Critically the ground was laid for signing Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate before McKay mysteriously left on September 10. He delivered the Gold Standard in transfer windows. Highlighted by every transfer window conducted by Nicholson.
Being appointed as Non-Executive Directors by the current board isn’t the best of starts.
Will he want to sit down and plan his strategy with a CEO who had to leave the room to get permission to spend another £100,000 to recruit Luke McCowan?
With less than four days to go there are still plenty of tickets available for Celtic's League Cup tie at Ibrox.Of course there will be no Celtic fans in attendance after the latest childish stunt pulled off to keep Ibrox social media sweet.Unfortunately for Andrew Cavenagh the battle cries haven't…
Some pressure from O’Neill today rather than some laid back banter with his admiring media chums would have helped push the spotlight onto Robertson.
For the first goal Robertson has the dodgy VAR inconclusive lines to fall on. Plus his own decision on when the ball left Yang’s foot as he shot for goal. The image isn’t automated, the SFA don’t use technology to decide when the ball is played. They rely on judgement…
They basically bake in their own failure as part of their business model to make sure they make a profit to put money aside for a rainy day.
And with that O’Neill knew that he was in a corner. He didn’t have a gag or a wacky aside to excuse serial failure. He faced a relevant follow up question. A rarity.
And with that failure comes the consolation of playing in the Europa League group stages – an achievement Nicholson will no doubt highlight in the future when accusations of lacking ambition are levelled at him again.
Martin O'Neill had his company hat on as he faced the media following Celtic's Champions League exit.There were no gags or funny quips about his age as the veteran manager took responsibility for another humiliating exit from UEFA's premier competition.And no-one in the Scottish media was going to ask the…