As well as letting Dom McKay do deals. Seemingly CCV was the straw that broke the camels back? Laughable
This is bonkers stuff, at least for his faults Welsh is better than Murray and could slot in for an emergency. We effectively now have two Dane Murrayās who have barely played senior football, defies all logic
I donāt think Welsh is better than Murray. Iām surprised at the tolerance of Welsh this season based on him playing well for Motherwell. Heās not close to being good enough for Celtic.
Murray needs to improve but Iād rather a risky Murray than the proven level of Welsh.
I donāt think the CCV deal being an issue is real. That just took ages because frankly he wanted to go elsewhere.
Ange seemed to be fairly clear that McKay was inept and needed replacing. I imagine heād have the same view of his successor and the other structures in place.
Itās an entire rebuild we need. Canāt do that in 3 weeks and thatās what MOāN had. It wasnāt a great window but it was never going to be.
We have needed entire rebuilds before and this is part of the problem. After OāNeil, Strachan had to rebuild. After Deila, the rat had to rebuild and after Lennon, Ange had to rebuild.
The main issue is not investing at the right time to rejuvenate the squad and being useless at getting deals done.
Hopefully the team can limp past Hearts and win the leagueā¦maybe even dream about the Europa final.
A good four months to the end of the season would be putting in place an ambitious Manager, buying players he wants.
Nicholson and McKay leaving for a start.
Replacing Mark Hargreaves.
Appointing a fans representative to the board, this could be JP, heās liked and respected by the fans, obviously knows the club inside and out, and heās Celtic through and through.
Put plans in place to replace the main stand, increase season tickets while having more tickets for public sale.
Murray had a cracking defensive header the last day.
Thatās a savage recruitment drive. MOāN hands have been tied with the lack of recruitment. They were unfortunate to get Stuttgart instead of Robbie Keaneās Hungarian plodders. Is the Ox an option still? Heād be a grand free signing.
@Bisto chased starfelt out of the club
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MON spoke openly about interest in the Ox at todayās presser. But it was general admiring words & no suggestion anything was likely, never mind imminent.
Well desperate times and all that. Its much of a muchness but Welsh has at least played a fair amount of games more than Murray, and the Brentford fella is a piss take
Yeah look I generally agree. I just donāt see any merit in Welsh. His passing is atrocious. His strength in the air is worse. And heās very slow.
Murray looks slow and his passing looks poor. But he can head a ball occasionally and so far thatās a step up for a team that really lacks physicality. Especially with Araujo back there - I think MON wants bigger players because weāve been weak on set pieces all season.
Cvancara - 6 foot 3
Junior Adamu - 6 foot
Benjamin Arthur - 6 foot 4
Give raheem sterling a buzzā¦ shop window for himā¦
The usually reliable Stephen McGowan of The Glasgow Herald (cc Footix thread) reporting tonight that Oxlade-Chamberlain to Celtic āis moving closerā¦after fresh discussions between the two sides.ā
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Am I right in thinking that he needs to be registered by today to be eligible for the Europa League and that Celtic can only register three new players for it? The usually reliable ChatGPT is providing me with mixed advice.
Correct on both counts.
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Would you keep MON next season irrespective?
He surely is worth a seat on the board.
I donāt think he wants to stay on as manager.
Iām not sure heād want any sort of full time role. He seems settled in London.
But I do think he has an ambition for Celtic that is sadly lacking in many others. One could argue Rodgers had similar drive and was frustrated by it. But he always appeared more self serving and couldnāt get buy in with the fans or the board as easily. Certainly second time around.
Weāll see how these loan signings turn out but he could certainly be involved in a less day to day job in recruitment and longer term strategy.
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Would you keep him on if he wanted to stay though?
Iām not sure. He gets the club and what it means, the nuance and the hardship of the SPL, but Iām not sure would we be better with someone younger.
I think heād be good at assessing signings alright, and would be a football voice on a business board.
The whole Celtic transfer strategy would remind you of trudging around the rails in TK Maxx hoping to find a decent jacket amongst all the XXXLs that have been discarded from outlet stores in the States
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