Celtic Banter Archive April 25 2016

25 Apr 2016 16:31:35
What is your opinion on Di Matteo for the next manager? Never thought of him before but now I think he would be a good shout What do you guys think?

25 Apr 2016 18:20:42
My choice would be Alex Neil but a name to throw out there, what about the Middlesboro manager?

25 Apr 2016 18:38:48
I like the idea of someone like di mattio, I'd like the next manager to be someone that we have enticed to the club, rather than someone that's 'available'. This will probably get slated but I've always liked Tony Pulis, he probably wouldn't be interested in Celtic but I'd like us to aim high. In my eyes that's like what MO'N was when he came.

25 Apr 2016 19:01:30
In addition to tony2bhoy comments - if there hadn't been any racist comments etc would people want Malky as manager? I don't know much about his tactics/ managerial skills, but wasn't he once quite well respected?
I'm not advocating racism, however can anyone hold their hands up and say they're blameless when it comes to saying things we shouldn't.

Do matteo or malky if that was the only choice?

25 Apr 2016 19:17:04
I am with Tony2bhoy in that I think Di Matteo would bring some needed european experience and a great pedigree as a player also, he surely would command the respect of both players and the fans. I also think he would weed out the troublemakers among the squad pronto.

25 Apr 2016 19:26:50
Matteos a strange one started well with wba then sacked. . got Chelsea job as in right place right time then punted after 8 month despite being in charge of a cl win. then just under a year at shalke then resigned. imo wouldn't chance it. don't think alex neil is ready yet imo still to prove himself.

25 Apr 2016 20:27:13
How about Di Matt do with Steve Clarke as Assistant? Would know each other from Chelsea days, think Clarke is more suited to coaching than being the main man but these two together, with their experience I think would make a great pair.

25 Apr 2016 22:46:18
No matter who the board decides on, it will be a lottery whether we have the right new manager or not . After a couple of years we should have a clear idea of the quality& suitability of our appointment.

26 Apr 2016 01:43:32
We are in a bit off a mess right now. Pl stay or go? RD out. We knew it already but RD confirmed there are players that aren't on side. My main concern is the dead wood. We haven't managed to shift anyone in years and have too many with time to run down that are worthless. Even with a new manager coming in the usual is for him to be given time to look at the squad. By the time that is done and new targets drafted in the 12th hour we will have a bigger squad than we have now. We have cut our wage budget year on year. Asset wise rogic could walk, sj after his abomination of a season could go for 4,NB likewise. We really have to take a hit this year, invest and post a loss. Throwing money won't fix it overnight but I say we have to. Solid experienced players that will start and if 25+ just accept we may not make money on them a few years down the line on resale. Competition money wipes these fees out. Gate fees wipe these investments out.

26 Apr 2016 09:19:22
Be mad to let rogic go

26 Apr 2016 17:40:21
Some of the possible "dead wood " are coming to an end of their contract so we should be free of them soon . Mulgrew, Commons Forrest& Lustig are all in their last yr of contract as are some of the less than exciting strikers that are out on loan .
It is very difficult in order to entice foreign players to Celtic we have to offer more wages than they turn out to deserve and so we get it hard to move them until they are willing to go.

25 Apr 2016 09:41:54
You would think after the humiliating defeat in the cup that the players would be well up for yesterdays game, As if winning the league wasnt a big enough incentive to roll up the sleeves and put in a performance that was worthy viewing for the few crazy enough to endure this crap under DD and PL etc.

We are currently a club with no leadership, Souless and no heart. Stale from the Boardroom to the 11 on the park. A major shareholder who thinks he is the owner and uses us as his toy. He has no impact whatsoever we put in more cash ourselves. A power hungry Chief Executive who thinks he is Mr Celtic, Going into the dressing room on more than one occassion. when did he become a coach? deciding what players come and go. Is this how weak we have become we have allowed this man to have so much influence he has taken us to the brink of being a laughing stock, Actually that's what we are. Under this pair we have gone from being a Champions League club. To a club that can't even win a Europa League game, We have gone from winning trebles to barely winning doubles at a time when our nearest rivals died.

It has been a hard season staying away but i will do it again next season as long as this pair continue to ruin everything that is good about Celtic. The cutting our cloth project they put in place even before Rangers died is now coming to fruition. Empty stands, a woeful product on the park, etc etc etc.

Serious changes need to be made at Boardroom level or we are going to find ourselves in a position where 30,000+ fans are going to stay away and not return. This at a time when the new Rangers are back in the SPL and quite frankly put our team and Club to shame last weekend.

So well said The Green Brigade this is DD and PL's legacy at Celtic Park. A failed and embarrassing way to run the greatest club in the world. Do us all a favour and step aside so that the fans can get the Celtic FC they deserve. You are taking us backwards at an alarming rate.

25 Apr 2016 10:18:51
Great post.

25 Apr 2016 11:18:11
Can't disagree with any of that Stan.
The board have taken the supporters for granted for years, they seem to think that as long as the league is won fans will Tolerate all the downsizing and still turn up in their droves.
Football nowadays is expensive for a lot of fans, the club have got to realise that they have to try and put the best team possible out on the park, if fans feel they are being cheated they won't part with their hard earned cash, the club have got to stop taking people for fools.
Everything the board does is cheap, appointing a cheap manager and cheap players is never going to drive our club forward, the way we're heading it won't be long before Sevco overtake us and win the league, and it will be well before we win our longed for 10.
The sad thing in all this is that Sevco are now back in the top flight, yet it's us who have become the laughing stock, the board should hang their heads in shame.
I hope that now this experiment has proven not to work, the board finally see sense and fund things properly, it's the only chance there is of attracting the missing thousands back.

25 Apr 2016 11:27:49
Fantastic post Stan! Agree with every single thing said! I just hope DD sits up and takes notice of how the fans feel as we are the most powerful asset the club has! Interesting few weeks ahead of us.

25 Apr 2016 13:44:47
Yeah supporting Celtic when it suits. Great post Stan.

25 Apr 2016 14:06:09
Aye let's all go and back this flawed cloth cutting project and keep the Board happy. Too many people happy with Celtic being a feeder Club to England and being a nobody in European football.

Tell me this were Celtic close to extinction when we were spending to compete in the Uefa Cup or Champions League? Of course we were not.

25 Apr 2016 14:14:31
It has taken an almost disastrous season for the board to finally realise the folly of their complacency and incompetence.
RD will be remembered as the first Celtic manager to lose a match to Sevco, but there has been fault and failings right through the club for far too long with a penny pinching, bargain basement philosophy.
Now we have one hell of a mess to tackle, resolve and rectify in a very short space of time and it will take a 'real' manager to step in, assess and rebuild without hesitation or reservation.

25 Apr 2016 14:23:17
Sack The Board on the big screen at the Player of the Year awards last night, Oustanding work whoever did it.

25 Apr 2016 23:00:16
Stan 19 . At the end of the day us fans have a very important role for the club's success. We can pack the stands for all home games
The alternative is half full stands, silent and shouting abuse
The full stands with supportive supporters bring the winning atmosphere.

26 Apr 2016 08:02:02
Old Bhoy the fans have always don't their bit. I have never shouted abuse at a game in my life and i never will. Fans have been staying away for a few seasons now but it is gradually getting worse. there's only so many times people can be made a fool before they say enough is enough. I believe a huge majority of the celtic support want new people running the Club.

26 Apr 2016 17:56:29
Good man Stan 19, many of us never have and probably never will shout abuse. However too many do and especially when the team is not playing well Celtic Park can be quite quiet, until someone shouts at a player and it is heard all round the place .
Aston Villa fans fairly let their players know what they thought of them at the week end . But then again Villa really have went to the dogs this season.