The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[laoislad]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

[general_lee]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

Celtic would be the next logical step up for Michael O'Neill. Why would he go to Aston Villa. Probably the least appealing job in football right now

[laoislad]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

Celtic would be the next logical step up for Michael O'Neill. Why would he go to Aston Villa. Probably the least appealing job in football right now

Bigger club, better quality league.

[general_lee]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

Celtic would be the next logical step up for Michael O'Neill. Why would he go to Aston Villa. Probably the least appealing job in football right now

Bigger club, better quality league.

Exactly. Bigger expectations. More pressure. Whereas if he went to Celtic with the opportunity for Champions league and the very real  potential to win a domestic trophy or 3... doesn't exactly take a genius

[laoislad]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

Celtic would be the next logical step up for Michael O'Neill. Why would he go to Aston Villa. Probably the least appealing job in football right now

Bigger club, better quality league.

Exactly. Bigger expectations. More pressure. Whereas if he went to Celtic with the opportunity for Champions league and the very real  potential to win a domestic trophy or 3... doesn't exactly take a genius

You're right it wouldn't take much of a genius to manage Celtic.The manager they have is brutal and he is still going to win the league.
O'Neill should have bigger ambitions than them imo.

[ned]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

Celtic would be the next logical step up for Michael O'Neill. Why would he go to Aston Villa. Probably the least appealing job in football right now

Bigger club, better quality league.

Exactly. Bigger expectations. More pressure. Whereas if he went to Celtic with the opportunity for Champions league and the very real  potential to win a domestic trophy or 3... doesn't exactly take a genius

You're right it wouldn't take much of a genius to manage Celtic.The manager they have is brutal and he is still going to win the league.
O'Neill should have bigger ambitions than them imo.

Villa arent a bigger club than Celtic, not by a long chalk. All they have over Celtic is bigger income but so do Bournemouth. Mickey O'Neill has no chance of a top job in England just yet, might get Newcastle job if they go down due to his past playing experience with them. I think he will go on to have a decent managerial career beyond n Ireland but don't think Celtic can afford to gamble with this appointment.

[T Fearon]

O'Neill ticks all the boxes for me.Celtic background,lives in Scotland and has established a track record of success.I have no doubt he would handle the pressure and be successful,particularly negotiating the Champions League qualifying rounds.

N Ireland won't do well at Euros and will not qualify for next World Cup,so he should get out while he's ahead

[general_lee]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

Celtic would be the next logical step up for Michael O'Neill. Why would he go to Aston Villa. Probably the least appealing job in football right now

Bigger club, better quality league.

Exactly. Bigger expectations. More pressure. Whereas if he went to Celtic with the opportunity for Champions league and the very real  potential to win a domestic trophy or 3... doesn't exactly take a genius

You're right it wouldn't take much of a genius to manage Celtic.The manager they have is brutal and he is still going to win the league.
O'Neill should have bigger ambitions than them imo.

He's a young manager. Going to the Championship would be suicide.

O'Neill ticks all the boxes for me.Celtic background,lives in Scotland and has established a track record of success.I have no doubt he would handle the pressure and be successful,particularly negotiating the Champions League qualifying rounds.

N Ireland won't do well at Euros and will not qualify for next World Cup,so he should get out while he's ahead

x1  hard to disagree there with any of that.

[Main Street]

Michael O'Neill would be an upgrade on Delia, not that it would be difficult.  Mickey Quinn would b an upgrade!!!    Would the Celtic job pay Michael O'Neill more than the handy part time job he has with NI especially as he is probably due a huge pay increase for getting OWC to the Euro finals?

If he's that good why would he go to the SPL? He may as well go back to the league of Ireland.
Plenty of Premier League jobs or Championship jobs could be available for next season..Everton or Villa or the like.

Celtic would be the next logical step up for Michael O'Neill. Why would he go to Aston Villa. Probably the least appealing job in football right now

Bigger club, better quality league.

Exactly. Bigger expectations. More pressure. Whereas if he went to Celtic with the opportunity for Champions league and the very real  potential to win a domestic trophy or 3... doesn't exactly take a genius

You're right it wouldn't take much of a genius to manage Celtic.The manager they have is brutal and he is still going to win the league.
O'Neill should have bigger ambitions than them imo.

He's a young manager. Going to the Championship would be suicide.

O'Neill ticks all the boxes for me.Celtic background,lives in Scotland and has established a track record of success.I have no doubt he would handle the pressure and be successful,particularly negotiating the Champions League qualifying rounds.

N Ireland won't do well at Euros and will not qualify for next World Cup,so he should get out while he's ahead

x1  hard to disagree there with any of that.

Please note the "Celtic background" being mentioned here  and Tony is Celtic's nr1 fan in Ireland,  or is it Northern Ireland? I'm not sure.anymore.

[T Fearon]

The Celtic background is a help,though not the be all and end all,as Warburton is proving now at Rangers,and Wim Jansen proved.

Michael O'Neill was married in my home chapel in Portadown as well 

[tonto1888]

What is his Celtic background?

[ned]

What is his Celtic background?

Same As I have and Tfearon and plenty others have. We have supported Celtic all our lives.

[tonto1888]

What is his Celtic background?

Same As I have and Tfearon and plenty others have. We have supported Celtic all our lives.

didn't realise that

[illdecide]

I thought Tony was a Spurs fan

[straightred]

If Lennon returns  then Jim has a chance,  otherwise it's off to Cowdenbeath.

Jim will be heading home...Lennon will not have Jim there. Anyway don't think Lennon will get job...Malky Mackay possibly

You're probably right about Lennon not getting the job, though it would be a pleasant surprise if he did, because  he would want guarantees of transfer funds and backing to build a team good enough to get through the CL qualifiers, never mind just beating Rangers.
Celtic will appoint some manager who has some experience, who will be just glad to get the Celtic job and an ex player to appease the fans' questions about his Celtic fc ethnicity.

Celtic fans are not in the least bit interested in his ethnicity. His ability to do the job is the most important thing. Jock Stein, the greatest manager of all time, came from a rangers background but Celtic were happy to appoint him.

You haven't been following the script, have you?
When Lennon was first appointed, his Celtic connection was used as a factor in his favour and gained him some time as he stuttered in his first full season.
Mobray's celtic past was also used in his favour to gain acceptance initially.
If there are 2 managers with very similar credentials being considered and one has a strong Celtic past, just who do think the fan's would favour?

In the long run it doesn't matter and any manager regardless of celtic past will quickly run out of favour with the fans, as Mobray did.

Horsesh*t. Mobray was a disaster and it didn't take long for the fans to work that out. Blind loyalty is daft

Which part is horsesh!t?   this part?
"any manager regardless of celtic past will quickly run out of favour with the fans, as Mobray did".

any manger who is struggling will be under pressure regardless of the club. Delia should have been gone before Christmas but far too many Celtic fans and the board were willing to give him more time when he clearly wasn't up to it. If anything I think Celtic haven't been ruthless enough in this regard.

My question was, which part of the text you highlighted  in bold was horsesh!t in your opinion?

I might have picked you up wrong; if so, apologies

I though the insinuation was that the fans were a fickle bunch and they'd turf anyone out at the drop of a hat. My view is that the fans have been far too patient in the past with duds such as Brady, Barnes and Mobray