Ambition v Expectation v Reality

Intellectually Absurd · Aug 26, 2013

Is it just me who thinks (for the greater good of Scottish football) a double will suffice? Another team getting a cup makes it more interesting and a little bit more respectable for our national game.

H67 · Aug 26, 2013

Reality is Celtic are a big club.

Expectation is for said big club to act like a big club.

Ambition is always to do better and become stronger as thats what big clubs do.

Now its time the board delivered...

AwesomeCaz · Aug 26, 2013

My personal expectation/ambitition is the exact same as Lennon's and the board's. Build slowly and steadily, progressing each year, and get back to the upper echelons of European football, returning to the glory days of the 1960s and 1970s, which is of course much harder to do these days given the astonishing disparity in money between Celtic and all other big clubs.

Sadly we could have * it already this season with that dreadful Shakter away performance, but whether we turn that round or not I am confident we are on the right path.

Our squad is young. We are now turning a profit on almost every transfer, as opposed to letting contracts dwindle down like the clueless O'Neill and Strachan did, and we have a fantastic youth academy.

Within 10 years I expect us to be a top European side again.

Gourlay1967 · Aug 27, 2013

emseakenzee said: ↑

In simple terms the ambition of a football club should be to 'win' every game, regardless what stage it is played on. The expectation of every Celtic family member is to compete, so that with a little bit of luck we can achieve our ambition.

To help make our ambition a reality we need a clear vision, which has to championed from the very top. If I am honest I am a little bit confused as to what the vision for Celtic Football Club really is?

People will mention the lack of cash in Scottish football, but for me that shouldn't stop realistic investment, so that the ambition can become reality.

I will not accept that Celtic are now a selling club. For understandable reasons we can buy players and move them on for a profit, if that player decides he wants to 'better' himself at another club. However, we should not force assets out the door for profit (key difference). The players that have left recently, have all indicated a desire to 'better' themselves, so I have no problem that they have been moved on for a profit. This makes perfectly good business sense, as Celtic's P&L results show.

Beyond business matters though, we are a football club in an entertaining industry. I love watching Celtic as thats my team, but can I say I am ever truly entertained if I take the bias away? Let's be honest it is quite often a painful experience don't you think? I would never look at the entertainers on the field and think 'wow' we look good, no more need to invest in this squad for a while. Football is continually evolving and I can't accept the JP is not constantly firing names @ NL & PL? This truly concerns me & surely the board and management must realise that quality players are needed to make winning football matches a more enjoyable experience for the fans. Before people start saying we have bought players in, I would like to ask if they are the real quality you would expect in a Celtic team? Perhaps they are bought in as 'potential' and with the current competion level in the SFPL we can perhaps accomodate. To counter this arguement though I would argue why can't we integrate & improve our own youth players into the 1st team this way? If we buy it should be absolute quality, and I'm not sure we are doing this? I am fairly confident that PL once mentioned that his ambition was to come out of each transfer window stronger than we were before....?

Joking apart, PL has done a fantastic job and I will always be his biggest supporter, but for me we seem to have lost our way a little during this summer. Everyone on Earth knew that this pre-season Celtic would lose Wanayama & Hooper, but why are we still looking for their replacements 6 days before the close of the window? If we had a clear vision, then surely we would have planned this situation must better...?

I am an optimistic man & firmly believe we can get through Wednesday night. We have to learn from this summer though, as for me this has been another example of PL resting on his 'Lawells' and not providing Celtic with the tools required to simply win a football match. Forgot leagues, cups & last 16's, just focus on winning every match we paly in. Let's be realistic if we had invested when we needed to in the last decade, we would be looking at 6 or 7 in-a-row this year.

We have to expect Champions League football every season and why should'nt we? We are the champions of our domestic league with support to rival any club in world football. This vision should be shared by all at Celtic Football Club and with a little investment, I think we could make it a reality every season...

But then again this is Celtic and we never do things the easy way.... I suppose it's all part of the attraction!
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Superb Post mate

hiphopaddict · Aug 27, 2013

Id love a run in the Europa League this season. I think this season is the one to do it in. Before when we did well in the old UEFA Cup we couldn't concentrate fully on it because of worrying about the old rangers team in the league. But we'll win the league no probs anyway, so I think if we had a good go in the Europa League with a few decent signings we could seriously win it this time around

MullBhoy · Aug 27, 2013

I love it when people say Europa League means nothing. Look at the teams that have won it the past 3-4 years. Chelsea. Porto and Athletico Madrid (twice). These are teams that could easily and should be in the CL (well Chelsea won it the year before winning the EL).

For a Scottish team to be competing in Europe is all I want, so we can continue to boost Scotland's coefficient.

Ambition v Expectation v Reality

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