New manager

Would like it to be him

 

Clearly because the scouting network that went in that replaced Jamestown was * and maybe not directly his doing.

Any future manager should have very limited say on specific players because it's not what he is at the club for. What he should be involved in is deciding what type of player the scouts target. When it comes to players that a manager has worked with before or come up against previously, see Sinclair for Rodgers first time around and Ange with the Japanese lads, then aye get them in. However, we pay a scouting department to scout the globe and find players that can come in within a certain budget and make an impression that suit the style a manager wishes to play. It should then be up to that coach to get the very best out of those players, which is why signing players like Inamura/Shin/Osmand etc aren't inherently bad signings from a club point of view. Especially when someone like Inamura is coming in for £250k and if we played him in a few half arsed games a season, we could probably quadruple that value and sell on for profit. These are all fine.

However, if you then begin to sway from the type of profile a manager/coach has asked for and the squad begins to look like 'square pegs, round holes' (Starfelt out, Lagerbielke in sort of situation) that's when problems arise. Rodgers stressed so many times about having pace and power, certainly in his first spell and very very rarely did we ever seem to get that right.

 

What makes me think there is something in it is where a source to sky sports said that if he was approached Ipswich, albeit wanting compensation, wouldn't stand in his way

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It’s just a job in football. He’s not killing or starving anybody.

Would you have said the same about foreign managers working in the UK when they were bombing the * out hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians?

I don’t want Keane as our manager but that logic is absurd to me.

 

He attended parties his club hosted for the IDF.. Absurd or not some things are more important than football, nothing more important to Keane than money, ask the FAI.. * him...

As an Irish person anyone taking money from Israel are *, football or any other industry.. my personal opinion you dont have to like it..

 

Yeah, reading up on it when he was questioned he stated he felt he had a duty to his players to stick it out. I don't want him in because it will inevitably cause division (said the same about Rodgers coming back too) especially if results don't go well it just leads to toxicity. Ultimately though we have had Israeli players play for us I don't quite get that him managing there should come into the equation with us.

edit: just seen @thailandceltic post above - that certainly changes things

 

As unpleasant as Robbie Keane's work history in Israel is, he has a tactical style I would enjoy, from what I've just looked up.

 

He plays hoofball then

 

Ah I didn’t know that.

Fair enough.

 

Bellamy would be a fkin disaster. Not nearly experienced enough

If we are just going for anycunt with no experirnce we might as well bring in Larsson

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Unfortunately Robbie Keane is just the sort of manager I could easily see Desmond going for. It would not shock me one bit despite the fact that clearly appointing Keane would be massively divisive from day 1. Regardless as long as we are stuck with an owner in Desmond and a board with Nicholson, Lawwell and McKay in place whoever is picked to be our next manager will be a compliant yes man IMHO. Due to Lawwell/board members hit piece in the paper and Desmonds hit piece yesterday on the clubs web site no top quality manager is coming to Celtic as long as these back stabbers are in charge.

 

Not so sure it'll make a difference. Ultimately football managers have a level of self-belief/arrogance that makes them think they can do a job when called upon. Seen Tim Sherwood (i know) on SSN earlier saying exactly that in response to Asim from Celtic fan media when he raised the same concern you have above. He reckons most managers would still jump at the chance to manage a big club like Celtic.

I think the bigger issue is our archaic and outdated football structure/recruitment operations. We are severely behind the times and a fair few managers could get jobs with less pressure and scrutiny for clubs with much more modern and sophisticated systems.

 

That's true.

But there is always a first time to break the mould. I think Muscat was only a very short time at Ibrox, he didn't like it either.

 

Didnt stop him paying a visit to that shitehall Oswalds

 

With this board in charge of finding a new manager I fear we soon be jealous of * Röhl

 

So what ?

Plenty masons have managed and played for Celtic.

It's immaterial.

 

The Sun reporting Ange wants a break from football. Which isnt a surprise

 

Absolutely zero chance of getting him. Club Brugge has a similar standing internationally as Celtic and their reputation is ahead of us atm, because they appear to be a much better run club.

Why should Hayen come to Celtic when he manages a Champions League club that actually reinvests the transfer profit? They did good business this summer, exactly the opposit of us. He would have to be mentally challenged to change to a similar, but worse run club That's the sad truth until Desmond and Lawwell leave.

He would be brilliant appointment, nonetheless.

 

Not surprising, he’ll either go to Greece or back into International management if he goes back at all.

 

Knutsen will not come to Celtic.

First of all, he's not the type to leave Glimt in the middle of their CL campaign. Secondly, he is used to work in a settled environment, too much chop and change would not be attractive. On the whole, I think it would take something extraordinary to move him from Glimt. He's frequently stated in Norwegian media that he would be interested in returning to Bergen to manage SK Brann, his family is there.