Celtic’s path to the group stage is fairly straightforward, all will become clear on August 4 with one round to be negotiated with five potential opponents.
Having him back inside the club with his coaching and management experiences is clearly worthwhile but it can’t be denied that the role he is taking up isn’t the best match for his skills.
That’s a penalty, it’s a penalty kick. His arms are up, in an unnatural position, it’s a stonewall penalty and once again Celtic denied by a decision by the referee, the referee has bottled that.
In those days I really did not want to give an inch, I knew how it worked. I wasn’t letting anyone get the upper hand on us.
Among the many problems facing the SFA the issues with VAR is near the top, effecting 11 SPFL Premiership clubs most weekends. Maxwell thinks it is working well but he led in the worldwide recruitment that led to Collum being appointed as Head of Refereeing at the SFA.
It isn’t an exact science but between the bank account, a new share issue and some limited borrowing a new structure could be built in one year without impacting on the team.
Boyd’s team managed to drop points in 16 SPFL matches, they never won in four visits to St Mirren and Hibs, under two different managers they went seven matches at Ibrox without a victory. The did from Southampton isn’t going to resolve that in less than three months.
At various times this season Celtic fans have cried foul over the dodgy thick and squiggly lines used to disallow goals through VAR.
I expect there’ll be some other big decisions on Brendan Rodgers’ mind for the rest of the squad. Kasper Schmeichel will have a decision on whether he wants to keep going or call it a day.
Change will just naturally take place. If every player was here in the squad and every player was staying, I would say, I look at it, I’d probably need three players to add to what we have, of quality.