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The Board - general discussion (including Res 12); notes from the AGM
Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,876 Views)
Bobby Petta
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McStay
25 Aug 2015, 10:48 PM
Dannybhoy95
25 Aug 2015, 09:51 PM
Ghost of Fitzpas
25 Aug 2015, 09:46 PM
Lawwell has to carry the can for this.
He won't. He's bomb proof.

The usual folk will do their moaning, there'll be a surge in "Lawwell GTF" posts when the transfer window shuts, nae carrot will do anything about it, and Board resentment dies down mid-October when we're skelping wee diddy clubs. Rinse and repeat next summer.
You can thank the happy clappers for that.

Next home game for 90 minutes the GB should do nothing but chant anti-board stuff. Instead they'll sing about the heat of Lisbon and 10IAR and over celebrate when we score.
Really stretching to shoe-horn that in here. Especially considering the GB are the most anti-board faction of the support.
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Yeah I'm fairly certain that this feels worse than being in a wee bit of debt.
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Ned Rise
25 Aug 2015, 10:32 PM
We started the game with six Scotland internationals on the pitch, most of whom wouldn't be considered indispensable by Scotland. And Scotland are pish.

There's one problem. Another problem is that we haven't got a striker with presence.

Another is our defence couldn't keep weans away from the Christmas tree.

The midfield was bossed in large parts of the game last Wednesday and it was a no-show tonight.

The board consistently gamble with the club's progress by taking unjustifiable gambles (selling your best players and buying 6 average/potential/punts with the money can't be described as anything else).

The manager doesn't know how to close out a game from a winning position. Even when we were totally dominant in the first half we failed to read the danger signs and conceded early in the second half.

We can't defend set pieces which is a fundamental and means that we're going nowhere against a reasonable quality opposition.

We're complacent from the suits at the top to the sauntering central defenders and none of them react well when under pressure. The team is mentally weak, while the board will wash their hands, blame the manager, get a rookie, give him nothing, the pay themselves a bonus, and make a wee parochial power play at the expense of our erstwhile rivals.
Holy fekk. I was depressed when I came on to this thread, now I'm suicidal after reading that.
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Corky Buczek
25 Aug 2015, 10:37 PM
We'll grumble, PL will do hee haw other than sell VVD, he will get his £1M bonus & salary, he'll crack a joke at Sevco's expense at the AGM and he'll continue to be Teflon Pete.

And we all know this will happen.
And we ALL really couldn't give a fekk about it, cos if we all did, we all would be in the car park screaming for his head.

We have become apathetic.
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Lawwell May 3rd 2015 - "Hopefully we’ll be able to go into the Champions League stronger than we are at the moment. We’ve got a very strong squad and a lot of great young players coming through, but our intention is in positions where we feel we can strengthen. We’ll hopefully do that over the summer."


Boyata for Denayer
Ciftci for Guidetti
Janko for Matthews

I appreciate we have replaced loan players with buys but in terms of the team and squad has Lawwell delivered on making us stronger than at the season's close?
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Too many shampooe players get far too much in wages. Malmo probably have a wage bill about a quarter of ours.

Really scunnered with us just now - not producing our own good players and signing average squad fillers.

You sign from Dundee Utd you play like Dundee Utd.
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Ned Rise
25 Aug 2015, 10:32 PM
We started the game with six Scotland internationals on the pitch, most of whom wouldn't be considered indispensable by Scotland. And Scotland are pish.
I said as much would happen when Deila started about his plans to fill the team with Scottish players. It's a nice, romantic notion, but it was always going to end in tears. By all means, produce young Scottish players to play for us, but buying any Scottish player who looks decent down the Pitz was a stupid notion. Almost like a FM challenge.
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Marado
25 Aug 2015, 11:05 PM
Too many shampooe players get far too much in wages. Malmo probably have a wage bill about a quarter of ours.

Really scunnered with us just now - not producing our own good players and signing average squad fillers.

You sign from Dundee Utd you play like Dundee Utd.
:thumbsup:
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Marado
25 Aug 2015, 11:05 PM
Too many shampooe players get far too much in wages. Malmo probably have a wage bill about a quarter of ours.

Really scunnered with us just now - not producing our own good players and signing average squad fillers.

You sign from Dundee Utd you play like Dundee Utd.
Armstrong is more than good enough but the other two are Dundee United level.
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Pathetic. Embarrassing . The downsizing has been going on apace since Seville . Where we had Lawwells so called blue chip signings, we now have cifti. Very few players I'd be sorry to see leave. Bang average players with an average manager. Lawwell has screwed us and been allowed to do so, helped by the implosion at rangers. A mediocre Celtic ran by men with no ambition. Shame on them.
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Lobey Dosser
25 Aug 2015, 10:59 PM
Ned Rise
25 Aug 2015, 10:32 PM
We started the game with six Scotland internationals on the pitch, most of whom wouldn't be considered indispensable by Scotland. And Scotland are pish.

There's one problem. Another problem is that we haven't got a striker with presence.

Another is our defence couldn't keep weans away from the Christmas tree.

The midfield was bossed in large parts of the game last Wednesday and it was a no-show tonight.

The board consistently gamble with the club's progress by taking unjustifiable gambles (selling your best players and buying 6 average/potential/punts with the money can't be described as anything else).

The manager doesn't know how to close out a game from a winning position. Even when we were totally dominant in the first half we failed to read the danger signs and conceded early in the second half.

We can't defend set pieces which is a fundamental and means that we're going nowhere against a reasonable quality opposition.

We're complacent from the suits at the top to the sauntering central defenders and none of them react well when under pressure. The team is mentally weak, while the board will wash their hands, blame the manager, get a rookie, give him nothing, the pay themselves a bonus, and make a wee parochial power play at the expense of our erstwhile rivals.
Holy fekk. I was depressed when I came on to this thread, now I'm suicidal after reading that.
Unfortunately his post is spot on.
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25 Aug 2015, 11:05 PM
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Lawwell May 3rd 2015 - "Hopefully we’ll be able to go into the Champions League stronger than we are at the moment. We’ve got a very strong squad and a lot of great young players coming through, but our intention is in positions where we feel we can strengthen. We’ll hopefully do that over the summer."


Boyata for Denayer
Ciftci for Guidetti
Janko for Matthews

I appreciate we have replaced loan players with buys but in terms of the team and squad has Lawwell delivered on making us stronger than at the season's close?
Nope

We are probably down to Nos 13 &14 in our left back list.

Yet another poor window
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Bobby Petta
25 Aug 2015, 10:55 PM
McStay
25 Aug 2015, 10:48 PM
Dannybhoy95
25 Aug 2015, 09:51 PM

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You can thank the happy clappers for that.

Next home game for 90 minutes the GB should do nothing but chant anti-board stuff. Instead they'll sing about the heat of Lisbon and 10IAR and over celebrate when we score.
Really stretching to shoe-horn that in here. Especially considering the GB are the most anti-board faction of the support.
I'm not trying to shoe-horn anything in. I'm saying what I think they should do at the next home game. 90 minutes non stop of anti-board chants. Same again the home game after that :thumbsup:

They're also the only faction of the support that actually sing and have displays. They're the only faction of the support with both the platform for their voice to be heard and the appetite for it to be heard.
Edited by McStay, 25 Aug 2015, 11:14 PM.
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Corky Buczek
25 Aug 2015, 11:10 PM
Lobey Dosser
25 Aug 2015, 10:59 PM
Ned Rise
25 Aug 2015, 10:32 PM
We started the game with six Scotland internationals on the pitch, most of whom wouldn't be considered indispensable by Scotland. And Scotland are pish.

There's one problem. Another problem is that we haven't got a striker with presence.

Another is our defence couldn't keep weans away from the Christmas tree.

The midfield was bossed in large parts of the game last Wednesday and it was a no-show tonight.

The board consistently gamble with the club's progress by taking unjustifiable gambles (selling your best players and buying 6 average/potential/punts with the money can't be described as anything else).

The manager doesn't know how to close out a game from a winning position. Even when we were totally dominant in the first half we failed to read the danger signs and conceded early in the second half.

We can't defend set pieces which is a fundamental and means that we're going nowhere against a reasonable quality opposition.

We're complacent from the suits at the top to the sauntering central defenders and none of them react well when under pressure. The team is mentally weak, while the board will wash their hands, blame the manager, get a rookie, give him nothing, the pay themselves a bonus, and make a wee parochial power play at the expense of our erstwhile rivals.
Holy fekk. I was depressed when I came on to this thread, now I'm suicidal after reading that.
Unfortunately his post is spot on.
Bang on.
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Marado
25 Aug 2015, 11:05 PM
Too many shampooe players get far too much in wages. Malmo probably have a wage bill about a quarter of ours.

Really scunnered with us just now - not producing our own good players and signing average squad fillers.

You sign from Dundee Utd you play like Dundee Utd.

A quarter? Try one 8th. Their entire team was assembled for what we paid out to Dundee Utd this calender year.

It's depressing reading.

They weren't joking when it was remarked that our signing policy/scouting/strategy should be called "No more heroes" because that's exactly how it's turning out.
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For years now we have been failing to compete with smaller clubs with much meaner resources compared to us.

This is what happens when an accountant is in charge.

No imagination, no creativity, no ideas in the CE's office or in the Boardroom. And no intention of taking any risks whatsoever.

We have a bottom-liner in charge who is not subject to the austerity rampant everywhere else in the club. And a tightwad billionaire who is the only one on the planet not prepared to subsidise the football club he effectively owns.

Celtic have never had people in charge who are up to the stature of the club they look after.
Edited by Faust, 25 Aug 2015, 11:18 PM.
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You keep downsizing, and I include the manager, eventually it bites you on the arse.

We aim to come out every transfer window stronger.

People still believe it too. Lawwell's time is up.
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remy mcswain
25 Aug 2015, 11:17 PM
You keep downsizing, and I include the manager, eventually it bites you on the arse.

We aim to come out every transfer window stronger.

People still believe it too. Lawwell's time is up.
How do we get rid of him? You can bet your arse he wont walk so how do we let it be known enough is enough and its time for change?
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25 Aug 2015, 11:06 PM
Ned Rise
25 Aug 2015, 10:32 PM
We started the game with six Scotland internationals on the pitch, most of whom wouldn't be considered indispensable by Scotland. And Scotland are pish.
I said as much would happen when Deila started about his plans to fill the team with Scottish players. It's a nice, romantic notion, but it was always going to end in tears. By all means, produce young Scottish players to play for us, but buying any Scottish player who looks decent down the Pitz was a stupid notion. Almost like a FM challenge.
Agreed. Think there's also an issue with the type of players we're buying from within Scotland.

We're in an odd position where our highest profile players (internationals for decent teams) are at the back. History shows that you could probably mould a decent defence from some better SPL players if they can do the basics, show discipline and the tactics are right. We've had defences who have done OK in Europe with Jackie McNamara, Stephen McManus, Gary Caldwell, Mark Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew etc. Christ, the huns made a UEFA Cup Final with David Weir, Kirk Broadfoot and Steven Whittaker FFS.

We're trying to fill our creative, attacking positions with SPL players who are just too limited to do the job. You can get away with average players, who don't necessarily have any standout attribute, in defence. You need some players who have some kind of ability to change a game in the final third - Naka-technique, Hartson/Sutton physicality, Agathe pace.

3-4 years down the line Kris Commons is still the only genuine potential match winner we have in the whole squad and he's not even good enough to start.
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25 Aug 2015, 10:47 PM
murphio
25 Aug 2015, 10:29 PM
Bullet proof Pete. I said 10 years ago this joker had been installed as a de facto Director of Football and was ridiculed. A monumental ego, a monumental salary and a momumental eff up from beginning to end.
I've not always agreed with your wilfully contrarian opinions at times, but in this case you're bang on the money.

Lawwell out. It's the hope that kills you.
Do me a favour with the 'willfully contrarian' pish - every single thing i have ever posted has been genuinely felt. I couldn't care less whether my posts are shared by the many or the few. 10 years after I called Lawwell out for pulling the plug on Hasselbaink, for signing Roy Keane against Strachan's wishes and for selling Kenny Miller behind the manager's back - people are accepting that the manager's position at Celtic comes with certain clauses. One of which is that players will be foisted on them by John Park (Bangura, Scepovic) and that Lawwell has final say over who is worth what.
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