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When the manager needs to stay in his lane

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I have a lot of time for Bolton Wanderers.  During their extended stay in the English topflight, their late chief exec., Phil Gartside, was a regular supporter of Celtic joining the English and Welsh league pyramid.

When we signed 18-year-old Luca Connell from them in 2019, Bolton were in financial trouble.  Celtic could have acquired the player without paying a fee, but as an act of solidarity, agreed to meet the terms Bolton were asking from English clubs, who, operating under different criteria from Celtic, were required to pay.

£350k made its way into the bank of the Greater Manchester club.  Three years on and Luca has been released, having made no competitive appearances for Celtic.

The football department at Lennoxtown have decision makers at various levels, each with responsibility to recruit for a part of our internal player-pyramid and with an authority to spend budget.  The manager has oversight, but he cannot know enough about who is right for the youth squads.

Paths crossed when it came to Luca.  He was at Bolton as a youth when Neil Lennon was manager there.  Neil became ‘permanent’ manager at Celtic five weeks before that £350k payment went south in return for Luca.

All managers have their pet projects, so this is no reflection on Neil, but we have people in positions lower down the ladder for a reason.  Sometimes the boss needs to stay in his lane.

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  1. quadrophenian on

    So P67, this reads like a bit of a ‘kick Neil’ for taking a punt on a player he thought could develop, while asserting that there’s some finely honed recruiting machine or system buzzing along in the background, ensuring we always pluck value and integrate prospects into our squad slipstream.

     

     

    As in “‘The football department at Lennoxtown have decision makers at various levels, each with responsibility to recruit for a part of our internal player-pyramid and with an authority to spend budget…’

     

     

    Fascinating given the likes of…

     

    Ajeti, Allan, Bailly, Bangura, Balde, Blinker, Boerrigter, Braafheid, Carlton Cole, Ciftci, Compper, Du Wei, Fernandez, Juarez, Kapo, Killen, Kouassi, N’Guemo, Scepovic, Shved, Scheidt,

     

     

    ———-

     

     

    Rod was gravelly and great until about 1977, then he kinda went dowanhill for me. Rather him than Sean Bond any day.

  2. ernie lynch on

    TURKEYBHOY on 5TH JUNE 2022 12:58 PM

     

     

    Yeah CQN represents the entirety of what’s involved in being a Celtic fan.

     

     

    If you live in Turkey.

  3. Turkeybhoy on

    Oh,I say,Ernie,calling Tom “Thick” is a bit of a Rum do.

     

    Are you miffed,you did not Recieve an honour from the Queens list for the many years of unstinting support for the Union.

  4. Turkeybhoy on

    Oh Ernie,you really are in a tiswas.I can always tell,when you start spitting venom,and resorting to your tired old “Turkiye” spiel. (Notice the correct spelling ).

     

    No OBE has hit you hard.

  5. Tom McLaughlin on

    ERNIE

     

     

    Ad hominem attacks. The tactic of the man who has no valid defence.

  8. Philbhoy on

    GENE

     

     

    Top quality posting by you today! (As usual I might add!)

     

     

    Still laughing!

     

     

    Enjoy your day with your family!

     

     

    We are having a family BBQ today.

     

     

    My daughter and I will be outnumbered by 4 to 2 by Royalists!

     

     

    My love for my family is unconditional.

  10. Gene on

    Philbhoy

     

    If it had been a BBQ I’d have an excuse to cancel as it’s heavy rain here 🤭

     

    But of course Mrs Gene was aware of the forecast 😠

     

     

    Enjoy your family BBQ – hope it stays fine.

  16. McPhail Bhoy on

    Ernie

     

    Celtic was not founded by a Catholic priest. Br. Walfrid was a Religious brother of the Marist order, he was never ordained as a priest.

  19. petec on

    How can Naseem Hamed balloon so much?

     

     

    Featherweight to what he is now, how is it even possible?

     

     

    Strange t!ngs

  21. An Tearmann on

    Close season reading.

     

     

    Celtic minded 5

     

    Essays on Celtic football Culture and Identities

     

     

    Editor Joseph.m.Bradley.

     

     

    25% of all revenues from this book goes to Celtic Foundation.(Sco 024648)

     

     

    A great read and range of what Celtic means to different people.

     

     

    Paul67 has an essay in it,Brian Wilson talked of the lure of open to all,Bishop John Keenan,all talking of Celtic.

     

    Its the spread of Celtic,great essay on the socio- cultural impact of winning LUGGY on cementing Celtic as a beacon for the Irish Catholic diaspora in Scotland,the community without which it would not exist.Tom Devine cites it as important as the papal visit in 1981.

     

     

    Anyway.Give it a read.:-))

     

    HH

  22. Tontine Tim on

    SCULLYBHOY on 5TH JUNE 2022 11:27 AM

     

     

    Further complications came from the fact that, although Alex was born into a Protestant family in predominantly- Protestant Govan, his father was a Celtic fan. His younger brother Martin, 55, who now works with 56- year-old Alex, was also an ardent supporter of the Parkhead club.

     

     

    *The Ferguson’s came fae the Renton and I believe lived doon the Tontine, the Renton was always green as an influx of Irish arrived there tae join the Teuchters, who had been kicked off their land, to work in the print and dye industry.

     

     

    Local legend states that while the women worked in that industry, the only men involved were gaffers and maintenance workers, the men folk worked on farms and public works and allegedly built the Renton Road that links the village tae Dumbarton

     

     

    Seemingly back then prior to the Irish arriving in the Rock to extend the railway line fae Dalreoch through to Cardross, they had just left blasting through the rock that formed the Boulevard or Great Western Road, it was a tangerine hole

     

     

    At the local farm fair up Carman Hill where Robert Bruce allegedly had one of his castles, King Arthur, Merlin and Camelot seemingly were there tae, numerous battles between the tangerine men and local ben afflecks occurred, the latter sent them back up the Renton Road tae think again

     

     

    So the Fergusons came fae a Tim village, home of the Kelly’s who were members of the local Irish Land League, although I have NEVER heard of anyone by the name of Ferguson being Tims.

     

     

    It seems though his grampa married a daughter of the manse fae Dumbarton, now I have no idea if he “turned his coat” but no matter what he remained a Celtic supporter.

     

     

    He only arrived in Govan after convalescing from wounds received in WW1 at Bellahouston, fed up with the commuting his wife decided tae relocate there

     

     

    Alex’s da and brother continued to support the boys as did his bhoy Martin, he still though talks well of the Renton fondly and recently sent a memento down there for local fund raising.

     

     

    Henrik Larsson sent a signed Helsingborgs IF top tae as the ghuy that was running it, founding member of the local Renton CSC, was instrumental in Ghod receiving an Honorary MBE

     

     

    Sir Alex’s mother was a member of the one true holy and apostolic faith and chose NOT to get married in an RC Church, even though his da was ok with that, as looking at the climate at the time realised any weans would have a better opportunity if they were ken dodds.

     

     

    Similarly so did his bride, also a member of the RC faith, so if you look at his dna, which usually follows the matrimonial line, he is more of a republican sympathiser than some of or support, green brigade notwithstanding, he is also a self confessed reader of Irish Republican literature.

  23. Celtic Mac on

    leftclicktic

     

     

    Certainly was when I saw it over a year ago.

     

    Might try to catch it again on Channel 4 i player

  26. An Tearmann on

    Tontine.

     

     

    There is an excert of him talking of Michael Collins.

     

    The big fella.

     

    Will try dig it out if someone else don’t.

     

    :-)

     

    HH

  29. bigrailroadblues on

    AT, heard that interview a while back. A fascinating insight to the man.

  31. Celtic Mac on

    One thing Rod Stewart did get right last night was being on stage before Andrea Bocelli’s version of Nessun Dorma. And also before Hans Zimmer and Celeste’s joint effort and interpretation of “What a Wonderful World” which was nothing short of brilliant.

  32. Gene on

    Celtic Mac

     

    Can’t agree about the Celeste version – but I’m old.

     

    SatchmoCSC

  33. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 5TH JUNE 2022 12:42 PM

     

     

    I see Ernie is still on his “I’m a better Celtic supporter than anyone” crusade.

     

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    TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 5TH JUNE 2022 1:18 PM

     

    ERNIE

     

     

     

    Ad hominem attacks. The tactic of the man who has no valid defence.

     

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    Tom. can you disentangle the logic behind these two statements?

  34. Celtic Mac on

    gene

     

     

    I hardly recognised the original song there, (though it was more or less introduced by David Attenborough,) but I think Hans Zimmer’s arrangement, was designed to send a different message to Louis Armstrong’s original, as in it is a Wonderful World……but not for much longer.

     

    Celeste captured that.

  35. Gene on

    Celtic Mac

     

    It would fall on deaf ears of the so called VIPs there. Would be better playing ‘ Come fly with me’

  37. An Tearmann on

    So Gene,dustsettled and Vale are up.

     

     

    Aspirations? Big jump in type quality of football,when I lived in rural Sussex I met loads who ardently followed local minor clubs,Carshalton,Horsham and Crawley,great knowledge and goodwill for the game.

     

     

    HH

  38. Gene on

    An tearmann

     

    I would hope to finish around halfway – it depends on any signings we make – midfield certainly needs strengthening. It only takes a couple of decent additions to make a big difference at our level.

  41. An Tearmann on

    Gene

     

     

    Usual queries,whose signing,leaving etc is it really a big jump? Or is that were the money kicks in?

     

     

    I recall goin to see Palace,it had a sainsburys at one end,Brighton never had a home in Brighton,yet both today partaking of multi£Billion epl.

     

     

    All the best to the Vale.

     

     

    HH

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