Celtic Banter Archive May 13 2016

13 May 2016 21:22:17
Who is it that's telling everyone different stories it's amazing how everyone seems to know someone in the know but the information is different lol but why not just say " I think it will be or between " rather than say someone told them then when you ask who told them no reply lol.

13 May 2016 22:16:10
And here was me thinking this was a rumous page!
Rumour meaning a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.
Lighten up mate people hear things on a day to day basis what do you want people to say "Bob from down the local told me he heard Rogers was to be the next manager he was told by a close friend of Peter Lawwell's Granda's brother.
It's a rumous page not a facts page!

14 May 2016 10:27:24
You don't get what I'm meaning why do you need to say someone in the know told you why not just be honest is all I'm meaning I love coming on these pages for celtic rumours and whatever else celtic related. if I was to write that someone high up told me we had spoke to Rafa Benitez it would be a lie so I would right I think we should go for Rafael Benitez since he will probably be out a job. do you get what a mean.

14 May 2016 11:49:34
Got you Gordo!

13 May 2016 15:08:58
My theory on who the new manager will be next season is as follows if we sell 40,000 season tickets before the announcement of the new manager we will get the window cleaner from the SFA if season tickets sales are poor then Celtic will have to hire a big name to get the fans back who that will be I don't know.

13 May 2016 16:25:42
They'll pick who they think will be the best value for money unless DD takes an executive decision.

13 May 2016 19:34:42
Just a thought and I know not a lot will agree here but If they need to take the extra time to make sure they get the right man like maybe Rodgers, Keane or Moyes then they take it, I know the CL qualifiers are not far off but I would rather maybe dropping into the Europa and maybe having a run in that next season and let the new man get bedded in and let him get his own players and system all up and running.

Although if they take ages and appoint as someone mentioned a Window Cleaner I won't be renewing my ticket.

13 May 2016 23:07:02
I imagine Celtic will employ a window cleaner, if they have a problem in that area .
On the other hand Celtic have a vacancy for a Manager's job and are trying to fill that position within the week .
I don't envy the person or people whose responsibility is to fill this vacancy . At the moment Celtic are very much a sleeping giant and cannot command a manager of substance . No doubt we will appoint a new manager and within a year or so we will know whether he is any good or not .
No matter who is appointed if we want to have any chance of success we need to get behind manager& players if we want to have any level of success.

13 May 2016 13:18:11
Looking towards the new season for a minute, I think this will be the first season the majority of our squad will get a decent rest, 5/ 6 weeks. I am aware Lustig, Boyata and maybe young Roberts may all be invoved with their countries this summer, but this should help the likes of Brown and Jozo in particular to come back refreshed and injury free.
Also with our pre season schedule all in Britain, Ireland or Europe the travelling should be kept to a minimum also.
With some under achievers leaving and hopefully some of the trouble makers in the dressing room (yes Commons if the cap fits) also leaving it should be a happier squad next term.
A few decent additions and some of the youngsters making a breakthrough Celtic should be in a better position to make an impression on the CL.

14 May 2016 18:17:19
Timalloy, funny enough I was thinking a few weeks back that this July/ August represented our best chance for a number of tears to have the squad ready for those ghastly qualifying rounds . Now with no idea if we are going to have a Manager this month or not, the timescale is getting tight and we could well be in desperate straits again . Cue can easily blame the Board, and it could well be their fault, but they are probably looking for a decent standard of Manager ( what ever that means ) instead of anyone they can get their hands on .
As far as I can see all the Managers mentioned, with the exception of Lennon, have all succeed and failed in the EPL . Now I hope they are not confining their search to these names, as we cannot afford EPL players, hence why EPL managers .
There is one good thing going for EPL managers, they may have more experience playing 55+ games a year and fitting training around all the games.

13 May 2016 06:54:52
Have you heard of any players potentially coming in on a Bosman ed? With the new guys approval of course. For me that's one of our biggest failings, must be loads of good free transfers out there every summer but we never seem to even attempt to snap them up. Look at Ledley, ended up being a great signing. Instead we wait til the winter and sign the players no one wanted like Cole and Kapo!

{Ed007's Note - We just seem to have been ignoring that market for some strange reason. Remember Adam Matthews was a free too that year and we done well out of that deal as well. Making moves for Dundee Utd players with contracts running out is hardly scouring the globe for talent is it?}

13 May 2016 12:25:24
That is one area we need to review and improve when the new boss is appointed. Far too many of our signings have disappointed - or totally flopped and the amount of recruits we end up loaning or papping back out is embarrassing.
I gather Park is the main culprit, but our scouting network seems to have failed miserably as well in recent years.
However the priority would be to clear-out the malcontents and dross to make way for hopefully better quality.

13 May 2016 10:19:59
PL saying he doesn't make the transfers and that the manager has final say. Then why was Allan bought as RD said last week he didn't play him because he didn't suit his style of play?

13 May 2016 11:05:10
Haven't you learned by now that Ronnie doesn't have talk a lot of rubbish sometimes, as seen by todays comments about leicester.

13 May 2016 11:20:59
I've always thought he was very open and honest tbh. What was said today?

13 May 2016 11:47:51
Not saying he isn't open and honest but its just the way he says somethings like, Celtic couldn't play the zleicester way, because at Celtic, you have to attack and entertain, its not only about winning at Celtic, are words to that effect, I haven't seen mucch of Leicester, but the bit I have seen they were attacking and entertaining.

13 May 2016 11:56:51
To be honest I just can't wait for Sunday so I don't have to listen to his drivel anymore! Listen to Lawell is more this enough for me! It's like listening to lawells mouth piece honestly! Sooner the new mans in the better, and I just pray to god he's not another puppet for Lawell and the rest.

13 May 2016 11:58:23
I honestly don't see the problem with what he said. He's right. If you look back to Lennon or Strachans time most fans including myself wanted better football played. RD was brought into change that and it didn't happen for whatever reasons. The problems not what he's said, it's the fickle fans and that change their minds about what they want from the club on a weekly basis. But that's just my opinion.

13 May 2016 12:21:00
I just want entertaining attacking football, something that was a bit lacking this year most of the time.

13 May 2016 12:56:47
It's something that's been lacking for a while now aindoh not just this year. You could go back to strachans time.

13 May 2016 12:57:09
All smoke and mirrors and dancing around the bush cmc mate. So PL doesn't sign cheques and agree wages etc? Fair enough he isn't a DoF like he says, but that title would best describe JP. Who is pap. PL says the manager has the final say. There is a HUGE difference between the final say, and the say. And if the manager does have the final say Mr. Lie-well, who signed Gordon? Hoopy the Hound?

13 May 2016 13:16:10
Exactly Jim, anytime I hear PL say the manager has the final say, I'm reminded of the Henry Ford quote, which I'll paraphrase here:

You can have any colour you want, as long as it's black.

Aindoh, are you saying you'd be happy to lose as long as we were playing entertaining attacking football? Genuine question.

CMC, I totally agree. He had every right to say it. Leicester weren't an attacking team at all. They were actually quite defensive - they just broke quickly, back to front in a direct style not unlike the Manchester United of the late 90s. It was exciting, but that was as much about the fairytale as it was anything else. Anyone who thinks Leicester are/ were an attacking team have clearly been watching MOTD highlights.

13 May 2016 13:43:55
I would not be happy losing, I didn't mean neglecting the defence in favour of attack, but too many times this season entertaining football was lacking, I think the main reason for this was Ronnies rotation of the team and not letting the team gel together, and playing one up front, I would have played two up front, i. e two in the middle.

13 May 2016 13:44:04
That fits well PP. On the same page again.

There's just such a lack of transparency. Even when quizzed his answers were vague. I realise it's not normal but everytime we sign a player I would just live a quick line at the press conference. Whether it's "the manager has had an eye on this player for a while and feels he would suit the system" or "this is somebody JP has signed on Tosh McKinlay's recommendation" or whatever, it doesn't matter. If somebody has the balls to sign a player they should have the balls to state it imo.

13 May 2016 14:36:35
Jim, there's a bit of a wedge between the fans and pl just now for various reasons. I think the man has done a fantastic job re finances, brand awareness and commercial deals. A few years ago we were praising him. I admired him for bringing in RD and wanting the changes that I wanted for a while. The problem is that it failed and as a chief executive on 1m per year he has to take the hit. I don't know if this will make sense as I'm typing on my phone haha.

Tpp. Leicester are a superb counter attacking team but can you imagine if Celtic tried to play that way? Fair enough in Europe but no way in the spfl.

13 May 2016 15:36:59
CMC- totally agree on both points. They recent negativity towards PL (whilst deserved) seems to have blinded some fans to how good a job he's done.

Spot on re LC. That's why I think RD was within his rights to say what he did.

13 May 2016 15:53:21
Makes sense to me matey. The recruitment process, policy and personnel needs changing. PL is fine at brokering deals.

13 May 2016 16:39:21
Agreed that there needs to be a change Jim. I'm just not sure if the recruitment policy is easy to change. I wouldn't say there's much difference between a 300k player and a 3m player anymore. Maybe in potential but not not in older ready made players. But there's a massive difference between a 2m player and a 20m player. Finances dictate what we do so our scouting system has to be better than all the rest. Again park has done wonders for us in the past but has also failed miserably in his job recently.

13 May 2016 06:51:25
Enjoying all the posts on new manager. As I have said before , Be careful what you wish for. This next season will either be win or bust, but sadly I believe it will be the latter as the issue of poor behaviour by players need to be flushed out. 5 or 6 players are about to go simply because of this and it will cause a Big problem in the shirt term and must be addressed early by new manager. Good luck Ronnie, gentleman to the end. Hail Hail.