I think the recruitment is very, very important, to try and get some more players in if we can do. And I think the Champions League game is nearly within a couple of matches of the season starting.
O’Neill Version 1 from 2000 to 2005 would have been kicking up all sorts over watching a squad being taken apart with no sign of replacements coming in.
It’s going to be a very active next few weeks, and we must come out of it with a stronger squad.
Typically O’Neill has decided to protect his CEO, blaming himself for the delay in appointing his trusted assistants. Not every fan will accept his explanation.
That teaser ought to have opened the door for the post match media access. It proved to be as underwhelming as the January transfer window.
No big deal you might think but when they run their holidays back-to-back at a club as dysfunctional as Celtic it becomes a big issue.
If he chooses to crack jokes about his age while praising the brilliance of ‘the owner’ he’ll discover that he isn’t immune from the anger of the Celtic support.
This huge volume of trading represents under 1% of Celtic shares for an outlay over £2.2 million over 4th/5th June.
A four paragraph effort announced Maloney, Fotheringham and Stephen McManus as the backroom team. No mention of roles. No mention of Gavin Strachan’s successor.
Do Celtic expect O’Neill to talk up a youthful left-back as a Champions League prospect. To give Ross Doohan 90 minutes. Mention how Shin Yamada and Hayato Inamura have looked sharp in pre-season training?