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Gordon Strachan has left Celtic

revol68 said:
He's there to manage a football team and win shit, he's not there to suck the dick off fans or whatever. Realistically what else could he have done with Celtic? Win something in Europe? Not going to happen? You can question this or that purchase or his previous record in England but can anyone seriously suggest he could have done more with Celtic?

Scottish football is shite, economies of scale will ensure that it becomes worse, Strachan can't do anything about that or win anything more than he has.
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No dispute with the reference the the decline of AScottish football. Helped by a penny pinching Celtic board seeking to just pay a few quid more than a Rangers PLC in debt up to the eyeballs.

Well Artmedia Bratislavia, paying money for several Donkeys who embarrass donkeys, the CL this season say different, when decent opposition is faced he more often than not failed. An attitude towards any fan who disagree, dripping with idiocy and prejudice. Losing two 7pt leads this season, thinking he could spend next to nothing in Europe last season and get past the group stages, claiming in the media the current squad was good enough to do well in Europe, failing to make any serious buys this season.
Strachan simply got lucky, a woeful Rangers allowed him to win 3 leagues. The worst Rangers team i've seen in 30 yerars beat Celtic this season. Strachan was more than happy to take the applause, he should accept the criticism too.
His previous record in England made it pretty clear he was/is a pretty average-at best-manager.
 
Fedayn said:
Well, one Celtic fan speaks for them all.:rolleyes:

Never liked Strachan, he was a poor manager down south. Did little but lose an FA Cup final. His pathetic childish behaviour taken straight out of the stroppy world of Harry Enfields Kevin didn't help. His mard arse behaviour at pressers, his attotude about his critics all being Buckfast swilling, devil dog owning, tracksuite wearing neds was a real gem. He presided of a Celtic club at a time when their biggest rivals were the worst they'd been in 30 years, hardly bragging rights.
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i'm not sure about that,Rangers did get to the Uefa cup final last year,and Strachan did a great job to pull the league back after they'd been so far behind. i've always found his approach to the press pretty entertaining - i'd rather see someone taking the piss and being sarcastic in an interview than listen to them just moaning, or giving standard evasive answers, or even refusing to speak to the press at all like Ferguson and Allardyce.
 
rosa said:
i'm not sure about that,Rangers did get to the Uefa cup final last year,
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And? They played ion a much devalued-as with each successive years UEFA cup-trophy. Rangers haven't been a decent team since Advocaat left.
Strachan was lucky that Ranegrs were as poor as they have been. A few more players and they would have been much closer. And let's rememebr, the Ranegrs team of last year with Cuellar, Cousion and D'Archeville was much betetr than this seasons team. Both sides have got worse the past few years, Strachan luckily had a slightly less worse squad.
 
Fedayn said:
And? They played ion a much devalued-as with each successive years UEFA cup-trophy. Rangers haven't been a decent team since Advocaat left.
Strachan was lucky that Ranegrs were as poor as they have been. A few more players and they would have been much closer. And let's rememebr, the Ranegrs team of last year with Cuellar, Cousion and D'Archeville was much betetr than this seasons team. Both sides have got worse the past few years, Strachan luckily had a slightly less worse squad.
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yes but thats symptomatic of the general decline in scottish football. Facts are Strachan did enough to win the title 3 years in a row and yet apparently that isn't enough for some Celtic fans.
 
revol68 said:
I worked with an ubber chuckie Celtic fan and he hated Strachan, I never understood it at all, he did as well as he was ever going to do with them. Seemed to me that Strachan was being made a scapegoat for the general decline in Scottish football (less big name players, poorer quality of football etc), increased ticket pricing and the attempts at diluting republicanism at Celtic. None of these things can Strachan be held responsible for and as for the republicanism, well to fuck with it, stop fucking the dead.
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strachan's a quality manager, anyone with half a brain can see that.
 
Ich bin ein Mod said:
Nope, just for having us play shite football and meekly surrendering (pun fully intended) the title to you lot. For buying shite consistently and not giving genuine talent a chance. For treating the support with contempt. But mostly the shite football.
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Won more than o`neill yet still hated. They are now looking at roy aitken.:rolleyes:
 
To be fair to Strachan, there is that aspect, and til about the turn of the year I was on his side. I dislike this rosy picture we seem to have of O'Neill, we played some shite football then too and really Sunday should have been us fighting for 9 in a row. However he'd gone as far as he could with us and as a whole the support grew disillusioned with him. Some of the names being bandied about are frightening though, McGhee ffs!
 
anchorage said:
Not my strongest point remembering defeats. i meant he won more in less time.
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Quite how you think winning trophies = defeats is beyond me, but you do live in a strange parrallel world.

Now back to your new claim.

4 years...

O'Neill - 3 Leagues, 2 Scottish Cups and 1 Scottish League Cup
Strachan - 3 Leagues, 1 Scottish Cup and One League Cup.

Facts aren't your strong point are they?
 
2 League Cups. '06 and '09.

3 Leagues, Scottish Cup, last 16 of the Champions League twice.

No money to spend.

Celtic fans on the phone-ins slating him all the time. Uncool.
 
Ich bin ein Mod said:
Some of the names being bandied about are frightening though, McGhee ffs!
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Why would any manager of the top (or even next to top) level want to go to a club that has just effectively sacked someone who won the league three seasons out of four, who massively improved the clubs finances and who provided a measure of Champions League success (apart from right at the start)? Its not as if you are Real Madrid.

Ich bin ein Mod said:
Nope, just for having us play shite football and meekly surrendering (pun fully intended) the title to you lot. For buying shite consistently and not giving genuine talent a chance. For treating the support with contempt. But mostly the shite football.
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Supporters who dont recognize what he achieved deserve to be treated with contempt, tbh - especially in a league that is as fucked up as Scotlands is.

You lot are worse than Geordies.
 
Celtic fans are slef righteous cunts, it's no conincidence both them and Liverpool sing the Fields of Athenry, self pitying victimhood loving wankers.
 
agricola said:
Why would any manager of the top (or even next to top) level want to go to a club that has just effectively sacked someone who won the league three seasons out of four
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I haven't seen any indication at all that he was forced out and I read a lot of stuff about Celtic. Although going on this thread, it doesn't seem like not knowing anything about Celtic or the SPL is stopping anyone from slinging stupid insults around.

Anyway...

I was one of the many Celtic fans who was behind Strachan all the way to the end. His first two years saw some great games and excellent achievements. It's been fairly obvious to everyone though that the past two seasons we have not been playing as well as we should. We were a little lucky to nick the last championship last season and we have had a wretched time since 2009 started.

I'm broadly happy about Strachan's resignation just because I don't think he had anything left in his locker to arrest the slide. You got a sense from his interviews that his heart was still in the EPL and I wonder if maybe he just couldn't muster the enthusiasm for the SPL slog any more.

I'm concerned about who we are going to bring in and I sincerely hope that he gave the board more notice than he gave the fans. I never thought I would say this, but I think Craig Levein would be a good choice as our future is going to be operating on reduced budgets, bringing on youngsters and trying to get the best out of what we have. That seems to be Levein's specialty and I don't think he would stand for the mediocre performances that the team has been turning in recently.

Mowbray would probably be adequate but not necessarily any better than Strachan. I can't see any reason why Moyes would come to us except out of charity. I can't say I think much of the other names being touted so I would be happy with a surprise experienced coach from the continent. I really hope the board don't listen to the nonsense in the media about the 'celtic minded' aspect and think it's a requirement.

I'm also hopeful that whoever comes in might be able to get more out of McGeady and will spend more time addressing our defensive problems that Strachan has been ignoring since he got here.
 
From the SPL managers, Levein would be my top choice.

And anchorage, try reading my posts. I've pointed out how I've backed Strachan in the past and that I do consider him to have a better record than O'Neill. However, he'd gone as far as he could with us and its clearly time for someone new.
 
I really don't know anything about Owen Coyle as a manager except that he got Burnley promoted. My gut says that he's probably too inexperienced for the job.

I think the Billic thing is made up. Rudi Vata appears to be the source of the story.
 
I just seen this. Either I'm receiving messages from the future or somebody has been having some fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Coyle

I can't be arsed fixing it.

(in case it's gone it reads:

Owen Coyle (born 14 July 1966 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish-born football striker who was capped once for the Republic of Ireland due to his Irish ancestry. He has since moved into football management, and is currently the manager of Celtic F.C.

Celtic

Coyle joined Celtic on the 28 may 2009 on a 5 year contract leaving Burnley F.C. after promoting them 3 days earlier. He admitted it wasn't a easy decision but when it came to living back in Scotland and managing the biggest club in Scotland the decision was made easier.)
 
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