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Ronny’s Celtic lose with a whimper
Kris Commons’ reaction to being withdrawn with Celtic trailing 3-1 embodied the crisis facing Ronny Deila. The outburst, caught in full view of BT cameras summed up what every Celtic fan was feeling at...
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Ronny Deila – gonna have to be a different man
An online petition setup to oust Ronny Deila, has irked those at Celtic and tickled the Scottish media. While 142 signatures is the tiniest fraction of fans, the furore around its existence is...
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Ronny Deila The great Hungarian coach Bela Guttmann once compared football management to being a lion-tamer: as soon as you show fear you are lost. It’s difficult not to recall Kris Commons’ unedifying...
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Brendan Rodgers: Hold your head up high
David Moyes was favourite, and some bookies stopped taking bets on Roy Keane, but replacing the disappointing Ronny Deila is Brendan Rodgers. An extraordinary signing, not just from a financial point...
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Striking the right note
A recurring theme on this blog is that signing strikers is a perilous endeavour, impossible even, for various reasons. Whether it’s simply supply and demand (strikers of course being the most in-demand...
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Moussa Dembele – long-awaited target-man?
Celtic sign Moussa Dembele for a nominal development fee, a major coup for Brendan Rodgers in a historically difficult position. The French U20 striker almost moved to a top-4 English side in the...
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Tactical preview ahead of Lincoln Red Imps
With Brendan Rodgers widely being hailed as Scottish football’s most ambitious managerial appointment since Martin O’Neill, pre-season has given us an opportunity to see how his plans are coming...
View ArticleEnd of the road for indignant Strachan
After scraping a draw with Lithuania on Saturday, tonight was meant to be an opportunity not just to make amends, but to justify Gordon Strachan’s obstinacy. Not just tactically, sticking steadfastly...
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Scotland and Griffiths – the height of the issue
Celtic may be flying high in the Scottish Premiership, but Leigh Griffiths has had to make do with fleeting substitute appearances for both club and country. While the irrepressible Moussa Dembele...
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Scout report – Eboue Kouassi, a potential powerhouse
Regular followers of this infrequently updated blog will know the script with Celtic signings of late. With latest signing Kouassi Eboue, all the boxes are ticked: young (only 19), plucked from an...
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