The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[tyroneboi]

It seems he has walked then:

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/football/2907256/Boss-Mowbray-leaves-Celtic.html

[T Fearon]

No confirmation on BBC Scotland or Celtic website? This is the Sun, hardly reliable

[tyroneboi]

On Sky Sports News now.

They are saying the players have been informed and that Neil Lennon is to take charge until further notice.

[OverTheBlackSpot]

On Sky Sports News now.

They are saying the players have been informed and that Neil Lennon is to take charge until further notice.

Whats Neil Lennon going to do with that pile of shite ?

[NAG1]

Suprised they acted so quickly!

[illdecide]

Celtic have parted company with manager Tony Mowbray following Wednesday's 4-0 defeat at St Mirren.

Mowbray won 17 of the 30 league games played since he arrived from West Brom last June and struggled in Europe.

And the Glasgow club trail Scottish Premier League leaders Rangers by 10 points, having played two more matches than their Old Firm rivals.

A former Celtic defender between 1991 and 1995, he failed to make an impact after succeeding Gordon Strachan.

Assistant manager Mark Venus and first team coach Peter Grant are also leaving.

Mowbray became the 16th manager of Celtic after the club agreed to pay £2m in compensation to West Brom.

The affable figure had been one of three managers targeted, along with Burnley's Owen Coyle, now at Bolton, and Swansea's Roberto Martinez, now at Wigan.

On his arrival, he said he lived by a code of "honesty, integrity, humility and respect" and he hoped to bring those qualities to the Celtic team.

However, his reign was not a happy one, beginning with elimination from the Champions League, albeit against a slick Arsenal side, who have progressed with ease to the last eight of the tournament.

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Dropping into the Europa League, Celtic were expected to qualify from a group that included Hamburg, Rapid Vienna and Hapoel Tel-Aviv, but they could only muster six points from six games, with just one win.

The domestic season started brightly and Celtic were four points ahead of Rangers going into the first Old Firm derby of the season on 4 October, but they lost 2-1 at Ibrox.

And away matches proved to be Mowbray Achilles heel, with Wednesday's 4-0 drubbing by St Mirren heralding Celtic's sixth league defeat on the road.

Strachan had won three titles in four seasons at Celtic Park but Mowbray quickly set about dismantling the squad he inherited, bringing in a raft of new faces.

The big money loan arrival of Spurs striker Robbie Keane in January briefly lifted spirits among supporters but Celtic could not make inroads into Rangers' lead.

Mowbray had a long career at Middlesbrough before his switch to Celtic and later moved on to Ipswich, where he started his coaching career.

He had a brief spell as caretaker boss at Portman Road after the sacking of former Scotland boss George Burley before becoming a manager in his own right at Hibernian.

Mowbray led the Edinburgh club to two top-four finishes in 2005 and 2006, after which he left for West Brom.

He led the Baggies to the Championship play-offs, losing to Derby, but the following season they won the title and promotion to the Premier League.

However, they only lasted a season in England's top tier and were relegated, despite receiving plaudits for their attacking style of football.

His summer switch to Celtic Park was greeted with widespread enthusiasm among the Celtic faithful but few of those will lament his departure

[T Fearon]

I'm surprised he wasn't gone last night. Didn't Barnes go immediately after the Inverness defeat? Time needs to be taken to identify a long term  candidate, but I feel Lennon and Mc Grain should be able to ensure a Scottish Cup win

[lynchbhoy]

lets see who Celtic get in.
I am not overly impressed by havin lennon and mcgrain in charge.
was thinking earlier that maybe Billy McNeil might be tempted out of retirement for the remainder of the season.
Obv I will support any managerial appointment but it doesnt bode well leaving two fellas in charge with no experience at this lark.

[illdecide]

lets see who Celtic get in.
I am not overly impressed by havin lennon and mcgrain in charge.
was thinking earlier that maybe Billy McNeil might be tempted out of retirement for the remainder of the season.
Obv I will support any managerial appointment but it doesnt bode well leaving two fellas in charge with no experience at this lark.

Why not don't judge anyone until you see what they can do, the could win every match the rest of the season and then would you still not be impressed two Celtic legends and very experienced men who know what it takes to play for Celtic and give the passion required..."Wearing the shirt with pride and the chest sticking out"

[T Fearon]

Big Billy is way too old and too long out of the managerial chair, nearly 20 years. He'd have no time for modern day prima donnas

Mc Grain and Lennon did all right with the reserves, winning trophies, they know the club and the pressures so its a sensible short term arrangement, and surely they can lift the Scottish Cup.

Just hope they revert to using the most experienced players available, and play a team that consists of four recognised defenders, 2 or 3 midfielders, 2 or 3 forwards, and of course a goalkeeper

[T Fearon]

Just occurred to me. I actually saw Celtic win twice under Mowbray and in one of those games they kept a clean sheet, honestly! Surely that qualifies me for a place in the annals

[lynchbhoy]

lets see who Celtic get in.
I am not overly impressed by havin lennon and mcgrain in charge.
was thinking earlier that maybe Billy McNeil might be tempted out of retirement for the remainder of the season.
Obv I will support any managerial appointment but it doesnt bode well leaving two fellas in charge with no experience at this lark.

Why not don't judge anyone until you see what they can do, the could win every match the rest of the season and then would you still not be impressed two Celtic legends and very experienced men who know what it takes to play for Celtic and give the passion required..."Wearing the shirt with pride and the chest sticking out"

almost any time a man is promoted to a managerial job with feck all exp - he falls flat on his face
john barnes, roy keane, souness etc
only one that I can recall doing well was Dalgleish - but he had some team around him at that stage.
so hopefully lenon and mcgrain do well, but the odds and history would be against them.

knowing what it means to play for celtic is great , but it doesnt win games - however far you stick your chest out !

[T Fearon]

But they have had a few years experience managing the reserves. As an interim appointment I don't see any other logical or realistic choice. No point in bringing Mark Hughes etc in for a couple of months and wasting big money

[Doogie Browser]

Lynchboy, did you want the previous regime to remain as every suggestion to date you have replied negatively?  To be honest, a teenage boy playing Championship Manager on his playstation would prob have done a better job than Mowbray these past few weeks.

[sammymaguire]

Scottish football is just pure pish lads almost on par with League of Ireland.

f**k off back to the horses sammy and never worry yourself about scottish football. T.M should do the decent thing and resign, this is the worst result since barns and the caley result.

ah now charlie, that comment of mine hardly deserved that type of response, the football in Scotland is bad though and the Big Two are in a pure mess 
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0325/celtic_mowbrayt.html