Who Will Be Our Next Manager?

True, he sets incredibly high standards for himself & expects everyone to do the same that is laudable but not realistic. To get the most out of a squad he needs to be more judged with how he deals with certain players/situations, different characters react in different ways (this is all hearsay mind, obviously I've never seen Roy take training). Just because a player doesn't respond to getting screamed at doesn't mean he's no use as a player. Im sure the same goes for any of the guys on here who played the game to a decent standard, you know that not every guy reacts to the stick approach. He's had some time out of management and hopefully he's been preparing well in order to make a greater success of his next appointment in the hot seat.

 

True, but he didn't stay quiet on the matter; he explicitly stated that there is no leading candidate at the moment. This leaves only 3 possibilities: he's lying, he's being kept out of the loop by Desmond or there is, in fact, no leading candidate.

 

Think your nit picking as to whether Keane is determined or not which I agree he is. But being determined and good is not the same as being determined and *. That's with regard to managerial ability rather than playing ability before anyone starts.

 

You lads have given me tremendous hope, thank you
Just up after coming off the nightshift and fully expected clueless Keane to be our manager, no news is good news as far as this matter is concerned.

 

From my point of view I don't want him to do what you suggest, we might as well employ Coyle if he's just going to do that; I want him to recreate that culture of excellence they had at Man Utd. Keane just has to realise that doing so will take a great deal of planning and can't be achieved just by busting people's balls. That's why I say Coyle will be safe, the dressing room won't implode and neither will he build anything special. With Keane, in contrast, it'll either be very special indeed or the second coming of John Barnes. I want us to take the risk.

 

He was asked "Is it the case that Roy Keane is perhaps the leading candidate in that list of candidates?"

If he was he can choose between saying so and disrespecting the other candidates or say there is no leading candidate. Where the second option would be a lie it is really the only logical answer for him to give as the spokesman for Celtic.

 

Our players aren't good enough to be managed by Keano, he will be expecting them to do things that they aren't capable of.

 

Live by the sword, die by the sword type thing. I see where your coming from, in order to do that though like you say he can't just go around busting balls's that's why I say I hope he's learned to be more judged and then we could have a really top lass manager on our hands.

 

Nah, I'm confident he has learned from past mistakes. He won't expect players to do things they can't do; he'll be expecting them to work their balls off until they are capable of them. Er, I hope.

 

Absolutely. Don't get me wrong, if we had a credible challenge next year, I could see the attraction of Coyle as the safe option. We don't, though, do we? If Keane can channel his passion and intelligence more appropriately, he could create a culture that would still be benefiting us years after he goes. If he does a Barnes, we'll still win the league, we dust ourselves off and put it down to experience. Most likely Coyle or Mackay (or both) will still be around and Jackie and Henrik will have a year more experience than this summer.

Obviously the CL qualifiers are vital, right enough.

 

No, he can refuse to comment or more likely give an evasive answer that oesn't answer anything (the kind politicians and PLC's are so good at) such as "we take this process very seriously and look at all candidates with the utmost whatever and always blah blah blah professional manner waffle waffle blah fans are important to us waffle waffle vital we get appointment right...blah blah waffle." He didn't have to clearly state that there is no leading candidate.

More likely still, as a smart man, Lawwell will have known that question was incredibly likely to be asked and simply wouldn't have put himself in that position. I seriously doubt he's lying. His statement was unusually clear and unequivocal for the kind of statement our board make when they're trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

 

If they were going to appoint Keane they wouldn't have released that staement they made yesterday in my opinion.

 

"Don't abuse and slate Griffiths until he's given a chance".... does this not apply to managers?

 

I've completely changed my mind on keane now and I have to agree with you here. He could be great and if he is a disaster it won't be too damaging as we can win the league anyway. If we're ever going to take a risk like this now is the best time.

You're a very persuasive guy. :smiley-laughing002:

 

Never saw anybody better at that than Martin O'Neill.

 

Utter nonsense, sorry. Keane is known for all these qualities. It's probably what defines him.

Yes, he is vocal about where he thinks things have gone wrong, and sometimes that has gotten him in trouble.

He is not a gracious loser. Just like Lennon. Just like Ferguson. Just like Wenger. I like this attribute in a manager.

I'm not saying he the right appointment, or necessarily one that I would want, but to call Roy Kean out as a person with a lack of determination who doesn't want to better himself is absolutely ludicrous.

If anything he has too much of these qualities, which could be construed as a negative by some.

 

The no comment/deflect question is in itself a responce which many will take meaning from. Who will ever be able to prove if it is true or not as regards there being no leading candidate. Perhaps PL wanted to feed the media this line for any number of reasons. I am sure PL is not averse to manipulating the media nor is he above lying to suit Celtics purpose.

I searched google for this to absolve him in the case that he has told an untruth.

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.