Who Will Be Our Next Manager?

Garcia would be exciting

 

Would have him here in a heart beat.

 

Fair enough, didn't know that, you get my point though. There must be dozens of tactically astute, experienced, intelligent managers throughout Europe who would jump at this opportunity - but no, instead we're 99% liable to go for some boring, run-of-the-mill Scottish or Irish person who played 30 games for us in the 80s.

The only British person I would be semi-happy with would be Steve Clarke.

When Mjallby went I thought it was a great opportunity to bring in someone new with fresh and different ideas, well now the opportunity is tripled as we need an entirely new management and coaching team. Mjallby, Lenny & Parker have all gone and I wouldn't be surprised if John Park left now as well.

The board really need to be patient, intelligent and ambitious here. Obviously no manager is a guaranteed success but I really wish we hire someone with no connection to Celtic. Our current squad is easily good enough, contrary to popular opinion, to qualify for the group stages of the CL again - which realistically is the height of Celtic's current ambition.

We have always had the passion and fan support which is envied worldwide, but that simply isn't enough any more. Now we have an opportunity to bring in some tactical awareness and better technique to put us on a par with the modern European heavyweights. It's painfully obvious how much we need to work on passing and fitness when we play Champions League - our players are always * after 60 minutes and can't keep possession to save themselves.

Get someone in to change our style around, utilise our flair players and let the promising youngsters shine.

I really respect Lennon, and also like Brown, but maybe it would be a good thing if someone comes in and gets rid of the oldguard, completely revitalising our style and making us an interesting, exciting team.

Lawwell always talks about Celtic being one of the biggest and best ran clubs in world football, and I think he's right, but by * now he needs to prove it. Earn your money Pete.

 

What about that mad * Tommy... the wind up merchant

we might not do much in europe but he would probably work for free and would bring much needed excitement to our domestic campaign

get him on that poll lost ... i wanna vote Tommy

 

^agree 100% with that Caz but you've wasted energy typing that mate because Owen Coyle will be announced as our manager shortly

 

He never - Former Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink will replace Louis van Gaal as Netherlands head coach after the World Cup in Brazil this summer.

 

This a hundred times over , I'm secretly hoping this will be the case that the current hysteria over the favourites is just the bookies and SSN trying to make some stories.

Time for the board to show some ambition, put arses on seats and show that we aren't just a stepping stone for coaches and players.

A man can dream. Show us your worth Lawwell.

 

Why look abroad, when we have young managers coming through here?

Your envisaging some sort of rebirth with foreign based coaches, with no connection to the club will see us crash and burn.

Fans don't want that. Keeping it to folk who know the club inside out, pressures etc ensures a Barcelona level of continuity. Be careful what folk wish for.

Continuity over change.

 

Uwe Rösler would be a worth a shout unsure if Wigan would let him leave on the cheap.

 

Purely and harshly because foreigners are better. Better at playing, better at coaching, better at managing. I just do not believe Paul Hartley or Jackie Mac are better than an equivalent young manager in France, or Spain or Portugal. Think about all the best British coaches throughout history, they're all renowned, more than anything else, for being great motivators and frankly, scary big *. Stein, Clough, Ferguson - it's not a coincidence. And i'm taking nothing away from their achievements and that style of management. But we've just had that with Lennon - someone who man-manages very well, kicks people up the * and no doubt rages with the best of them - but tactically in Europe was found wanting at times. All the best tacticians are from the continent: Mourinho, Conte, Guardiola, Ancelotti - now obviously we're not getting any of them but in my opinion the second rate European coaches are far better than the second rate British ones we're being linked to. Though for the record I don't want Henke as I think he'd be on a hiding to nothing.

I wouldn't be wholly against promoting John Kennedy, for example, like Barcelona do. But we simply don't have the abundance in quality that Barca do.

I'm not saying let's get someone with a fancy name just for the * of it, but I would be much more inspired getting say a Slaven Bilic than a Malky Mackay or Owen Coyle. Even the best possible candidate, Moyes or Lambert, it's still just mundane for me.

Not to mention I think it would help the players no end. The gulf in quality between us and the top European teams is something which I think can only be closed by hiring a European coach.

If you can't beat them...

 

Terry Butcher.

He had Motherwell playing decent and one season at Motherwell he had the only SPL team to beat both Celtic and the Dead and he knows our league well.

 

But if they are good enough they are good enough.:icon_mrgreen:

 

Lenny had ZERO years experince when he took over. People seem to forget that!

 

That's true and it was an obvious gamble that we took. That said Lennon was different because he was at the club and had been first team coach for a few years - he knew everything inside it and so the leap to manager, or caretaker manager at first, wasn't an issue in terms of his knowledge of players etc.

 

Owen Coyle has bags of experience both good and bad yet hes not good enough ?

Some people shouldn't be so quick to turn their noses up. Could people also stop with the bam up posts ? Terry Butcher etc ? Your devaluing the discussion on here.

 

No we don't forget that but it was a risk and we would like to reduce the risk with our next manager.

 

You do realise that my first two points were sarcasm aimed at those who claim Larsson would be "too soon", don't you?

 

You say that just now. Wait to mid-season when Celtic Park is * empty and Owen Coyle is in the dug out with his boring tactics and our team is * poor to watch.

As a club we are in a very strong position at the minute. For the last three or four years we've been building towards something under Lennon's management. I don't want to see that all go to waste to accommodate a * clueless idiot like Owen Coyle.

 

Yes,hence the big cheesy grin face.

 

With some of the chat I've seen on here today I'm just making sure! :icon_mrgreen: