Celtic Banter Archive March 05 2019

05 Mar 2019 21:57:53
Looks like the rat Brendan will be gutted tonight as his third favourite team after Celtic and Leicester maybe looking for a new boss Real Madrid pumped by Ajax? The if Ajax can compete why can’t celtic brigade will be on soon banging their drums?

06 Mar 2019 10:54:52
To be fair bigp Ajax's model is something we should aspire to. I was saying around about the time BR came in actually that I would love us to get Overmars in (not that I could realistically see it) because of the job he and his staff do there. I think, with a new manager needed in the summer, and Congerton reportedly set to leave, an area we should be looking at is a DoF/ Sporting Director with a real footballing mind. We have some good kids on our books right now but there's room for improvement in terms of youth development/ recruitment.

06 Mar 2019 11:40:17
JimTim I think that would be a great way forward.

06 Mar 2019 12:13:29
There has been talk of us (and Scotland) copying the Ajax/ Dutch model since the days of Johan Cruyff, when both Ajax and Feyenoord were winning the European Cup, but the closest we ever got was Wim Jansen.
The Netherlands have been leading the way for small countries developing and producing great teams/ players for a long time.

06 Mar 2019 13:29:31
Its not just Ajax but Porto have a similar model and Salzburg are the same in some respects - although more buying young talent then sell on for massive mark up.

Look at Sancho, left for.

05 Mar 2019 19:48:59
I don't know about anyone else but I can't wait for the game on Saturday.
Back in paradise to support the team and welcome back Lenny in pursuit of our REBEL TREBLE.
Let's show certain people what they are missing.

05 Mar 2019 19:08:00
Anybody think wgs would be a good dof bags of experience and knows the club.

05 Mar 2019 19:25:27
Mally I fhink WGS was under appreciated. He has sussed 🐀out. Did you see his article on Pedro de Lawell?

05 Mar 2019 19:59:51
What article jfp.

05 Mar 2019 20:37:34
Nelly, Gordon Strachan speaking about how Peter Lawell knocked back Arsenal stating he was a Celtic man.

05 Mar 2019 20:45:17
Mally *.

05 Mar 2019 21:47:29
Correction JFP, he stated he was a ‘real’ Celtic man.

05 Mar 2019 22:53:48
Cheers mate.

05 Mar 2019 23:33:51
You just need to look back at WGS recent tenure as Scotland manager, to see he is not fit to be in any sort of management or DoF position, in any football club with any sort of ambition to be successful, the guy is useless, an educated fool in football terms, he knows every theory, every position, every counter position, every zone, every zonal positioning, every reaction to every possible action, football is a simple game, Gordon, think about when you were wee kicking a ball about muirhouse, you didn't need anyone to tell you how to play the game, it was in your head, already, it doesn't matter how many books you read, how many coaching courses you go on, how many different countries you went to
You already knew.

06 Mar 2019 02:17:24
Aindoh aye he knows nothing about football despite being a professional player and manager and getting Celtic to the last 16 twice with an atrocious defence.

He's a far better manager than Rodgers.

06 Mar 2019 06:09:45
He came in and done a job for us! Will always thank him for that! I’m in the minority but I like GS as a manager and he wouldn’t have shafted us like the rat done.

06 Mar 2019 08:57:10
He won 6 trophies against a financially doped cheat g oldco so that's nonsense and as pointed out 2 last 16 of cl.

06 Mar 2019 09:24:28
WGS was a really good manager for us, he would probably have won another title if we had brought in Fletcher instead of Willo Flood.

06 Mar 2019 18:15:29
WGS knows very little about football compared to Aindoh . Aindoh is the only fan that I know who can argue about how well a team has played after watching the game on the radio. Like the rest of us WGS needs to be at the match or at least watch match on TV, to have opinion on team or match.

05 Mar 2019 12:05:34
ED007 a couple of questions, if I may.
Firstly, and this is not included in my questions, I heard from 2 "Celtic men" (NOT a steward LOL) that the final total Leicester paid Celtic was £9m (£6m Rodgers, £3m for backroom staff) Is this near what you heard?

Here are my questions, will the Board now sanction the signing of any new players under Lennon or will they wait until a permanent boss is in place?
Club now have funds to get a big name european manager, but do you think Board, ie Lawwell, will go with cheaper option of Lennon, Kennedy and Duff. My thinking being, a new manager will want a decent transfer budget whereas Lennon will not ask for too much and do as he is told by Pedro.

{Ed007's Note - I had heard it was £8 million in total - £6m for Rodgers and £1m each for Davies and Toure) but what's a wee million between friends lol
The board have to sanction spending money on players when you consider the players that will be leaving in the summer or that look like leaving. The news Congerton is leaving blows the transfer system at the Club out the water and he'll need to be replaced ASAP for the new man to start tracking/scouting targets unless Pedro's still going to offer the new manager Congerton's 'list' to choose from. Obviously any new manager will have some of his own targets too.
As things stand just now I will be really surprised if Lennon isn't our next manager but I can't see Lawwell letting him spend £9 million on one player, I do think he will be allowed to spend roughly the same as Rodgers bar Edouard.
Lennon will be anything but Lawwell's yes-man, if it's anything like the last time he'll be a pain in the @rse to him. Lennon's as frank and honest in private as he is in public and isn't scared to speak his mind.}

05 Mar 2019 13:59:20
If we can get a top class replacement for Congerton and get a first team coach in of same calibre (I would love to see someone like Joe Jordan) , then I genuinely believe we will go even further with Lennon in charge than what we have achieved under Rodgers.

A good backroom set up and we will be laughing. Hopefully get Congerton replacement quickly so we can strenghen in summer before any Europe qualifiers.

05 Mar 2019 14:02:41
I know you previously said you weren't keen on Lennon being the manager but have you changed your mind at all Ed? I'm guessing Lennon would want certain assurances from Lawwell up front. Wasn't the reason for Lennon leaving last time because of a bust up with PL?

{Ed007's Note - Lennon left because he didn't have much input in signings if any at all, I'd assume that would be spoke about if and when Lennon is offered the job. I haven't changed my mind, I would still rather see the board show the same kind of ambition that brought Rodgers here.}

05 Mar 2019 16:06:35
I am on the fence. Appointing any manager has it's risks so at least with NL we know what he can bring to the table. If he gets the better of SG in the league and Cup (if they get thro) that would be enough in my book to earn at least a rolling 12 month deal. Plus See if he can sign a Centre Half! BR couldn't get that right over 2.5 years.

05 Mar 2019 17:49:02
The appeal of Rodgers as manager must have brought most of our big signings in recent years to the club. I can’t see Lennon being a hug bargaining tool. Maybe signing Lennon will play right into lawwells hands as he will get his way with spending. I assume a shortlist will be brought up and I can’t imagine Desmond wanting anyone lesser than Rodgers either. Lawwell needs to deliver in this case. Our scouting setup is key. If we ever had the same level as the RedBull teams then we would be on to a winner. They follow a similar philosophy to our signing policy so surely we can do the same. They’ve brought in highly sought after haland as Dabburs replacement. For a measly €4m. Good business.

05 Mar 2019 18:20:51
KenLikeEh Lennon signed Van Dijk and look what he has went onto achieve. End of the day we have a knack of signing some hidden gems who have moved onto bigger things. We will continue to do so regardless of who is in charge.

05 Mar 2019 18:43:31
I don’t know if I agree KenLikeEh. I think Rodgers being manager would have appealed to Sinclair having worked with him before. But take Dembele for example. The deal to sign him was well in motion before Rodgers arrived and I doubt it was the appeal of playing under Ronnie Deila the brought Moussa. I still think the appeal of playing for Celtic hold some water in certain quarters.

Sure we don’t have the financial power of the major European leagues and the SPL is not he most competitive but I believe playing for Celtic, competing for silverware and playing European football is still an attractive option for players.

Oli Burke in his press conference after the hearts game was quizzed by a reporter asking if due to Brendan leaving would he have second thoughts about extending his stay beyond this season if it was a possibility. His response “ I love it at Celtic it’s a privilege to play for this club and I’m really enjoying my football. So as far as I’m concerned personally nothing has changed I love it here and I don’t care who the manager is”

A similar question was put to Shved about the manager now leaving and he said nothing changes as it’s Celtic he signed for.

I believe it still appeals to certain players to come and play for Glasgow Celtic no matter who is in charge 🍀.

05 Mar 2019 19:46:30
Spot on ice man. Totally agree. I think I could have summed up my post by saying that I believe there is much room for improvement throughout our club. Deila brought us Ajer too. We all know how good he will be one day.

05 Mar 2019 20:30:55
Big name signings? That’s the problem with hallf our support forget that phrase cos it’s not happening. As for attracting any players were Celtic the name history and everything associated with us sells us any player who knocks us back I’m not interested their loss.

07 Mar 2019 13:12:02
Do you think Congerton's departure would have been influenced by Lennon's arrival or has he resigned/ been told to leave by Lawwell for a different reason? HH.

07 Mar 2019 13:11:14
I think that part of the decision on who the next manager is might be based on what revenue the club can bring in off the pitch.
The last time Lennon was in charge the season ticket sales started to drop, I don't know if this would happen again but football being what it is these days I wouldn't be surprised if the amount of shirt and season ticket sales plays as much a part of any decision as what success on the field any manager may achieve.