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The "Where should I put this?" Thread;; Strange stories from the crazy world of football.
Topic Started: 25 Sep 2012, 05:56 PM (238,074 Views)
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tonyjaa-csc
26 Mar 2017, 11:02 AM
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I don't think Wilson ever scored for Celtic, never mind the dead club
Scored the winner at Celtic Park in the Scottish Cup replay in Lennon's first season. Score a few round about that time too. Scored in a 3-0 win at Pittodrie also.
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26 Mar 2017, 11:02 AM
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I don't think Wilson ever scored for Celtic, never mind the dead club
Maybe you're thinking of of Kelvin?

Mark Wilson scored a few for us, knocking out Papac in the process of settling a cup tie for us against the huns.
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Sorry yes I meant big Kelvin :thumbsup:
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WHEN Ronny Deila wishes Malky Mackay good luck he does so with the unspoken implication that the SFA performance director will need it. Arriving in Scotland with glowing credentials for developing young players - he had the prodigious Martin Odegaard in his Stromsgodset first team at the age of 15 - the Norwegian is utterly damning when he discusses the culture that he encountered in Scotland for bringing through native talent. And this was a man with the best academy in the country at his disposal.

It was not long into his two-year reign at Celtic that the Norwegian began eulogising about the talents of a left-sided player called Kieran Tierney. Other young players in the academy also got a taste for first team football under his watch, players like Callum McGregor, Eoghan O'Connell and Liam Henderson, even though it was judged best for the latter's development to test him on loan spells at first Rosenborg and then Hibs. Not long after celebrating his 16th birthday, Jack Aitchison was celebrating a debut goal in a 7-0 rout against Motherwell.

But, quite simply, he expected better all round. "It is not good enough," Deila told the Sunday Herald. "I feel the development of young players in Scotland is way behind the European level. And a long way behind Scandinavia. It is about the way people train, the games, the pitches, being professional with your work, methodology with your players. The culture has a long way to go. Good luck, that is all I would say to Malky Mackay."

While Mackay is tasked with implementing the SFA's new brainchild, titled Project Brave, which envisages a drastic cut in the number of players gaining access to academy football, the Norwegian knows that all that development work comes to nothing if you don't have head coaches at the top level prepared, or incentivised, to play them in their first teams. "The most important developer is the head coach," said Deila. "The academy at Celtic doesn't have a chance if the manager isn't interested in what they are doing. But we had Eoghan O'Connell, Callum McGregor, Kieran Tierney, Liam Henderson in two years so it wasn't so bad."

Now back managing at Valerenga in his homeland, Deila's comments come in a week when Gordon Strachan can name a side with an average age of 29 for an international friendly against Canada. But they should not be interpreted as a criticism of his successor Brendan Rodgers, who he feels has similar thoughts about the game and is equally invested when it comes to taking a hands-on approach to the youth team.

If there is a problem at Celtic, it is a system problem. Aitchison, still just 17, thus far has had to settle for just one substitute appearance under Rodgers, as has Anthony Ralston and Jamie McCart, while Calvin Miller has made one start. While winning the league by springtime could provide the Northern Irishman with greater opportunities to drip feed his young players into action, even then the imperative to win every match you play in at a club like Celtic doesn't go away. There is an unbeaten run to preserve and a Scottish Cup semi-final on the horizon.

"You get a different opinion from everybody you ask," said Deila. "But I know I improved the culture at the club. I tried to be around the youth department a lot. I tried to change the culture and the players started understanding what I was looking for. I wanted them to reflect, to always go out onto the pitch at 100% and devote themselves to a 24/7 life as a footballer. Diet was just one of the things, it is about making sure you are at 100% every day, injury prevention, things like that. I know I did a lot of positive things that way."

It is a little-known fact that Deila is responsible for Scotland's log jam at left back. Kieran Tierney, who is vying with Andy Robertson and Lee Wallace for inclusion for Scotland against Slovakia tonight, actually played most his youth football as a left winger until the Norwegian intervened. Now, with with more than 60 first team appearances under his belt by the age of 19, and Barclays Premier League sides such as Arsenal, Manchester United and perhaps even Sunderland credited with an interest, it appears likely that the player will be the next big name departure from Celtic Park. Deila knew he had a phenomenon on his hands when he would bring the Isle of Man born player into first-team training and everyone was afraid to play up against him.

"I saw very early that KT had something special," said Deila. "They played him a lot on the wing and I kept telling the manager of the Under-20s that he has to play left full back. He can go forward and he can defend so he is a full back. So they started to play him there but in the beginning he had a lot of problems with cramps and things like that. We had to build him up but he attitude he showed was unbelievable. I don't care how old you are, you have to show in training each day that you are better than the other ones. He would come into training and no-one would want to play against him.

"He is going to have a fantastic career," the Norwegian added. "His time will come - he will go to a bigger club. Technically I still think he has to improve a bit on his passing and first touch. If he can do that, then he can go as high as he wants. But he already has that experience and maybe one more year. His chances will come."

The Scotland team which Strachan names today is likely to feature no shortage of Ronny Deila's favourites. Tierney will play - assuming he wins his arm wrestle with Robertson - as will Craig Gordon in goal and Stuart Armstrong, who the Norwegian signed along with Gary Mackay Steven from Dundee United for a combined £2m fee. But no-one elicits more pride in the former Celtic manager when he considers their performances this season than Scott Brown, who has become so important for his country that they are prepared to keep him going on a game-to-game basis.

Having been player of the year in his first season, Brown underwent a knee ligament operation during his second campaign, then soldiered on for months with a bad hamstring as the Norwegian's time at the club petered out. While this self sacrifice was often to his detriment - such as being off the pace in last year's Old Firm Scottish Cup semi-final defeat - the Celtic captain never had a bad word to say about the Norwegian, a man who stuck by him after he was pictured sitting on an Edinburgh pavement eating a pizza after a night out. The respect is clearly mutual.

"I had a very good relationship with Scott," said Deila. "He was a very good leader on the pitch and off it - he helped with getting a good environment and a good mood in the group. He got a good break this summer, and that allowed him to come back fresh. He has been playing great all season. I saw him against Rangers when they won 2-1 away and he was fantastic.

"He maybe played a bit more sideways when I came in at first and it was maybe a little bit boring to watch him but now he is so good at playing forward passes," he added. "He can open up the play a lot more so I think he has developed a lot. He needs to stay fit and injury free but of course he can keep going for a few more years. You should see the way he trains - he tries to give the impression he is light hearted and having fun all the time but he is so professional. As I said to the players, every day must be an FA Cup final. When you have a captain like that it makes it easier."

Deila's development work for the Celtic cause might not be done just yet. Having brought players to the club like his countryman Kristoffer Ajer, who is now playing on-loan as a centre back at Kilmarnock, perhaps a loan arrangement to Valerenga could make sense for some of the youngsters on the fringes of things at Parkhead. "I hope in the future we could find a loan that is right for Celtic and the player and for us," he said. "We just haven't had the right player yet."
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Deila_on_why_youth_development_in_Scotland_languishes_way_behind_Scandinavia/


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RONNY DEILA has revealed that Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha was on Peter Lawell’s radar at Celtic.

And he says the new Ibrox boss has it EASIER than he did at Parkhead.

The former Hoops manager took over from Neil Lennon and lasted two years at Parkhead.

Caixinha got off to a winning start at Rangers after his new side thrashed Hamilton 4-0 last weekend.

But Deila has now revealed that he and Lawell were once planning on a trip to Mexico to meet the Portuguese while he was in charge of Celtic’s affiliated club Santos Laguna.

He told the Evening Times: “I didn’t speak to him when he was in Mexico but myself and Peter were thinking of going over to visit him.

“I remember Peter talking to me about him.

“He said the club was good and there was good trust between the two clubs. We were talking about a couple of players.”

The Norwegian reckons the Portuguese coach will find it easier at the outset of his new job than he did across the city.

Deila said: “It is of course a totally different thing to come in when the club is No3 or No4 in the SPFL.

“When I came in, Neil Lennon had won three or four leagues so the expectation was much higher.

“I think it is much easier for Pedro to come in to these circumstances.

“But at the same time I don’t know what kind of money he will get to change the team around.”

Deila, who is now in charge of Norwegian side Valerenga, does accept that there will still be some difficulties for Caixinha.

And he thinks adapting to a new culture may be one of the hardest.

He added: “The biggest difference for him is to come into the British culture of living, of working, and also the style of play.

“You see even Guardiola coming in and having some problems with the intensity of the British game.

“So there are a lot of things that he will feel that are different.”

The Norwegian approves of Caixinha’s decision to bring in some of his own coaching staff to Rangers.

So far, he has appointed Jose Belman as goalkeeping coach, while also bringing in Helder Baptista as his assistant.

SunSport also exclusively revealed earlier this week that Ibrox hero Barry Ferguson was in line to be Caixinha’s No3.

Deila admits it may have been better for him at Celtic if he had brought in his own staff.

He said: “The new Rangers coach is coming into a new culture, a new language, new opponents, new team, the whole environment in Glasgow with Celtic, Rangers, religion, all these things.

“And I came alone as well. I didn’t bring anyone with me.

“Of course I should have brought someone in with me, I should have done that at once.

“Not a huge group, because it can’t be a group inside a group, but you need to have people who understand what you are about.

“In saying that, John Collins was a fantastic assistant, along with John Kennedy. They are friends in life.”
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/769373/ronny-deila-reveals-celtic-supremo-peter-lawwell-spoke-to-him-about-pedro-caixinha-and-says-new-rangers-boss-has-it-easier-than-him/
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International week. Dial a Ronny.

Hopefully that's the last we hear of the revisionist blowhard for a while.
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Still talking utter shampooe.

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26 Mar 2017, 12:35 PM
Gotta be an ex villa player? Stephen ireland?
Spot on. Took me forever :lol:
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26 Mar 2017, 12:45 PM
Still talking utter shampooe.

How so?
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remy mcswain
26 Mar 2017, 12:44 PM
International week. Dial a Ronny.

Hopefully that's the last we hear of the revisionist blowhard for a while.
We can but hope.
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26 Mar 2017, 12:23 PM
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Not sure if this has been on here before. Took me ages and had to end up googling it.
Shay Given ????
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26 Mar 2017, 02:11 PM
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26 Mar 2017, 12:23 PM
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Not sure if this has been on here before. Took me ages and had to end up googling it.
Shay Given ????
It's Ireland.
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Man U reportedly offering 175 million quid for Neymar. Lot of hate potential there,
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I gave up reading the Ronnie interview at 'project brave'.
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27 Mar 2017, 02:55 AM
Man U reportedly offering 175 million quid for Neymar. Lot of hate potential there,
He's already the best player in the world and will be for the next three to six years. Barca don't need the money. What's the point in making that offer.
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remy mcswain
26 Mar 2017, 12:44 PM
International week. Dial a Ronny.

Hopefully that's the last we hear of the revisionist blowhard for a while.
Didnt bring anyone in.

What was it? A dozen or so Norwegians? :lol:
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27 Mar 2017, 08:22 AM
Big Drew
27 Mar 2017, 02:55 AM
Man U reportedly offering 175 million quid for Neymar. Lot of hate potential there,
He's already the best player in the world and will be for the next three to six years. Barca don't need the money. What's the point in making that offer.
There was a thing in the paper a few months ago with some Barca director saying that because of the La Liga wage cap rules - total club wages limited to 70% of revenue - they couldn't afford to keep all 3 of Messi, Saurez and Neymar.

Might have been a lot of shampooe and as he's the youngest it would be surprising if they actively wanted Neymar to go but they're obviously not gonna let Messi go and Suarez is 30 so can't see anyone paying Barca anything like what they paid for him, so maybe Neymar going makes sense, especially if someone is willing to pay that much.
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