Celtic Banter Archive May 17 2014

17 May 2014 21:31:38
Well done Athletico Madrid thoroughly deserved la liga winners . Hope they do double over Real next week

I think it's a great achievement considering they have no world class players among them.

{Ed007's Note - I wouldn't say that BB, players like Diego Costa and Adrian Lopez could play for any team in the world IMO but again it does show the difference a good manager/coach can make.}

Uruguay are a nice outside shout for the WC. Suarez, cavani and forlan up front, midfield mostly play in the italian league, and three defenders play for athletico madrid. Must be worth a pound or two- price will be inflated because they are in Englands group too. Currently 30/. :-)

Uruguay will be hard to beat, don't see them winning tho, argentina for me.

17 May 2014 13:07:36
Just having a look through managers name that I think could do a job at celtic what do you think?

slaven bilic
malky mackay
sami hyypia
thorsten fink
Moyes

my vote would be Mackay.

17 May 2014 14:13:47
If its from the list you've made bilic think he'd give the place a good shake up

I would like moyes but would like magath from fulham but in all honesty don't see lennon leavin

I'd take Slaven Bilic in a heartbeat but he is on about £1.5 million a season at Besiktas and there is no way the current board would sanction that kind of spend on a manager.

Fink would also do a good job, he had a good record at Basel and worked under Trapattoni at Salzburg although his time at Hamburg was a bit of a disaster I don't think anyone could have succeeded there with all the problems there.

Felix Magath is a good shout Gordy but at his age I don't think it would be a long term thing it would certainly freshen things up. I would prefer a younger manager to come in and lay the foundations to drag the whole club up a level and begin a Dynasty of Domination on the domestic front. I firmly believe we have a great chance to make Celtic the dominant force in Scotland for the next 15-20 years and we don't want to drop the ball like we have in the past (Fletcher from Hibs).

I would love to see our team in say 6/8 years to be made up mostly of quality players we have produced ourselves with a few high quality players bought in to add the extra spark, model ourselves on clubs like Ajax, Dortmund and Juventus.

We have all the components in place except someone to oversee the progress. The fans need something on the footballing side to grab their attention, look at the difference in Liverpool since Rodgers took over and the fans bought into his vision and plans, imagine the difference at Celtic Park if we had installed Rodgers and were watching his brand of football week in and week out, the crowds wouldn't have nosedived that's for sure.

I don't think Neil Lennon knows himself what his plans or vision are, and if the manager doesn't know how can you expect fans to buy into it? There's no set tactics or style of play and it seems to change game by game. We need a manager who has a footballing philosophy becoming Celtic Football Club and the cavalier style that used to be our trademark throughout our illustrious 126 year unbroken history.

The late, great Tommy Burns, God bless him, understood it perfectly. His team played some of the best football I have ever seen at Celtic park in my lifetime and I have no doubts that if he had been given more time he would have succeeded and the club would still be reaping the benefits of the foundations he laid down 20 years ago.

An excellent summary Che.

Hail Hail

Thorsten fink mate

Agree with you che mate

Much as I like the job, that Rodgers has started at Liverpool, he hasn't actually won anything yet . Tommie Burns spent many years here as manager, and although we all loved his style of football, he didn't win much . We can all dream about beautiful football but we really want to be winning too.

{Ed007's Note - You can't really class 3 years as many, please don't even try to suggest NL is a better manager than Brendan Rodgers and that pains me no end to give any praise to Liverpool.}

But NL's Celtic beat BR's Liverpool last summer Ed, just like he beat Barça. Therefore he's the greatest ever Celtic manager lol.

Moyes was a complete disaster at UTD this season now over. He spent money badly, he played terrible tactics and certainly didn't get the best out of his players. I think his nerves and self believe would have been shattered and I wouldn't want him near Celtic Park until he has restored his confidence somewhere .