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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. Jinkyredstar on

    What is even more galling is that, given the group games in Quatar, the final game could have England and Wales only needing a draw to move forward to knockout stages.

  2. Tom McLaughlin on

    INIQUITOUSIV

     

    on 5TH JUNE 2022 6:59 PM

     

    U.S. TV horrendous habit of cutting away from game for ads or studio immediately game is over. I detest that.

     

     

    Reminds me of the night in a social club in Australia’s Gold Coast in 2008, watching the Scottish Cup final between Rangers and Queen of the South. The match was broadcast live by Setanta Australia and there was about a dozen Gers fans watching.

     

     

    After 90 minutes it was 2-2. Extra time. Setanta went immediately to a commercial break as worried huns raced to the bar for more drink to calm the nerves.

     

     

    After the commercial break, Setanta went to highlights of a grand prix. They obviously hadn’t considered the possibility of extra-time. Oh how we Celtic supporters laughed as the huns went apoplectic and the air was blue as they cursed at the TV screen.

     

     

    Eventually the game came back on about 5 minutes into the second period of extra-time with Rangers 3-2 up. It ended 3-2 but most of the huns had gone home after about 10 minutes of moon-howling. It was so funny.

  5. ernie lynch on

    Comparing the Welsh to the Scottish team could the fact that none of the Welsh team play in their domestic league be to their advantage because there’s no two camps mentality in the side?

  7. bigrailroadblues on

    Good evening all from the Laurieston Bar. I hope ye are all hale and hearty.

  8. jackiemac on

    hehehehehe ss – they thought they’d signed gazza again- bring him on to take a penalty and he misses ; beyond priceless

  9. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Ukraine players should be home fighting like the rest of them…..but i wouldn’t like their GK in the trenches with me…

  15. petec on

    We need a very hard man in our midfield.

     

     

    Harder than Anyone ever before.

     

     

    We got the Skilled dudes, unfortunately the SFA are still administrating.

  16. Turkeybhoy on

    Good luck to the teams heading to the World Cup.They will face hellish conditions.No idea what time KOs are,but we had to KO at 9 .30 pm,every game.Training will be a nightmare,unless its all done indoors.

     

    Real feel Temps can hit the 90s.Normal Temps around 85 degrees.

     

    Must have been a really fat brown envelope to get the tournament there.

     

    Farce.

  22. IniquitousIV on

    Ronaldo with 2 more international goals, Messi with FIVE! Simply astonishing.

     

     

    Starfelt not featuring, even on bench, as Sweden lose to 2 Haaland goals.

     

     

    Gia goes 60 minutes for Greece again, as they go top of Group.

  24. Turkeybhoy on

    Probably better change it.Erdogan might start dishing out jail time for old name users.

     

    :-)

  25. IniquitousIV on

    TURKIYEBHOY.

     

     

    Probably best not to use the full name?😊

     

     

    Turkey adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, known in English as the Republic of Turkey, upon the declaration of the republic on October 29, 1923.

  32. Celtic Mac on

    You can take the Bhoy outta Turkey…..

     

    But you can’t take the Turkey outta the Bhoy…..

     

    No?

  37. Gene on

    Good morning from an overcast North Staffs – looking after 2 grandkids today, a 10 year old and a 3 year old – tiring but wouldn’t have it any other way.

  38. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Beaton a creature of habit.

     

     

    Booked Giakoumakis yesterday.

     

     

    Consistent refereeing?

  41. bognorbhoy on

    BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 6TH JUNE 2022 8:40 AM

     

     

    Beaton a creature of habit.

     

    Booked Giakoumakis yesterday.

     

    Consistent refereeing?

     

     

    ===========

     

     

    Not to defend him …

     

     

    Kosovo

     

    3 yellow 2reds

     

    Greece

     

    2 yellows

     

     

    BBC reports the Greece fouls were” bad ” and it was gias 3rd foul

  42. prestonpans bhoys on

    Good morning all,

     

     

    A trip to Alnwick castle and gardens, wonder if it has a bar nearby, not my turn to drive👏👍

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