New manager

Lijnders is assistant at City, not United. And why would you leave a possible champions league place in the Bundesliga to come here?

 

The Celtic process will be to ask Gordon Strachan what he thinks. Prediction...

Wee Shaun as 'head coach' - no more managers!
Gavin Strachan as assistant coach/cone putter ooterer
Gordon Strachan as new all powerful DoF, ably assisted by Mark Lawell

Sorted!

 

I would be fine if we appointed a proper tactician as his assistant.

 

Are you omitting in purpose his disastrous period as RB Salzburg?

apologies that should have been a reply to the poster who suggested him

 

We should look at the manager in the way we look at players. Getting a young exciting one in, who's trajectory is only going up. Yes we may lose them to another club, but that's our model and the footballing side should be structured under a DoF to minimise the impact of a manager going.

Just looking at the stats of the hearts game and its grim reading. Halkett had more counter presses than our entire MF. The players bought under the Jamestown data had the highest performing stats of the game. Go figure eh!

We should have someone in who can interpret the data and use this to get the players in, to field a fast pressing, attacking team.

Not looking at Dermots filter of connections to Celtic, Irish and do I have their telephone number.

 

Get this in your letter to Santa mate, we can only wish Celtic start operating like a forward thinking football club.

 

As it has came out of the blue I'd expect we're some way off an appointment. Kind of backed up by MON and Maloney in an interim charge.

We have 4 games before the international break so will be interesting to see how that goes. You wouldn't be surprised to see a guy like Maloney get it. He's someone who was sacked by Hibs and Wigan so he's the perfect type of yes man for this board.

MON and Maloney is a very strange combo, they would seem to have completely opposite philosophies on how they like their teams to play.

 

My only worry remains that Dortmund was his only job in management. Obviously, he done well. His only experience of managing a football club was the 2nd biggest club in Germany, where resources aren't exactly stretched. Dortmund also have one of the scouting networks around, so it's not like he would be coming in, with an army of knowledge when it comes to recruiting players for our level.

 

I fully expect it to be MON and Maloney for rest of season myself tbh

 

Ten Hag
Thiago Motta
Spalletti
Marco Rose


Could any of those potentially be tempted?

 

Ssn linking Bellamy

 

Spalletti no, the others I think so

 

I would rather Bellamy over Keane and some of the names linked, but we can do far better

 

I would go for Marco Rose. Good age, elite manager and a realistic one.

 

But he's neither Irish or a Sellick man.
Big Desmond won't be wanting that.

Worrying that McKenna is top of reported lists.
Had a very poor start to championship with premier League squad and massive parachute payment.
Shades of Russell Martin.....

 

CB would add a wee bit passion

 

Bellamy would be a far better appointment than Keane.