25 Jan 2021 10:27:41
Reading the DR cause papers always tell the true. But they have run a story on BR and the fact he couldn't get his way in the transfer market even after what he did in his first 2 seasons.

Apparently he wanted to new fullbacks Castagne as a replacement for Lustig and James Justin at left back to replace KT when he was sold.

Guess what 2 players were playing fullbacks when Leicester best Chelsea the other night.

As reported.

We could look at this season on isolation, C.V. and others. But the seeds where being sown years before this with the boards reluctance to bring in quality replacements.

As a result we have ended up with Lennon and a 3rd rate backroom team that's not fit for purpose.

Years and years of mismanagement.

Celtic let's not make the same mistakes or we could be in for years of dominance by the other lot 🤷🤷.

{Ed007's Note - Brendan Rodgers wasn't Celtic manager when KT left.}

1.) 25 Jan 2021
25 Jan 2021 10:33:39
Hi Ed i know that but apparently he was looking for his replacement as the inevitable sale would happen.

{Ed007's Note - It was Rodgers scurrying out the back door that started the chain of events leading to KT leaving. If Rodgers had stayed (or the board had appointed a higher calibre of manager as his replacement) he would have stayed for the 9IAR and possibly a crack at 10. It was when Lennon was appointed permanently KT decided that he needed to move on to keep his own career & development moving forward.}

2.) 25 Jan 2021
25 Jan 2021 10:58:50
And what a decision that was by KT given how the players now are totally void of any confidence hence the sports psychologist being brought in.

{Ed007's Note - If Lennon hadn't left the first time it's likely KT would have moved on as Lennon preferred Izaguirre while KT was more than capable and was at the stage where he needed to be playing first team football.
Did KT maybe realise that the level of training & coaching - even the general standards - was going to nosedive from what he was used to under RD and Rodgers?}

3.) 25 Jan 2021
25 Jan 2021 11:45:27
The point I'm trying to make is, this season has been in the making since BR didn't get his ambitions met. We can argue his scurrying out the back door triggered the chain of events. But the board looking at spreedsheets and patting each other on the back for profits being made lost site of actually staying in front of the competition and didn't see that lot coming.

{Ed007's Note - All I said was that Rodgers left before KT so I don't see how he had a replacement for him in mind when KT had no intentions of leaving for a while yet until Rodgers himself left.}

4.) 25 Jan 2021
25 Jan 2021 11:51:18
And like the replacements for Virgil dembelle lustig forster our lbs are second rate.

5.) 25 Jan 2021
25 Jan 2021 13:47:47
I remember us being linked with Justin and Castagne. It's a difficult one as the wage bill was already around 60m and certainly castagne would have cost a fortune in wages along with the 10m fee. When we only take in a couple of million for tv and league finish it makes it difficult. The argument is it would give us a better shot at CL qualification and so it would pay for itself. Going forward we certainly need to give ourselves a better chance of qualifying. Players out of position and no strikers is never going to cut it.

6.) 25 Jan 2021
25 Jan 2021 14:17:54
Castagne said he wasnt coming to Scotland when he was approached and it killed any move stone dead but rodgers wouldn't let it go.
This rewriting of history needs to stop.