The Ronny Deila Thread

So how long does Deila get to turn things around? If he goes out of the Europa League group stages is he gone regardless of league form?

I'm not keen on giving him the entire season, and next years CL qualifying campaign to turn things around tbh. I think we need to see some big performances between now and January.

 

Allan is going to be an exciting player from what I seen of him last weekend. Armstrong and GMS were two great buys. If it weren't for Boyata we mightn't have been in last night's game. Janko is a bit green but has potential.

The only signing I'm not sold on is Ciftci.

 

I still fail to see what calling the players scared to the media has achieved. I would think calling players scared while playing away to the mighty Malmo would be humiliating.

 

Players are used to unhappy managers...im sure they will get over it or get out the door.

 

Humiliating is not the word I would use. He said we looked scared to get on the ball, it's hard to argue. We were terrible with the ball. We took too many touches, and were so predictable, and didn't take enough care in possession. Deila said what many were thinking, as did Lennon, when he said the players need to take a good look at themselves. Was Deila unfair with his comments in your opinion?

 

Deila wasn't 100% honest. It was the truth, but not the whole truth. When 9 of your starting 11, some of whom are very experienced, all bottle it on the same night, I think we are entitled to know why. Telling us that they were scared doesn't tell us anything we couldn't see for ourselves.

IMO it's obvious why he didn't, because there are only 3 options:

1) away to Malmo is so intimidating and the pressure to qualify so high that no manager could possibly have prepared his team for it. We were doomed before a ball was kicked.

2) last night was by far the unluckiest night in our club's history as no fewer than 9 of our starting 11 all had one of the worst games in their respective careers, all on the very same night when so much was at stake. Someone up there must really hate us.

3) the way the management team prepared the players for the game was woefully ineffective both in terms of tactical preparation and in terms of dealing psychologically with the pressure and hostile atmosphere.

IMO it was clearly (3) and if Deila admitted that and said what he was going to do about it, I'd say he had been honest with us and be a lot happier.

 

GMS has been woeful this season, came on and offered nothing last night, he dosen't have the mental capacity or toughness to be a good player for us.

Boyata was at fault for the two Inverness goals scored an own goal last night, been awful in possesion since he joined and has the concentration levels of Efe Ambrose.

 

You don't think the guy was justifiably angry? The remarks were made post-match.

 

Its funny how some of our players were motivated, but not others then. Why do you think that is?

 

To be honest I didn't see the interview and assumed he just said the players did not perform because they were scared. Saying "we looked scared to get on the ball" is not as bad as I thought was implied.

 

They were all motivated. All but two of them bottled it. Big difference. Think about it, mate. 9 out of the starting 11 bottled it. You might expect 1 or 2, even 3 or 4 could just be really bad luck, but 9 requires explanation.

 

To be honest, I can't remember what he said word for word. When he said we looked scared, I'm pretty sure he was implying that we looked scared to get on the ball. I've just had a look back at the quotes. He was meaning about being on the ball.

 

Haha wouldnt be a Celtic euro campaign without being on thr receiving end of an absolute howler if a decision from the ref. Such is life.

 

I think the best people to exlain would be the players themselves then.

 

All of which (apart from the refereeing decision) is his responsibility. This is his team now. He, picked it, he's had over a year to get his players in and get his message across, he and his assistants picked the tactics and prepared the team tactically and psychologically

If 9 out of 11 then fall to pieces, it is undoubtedly his responsibility.

 

Mate, seriously, what is more likely: that 9 out of 11 different individuals, with very different personalities and levels of experience all bottled it on the same night for their own idiosyncratic reasons or that one person got it very very wrong in preparing his team for a difficult game?

This is very clear IMO.

 

I've seen far better, and far more experienced players, with far more experienced managers in the dugout do likewise at Celtic Park. What's so ridiculous about suggesting that our relatively young side done the same last night, in what was a very good atmosphere in my opinion.