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 "Major enough" is less than major.
Major enough to be interesting. Major enough to turn a few heads.

[Myles Na G.]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Paul Lambert?
success with an English 3rd division team entitles him to jack.
Lennon would quite rightly walk away from the mad house that would make such an insulting offer to him.

Lambert is now on his 3rd club as a manager. Each one, he has left in a better position than when he started. That makes him a far better prospect as Celtic manager than Neil Lennon, who has no managerial experience at all. If you think Lambert is unqualified, then Lennon is a non starter is he not?

Interestingly, Celtic was Mowbray's third club as a manager. The other two, he has left in a better position than when he started.
In addition, his % wins is better than Lambert's (44.78% vs. 42.9%).

Are you saying the Celts should bring back Mowbray?

Strange.

Not true. He left Hibs more or less where he found them. They played some attractive football, but won nothing. Hibs fans don't want him back, if the comments on here are anything to go by:
http://www.hibeesbounce.com/forum/showthread.php?95424-Would-We-Take-Mowbray-Back
As for West Brom, he joined them in the Championship and left them there too. Under Mowbray, they were a joke team in the EPL. How's that leaving them in a better place?

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Mowbray joined West Brom in the Championship. He took over a relegated team which was not good enough to get promoted. Mowbray got rid of Robson's players and they got promoted. They got relegated of course, but with a team that was good enough to bounce back. Mowbray left them in a better place than when he took over.

[Hound]

Mowbray joined West Brom in the Championship. He took over a relegated team which was not good enough to get promoted. Mowbray got rid of Robson's players and they got promoted. They got relegated of course, but with a team that was good enough to bounce back. Mowbray left them in a better place than when he took over.

Big ToMo would pay for you to write the history books.

Gets all the credit for the 2008 promotion (rather than ex-manager) and all the credit for the 2010 promotion (rather than the current manager)
Nice

[Myles Na G.]

Mowbray joined West Brom in the Championship. He took over a relegated team which was not good enough to get promoted. Mowbray got rid of Robson's players and they got promoted. They got relegated of course, but with a team that was good enough to bounce back. Mowbray left them in a better place than when he took over.

Er...you could say the same thing about Robson's team, in that case. Teams relegated from the EPL often bounce straight back. It's the direct result of the parachute payments paid by the EPL to relegated clubs. It means they can afford to pay Premiership standard wages and thus attract Premiership standard players, or to hold on to the ones they've got.

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Mowbray joined West Brom in the Championship. He took over a relegated team which was not good enough to get promoted. Mowbray got rid of Robson's players and they got promoted. They got relegated of course, but with a team that was good enough to bounce back. Mowbray left them in a better place than when he took over.

Big ToMo would pay for you to write the history books.

Gets all the credit for the 2008 promotion (rather than ex-manager) and all the credit for the 2010 promotion (rather than the current manager)
Nice

I would rather more accurately describe it as interpreting history as it happened.
The ex-manager, Robson, got them relegated. Mowbray took over. That team spent a season in the championship and missed out on promotion. Mowbray then got rid of the bulk of Robson's team and replaced them with a team that won promotion in their second season in the championship
Of course Mowbray gets the credit.

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Mowbray joined West Brom in the Championship. He took over a relegated team which was not good enough to get promoted. Mowbray got rid of Robson's players and they got promoted. They got relegated of course, but with a team that was good enough to bounce back. Mowbray left them in a better place than when he took over.

Er...you could say the same thing about Robson's team, in that case. Teams relegated from the EPL often bounce straight back. It's the direct result of the parachute payments paid by the EPL to relegated clubs. It means they can afford to pay Premiership standard wages and thus attract Premiership standard players, or to hold on to the ones they've got.

Eh you cant Myles,  because Robson's team was not good enough to win promotion on the bounce back. West Brom were not good enough until Mowbray made the changes.
However a Tony Mowbray relegated team was good enough to win promotion, straight away on merit.
It's bleedin' obvious
QED   

[saffron sam2]

Not true. He left Hibs more or less where he found them. They played some attractive football, but won nothing. Hibs fans don't want him back, if the comments on here are anything to go by:
http://www.hibeesbounce.com/forum/showthread.php?95424-Would-We-Take-Mowbray-Back

Two consecutive fourth place finishes apparently. Something not achieved as Easter Road in over thirty years.

As for West Brom, he joined them in the Championship and left them there too. Under Mowbray, they were a joke team in the EPL. How's that leaving them in a better place?

He sold Paul McShane.

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Little known or forgotten fact, that McShane was the supporters player of the year for Mowbray in their promotion winning season.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Lambert has already stated that he doesn't want to return to the "goldfish bowl" of Glasgow soccer.
So not to constructive, try again, also another thing, do you have anything positive to say about the club?

So, waiting.

I could, given a bit of time, find something positive to say about nearly every football club in existence. Did you have a point to make, or are you just at a bit of a loose end?

My point is that you claim to be a Celtic fan, yet I am having great difficulty in remembering you ever having anything positive to say about the team.
Now again have you anything positive to say about the club?

Yawn... Any chance Myles? You've had over 21 hours to think of an answer!! 

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

I see Zola's been gassed by Westham, I wonder how long it will be before his name is linked to the Celtic job?

[Myles Na G.]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Lambert has already stated that he doesn't want to return to the "goldfish bowl" of Glasgow soccer.
So not to constructive, try again, also another thing, do you have anything positive to say about the club?

So, waiting.

I could, given a bit of time, find something positive to say about nearly every football club in existence. Did you have a point to make, or are you just at a bit of a loose end?

My point is that you claim to be a Celtic fan, yet I am having great difficulty in remembering you ever having anything positive to say about the team.
Now again have you anything positive to say about the club?

Yawn... Any chance Myles? You've had over 21 hours to think of an answer!! 

Yep, I've been thinking of nothing else. You still stuck for something to be at?

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Myles, any chance on you giving us some constructive input on Celtic?

Easy one - bring Paul Lambert back to CP, maybe with Lenny as his assistant.

Lambert has already stated that he doesn't want to return to the "goldfish bowl" of Glasgow soccer.
So not to constructive, try again, also another thing, do you have anything positive to say about the club?

So, waiting.

I could, given a bit of time, find something positive to say about nearly every football club in existence. Did you have a point to make, or are you just at a bit of a loose end?

My point is that you claim to be a Celtic fan, yet I am having great difficulty in remembering you ever having anything positive to say about the team.
Now again have you anything positive to say about the club?

Yawn... Any chance Myles? You've had over 21 hours to think of an answer!! 

Yep, I've been thinking of nothing else. You still stuck for something to be at?

Fair enough, pretty much tells the rest of us what we already knew, your no more a Celtic fan then Gregory Campbell. Now run along and waste someone elses time with your drivel.

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I see Zola's been gassed by Westham, I wonder how long it will be before his name is linked to the Celtic job?

More pertinent is that Grant is odds on for the West Ham job.
I see there was a big enough move for Mark Hughes in the betting.
Lenny 5/4 Hughes 9/4

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Well done Celtic ladies.

Celtic secure women's League Cup 

Celtic have ended their wait for a first piece of women's football silverware by winning the Scottish Premier League Cup final.

Jo Love and Christie Murray both scored twice as the team vying for top spot in the league with holders Glasgow City defeated Spartans 4-1.

Love opened the scoring after 20 minutes and Murray added the second before half-time.

Both added to their tally before Claire Crosbie's consolation for Spartans.

Celtic and Glasgow City have their first league meeting on Sunday, the reigning champions being the hosts at the St Mirren Academy at Ralston.

Both teams go into the game with 100% records, with City three points ahead after playing one more match than their rivals.