Former Liverpool player Stan Collymore has shared his thoughts on the unraveling situation at Celtic. The Scottish Champions were beaten this evening by Dundee United at Tannadice to confine Wilfried Nancy to four consecutive defeats since taking over as manager. <\/p>\n
Nancy in the first manager since 1978 to oversee four defeats and the manner of these displays have been alarming for supporters, especially given Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s fine interim spell, winning all the domestic games that he took charge of. <\/p>\n
In a Twitter post on Wednesday evening, Collymore addressed the issues in the dugout and at executive level, suggesting that positive change is the only thing to get Celtic back to their best. <\/p>\n
Celtic.<\/p>\n
Have watched with a lot of interest the ongoing drama at Paradise.<\/p>\n
Firstly, I played for MON and he ( Robbo, Seamus, Waller) reignited my love of football at Leicester, but I\u2019ll not be biased in my opinions on him out of loyalty.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a classic case of \u201d this is all too fucking easy \u201d which happens at all dominant clubs because there literally is no or almost no tension to work against.<\/p>\n
For the amount of money taken in due to success ( and main historical rivals downfall due to HMRC issues) there should have been even more diligence done to find recruitment and staff who were known to be ruthless. Instead an air of \u201d Ange worked, wild card, so Wilf will too \u201d alongside almost criminally negligent recruitment meant that instead of building another 5 year dynasty, a team that even tonight could have been 5 to the good at half time are now a shadow of themselves.<\/p>\n
Solution? Wilf has to go. I say that with a genuine sadness and wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he pops us in 5 years successful elsewhere. But Celtic Football Club is about winning then winning with style then a swagger on top. 4 games losing is accepted at almost every club bar a handful and Celtic is one.<\/p>\n
So Wilf goes. MON? As a comforting rescue remedy until the end of the season, yes, but not beyond that. Why? Because the club need to find someone for 3-5 years who\u2019s going to reassert a winning DNA so any temporary manager is only delaying that absolutely necessary appointment, freshness and internal grabbing the club by the nuts. Martin can start a fire but he\u2019s not going to keep it going until he\u2019s 76-77.<\/p>\n
All great Empires end. Usually down to laziness, decadence, not being accountable and losing the ruthlessness that got that success. The Celtic board are guilty as charged just like Liverpool\u2019s early 90\u2019s, Man United\u2019s last decade.<\/p>\n
But\u2026.<\/p>\n
Clubs of that size can turn around and dominate again very quickly.<\/p>\n
Lawwell is a sacrificial lamb aimed to quell dissent, when the reality is there are probably half a dozen in the building from admin to sporting department who need to move on for younger, hungrier and proven ruthless winners.<\/p>\n
Martin is capable enough, respected enough ( across all Scottish media) to navigate through choppy waters. But someone higher up has to do the same and set the tone by not rewarding average.<\/p>\n
Move players in who aren\u2019t good enough today, regardless of status and build again with the next 5 years in mind.<\/p>\n
Or muddle through, take zero responsibility on and off the pitch and allow a glimmer of light and hope to other clubs, especially clubs who\u2019ll be emboldened by the perceived circus that has overtaken their own.<\/p>\n
Wilf gone tonight.
MON steady the ship.
A genuine appointment that raises eyebrows and expectations.
Board level changes, thank yous and goodbyes.
Beloved but no longer good enough players moved on with thanks.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what great, big, dominant and ruthless clubs do.<\/p>\n
Peter Lawwell\u2019s departure as Chairman has beeb attributed to abuse, which is unacceptable. However, supporters are demanding transparency from the club and clear direction that the club are modernising and improving with a view to competing in Europe. <\/p>\n
There had been a suggestion from interim Chairman Brian Wilson that the club would be reshuffling the Celtic Boardroom to modernise. The issue is that this has not been communicated by the club. Instead, in the void left by the poor club comms, rumours and confusion have grown into frustration and anger at those in charge.<\/p>\n
Brendan Rodgers and the club hierarchy fell out over their perceived lack of ambition in the transfer market, which resulted in subpar players being brought to the club. This disagreement manifested itself into a UEFA Champions League exit to Kairat Almaty and ultimately, Rodgers\u2019 departure. The stingy statement from Dermot Desmond, which has been ignored by the Irishman. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Liverpool player Stan Collymore has shared his thoughts on the unraveling situation at Celtic. The Scottish Champions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-322139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}