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…
Possibly doing part of your job properly after five years of trying having banked around £4 million in wages is not to be celebrated.
You don’t need to be a cynic to think that Baur and Hassan were only signed with the virtual guarantee of the Engels fee arriving. It’s the Celtic/Nicholson Way.
The tragedy is that McKay, Postecoglou and Trimboli only worked together for 72 days. In that time they provided the spine of five successive SPFL title. A lack of foresight, ambition and ability ensured no progress in Europe during the time since.
Our job is to try and keep them, try and do our best to keep them. If that’s not possible, naturally we’ll have to try and get replacements in. To replace those players would be a difficult task.
The Recruitment team worked under Paul Tisdale for 15 months. Head of Football Operations is one of many unfilled senior posts at Celtic. It shows.
We may never know if O’Neill was making his feelings know to the board but it shouldn’t take that, along with fan apathy and the impending loss of our talismanic striker from last season to green light an ambitious signing.
A Columbian in Azerbaijan and a Dane playing in the Arctic Circle are happy to come to Glasgow. They might not know the nitty gritty but there are worst places to play football.
Celtic’s media team hasn’t been deflected from selling merch and tickets to welcome a new signing with a social media clip.
It is going to be a big summer. Everyone, I hope and expect, has learned lessons from some things which influenced this season. Therefore, everyone is up for that challenge and the work is going on.
