Looking at the list there Tino that includes , scouting and recruitment, improvements in sports science, january planning underway , those 3 things are all being taken care of pretty well compared with past versions of the club.
Taking us to the next level, of course means making us a regular in the champions league once more.
With the expansion to the 36 club super league 1st round stage giving 5 home and 5 away games for us this is an absolute must.
After one season I can only wax lyrical about what Ange has brought to Celtic.
It must be remembered that it is only one season and the scouting and recruitment team have spread the net far and wide.
Players from Argentina and Japan have arrived and from the banned Russian premier league.
Many pundits
them , especially English ones are quick to point out that we only got 2 points from our group .
They fail to recognise the barriers we face and that taking 2 pts from such a group was actually an achievement, looking back at the disastrous situation we were in , in Europe under lenny #2.
I'm extremely happy with the improvements on and off the field of play but we cannot stop nor linger for a moment, especially now our motto is we never stop.
I'm not talking about domestically ( I am but secondarily to Europe ).
There's big changes afoot in European competition and we simply cannot be left behind this time.
That's what happened with WGS and yet he still delivered In Europe when the budget had been cut he really had no right to do so but he did , the board did not and we fell away and asleep at the wheel as the green brigade warned would happen.
Now our primary focus has to be on winning champions league matches, obviously we must take care of domestic business first, that goes for all clubs not privy to automatic qualification outside the big 4 and 5 sky leagues.
Changes were I thought afoot under Rodgers when we began spending the likes of £6, £7 and £9 million for players , something unheard of since Martin O'Neill days.
Now it appears to me at least that the club recognise the football landscape is again changing and are determined not to be left behind this time.
Become a regular champions league club and the TV money will increase , not to EPL standards but it will increase or sky will lose the contract, success on the field breeds success off it.
On the field we have a manager who will take the game to the opposition.
Some , pundits and cynics say this is naive yet show me a successful side who plays any other way.
It's the only way, it's the Celtic way, it's the way forward.
Angeball , through playing in the champions league we have all noticed is how all the top clubs play, fast attacking football.
After 1 season we were almost....almost able to pull off 3rd place in that group which wouldve been outstanding.
It's the target , to be in the champions league winning matches and it's a target that's achievable.
That's not to say we should be winning the champions league, that would be nonsense talk but competing with the best? Certainly.
If Ange can instill such confidence and attract top young talent like he has in such a short space of time, then what he could do for us in 3 - 4 years is an exciting prospect.
He will also likely have a say I'd hope in what type of manager should replace him when he decides hes taken us as far as he can.
Comparing Ange to Rodgers or Mowbray is laughable, especially Mowbray.
Rodgers was successful domestically beyond our wildest imaginations and tbf he came up against the cream of Europe in Bayern, PSG, etc. and the board werent planning in tandem with him.
I've no doubt Ange will deliver domestically though on the scale of Rodgers? Unlikely , I think that was a once in a lifetime experience but he can match WGS's achievements in Europe and make us a last 16 club again.
He has to , it's why hes here, I cant see him leave until he fulfils that mandate, he's backed by the board and the fans , if that continues and Celtic operate as a well oiled machine then the sky's the limit
