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Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by SkyeCelt, Oct 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM.

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  1. constant

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    Not a very constructive answer mate.:giggle2:
    I could easily say to you the media were right about Balikwisha, and we were tracking him for a long, long time.

    I can also tell you categorically we have been tracking Hayen for a long, long time.

    The only question is, is he open to leave Club Brugge to take up the challenge of rebuilding Celtic FC, and making us a force again in the Champions League ?.

    We don't know the answer to that yet, and we will ask him.
     
  2. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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  3. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    Unless we wait until after this International Break.. when their fate will be decided. They have 2 winnable games tho.
     
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  4. Hammy89 Gold Member Gold Member

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    The Club Brugge manager?

    The * is going on in here?

    Why the * would he leave them?
     
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    He wont
     
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    No chance..

    Where's his name popped up from mate?
     
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  8. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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  9. JML67 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Can't be * with Keane as it'll be another divisive appointment amongst the fanbase when what we desperately need is someone to come in that we can all get behind. Ange would be perfect but that's a non-starter.

    We're gonna be taking a gamble on whoever it is, and out of the names that we (realistically) would go for, I'd rather McKenna or Bellamy as they fit the mould of an up and coming manager who could make the next step. People raving about Bellamy's enthusiasm for the Wales job and giving the players masive belief in themselves - sounds like the sort of energy we need in the place. McKenna getting back to back promotions with Ipswich is a big achievement. Reservations that he seems to have flatlined a bit a la Rodgers but maybe the right time for both parties to try something new.
     
  10. LectersLuncheon

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    Nicky Hayden would be a fantastic appointment... Which is why it wont happen.

    The very nature of Celtic, as dictated by that * roaster Desmond (* knows why), is for fans to be living in a permanent state of excited anticipation... Only to be spectacularly let down.

    Transfer windows are the same; players A and B linked with us for months, fans ready to get their names printed on shirts.... Boom. Some mucklord.

    Managers are the same.

    Im in my 40's. Ive been truly excited by the possibility of about 30 different Celtic managers my entire life, only two of them actually came to pass at the time. MoN and BR (first time).

    Im not even bothering to get my hopes up with this board of cowards and that * monster Desmond.
     
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    Hayen is not leaving brugge for us.

    If he does I get Desmonds tache tattooed on my face.
     
  13. CookieMonster Geez yer cookies Gold Member

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    Hayen has been very good in a short space of time but think it would be a risk similar to McKenna, they only have a few seasons under their belt as managers at a high level.

    Experience and dealing with the pressure managing us comes with are the 2 biggest obstacles we face in bringing in any young manager.
     
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    Also on Hayen, he kinda is a great example of why pedigree and previous track record sometimes isn't everything.

    Astonished to find out he was managing Havertsford Town in the Welsh Premier league in 2022 before he went to Brugge to take their next gen team. Wild.
     
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    I'll get Lawwell's face tattooed on my *, not that you'd be able to tell.
     
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    Hayen's team hammered Rangers 9-1 on aggregate.

    That's good enough for me.:giggle1:
     
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    Club Brugge are essentially everything we claim to be. Why would he leave them
     
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  19. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    And ill change my username to @constant *
     
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    Whoever the new manager is going to be they will get shafted.

    BR was keeping tabs of players he lost and what he needed to bring in to replace them. A new manager is starting a fresh and guaranteed he won't be after what BR was needing to bring the squad back to what's needed.

    The board are shifty *