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The Board - general discussion (including Res 12); notes from the AGM
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Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,756 Views)
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shugmc
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10 Dec 2015, 08:58 PM
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Plenty of time to get the Europa League DVD in the shops before Christmas, Peter
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If our board even bothered to watch that pish, and think there is progress being made, they can gtf.
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10 Dec 2015, 11:26 PM
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depressing that we have went from last 16 contenders with the scalps of barca amongst others, to whipping boys in the space of a few seasons. neil lennon could see this coming, that's why he left and it's all down to this group of shysters running the club.
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11 Dec 2015, 10:58 AM
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Michael Gannon points out 'everything that is wrong' with Celtic but like all journalists offers no options to put it right. Michael Gannon: Celtic took too many wrong turns and got lost while Rangers languished in the wilderness
MICHAEL believes Celtic are at a crossroads and a change of direction is needed from the Parkhead board. IT'S hard to admit you’re lost. When you’ve been driving around for hours without much of a scooby, it’s tough to turn to the missus in the passenger seat and cough up that she was right all along. But at some point you need to bite the bullet, because the longer you go on guessing the harder it gets to find your way back. Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Ronny Deila looked lost when asked the bog-standard “Where do you go from here?” question after Ajax on Thursday night. The normally cool Norwegian lost the rag for once. “We go forward,” he said. “Always forward.” Sorry Ronny but the only thing at Celtic going in that direction is the clock. The rest of the club is going round in circles at best and backwards at worst. That doesn’t just go for Deila. It’s top to bottom. Celtic are a club that’s taken too many wrong turns and ended up in a cul-de-sac on the wrong side of town. They must wish they could reverse back a couple of years and have another bash – because Celtic have completely botched the Rangers wilderness years. This should have been the wonder years. The cash should have been flowing in and the Hoops should have been waiting for their old rivals coming back like a Bond baddie sitting in his swivelling seat, stroking a cat and marvelling at his dastardly plan. But they’re not. They’ve become joke figures in the very competitions they should be targeting. They’ve had a free crack at the Champions League for four seasons. Four free punches thanks to their only realistic rival lying on the canvas. But they’ve swung and missed and fallen flat on their face. The project has not worked. Two years ago Peter Lawwell and the board felt it was a good time to try something. They looked at the changing climate and thought it was low risk. We’ll scoosh the league so why not take a punt. But it doesn’t work that way. The Champions League has to be Celtic’s domain. The champions route of qualification lights the path for clubs like Celtic. Deila and John Collins talk about budget issues but don’t give us that. Celtic are one of the big boys when it comes to the sides in the champions route sections of the draw. The likes of Maribor and Molde would love the kind of dough the Parkhead club can command. Yes, it’s a difficult environment with Rangers gone but that makes Europe even more important. That’s where the honey lies. But they’ve made a total mess of it. Lawwell told Celtic’s shareholders last week the manager was a builder and a developer. That’s all very well – how the heck can a boss be relied on to develop when he’s still learning himself? Managers don’t get to be builders when they are starting out. They earn that right. Sir Alex Ferguson was the best developer of the lot but made his mistakes lower down the food chain. Deila could well go on to be a great boss. There are certainly signs he has something about him. But he’s being allowed to make his errors at a club where there is no room for constant cock-ups. He’s not been helped by a recruitment policy that’s gone to pot. He’s signed – or been given – 19 players and not many of them have made an impression. The system’s not working and the damage is too great. Celtic have missed out on up to £40million for going AWOL from the Champions League. Even this Europa League campaign will be lucky to earn them the bus fare home given you get dosh for points. The Celtic fans have been brilliantly patient with Deila – but that patience is beginning to run out. They can only watch the same horror film so many times. They don’t expect to be beating Barcelona. No one is saying they can go back to the glory days of the 2000s when Celtic lost just twice at home in Europe in eight years – both times to Barca. But they do demand beating Malmo, Molde and Ajax at home. They can’t accept losing 39 goals in 25 games – all in qualifiers as well as Europe’s second-tier competition. The punters are not buying the Del Boy Trotter “next year we’ll be millionaires Rodney” routine. Lawwell has practically promised Deila another crack at it next season. Fans see the likes of David Moyes sitting in the stands on Thursday and get fanciful ideas. Forget it. Moyes didn’t fancy it in 2009 or 2010 when Celtic were a force and had a proper challenge at home. When the likes of West Brom and Newcastle are paying mangers £2m a year, for Moyes to end up at Parkhead would suggest he needed a new agent. That’s not going to happen but Celtic do have a major decision to make. They are at the crossroads and now it’s keep charging on in the dark and hope they hit the motorway – or admit they’re up a blind alley and ask the missus to dig out the satnav. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/michael-gannon-celtic-took-many-6922415#rlabs=4%20rt$sitewide%20p$1 Good piece from record which the Board should be reading today
Time for a detailed appraisal by them of what the hell has been going on at the club and a time for change
Don't agree that Moyes would not take it - he would if given control
BBB saying Henrik and Mjallby - Mjallby did a good job on defence previously and if anything may be more valuable than Henrik
Moyes and Mjallby for me
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11 Dec 2015, 11:03 AM
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- 29 Nov 2015, 12:27 PM
Michael Gannon points out 'everything that is wrong' with Celtic but like all journalists offers no options to put it right. Michael Gannon: Celtic took too many wrong turns and got lost while Rangers languished in the wilderness
MICHAEL believes Celtic are at a crossroads and a change of direction is needed from the Parkhead board. IT'S hard to admit you’re lost. When you’ve been driving around for hours without much of a scooby, it’s tough to turn to the missus in the passenger seat and cough up that she was right all along. But at some point you need to bite the bullet, because the longer you go on guessing the harder it gets to find your way back. Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Ronny Deila looked lost when asked the bog-standard “Where do you go from here?” question after Ajax on Thursday night. The normally cool Norwegian lost the rag for once. “We go forward,” he said. “Always forward.” Sorry Ronny but the only thing at Celtic going in that direction is the clock. The rest of the club is going round in circles at best and backwards at worst. That doesn’t just go for Deila. It’s top to bottom. Celtic are a club that’s taken too many wrong turns and ended up in a cul-de-sac on the wrong side of town. They must wish they could reverse back a couple of years and have another bash – because Celtic have completely botched the Rangers wilderness years. This should have been the wonder years. The cash should have been flowing in and the Hoops should have been waiting for their old rivals coming back like a Bond baddie sitting in his swivelling seat, stroking a cat and marvelling at his dastardly plan. But they’re not. They’ve become joke figures in the very competitions they should be targeting. They’ve had a free crack at the Champions League for four seasons. Four free punches thanks to their only realistic rival lying on the canvas. But they’ve swung and missed and fallen flat on their face. The project has not worked. Two years ago Peter Lawwell and the board felt it was a good time to try something. They looked at the changing climate and thought it was low risk. We’ll scoosh the league so why not take a punt. But it doesn’t work that way. The Champions League has to be Celtic’s domain. The champions route of qualification lights the path for clubs like Celtic. Deila and John Collins talk about budget issues but don’t give us that. Celtic are one of the big boys when it comes to the sides in the champions route sections of the draw. The likes of Maribor and Molde would love the kind of dough the Parkhead club can command. Yes, it’s a difficult environment with Rangers gone but that makes Europe even more important. That’s where the honey lies. But they’ve made a total mess of it. Lawwell told Celtic’s shareholders last week the manager was a builder and a developer. That’s all very well – how the heck can a boss be relied on to develop when he’s still learning himself? Managers don’t get to be builders when they are starting out. They earn that right. Sir Alex Ferguson was the best developer of the lot but made his mistakes lower down the food chain. Deila could well go on to be a great boss. There are certainly signs he has something about him. But he’s being allowed to make his errors at a club where there is no room for constant cock-ups. He’s not been helped by a recruitment policy that’s gone to pot. He’s signed – or been given – 19 players and not many of them have made an impression. The system’s not working and the damage is too great. Celtic have missed out on up to £40million for going AWOL from the Champions League. Even this Europa League campaign will be lucky to earn them the bus fare home given you get dosh for points. The Celtic fans have been brilliantly patient with Deila – but that patience is beginning to run out. They can only watch the same horror film so many times. They don’t expect to be beating Barcelona. No one is saying they can go back to the glory days of the 2000s when Celtic lost just twice at home in Europe in eight years – both times to Barca. But they do demand beating Malmo, Molde and Ajax at home. They can’t accept losing 39 goals in 25 games – all in qualifiers as well as Europe’s second-tier competition. The punters are not buying the Del Boy Trotter “next year we’ll be millionaires Rodney” routine. Lawwell has practically promised Deila another crack at it next season. Fans see the likes of David Moyes sitting in the stands on Thursday and get fanciful ideas. Forget it. Moyes didn’t fancy it in 2009 or 2010 when Celtic were a force and had a proper challenge at home. When the likes of West Brom and Newcastle are paying mangers £2m a year, for Moyes to end up at Parkhead would suggest he needed a new agent. That’s not going to happen but Celtic do have a major decision to make. They are at the crossroads and now it’s keep charging on in the dark and hope they hit the motorway – or admit they’re up a blind alley and ask the missus to dig out the satnav. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/michael-gannon-celtic-took-many-6922415#rlabs=4%20rt$sitewide%20p$1
Good piece  from record which the Board should be reading today Time for a detailed appraisal by them of what the hell has been going on at the club and a time for change Don't agree that Moyes would not take it - he would if given control BBB saying Henrik and Mjallby - Mjallby did a good job on defence previously and if anything may be more valuable than Henrik Moyes and Mjallby for me Big Johan is the kind of guy that would be perfect for Moyes as assistant.
I think Ronny is a decent man, but Celtic is a step too far for him, whoever is next needs financial assistance..
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11 Dec 2015, 12:22 PM
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Whoever the manager is, he needs to have more control over what players get brought into the club. The number of haddies that are bought for successive managers that don't get played due being useless is such a waste of resources.
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shugmc
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19 Dec 2015, 06:25 PM
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Loving your work, lads
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19 Dec 2015, 06:27 PM
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One of these clowns needs to stand up and for once do what the supporters want.
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19 Dec 2015, 06:28 PM
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Slavery fled, oh glorious dead
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at least we won't need to worry about getting players in for the CL qualifiers.
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19 Dec 2015, 07:04 PM
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- lenobhoy
- 11 Dec 2015, 12:22 PM
Whoever the manager is, he needs to have more control over what players get brought into the club. The number of haddies that are bought for successive managers that don't get played due being useless is such a waste of resources.
Exactly. We might well need a new manager, but we certainly need a new Director of Football.
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19 Dec 2015, 07:18 PM
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Desmond and Lawwell have torn the soul out of the club. I detest them almost as much as I did the Kellys.
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Timdom come
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19 Dec 2015, 07:27 PM
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Inaction with regards to the scandals around the former RFC, and presiding over the continuing decline of the club. Same as Deila- time to go.
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19 Dec 2015, 07:32 PM
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Desmond and Lawwell have torn the soul out of the club. I detest them almost as much as I did the Kellys. same here
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Inaction with regards to the scandals around the former RFC, and presiding over the continuing decline of the club. Same as Deila- time to go. As has been said, I believe we're awaiting all of the dust settling on the various court cases and appeals before doing/saying anything. That's what the well informed on here seem to believe and I'm happy to take their word for it.
With regards the current situation however, I'd be perfectly happy for Peter to be the first to go and a replacement hopefully appointing a good manager.
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19 Dec 2015, 07:34 PM
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Desmond and Lawwell have torn the soul out of the club. I detest them almost as much as I did the Kellys.
Fecking chancers should be chased the length of the Celtic Way. Instead we will get more of the same, but probably cheaper from this pair for years to come.
The absentee landlord is so out of touch he still thinks we'll be moving to the EPL FFS
Lawwell only GAF about his $$$$$$$ & bonus.
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Timdom come
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19 Dec 2015, 10:44 PM
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Inaction with regards to the scandals around the former RFC, and presiding over the continuing decline of the club. Same as Deila- time to go.
As has been said, I believe we're awaiting all of the dust settling on the various court cases and appeals before doing/saying anything. That's what the well informed on here seem to believe and I'm happy to take their word for it. With regards the current situation however, I'd be perfectly happy for Peter to be the first to go and a replacement hopefully appointing a good manager. I'd be happy to be proven wrong over the next year or two. I have my doubts. This board seems great at only one thing- not doing anything beyond the minimum required to get by.
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19 Dec 2015, 11:18 PM
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Inaction with regards to the scandals around the former RFC, and presiding over the continuing decline of the club. Same as Deila- time to go.
As has been said, I believe we're awaiting all of the dust settling on the various court cases and appeals before doing/saying anything. That's what the well informed on here seem to believe and I'm happy to take their word for it. With regards the current situation however, I'd be perfectly happy for Peter to be the first to go and a replacement hopefully appointing a good manager.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong over the next year or two. I have my doubts. This board seems great at only one thing- not doing anything beyond the minimum required to get by. They weren't slow in threatening fans with civil actions to recover any fines imposed by uefa for letting off flares in Turkey. Not so quick to threaten action against the SFA for letting the huns into the CL in 2011 when the were ineligible, the lot of them need emptied.
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20 Dec 2015, 01:17 AM
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- 29 Nov 2015, 12:27 PM
Michael Gannon points out 'everything that is wrong' with Celtic but like all journalists offers no options to put it right. Michael Gannon: Celtic took too many wrong turns and got lost while Rangers languished in the wilderness
MICHAEL believes Celtic are at a crossroads and a change of direction is needed from the Parkhead board. IT'S hard to admit you’re lost. When you’ve been driving around for hours without much of a scooby, it’s tough to turn to the missus in the passenger seat and cough up that she was right all along. But at some point you need to bite the bullet, because the longer you go on guessing the harder it gets to find your way back. Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Ronny Deila looked lost when asked the bog-standard “Where do you go from here?” question after Ajax on Thursday night. The normally cool Norwegian lost the rag for once. “We go forward,” he said. “Always forward.” Sorry Ronny but the only thing at Celtic going in that direction is the clock. The rest of the club is going round in circles at best and backwards at worst. That doesn’t just go for Deila. It’s top to bottom. Celtic are a club that’s taken too many wrong turns and ended up in a cul-de-sac on the wrong side of town. They must wish they could reverse back a couple of years and have another bash – because Celtic have completely botched the Rangers wilderness years. This should have been the wonder years. The cash should have been flowing in and the Hoops should have been waiting for their old rivals coming back like a Bond baddie sitting in his swivelling seat, stroking a cat and marvelling at his dastardly plan. But they’re not. They’ve become joke figures in the very competitions they should be targeting. They’ve had a free crack at the Champions League for four seasons. Four free punches thanks to their only realistic rival lying on the canvas. But they’ve swung and missed and fallen flat on their face. The project has not worked. Two years ago Peter Lawwell and the board felt it was a good time to try something. They looked at the changing climate and thought it was low risk. We’ll scoosh the league so why not take a punt. But it doesn’t work that way. The Champions League has to be Celtic’s domain. The champions route of qualification lights the path for clubs like Celtic. Deila and John Collins talk about budget issues but don’t give us that. Celtic are one of the big boys when it comes to the sides in the champions route sections of the draw. The likes of Maribor and Molde would love the kind of dough the Parkhead club can command. Yes, it’s a difficult environment with Rangers gone but that makes Europe even more important. That’s where the honey lies. But they’ve made a total mess of it. Lawwell told Celtic’s shareholders last week the manager was a builder and a developer. That’s all very well – how the heck can a boss be relied on to develop when he’s still learning himself? Managers don’t get to be builders when they are starting out. They earn that right. Sir Alex Ferguson was the best developer of the lot but made his mistakes lower down the food chain. Deila could well go on to be a great boss. There are certainly signs he has something about him. But he’s being allowed to make his errors at a club where there is no room for constant cock-ups. He’s not been helped by a recruitment policy that’s gone to pot. He’s signed – or been given – 19 players and not many of them have made an impression. The system’s not working and the damage is too great. Celtic have missed out on up to £40million for going AWOL from the Champions League. Even this Europa League campaign will be lucky to earn them the bus fare home given you get dosh for points. The Celtic fans have been brilliantly patient with Deila – but that patience is beginning to run out. They can only watch the same horror film so many times. They don’t expect to be beating Barcelona. No one is saying they can go back to the glory days of the 2000s when Celtic lost just twice at home in Europe in eight years – both times to Barca. But they do demand beating Malmo, Molde and Ajax at home. They can’t accept losing 39 goals in 25 games – all in qualifiers as well as Europe’s second-tier competition. The punters are not buying the Del Boy Trotter “next year we’ll be millionaires Rodney” routine. Lawwell has practically promised Deila another crack at it next season. Fans see the likes of David Moyes sitting in the stands on Thursday and get fanciful ideas. Forget it. Moyes didn’t fancy it in 2009 or 2010 when Celtic were a force and had a proper challenge at home. When the likes of West Brom and Newcastle are paying mangers £2m a year, for Moyes to end up at Parkhead would suggest he needed a new agent. That’s not going to happen but Celtic do have a major decision to make. They are at the crossroads and now it’s keep charging on in the dark and hope they hit the motorway – or admit they’re up a blind alley and ask the missus to dig out the satnav. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/michael-gannon-celtic-took-many-6922415#rlabs=4%20rt$sitewide%20p$1
Good piece  from record which the Board should be reading today Time for a detailed appraisal by them of what the hell has been going on at the club and a time for change Don't agree that Moyes would not take it - he would if given control BBB saying Henrik and Mjallby - Mjallby did a good job on defence previously and if anything may be more valuable than Henrik Moyes and Mjallby for me
Big Johan is the kind of guy that would be perfect for Moyes as assistant. I think Ronny is a decent man, but Celtic is a step too far for him, whoever is next needs financial assistance.. Is it not the case that Mjallby won't come near CP while Lawwell remains CEO?
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20 Dec 2015, 01:18 AM
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If you don't like them effing do something about it.
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20 Dec 2015, 08:42 AM
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- 11 Dec 2015, 10:58 AM
Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Michael Gannon: Celtic took too many wrong turns and got lost while Rangers languished in the wilderness
MICHAEL believes Celtic are at a crossroads and a change of direction is needed from the Parkhead board. IT'S hard to admit you’re lost. When you’ve been driving around for hours without much of a scooby, it’s tough to turn to the missus in the passenger seat and cough up that she was right all along. But at some point you need to bite the bullet, because the longer you go on guessing the harder it gets to find your way back. Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Ronny Deila looked lost when asked the bog-standard “Where do you go from here?” question after Ajax on Thursday night. The normally cool Norwegian lost the rag for once. “We go forward,” he said. “Always forward.” Sorry Ronny but the only thing at Celtic going in that direction is the clock. The rest of the club is going round in circles at best and backwards at worst. That doesn’t just go for Deila. It’s top to bottom. Celtic are a club that’s taken too many wrong turns and ended up in a cul-de-sac on the wrong side of town. They must wish they could reverse back a couple of years and have another bash – because Celtic have completely botched the Rangers wilderness years. This should have been the wonder years. The cash should have been flowing in and the Hoops should have been waiting for their old rivals coming back like a Bond baddie sitting in his swivelling seat, stroking a cat and marvelling at his dastardly plan. But they’re not. They’ve become joke figures in the very competitions they should be targeting. They’ve had a free crack at the Champions League for four seasons. Four free punches thanks to their only realistic rival lying on the canvas. But they’ve swung and missed and fallen flat on their face. The project has not worked. Two years ago Peter Lawwell and the board felt it was a good time to try something. They looked at the changing climate and thought it was low risk. We’ll scoosh the league so why not take a punt. But it doesn’t work that way. The Champions League has to be Celtic’s domain. The champions route of qualification lights the path for clubs like Celtic. Deila and John Collins talk about budget issues but don’t give us that. Celtic are one of the big boys when it comes to the sides in the champions route sections of the draw. The likes of Maribor and Molde would love the kind of dough the Parkhead club can command. Yes, it’s a difficult environment with Rangers gone but that makes Europe even more important. That’s where the honey lies. But they’ve made a total mess of it. Lawwell told Celtic’s shareholders last week the manager was a builder and a developer. That’s all very well – how the heck can a boss be relied on to develop when he’s still learning himself? Managers don’t get to be builders when they are starting out. They earn that right. Sir Alex Ferguson was the best developer of the lot but made his mistakes lower down the food chain. Deila could well go on to be a great boss. There are certainly signs he has something about him. But he’s being allowed to make his errors at a club where there is no room for constant cock-ups. He’s not been helped by a recruitment policy that’s gone to pot. He’s signed – or been given – 19 players and not many of them have made an impression. The system’s not working and the damage is too great. Celtic have missed out on up to £40million for going AWOL from the Champions League. Even this Europa League campaign will be lucky to earn them the bus fare home given you get dosh for points. The Celtic fans have been brilliantly patient with Deila – but that patience is beginning to run out. They can only watch the same horror film so many times. They don’t expect to be beating Barcelona. No one is saying they can go back to the glory days of the 2000s when Celtic lost just twice at home in Europe in eight years – both times to Barca. But they do demand beating Malmo, Molde and Ajax at home. They can’t accept losing 39 goals in 25 games – all in qualifiers as well as Europe’s second-tier competition. The punters are not buying the Del Boy Trotter “next year we’ll be millionaires Rodney” routine. Lawwell has practically promised Deila another crack at it next season. Fans see the likes of David Moyes sitting in the stands on Thursday and get fanciful ideas. Forget it. Moyes didn’t fancy it in 2009 or 2010 when Celtic were a force and had a proper challenge at home. When the likes of West Brom and Newcastle are paying mangers £2m a year, for Moyes to end up at Parkhead would suggest he needed a new agent. That’s not going to happen but Celtic do have a major decision to make. They are at the crossroads and now it’s keep charging on in the dark and hope they hit the motorway – or admit they’re up a blind alley and ask the missus to dig out the satnav. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/michael-gannon-celtic-took-many-6922415#rlabs=4%20rt$sitewide%20p$1
Big Johan is the kind of guy that would be perfect for Moyes as assistant. I think Ronny is a decent man, but Celtic is a step too far for him, whoever is next needs financial assistance..
Is it not the case that Mjallby won't come near CP while Lawwell remains CEO? Not a chance any proper manager will come near us with Lawwell as CEO.
Apart from the fact that a proper manager wouldn't condone his meddling in the football matters, we would surely need a large chunk of SPLOB's salary (not to mention his obscene bonus payments) in order to pay a proper manager and his team!
No need to worry, anyway, nothing's gonna change whilst Desmond has Lawwell's back, and Pedro fulfils his remit of costing our squillionaire shareholder not one thin dime.
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