Who Will Be Our Next Manager?

Coyle should be bottom of a list. Back up if our first 6 targets fall through. Keane McKay moyes Clark Jol. All ahead of him in my eyes

 

Seriously. Clark has a superb reputation and big Malky has a patchy cv. Absolutely clueless statements

 

I know, however I don't believe the club are that creative to be honest or willing to push the boat out.

 

Daily Record Exclusive

“If Neil Lennon’s supposed to have brought the thunder...then Coyley’s will keep it"


Celtic hotseat: Owen Coyle is the man for Parkhead & who the fans want, says Ian McCall

HE HAS two of the bookies’ favourites for the Celtic job on speed-dial.
The realist in Ian McCall says he will only be needing one of their numbers to text his congratulations.
Davie Moyes and Owen Coyle are two of his closest mates in the game, both regular confidantes and callers.
But while he believes Moyes would be the Hoops’ perfect pick, he reckons Celtic-daft Coyle’s the more likely.
And he’s certain his mate’s infectious enthusiasm would win over anyone
doubting his qualities.
“If Neil Lennon’s supposed to have brought the thunder,” said McCall, “then Coyley’s the right type of guy to keep it.”
The former Dundee United, Falkirk and Partick Thistle manager is convinced that if Celtic were in the English Premier League rather than the Scottish one, the story could be different, though.
He said: “I’m certain David would appeal to Celtic enormously but I’m just not 100 per cent sure it’s the right career move for him just now.
“If Celtic were in the English Premier League then absolutely, they’d be one of the biggest clubs and there would be no question.
“You look at the other names on the list and they’ve all been at decent clubs but David’s track record is Everton for 10 years and then at Man United.

“In terms of reputation, he’s in a different league.
“Would he be a success? Of course he would. But then what is success at Celtic these days?

“So the big question is whether he would take it.

“The one thing that might draw him is the Champions League but then is that why Lenny left in the first place? Would they have the funds to compete? That’s up for debate.
“David would add all these things up.
“The Champions League would appeal but not if he wasn’t given a realistic chance. He wouldn’t be looking for a guarantee but at least a 50-50 chance.

“So it would be a draw – but maybe not big enough.”
They’ve been mates since their days at Dunfermline together 20 years ago and McCall felt his pal’s pain when he was bumped from Old Trafford after failing to complete a single season.

However, he insists Moyes doesn’t need the reputation revival many claim Celtic would offer him.

He said: “I’m not sure about the whole redemption thing, David’s reputation in England is still huge. The vast majority of people within football thought he was harshly treated.

“And I believe they’ll also look at his body of work over 10 years rather than the past 10 months.
“He was due more time. Louis van Gaal has come in at Old Trafford and the changes still need made.

“But the manager straight after Sir Alex was probably always going to be a sacrificial lamb.

“It’s not a big gap in terms of size of club but to come to Scotland, especially with no Rangers in the Premiership, would be a hard one for David.”

Coyle on the other hand does have a rebuilding job to do.
His spells at Bolton and Wigan knocked what was a stellar reputation down the road out of the sky.

But McCall claims it won’t affect the ability of the game’s biggest enthusiast to do the job.

They worked together at Airdrie, Falkirk and Tannadice and he said: “Owen would do really well at Celtic.

“There would be questions raised about the last two jobs but he’s the type of guy who could go in there and be good for the place.

“He’s so naturally enthusiastic and he’s a chief executive’s dream, the way he carries himself in public.

“Owen played the same way every day whether it was fives with his mates or a cup final. He has an infectious way about him for the game and it rubs off on a club and on a team.

“You don’t learn that at coaching courses, it’s in-built.”
Coyle turned down the Celtic job five years ago when Tony Mowbray was eventually appointed.

At the time he felt his future lay in the English Premier League, where he had spells in charge of both Burnley and Bolton, and he raised concerns for his young family being caught up in the thick of the Old Firm.
However, McCall said: “Coyley is a huge Celtic fan. There’s nothing kiddy-on about him, he was born and raised in the Gorbals and he loves the club.
“But for all his bluster, he’s also a serious family man. Him and Kerry are very protective of the kids so that had
something to do with it – as did the chance to go into the English Premier League – but circumstances change.”

They couldn’t be any more different five years on. The landscape in Scottish football has changed with Rangers still fighting their way back to the top flight after a financial implosion at Ibrox.
And McCall said: “You’re guaranteed a title in your first year if you get the Celtic job now. In fact, you could almost say you’re guaranteed two or three titles.

“They could keep going until Rangers get themselves in order – and how long’s that going to be?

“It’s a strange situation.

“How do you gauge success? Usually it would be winning the league but it’s obviously more than that now.

“Getting to the groups of the ChampionsLeague is the yardstick.

“And that was one of the things behind Lenny leaving. He was one European tie away from a crisis and anyone can get beaten in a European tie.

“That’s the thing – some of Celtic’s play was absolutely sparkling in the league this season, different class.

“But it’s hard to see the challenge for them week in week out.

“It’s all well and good to talk about the Champions League but it’s actually just a tiny part of the season in terms of games. The Rangers situation has just put a weird slant on all aspects of Scottish football.”

 

Steve Clarke will be our next manager. Loads of experience and won't cost an arm and a leg.A good guy that would do a job for us IMO

 

He did have until he * it up at West Brom. 7 wins from 36 games while spending huge amounts of money? No thanks. Better an assistant is Clarkey.

 

I would * hope they are! It's their responsibility to be creative and push the boat out.

If we get the wrong guy, it could set us back for years, and it won't matter what players we sign over the next few seasons. Big decision and one that will determine how enjoyable my Saturday afternoons are for the foreseeable - they've got to do their homework and leave no stone unturned!

 

* are the record smoking?

Has Peter been using his sphere of influence to get the press to attempt to 'convince' us that Coyle is the right man.

Aw, that would be awful.

 

Just think what Guus Hiddink cold of done at Celtic, it's a shame he lost out due to DD... He had even left Real Betis coz he was to be our next boss.

 

I know mate. We are the customer and the club, as fans, is our. Yet it seems Lawwell and co do not take account of what we want.

If they pick someone silly and pathetic such as Coyle (or if he is their first choice), then I foresee less ST sales and I expect us to not get to the CL proper (like WGS's first season). How horrible that would be. The football aswell - can you imagine it?

Maybe I am being too harsh though. :smiley-laughing002:

 

Aye, I've thought about that aswell. I mean I love MON and his time here was amazing, as was the man. However, GH would have had more contacts and access to a wider market, maybe even experimenting a little more and having vision and creativity that we lacked at times.

Either way, he wouldn't have stayed long, that is for sure.

 

They care nothing about fans or fans that have different politics from some on the board like the tory or the friends of israel etc...

New manager, it will be another who will have to live with a small budget and buy/sell for profits to keep the board happy and do just enough to keep the fans onside.

 

Betting stopped on Coyle in Ireland - Daily Record Celtic Exclusive

Coyle, 47, is now favourite with all the major firms with many Irish betting firms now stopping taking bets on him.

Hoops chief executive Peter Lawwell insists he’s in no rush to make an appointment.
But former Burnley, Bolton and Wigan manager Coyle was offered the hotseat before Tony Mowbray took over in 2009.

And the well-known Celtic fan – like Moyes and Mackay – is without a club and the
Hoops wouldn’t have to pay compensation to land him.

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Hiddink might, just might have won us a European Trophy

 

terrible

 

Just had a look on Paddy Power and you can still back him at ev's.

 

Peter Houston, Steve Kean, Mark McGhee are all well-Known Celtic fans they must be in with a shout as well as Coyle then, at least Kean and McGhee were Celtic players at one time

No to Coyle

 

Oh right, so Kean and McGhee deserve the job more than Coyle because they played for Celtic?

Thank * you don't have any say in who will be manager with that type of backwards thinking........

 

the point is chuck just because youre a well-known Celtic fan doesnt make you the best option to be the new manager or does being a former player, Coyle is a Mowbray just waiting to happen.

 

The Irish Sun: Between Owen Coyle & Roy Keane. As Martin tells Keane, if he wants it, he should take it.