Out of curiosity STG, which would be your bigger priority for the club at present?
In all my days on here John and the pish talked by me, thats the simplest and most relevant question i've been asked and i thank you.
why? cos its the question in my head over the last week, i just didn't it realise until you asked
I would literally have taken it up the ass to win the league this year, but as my old bhoy said last week, our view on this season depends on the huns in Europe.
And therein lies the quandry,
If they won, fuck me they've done us over.
Why ? because the holy grail is something that is 'beyond a Scottish teams reach'
Imagine if that was us, fuck me we'd be flying and doing it better than them
I'll give the suits credit for Ange, but we still need a clean sweep there, theyr'e capable of looking after the club, but they have no vision and no future. They would have been fucked without Ange.
Fuck me, Michael Nicholson got a cheer on trophy day FFS, something the bunnet got booed for, thats the managers doing.
Again the wise old yin notes, Ange has shifted the conversation from them and while he thrives they'll be an afterthought. Truthfully, he's done everyone a favour including us.
I've posted a million times on here that the most important person at Celtic is the manager. The better the manager, the better the team perform, the better crowds/finances etc are, the less heat the board get. Everything starts with the manager, success comes from the dressing room he creates and nurtures.
Keeping Ange is the priority for the Club, the best they can do is a snake type contract like with heavy compensation. Ange loves it here, hes not the snake, but one day a better offer will come and he will go. Call me nuts, but i think he'll take Peps job when he goes. The need to learn and feed off of what they see on a day to day basis.
Back to the question, post JD rambles, i'd say our priority needs to be getting back to believing in whats possible. I used to hear PL, CEO of our institution say things like constraints, can't compete, all negative shite. I've never liked our main man peddling the story of what we can't do.
The biggest thing i take out of Ange's being is his persona, nothing is unachievable, theres nothing we cant do, we dont make excuses, there is no negativity allowed, theres nothing without belief and theres nothing we cant achieve. Hes made the players believe, made us believe, hopefully hes made the board fucking believe. Cos if you believe your beat before your beat, your getting beat.
So less JD, the question, priority, always the league, but thats beating shite week in week out and has been done countless times. My dream and our priority should be to punch above our weight on the big stage again. Theres a joy in beating the huns and winning in Scotland, but the real magic is in testing and beating the best there is. A big European night at Celtic Park is where the juices flow and the pride comes, thats my priority pal
Glad you asked