While Celtic are busy preparing their players and supporters for the derby game at the weekend, Newco look to be storing up their major news story for after the game, perhaps anticipating a pick-me-up will be needed.
I’ve heard a bit of ‘Why this guy?’ chat about, Pedro Caixinha, one of our self-declared “Celtic brothers”. Why not Derek McInnes or Tommy Wright instead of a man who sends video messages across the globe to congratulate Celtic?
McInnes, and Wright are both better than any previous Newco manager, and would use the Murray Park budget to out-perform Aberdeen and St Johnstone respectively, but ask yourself, what percentage chance would Newco have of catching Celtic with either as manager?
2%? Maybe more, but it’s certainly not as high as 5%. Newco would probably finish second, but by this time next year the reality that they were miles behind Celtic would have dawned on everyone.
What chance would Brother Caixinha give them of catching Celtic? While there is a high chance he would be less successful in the Scottish Premiership than McInnes, the certainty of success or failure cannot be predicted as accurately, as with a manager we are more familiar with. You could be around 80% certain that with Newco’s budget and resources, McInnes would finish second in the Premiership, but 98% certain he would fail to top the table.
If you are left to choose between a manager you are 98% sure will fail, and a manager who you just don’t have enough information to estimate his chances of success or failure, why would you appoint the former? Newco are as well taking the Hail Mary manager than investing in a strategy they are sure will fail.
Brother Caixinha is being offered the job because there are no good choices, only bad ones, and worse still. And that’s the pick-me-up some will read about on Monday morning: ‘Brother Caixinha will give us a Hail Mary shot at winning the league, but might finish below St Johnstone.’ Although maybe they’ll phrase it differently.
I loved Ally McCoist’s assertion on Sky TV that it was rubbish to suggest Newco needed a director of football and that all they needed was to spend ever-more money. After all they have been through, their influential figures are actively briefing against adding technical resources, instead asking for a club already running at a loss to gamble more. I hope Ally knows the Hail Mary!
Here’s an idea, live within your means and get better at everything you do. Do this and you’ll survive.
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Thanks Bada, I’ll have a look for it on there, cheers!
FAIRHILLBHOY
Thanks for the info,mate. And to everyone else who replied.
Defo a scam,then-but not a very good one if even I can spot it!
I’ve been checking my accounts online since,nothing untoward taking place.
Yet!
I’ll do so for a wee while yet,I reckon.
HH
Bada
The usual media think Man U
Roma for me
N-B…big thumbs up…
Prestonpans bhoys , thank you.
CELTIC DAWN, good choice of bars and restarants in Corralejo. Was there six years ago and a few bars by the harbour area had full choice of our matches
Adi- i think we could do well in EL, next season,after a CL Group campaign
Hi Paul67,
Interesting piece. It was a rather confusing choice of Manager Candidate to my way of thinking.
You may well have put your finger on the “logic”.
Of Course All this talk about the Megabucks Qatari deal PC was willing to not only walk away from but forgo $300,000 into the “Bargain” seemed unreal…
The Official Al-Gharafa FC Statement Shines a Light:
“Al-Gharafa reach an agreement with Rangers FC for the transfer of Head Coach Pedro Caixinha,…
…Approval was in the interests of the club financially, especially when the coach’s contract expires in 45 days. The coach’s desire to exploit the opportunity to move to Rangers was stronger than our desire to continue.”
It sounds like the Qatari’s are quite happy to save the Monies (300,000) that they would be forking out if PC had fulfilled his Contract.
I’m assuming, as a Qatari Sheikh is normally willing to put success before cash considerations, that PC was not Fulfilling his potential.
It seemed to be a similar story for him with Santos Laguna in Mexico.
Maybe Newco think if it clicks for PC in Scotland they could surprise a few in the aul Scottish Cup tie. Maybe secure a European Berth.
One thing though, I’m sure this “strategy” is not long term planning.
NewCo need serious Financial Engineering if they are to carry on Fielding a Team.
My guess would be PC is on a Jam tomorrow deal that reflects the precarious nature of this appointment and status of the Club.
Hail Hail
Paul Larkins “Anyone but Celtic” is showing at Columba Club Coatbridge on Thursday 16th March at 7.30. Part of St Patrick’s Day festival 2017.
On the new Sev manager……
Could this not be level 5 (unpaid work) a green herring…. We were going to give you a manager who has good words to say about “them” but now here’s not the 2 jimmys, the 2 Alex’s EBT MacLeish & Rae……. You could have had some unknown who likes “them” but here are two real sevconians the proof is in their non paying of tax ……..
Or is that too far fetched
Onemally 9.02pm
Only just logged on for the first time this week, i am off on the Friday, if you fancy it let me know, the Columba club is no a bad wee boozer, if Lennybhoy is reading he might make it a wee unofficial “hoot”
Onemallony….. Apologies I thought you were OneMalloy, not that it makes a difference :-)
No wonder I don’t post during the week
Moenchengladbach really starting to show their quality now. Could win it by a goal or two.
GFTB
It’s ONLYMALLONY!
Hope you are well Bud!
NEUSTADT-BRAW on 9TH MARCH 2017 8:34 PM
You know I love you but I’ve put that post into Google translation for 84 languages and 302 dialects…still nout! :-)
BMCUW
My cap doffed to yer wee da tonight mate.
Cosy Corner Bhoy
The effort of a gentleman and true Tim.
Philbhoy 9.19pm
I now realise, thought for a minute OneMalloy was threatening to appear in the Brig, think I got a bit excited, great company yourself & Mr Onemalloy the last day out……
hope C enjoyed her Zumba & O the pictures……..all good here and reading your posts all good there especially house still standing after a party for teenagers, O must take after her mother :-)
britain on the fiddle bbc1 – no sign of newco yet?
HAMILTONTIM
I think he’s just about home,grateful thanks for pointing him in the right direction. He’s not used to towns with more than one Catholic church!
I know he would have preferred to be in attendance tomorrow,but just too early for him to be there in time. Having said that,he would prefer neither as a choice…
Very good game on BT – Lyon 3 Roma 2 with 15mins to go.
GFTB
Everything to come oot the doomdome seems too far fetched to be true.
Oh the rankers are shoit,
Brother Pedro’s a Tim.
HT / BMCUWP
I take it all is ok with Cosy Corner Bhoy…..just on the blog and read back, was a bit worried ?
Reading between the lines I take it he is ok but just being CCB ?
Celtic Dawn. There’s a Bar/Bookies above The Hard Rock Cafe on the main drag in Corralejo that shows football and racing on a number of Big screen TV’s.
There is also a British bar further up the same street that shows matches. I saw Celtic V Aberdeen in there a few years ago and there were a good few Tims in that day. Next to an Indian restaurant if I remember correctly.
He’s grand Gerryfaethebrig.
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
Not a bother,mate. He went up to pay his respects to ELDIEGOBHOY. He asked for directions to the church when he got off the train.
Wrong church!
Fortunately a quick coupla phone calls put him right!!
Ticketbus
I’ve been told Brig Inn
DD 9.44pm
The Celtic View was nicknamed “Pravda” I loved the View, in paper version we got it if there was enough after the Record, Sun, Dandy, Beano, Bunty & the Mandy, on a Wednesday fling in the Coatbridge Advertiser, see for being skint my parents bought a fair few papers, by the way we lived 20yds from the newsagents and got the Evening Times delivered to give my wee nephew another number for his paper round……
Anyway, my point us Sir Dodgy Dave the first killed them the media have unwittingly destroyed them, but for me I still want to know where the Souness money came from ???????
Our grandchildren and their grandchildren will realise how much they have cheated……….
Cheating is in their DNA
Gardening Leave just in’t all that bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WspEbC8Kp0
Bobby / HT
Cheers…..
Just adds to my admiration of our Cosy Corner Bhoy ……. He is some mhan
Hamiltontim….
Firstly I hope you and the lovely lady are spoiling each other to the limits….may song and laughter fill those days ahead…braw….
In regard to my inclusion of HT…..that was a wee think back to. When you posted that efter a few reads ma wee posts made sense!!!
Life maybe complicated …but it is also awfy braw…
Listen to the auldheids…..
Big smiley things….
Braw
Prestonpans bhoys, cheers for info, hope to catch some of the game.
BMCUW
Did your dad go to Saint Mungo’s. I made that mistake in the past thinking it was a RC church.
Wee song before you go to bed…https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I80QeSZ_Tuo
starry plough on 9th March 2017 8:17 pm
Quatari football in free fall since Pedro decided to chuck it:))
Qatar1 Azerbaijan2
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While my Qatar gently weeps…..
GFTB
My da hated the press and papers. Morning Star, the paper Celtic View and Daily Record when Celtic won the day before were the only reading of the papers I had in my house. My gran loved the Herald and I read them all after. Wouldnae read any of them now. All propaganda tomes.
NEUSTADT-BRAW on 9TH MARCH 2017 10:01 PM
Ahhhh see that makes sense! :-)
Things all good but incredibly busy. I hope you are well.
It will be interesting to see what kind of tactical approach the Huns take on Sunday. The smart money would be on a 4-5-1 with a deep lying defence, plenty of cover for the full backs, full backs playing as full backs and not auxiliary wingers, clearing their lines when in possession at the back, getting men behind the ball and staying in a solid shape. The trouble with doing that is we will box them into their own half much like PSG last night, press them to death and they wont get out. When they do get the ball they will be so far from goal they wont be able to do anything. It would require a lone striker to hold the ball up and bring others into the game, something they don’t appear to have. If Lord Cardigan is advising Murty expect to see this approach. O’Halloran and McKay could be deployed to provide a counter attacking threat with the former used to restrict Tierney. I don’t expect to see Waghorn until the second half, i suspect he is unable and unwilling to spend the afternoon chasing Tierney. Then again they might go 4-3-3 and meet fire with fire. That would be plain crazy.
DD 10.11pm
My da hated the press as well, but where else would you get the racing fixtures ? He didn’t have no iPad :-)
He also knew back then of the journos, his words Paul Coia (?) was the only Tim employed by the Sunday Post but without being too dramatic the world is a changing (even Scotland) the older I get the more I love being Scottish……. I will always be a proud if my Scottish Catholic heritage (sometimes not the best catholic but who is :-)