Celtic Banter Archive April 16 2021

16 Apr 2021 20:13:35
Sevvies flipping there lid all because JK quite rightly stated that on our day we can beat them, that's all he said but the press twisted and the sevvies pounced. would love us to pump them for JK himself, oh and to shut them up 20 years of failure taking its toll.

16 Apr 2021 11:10:54
Next week things will start moving. Celtic in my opinion wouldn't want to announce a new manger without the new CEO being in place.

16 Apr 2021 14:07:35
Hope we're still in cup.

16 Apr 2021 17:01:53
Surely GT is 100%correct, if we announced a new manager under an outgoing CEO it wouldn’t make sense or even look right, we need the new CEO in place first then the other positions will be filled .

16 Apr 2021 17:38:29
That makes sense but I hope Dominic announces the D. O. F and then a Manager - in that order. HH.

16 Apr 2021 10:22:26

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16 Apr 2021 15:38:39
just listened there. it’s good show for the tradesmen ploddin away at work 👍 wots the song just as it’s starting?

{Ed007's Note - Thanks mate. It's Quadrafenians '67 In the heat of Lisbon.}

16 Apr 2021 18:46:52
Cheers pal it’s a banging version!

{Ed007's Note - 👍

16 Apr 2021 09:13:01
too many question marks over EH for me now . Tough job for the board. I see Slaven Bilic is in China now . past his sell by?

16 Apr 2021 09:26:35
Wouldn't even want him delivering a chinese.

16 Apr 2021 10:00:02
I'm worried the longer it drags-on - the bigger the anti-climax. There was a time when the Celtic manager job would have been highly sought after and I appreciate very few would have wanted to be associated with the season we lost the ten, but that's well gone, so come on Celts give the support and the players, still loyal to the club, something to get excited about and start the rebuild now.

16 Apr 2021 06:52:34
been hearing howe has been wanting Hughes in that would mean we don't get Harkin. its been rumoured we wanted Harkin as DOF if your asking me to choose howe or Harkin then I'm Harkin all day long.

can always find a good coach some were else i think Harkin will bring something great to Celtic just need to look at the players he has helped bring to our club. its not what you know its who you know and he has been part of an elite football structure for so many years now and being doing a great job there. DOF picks the head coach not the other way about.

16 Apr 2021 08:25:40
United Ireland

Agreed 100% for several reasons.

Hughes doesn’t sound like the man for me.

Neither does Eddie Howe.

Harkins does sound the man to me as you say.

Breaking the link between the DOF and coach also makes sense from the perspective that the reason for having this model is that the football side of things from youth development to recruitment carries on uninterrupted when coaches come and go.

If Hughes and Eddie Howe are buddies there is an even greater chance the former may follow the latter WHEN he moves on sooner rather than later when the mighty EPL comes calling. That’s self evident given Howe wants Hughes to follow him to Celtic. So the big red warning sign is there. We’d be walking into the problem scenario with open eyes. Madness.

Break the link and tell Eddie take it or leave in the hope for me personally that he leaves it.

16 Apr 2021 08:27:58
I totally agree UI.
In my mind the Club should be building for the long term, not a season or two and then it's a case of getting another manager in.
This should be about the whole footballing structure of the Club, from top to bottom, every age group.
It should be about creating an identity and an ethos that every player buys into and that ultimately drives success on the pitch for years to come.
Get the D. O. F in and go from there.

16 Apr 2021 10:02:08
I thought there was room for both Hughes and Harkin.
Hughes would take over from Hammond as head of football operations.
And a new position at the club of DOF would see Celtic appoint Harkin.
Everyone is a winner.
Howe would get his man that he knows and trusts in Hughes.
And the club get Harkin who will still be there if Howe and Hughes decide to leave after a couple of seasons.

16 Apr 2021 16:32:08
buzz does the DOF recruit players we would be just creating a job just so howe gets his man. how would harkin feel about not being able to recruit if he was the man we hired as dof.

{Ed007's Note - It's two different jobs, Hughes has been tipped to become Head Scout (or some other fancier title) who works alongside the DOF in identify players though he is technically under the DOF. Recruitment is only a part of the DOF's remit and as Buzz said, Hughes would replace Hammond.
Whether it Hughes or someone else Celtic need to replace Hammond.}

16 Apr 2021 17:18:19
is that how it would work then ed . what's your thoughts on harkin is he some one you are keen to come to the club. i think with his contacts he can move us forward in a big way.

{Ed007's Note - Yeah UI. Basically the head of all the departments on the footballing side report to the DOF. Typically, a Director of Football, or Sporting Director, will act as a buffer between the Board and the footballing side of the club. He, or she, would typically take responsibility for all footballing aspects of the club – which means the first team and the lower tier teams (although they will have someone who sits as a buffer between him and the ladies and youth teams as well). In all cases the scouting network will report in to the DoF/SP via a Chief Scout and that in many larger clubs is a world-wide operation. In some cases, although typically not in the UK, the Director of Football will look to instilling the same ethos for the game throughout the club’s footballing structure. Examples of this are best seen in the Netherlands with the likes of Marcel Brands when at PSV, Frank Arnesen now at Feyenoord, Martin van Geel and Marc Overmars at Ajax. Similar approaches have been taken in Spain where Txiki Begiristain did the same at Barcelona and is doing the same at Manchester City.}

16 Apr 2021 19:22:20
i see now mate i thought the DOF just sorted out players for the manager. he is basically just running all the football side of the club for the board. Dominic McKay will be running the money side and the club brand the DOF running all football side this new set up looks good McKay has a great cv with building stuff up and pulling money in and making the brand bigger. really looking forward to the summer if we get the manager appointment spot on this set up could move us forward massively.

{Ed007's Note - Spot on, and the reason I think Harkin is a better bet is that we want the DOF to be here long term even when managers come and go.}

16 Apr 2021 20:31:32
mckay and harkin seem like a good team ed looking forward to this summer.

{Ed007's Note - If it happens lol