: jump forward to 2 hours 16 minutes.

     

     

    http://t.co/IUikuXbM

  15. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    Doc is Neil Lennon on 5 June, 2012 at 19:52 said:

     

     

    The money,that’s what – all the wasted millions – wage bill the highest in the history of the club.

     

     

    I will say one thing now,one thing in his favour – T

  16. NatKnow – “We welcome the paper-chase…” on 5 June, 2012 at 19:38 said:

     

     

    Thanks Mate off to check it out now, my music hard drive has too many duplicates on it it’s driving me mad and doing it manually will take the rest of my life..

     

     

    Toomuchmusic CSC

  17. WIN WIN WIN WIN

     

     

    Boa tarde,

     

     

    Just back from all sorts of rufty tales of derring doo on the South Atlantic high seas – but tales of that’ll need to wait until another day.

     

     

    Remember the last time I was on?

     

     

    No?

     

     

    Well neither do I.

     

     

    Anyway, I was touting raffle tix for the Rio Fergus McCann CSC draw. Well….

     

     

    …….Due to the high number of tickets sold we’ve decided to be extra generous with the prizes.

     

     

    The prize list is:

     

     

    1. Signed Celtic top – Lenny and the squad (or most of them anyway)

     

    2. Signed Celtic top – Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld

     

    3. Signed Celtic top – Lisbon Lion Joe McBride

     

    4. One liter of malt whisky (we’ll get it to you)

     

    5. Four miniatures of malt whisky

     

    6. RFMCSC tee shirt

     

    7. RFMCSC tee shirt

     

    8. RFMCSC tee shirt

     

    9. Celtic memorabilia kit

     

    10. Celtic pennants.

     

     

    Some pretty damn good prizes there folks, and ten of them. We’ve sold around 150 tickets so there’s still pretty good odds on picking up a prize. Last raffle we had, one of you lucky CQN’ers filled yer boots.

     

     

    The tickets are still on sale at 5.00 GBP each (or US$8 or R$15).

     

     

    Tickets can be bought through paypal to bhowe@technip.com or via, Bank of Scotland sort code 80-05-40 a/c 00474345, or in cash to one of the trusted members of the RFMCSC.

     

     

    All money raised will go to funding of the Rio Celtic Boys teams (all five of them).

     

     

    Draw is scheduled for Sunday 10th of June before the Ireland v Croatia match. Will be held in the CSC pub, The Blue Agave, Rua Vinicius de Moraes, 86, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

     

     

    All welcome to come to check the draw is carried out fair and square.

     

     

    Boa sorte!!

  18. the_huddle on 5 June, 2012 at 19:58 said:

     

    We’ll see;-)

     

     

    Sixteen roads to Golgotha, how much had the transfer budget and wage bill reduced since MON left, WGS took over and the four years he was manager? He kept a winning team on the park despite these reductions, I’m just grateful to him, for lots of reasons, beating Man U, beating Milan, Shaktar, three leagues etc, all while downsizing hugely.

  19. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    Sixteen.

     

     

    Check out the financials. Its WGS that turned the club around. Your failure to recognise that is very hunnesque.

     

     

    HH

  20. fergus slayed the blues on

    So now that the ragers players are back on their full fat wages ,can we assume that the wee face painting wummin will have to make do with less than 9p in the £ whilst the mighty ragers carry on with this farce

     

    HH

  21. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 5 June, 2012 at 19:59 said:

     

     

    Wage bill the highest? Are you sure about that?

     

    Weren’t we downsizing during that time?

     

    If the wage bill was so high as you say, that explains why he was so lucky!

     

    Nothing to do with talent, endeavour or determination.

     

    Give WGS some credit, we had a successfully period when he was in charge.

     

    How many Celtic managers have won three in a row?

  22. saltires en sevilla on

    Michel Platini on Close Encounters of the Third Kind on WATCH HD

     

     

    Richard Dreyfuss is 16 Roads…nutty as a squirrel’s toaly LOL

     

     

    HH

     

     

    M

  23. fergus slayed the blues on 5 June, 2012 at 20:04 said:

     

    So now that the ragers players are back on their full fat wages ,can we assume that the wee face painting wummin will have to make do with less than 9p in the £ whilst the mighty ragers carry on with this farce

     

    HH

     

    ————————————————–

     

    Wee wummin doesn’t deserve any more than

     

    9p for painting union flags on all those ugly mugs

     

    …………….imho.

  24. fergus slayed the blues on

    Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 5 June, 2012 at 20:03 said:

     

    I agree WGS did a great job in his time at the club .

     

    After winning 3 IAR and going into the last two games with the title in our hands

     

    old Minty must have been on the porcalin bricking it ,although how we managed to drop 22 pts after christmas was criminal .

     

    IMO the board after MON looked at the way the club was being run and changed course .

  25. Sixteen roads to Golgotha on

    Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 5 June, 2012 at 20:03 said:

     

     

    I have checked the financials,believe me – many times.

     

     

    At one point,during his tenure – the wage bill stood at £33million – the highest in the history of the club.

     

     

    It is a myth that he was prudent,after O’Neill’s tenure.The down-sizing started straight after Seville – O’Neill invested heavily in players,only in his first season in charge.In his last season – i think that O’Neill only spent £500,000 on players – Bellamy was his only major move – and that was a loan signing.

     

     

    You have no idea how big of a mess that WGS left behind him – and the knock-on affect that it had on the others that followed him.

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