DarkBlueKnight Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Call me bitter but whoever the new guy is , is it churlish to ask him to punch bain’s pus as his first act in the job? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted 26 February 2019 Author Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 4 minutes ago, HK Blues said: It's a fair point you raise Cobra. I'm looking at it from the point of view of making it to the group stages and becoming a regular fixture at that level. As for winning it - as you say, even a club like City haven't had a sniff at that as yet. It's as much about the mentality as the ability at that stage and perhaps "new money" clubs like City still have a way to get to that level. Not sure the group stages is a realistic target these days HK. AEK Athens were too good for Celtic in the qualifiers and AEK failed to pick up a single point in their group. The gap between the superclubs and the rest keeps growing. Mind you, Ajax are doing alright on a limited budget. Helps when you can create your own £75m players though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondeh Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Soccer Guy @usasoccerguy 1m1 minute ago More After being the winningest franchise in EPL Scotland a whole bunch of times, Coach Brenton Rodgers quits the Glasgow Celtics to go coach soccer to the Liechester City Night Dogs in the English EPL League. #Ghuys 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Blues Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 25 minutes ago, Cobra said: Not sure the group stages is a realistic target these days HK. AEK Athens were too good for Celtic in the qualifiers and AEK failed to pick up a single point in their group. The gap between the superclubs and the rest keeps growing. Mind you, Ajax are doing alright on a limited budget. Helps when you can create your own £75m players though. I think it's a realistic target, Cobra - but a step too far from where they are at the moment if that makes sense. I guess that brings us back to the original point I was making - with the lack of ambition they seem to be showing they will not kick on to reach even that level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edin_Dee Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Will be interesting to see how Rodgers does at Leicester. It will be a shock to his system playing teams with comparable budgets every week. Rodgers did won the games he should win at Celtic (the games he had 10/20 times the budget of the opponent) but when he came up against teams with similar budgets he generally struggled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodStein Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 The suggestions re Lennon in the media are as temporary manager to see out the season, I'd be very surprised if their board would bring him back long-term. Stevie Clarke is their tip for the next manager....he'd maybe continue their dominance through to their 'holy grail' of 10-in-a-row (2 more after this season?), but perhaps unlikely to improve their European position. Mind you, it's hard to see who they could hire to do that, as the 'step up' they'd require is probably spending more to acquire a higher percentage of better quality players....really hard to see that happening, I think. Their fans will be praying he stays....he was perhaps the highest-profile manager they could have signed at the time, and being a lifelong fan, with all his family as fans too, it seemed logical that he'd be really keen to stay long enough to deliver 'the 10'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 10 minutes ago, Edin_Dee said: but when he came up against teams with similar budgets he generally struggled. That's the rest of Scottish footballs fault for not testing the OF enough. Apparently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeighorstsWang Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 The Celtic v Hibs games should be crackers the rest of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted 26 February 2019 Author Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Lennon appointment is imminent. What a start he's got in job. Next five games are against the other five giants of Scottish football... Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted 26 February 2019 Author Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 I assumed Celtic fans would be grateful that a high-profile manager would come to Celtic and help them win back-to-back Trebles but apparently not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 1 hour ago, Cobra said: I assumed Celtic fans would be grateful that a high-profile manager would come to Celtic and help them win back-to-back Trebles but apparently not. I wonder if that's one of the Newton Mearns Capaldi's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted 27 February 2019 Author Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 Rodgers says he will give his life for Leicester. I thought he was a Celtic supporter. What a gobshite that guy is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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