{"id":294192,"date":"2025-12-02T03:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294192\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T03:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:42:11","slug":"james-mcfadden-responds-to-whether-martin-oneill-should-stay-on-until-league-cup-final-v-st-mirren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294192\/","title":{"rendered":"James McFadden responds to whether Martin O&#8217;Neill should stay on until League Cup final v St Mirren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celtic fans get to watch Martin O\u2019Neill work his magic for another game. <\/p>\n<p>Usually, fans would get frustrated if their club took over a month to officially appoint a new manager, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/martin-oneill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Neill<\/a> can\u2019t stop winning, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> fans are pretty happy.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone thought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-vs-hibernian-as-reo-hatate-stars-again-but-5-10-sub-is-no-longer-up-to-celtics-standards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic\u2019s win over Hibernian<\/a> on Sunday at Easter Road was going to be O\u2019Neill\u2019s final bow in the dugout.<\/p>\n<p>But the legendary coach shared that he is staying on until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/how-a-dream-inspired-steven-pressley-to-end-dundees-four-game-winless-streak-before-celtic-clash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic\u2019s Premiership clash against Dundee<\/a> on Wednesday night, but should he stay on longer? <\/p>\n<p>         Which player has impressed you the most since Martin O\u2019Neill took over?     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2244856840-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Celtic's head coach Martin O'Neill looks on during the UEFA Europa League football match between FC Midtjylland and Celtic.\" class=\"wp-image-334368\" \/>Photo by BO AMSTRUP\/Ritzau Scanpix\/AFP via Getty Images      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2248743128-2-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"Martin O'Neill watches on during Feyenoord vs Celtic\" class=\"wp-image-340584\" \/>Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos\/Getty ImagesJames McFadden on whether Martin O\u2019Neill should stay on until Celtic\u2019s League Cup final vs St Mirren<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports discussed O\u2019Neill\u2019s situation and the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/martin-oneill-provides-honest-verdict-on-how-the-wilfried-nancy-saga-is-making-him-feel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">matches Wilfried Nancy will have to deal with<\/a>, all whilst trying to implement his new style. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/james-mcfadden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James McFadden<\/a> was in the boat that O\u2019Neill should stay on for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/hampden-park-will-have-a-new-name-for-celtics-premier-sports-cup-final-clash-vs-st-mirren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic\u2019s League Cup final against St Mirren<\/a> at Hampden next week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, if he keeps winning, maybe,\u201d responded McFadden on whether O\u2019Neill will be at Hampden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a new manager coming in that has a totally different style, with no time to work on it. To make those changes so suddenly, when the team is winning, it\u2019s usually to change something to bring a freshness to give the players something different. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are actually on a great run. The victories. It makes sense that Martin O\u2019Neill is still in charge. The turnaround in time between games is so short that the work you have to do is minimal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt then becomes a bigger gamble. I thought it was a bigger gamble anyway (going for Nancy). Something needed to change at Celtic. I think Martin O\u2019Neill has been able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s fixtures until St Mirren cup final<\/p>\n<p>Some big games are coming up for the Hoops in the coming week that could have a huge bearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/annoyed-derek-mcinnes-reacts-as-hearts-drop-more-points-at-motherwell-with-celtic-closing-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who will be the Premiership leaders<\/a>, the chances of securing a Europa League knockout phase, and winning a trophy. <\/p>\n<p>For someone like Nancy, it would be some introduction if he wins all three matches, but equally, O\u2019Neill will deserve to take charge of all those matches because he has deserved it.<\/p>\n<p>         Do you think we will be top this time next week?     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"318\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-11-30-155501-1024x318.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the Scottish Premiership league table after this week's results\" class=\"wp-image-341632\" \/>Credit: BBC Sport      Vs Dundee (H), Premiership, Wednesday, December 3Vs Hearts (H), Premiership, Sunday, December 7Vs AS Roma (H), Europa League, Thursday, December 11Vs St Mirren (N), League Cup Final, Sunday, December 14  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Celtic content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic fans get to watch Martin O\u2019Neill work his magic for another game. 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