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I& #39;ve resisted posting anything about the weekend. Can& #39;t imagine anyone& #39;s in the mood but wanted to get this off my chest...
Gerrard has put together a good side. Third season into a clear & consistent vision, motivated players with shrewd, collected signings.
Despite what SG wants you to believe, they& #39;ve spent big, well over the rest of the SPL making them so dangerous all things considered.
Despite what SG wants you to believe, they& #39;ve spent big, well over the rest of the SPL making them so dangerous all things considered.
Celtic are 9 years steeped in hubris.
In a vacuum, the formula is simple. Rely on better (vastly more £££) players to bludgeon the league. If all else fails buy again.
It& #39;s sad because it works (in a vacuum).
Rangers getting things right & external factors have changed this.
In a vacuum, the formula is simple. Rely on better (vastly more £££) players to bludgeon the league. If all else fails buy again.
It& #39;s sad because it works (in a vacuum).
Rangers getting things right & external factors have changed this.
I said years ago that how we deal with Brown& #39;s phasing out will define the ten, and it& #39;s looking badly wrong (but not over yet of course)
Did OK on Saturday sure, but the theme this season is shoe-horning an unnecessary, waning defender into the heart of an attacking team.
Did OK on Saturday sure, but the theme this season is shoe-horning an unnecessary, waning defender into the heart of an attacking team.
Were the rest of the strategy exceptional you& #39;d get away with it no doubt. But it just doesn& #39;t work with the 3-5-2 and there& #39;s obvious lack of motivation in every other key area. (3 CBs + 1 SB is painful.)
Anyway, it& #39;s wildly wrong on the pitch - the results attest to that.
What I& #39;m most angry about is the more systemic hubris / lack of ambition.
NL was a predictable appointment but made sense in many ways. A steady hand to steer megabucks players...
What I& #39;m most angry about is the more systemic hubris / lack of ambition.
NL was a predictable appointment but made sense in many ways. A steady hand to steer megabucks players...
Rodgers (
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐭" title="Mäusegesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mäusegesicht">) on the contrary, was the kind of ambitious appointment to modernise the whole shebang. From recruitment to player dev, to formulating a modern, cohesive style.
That proved to be an expensive dead-duck, the unrelenting EPL $$$ killed any long-term plan dead.
That proved to be an expensive dead-duck, the unrelenting EPL $$$ killed any long-term plan dead.
Full disclosure: I like Lennon and think he can be a bit underrated. He& #39;s made some very good, attacking Celtic teams.
But this evidently broken 3 CBs + SB shows no evidence of long-term planning or attacking ingenuity. It& #39;s a throw them on and hope for the best.
But this evidently broken 3 CBs + SB shows no evidence of long-term planning or attacking ingenuity. It& #39;s a throw them on and hope for the best.
That was the kind of thinking behind McGregor at LB or Ntcham wide - "more technicians on the pitch". There& #39;s nothing nuanced about that.
Nor is there anything nuanced about this season& #39;s signings. Have we really had to buy/loan 6 starting players in 1 window!?
Nor is there anything nuanced about this season& #39;s signings. Have we really had to buy/loan 6 starting players in 1 window!?
This is of course only Lennon& #39;s 2nd full season, but who of the 15 odd signings in his first season could be deemed successful? [Jullien and Frimpong imho]
All in, it has been short-termism, scattergun, expensive.
All in, it has been short-termism, scattergun, expensive.
This focus on NL is getting away what I originally planned to write - the buck should stop with Lawwell. He is responsible for the future planning sans-manager, including recruitment.
I& #39;ve praised him in the past as there& #39;s obviously been a concerted attempt to buy smart....
I& #39;ve praised him in the past as there& #39;s obviously been a concerted attempt to buy smart....
"Some" evidence now (say, Klimala et al), but including the appointment of Lennon and lack of aforementioned proper attacking ethos and strategy....
What& #39;s left is an astonishing lack of ambition.
What& #39;s left is an astonishing lack of ambition.
