The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Main Street]

In the traditions of all the memorable unhinged players who have been a part of Celtic, I think Paolo is the undisputed  king.

I doubt if the Celtic board did not know Lennon was going or that it was a surprise, I suspect they have an agreeable candidate already.

From what I heard prev - Celtic were not expecting Lennons departure!

Paolo left under a cloud prev too - had a leetle problem with his salary

I liked him , still kind of do but don't want him as manager

Pref Steve Clarke who apparently is a big Celtic fan like Coyle

Would be happy with mackay or moyes too

Coyle would be ok
Weighorst has a lot of admirers from his Swansea work
Prefer larsson to stay away and remain an untarnished legend!

I don't know LB, the rolling contract that Lennon was on, didn't inspire confidence from either party. If the board wanted Lennon to continue, that could easily have been discussed and details battered out in the spring time. It's not as if there was that much else happening since December.
I supposed that the board could have forced the contract issue sooner but were not that pushed about Lennon or appeasing him.
The first public sign of Lennon's discontent was his reaction to the board not renewing Samaras' contract. You can read that a few ways, one way is that was his exit strategy, 'the board will not support what I want for the team' etc.

Of course it depends who gets the job but I think its a good time to get someone else, Lennon can leave with his apprenticeship served and if he wants another job there will be offers for him to consider.

[T Fearon]

Roy Keane emerging as a short priced favourite. Not a good move.Spent and wasted big money at Sunderland, money he won't get at Celtic and will not have the patience to work at developing raw talent.Totally untried on the touchline in Europe

[Main Street]

Yesterday's Owen Coyle becomes today's Roy Keane.
Neither are fit for purpose.  Keane is already earning a packet as O'Neill's 3rd or 4th man  as well as his punditry duty.

Who knows who will be favourite after Keane?
Moyes has muddied his ambition with his zillions of cash from Man U, I suppose he could look upon the Celtic job as a charity stint.

[lynchbhoy]

those guys I liked as players - I wouldn't necessarily have them as managers

DiCanio, Coyle, Weighorst , Keane & Larsson.

Id want in this order
Clarke, Laudrup, Mackay, Moyes

but id say the clubs lack of willingness to spend would mean no one from the latter group would be interested

[Main Street]

It's looking like Keane, Lynchbhoy. MON has just about said it's a done deal.
That's why Samaras didn't get his contract against the wishes of Lennon, Keane had said  'get shod of the greek'.

[lynchbhoy]

Yeah MS
It's been said that Dermot Desmond wants Keane. Asked his old pal MON about him.
That's as good as done.
Depends on whether Keane will accept a job with fcuk all funds to spend!

Wonder what stokes is thinking- Keane kicked him out of Sunderland!

[Main Street]

No escape for Stokes, his penance shall be long and painful.
His sins must be mighty.

[Applesisapples]

Surely there is room for Keane to continue in a consultancy role with MON? I think Keane and Celtic may be good for each other. I doubt Keane would take a job without some promise of funds to tackle Europe. But we'll see.

[Main Street]

Why do you think Keane would be good for Celtic? Keane has little tactical acumen apart from 'get stuck in' and 'don't fall asleep.' And  whilst he was good at times in the championship, his player purchases were mundane for the most part.
There is no comparison between Keane and say McClaren, who is a real coach with a coaching brain, a tactical overview and able to coach players to play a role in the team as well as  sussing out what players he needs for the team.
Keane has a history of haphazard player purchases, with no overview.
Lennon had to learn all that from scratch, an education in progress. For a start, Celtic need a manager who can spend whatever money wisely, on a couple of players and not get stuck like last season when Kayal got injured  for the season after a few minutes in Milan and Brown gets suspended for 3 games. They need to negotiate  3 rounds to get into the CL against teams who mostly  are match fit from summer football and then look to finish at least 3rd in a group. Then motivate the team to a consistent level of performance at home.

[lynchbhoy]

Why do you think Keane would be good for Celtic? Keane has little tactical acumen apart from 'get stuck in' and 'don't fall asleep.' And  whilst he was good at times in the championship, his player purchases were mundane for the most part.
There is no comparison between Keane and say McClaren, who is a real coach with a coaching brain, a tactical overview and able to coach players to play a role in the team as well as  sussing out what players he needs for the team.
Keane has a history of haphazard player purchases, with no overview.
Lennon had to learn all that from scratch, an education in progress. For a start, Celtic need a manager who can spend whatever money wisely, on a couple of players and not get stuck like last season when Kayal got injured  for the season after a few minutes in Milan and Brown gets suspended for 3 games. They need to negotiate  3 rounds to get into the CL against teams who mostly  are match fit from summer football and then look to finish at least 3rd in a group. Then motivate the team to a consistent level of performance at home.

Id agree MS
however DD must see something in Keane - and I have been wrong about the Kaiser's soccer knowledge in the past !

id hope that keane if he takes the job is given money.
SPL will be easy and he wont do any worse than some other Celtic managers in Europe.

we need to get into epl - that's what DD wants

[Hotshot Hamish]

No doubt Lennon has observed mediocrities like Rodgers, failing at Reading then walking into the Liverpool job ( a sideways move if ever there was one) and despite winning nothing being lauded as some sort of super manager, while he himself, against all the odds, led a team out of the group stages of the Champions League, got no credit whatsoever, and inevitably wondered what it would be like to manage in the English Premiership, retain all your star players, without  having to worry about being attacked for your faith or nationality, either in the street or on the sideline.

Tony is obsessed with Brendan Rodgers. He is still a bit sour he choose Liverpool over Spurs.

Let's face it,it doesn't matter who comes into manage Celtic they will win the league next season.
It's a sham of a league and whoever they get as manager they will be guaranteed to be league champions at the end of next season.If that's all they are looking for then sure Roddy Collins could do that.

What Celtic need is someone with European experience to help them get past the group stages and 2nd round in the Champions League.

Agree 100% with this.
Anyone can manage Celtic to a league title.  Its to improve and progress in Europe is what the club needs.
I doubt Keane is the man to do this.

[Main Street]

Why do you think Keane would be good for Celtic? Keane has little tactical acumen apart from 'get stuck in' and 'don't fall asleep.' And  whilst he was good at times in the championship, his player purchases were mundane for the most part.
There is no comparison between Keane and say McClaren, who is a real coach with a coaching brain, a tactical overview and able to coach players to play a role in the team as well as  sussing out what players he needs for the team.
Keane has a history of haphazard player purchases, with no overview.
Lennon had to learn all that from scratch, an education in progress. For a start, Celtic need a manager who can spend whatever money wisely, on a couple of players and not get stuck like last season when Kayal got injured  for the season after a few minutes in Milan and Brown gets suspended for 3 games. They need to negotiate  3 rounds to get into the CL against teams who mostly  are match fit from summer football and then look to finish at least 3rd in a group. Then motivate the team to a consistent level of performance at home.

Id agree MS
however DD must see something in Keane - and I have been wrong about the Kaiser's soccer knowledge in the past !

id hope that keane if he takes the job is given money.
SPL will be easy and he wont do any worse than some other Celtic managers in Europe.

we need to get into epl - that's what DD wants

I don't even think navigating to the CL group stage is a done deal.
Even more experienced managers than Keane (Strachan and MON),  came a cropper  with better Celtic teams  in CL qualifiers.

Normally I would be reluctant to hit  below the belt with the memory of Artmedia, in order to get over a point of view

[Applesisapples]

Lets be a little real here. Celtic can't afford or attract top class players so how can they attract a top class manager. Keane deserves another chance and could be good for Celtic in terms of the interest he would generate and his pedigree might attract players. Not saying this is a given, but might. Nothing to be lost as even I could win the SPL with Celtic at the moment.

[foxcommander]

Emilio Izaguirre and Mikael Lustig sign new 3 year Celtic contracts.

Interesting that this is the case when a new manager isn't even on board. Peter Lawwell must be picking the team.

Can't wait for Rangers v Hibs/Hearts next season personally.

[bennydorano]

Genuine chance that Rangers might not get promoted next year.