by Valentino's fast feet » Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:55 pm
Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑Sun Oct 14, 2018 6:20 pm
CIH wrote: ↑Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:51 pm
This. He's certainly smug and more than a little Brent-ish. But a good coach with a decent record. He'd be among the top of my short list.
With rangers being out of the picture for pretty much the entirity of his time in Scotland it's really hard to attribute much of Celtics 'success' to the coaching. I'm sure any one out of Moyes, Pardew, Pulis etc could win the SPL year after year with Celtic. He did get Swansea playing good football (although sometimes they were just masters of the sideways passing and ineffective possession under him) and got Liverpool to finish second (albeit with a massive Suarez effect).
We could hypothetically do worse, but he wouldn't be amongst my top 4 or 5 choices. Though he'd probably be preferable to whoever we're likely to end up with if Ashley is choosing.
I think he does tick a lot of Ashley's boxes, although it's clear that his next choice is going to be bringing big Sam back. As for Rodgers' time at Celtic, I've not paid much attention to that really, and my opinion is more based on Swansea/Liverpool. He's not a fantastic manager, but we are hardly in the position to attract top class managers under the current ownership. Rafa is an anomaly for more than a few reasons. Rodgers would be in some ways the best of a bad bunch. I can't see Ashley appointing some up and coming forward thinking european etc etc manager. Dyche or Howe would be good as well, but as has been mentioned, neither have any good reason to leave their respective clubs.
I don't see it likely that Rafa will get the sack anyway. Pretty bland article from a crap paper with no real insight or knowledge of anything.
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This. He's certainly smug and more than a little Brent-ish. But a good coach with a decent record. He'd be among the top of my short list.
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With rangers being out of the picture for pretty much the entirity of his time in Scotland it's really hard to attribute much of Celtics 'success' to the coaching. I'm sure any one out of Moyes, Pardew, Pulis etc could win the SPL year after year with Celtic. He did get Swansea playing good football (although sometimes they were just masters of the sideways passing and ineffective possession under him) and got Liverpool to finish second (albeit with a massive Suarez effect).
We could hypothetically do worse, but he wouldn't be amongst my top 4 or 5 choices. Though he'd probably be preferable to whoever we're likely to end up with if Ashley is choosing.
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I think he does tick a lot of Ashley's boxes, although it's clear that his next choice is going to be bringing big Sam back. As for Rodgers' time at Celtic, I've not paid much attention to that really, and my opinion is more based on Swansea/Liverpool. He's not a fantastic manager, but we are hardly in the position to attract top class managers under the current ownership. Rafa is an anomaly for more than a few reasons. Rodgers would be in some ways the best of a bad bunch. I can't see Ashley appointing some up and coming forward thinking european etc etc manager. Dyche or Howe would be good as well, but as has been mentioned, neither have any good reason to leave their respective clubs.
I don't see it likely that Rafa will get the sack anyway. Pretty bland article from a crap paper with no real insight or knowledge of anything.
