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khenny
QUOTE (TheLip @ Nov 13 2008, 22:35) *
Under Jimmy McGrory Celtic suffered the worst period in their history. In the 20 years of McGrory's management they won just the one title and on one occasion had to win on the final day to avoid relegation. Nice of Jimmy to lay the blame at Willie Maley's door. When talking management and success, it would be better if you left the hapless McGrory out of the equation.
As for Willie Maley longevity more than anything else makes him Celtic's most trophyladen manager. He started with Celtic before the Boer War and was still manager when WWII started. Stein's period at Celtic was total and utter domination of Scottish Football, during their nine in a row Celtic appeared in 17 of the possible 18 Cup Finals, the 1968 Scottish Cup Final between Dunfermline and Hearts was the only domestic final not to feature Celtic, add to that two European Cup Finals and I believe his record will stand the test of time and in the long run be seen as much more effective and important than Maley's.



I've searched the internet. Scoured the yellow pages. I've tried the men with moustaches. I have literally left no stone unturned. But in the end this was the biggest I could find..................
































































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khenny
QUOTE (JUMPURS @ Nov 14 2008, 09:09) *
The scoring isn't the issue, it was the celebrating he done.



You can't have a problem with a professional footballer getting caught up in the intensity of the last match of the season, celebrating a goal, stopping the title being won in front of his home fans by a visiting team which he probably never thought at that point he would have a chance of playing for. Do you?

I mean seriously, come on Jumpers.

Before people come on and make comparisons about Henrik not celebrating when he scored against us...........well it's just not in the same ball park is it?
H_B
QUOTE (Beyemystic @ Nov 13 2008, 19:32) *
He surrounded the decent players we had with other decent players and made the whole greater than the sum of its parts, unlike Chesney who surrounded the decent players he inherited with bargain basement SPL mediocrity.


So, why was he completely and utterly owned by Alex McLeish? huh.gif

How did he lose 4 league games at home?

How did he lose the title to a side spending almost £1 million a month less on wages?

And why hasn't Strachan ever been owned by a Rangers manager despite being outspent in the transfer market by the Ibrox side?

O'Neill piggybacked on Henrik Larsson. It is no surprise that the season Larsson left, Celtic spiralled into disaster. O'Neill knew the game was up - without Larsson he had nothing.
zenith st.petersburg
QUOTE (khenny @ Nov 14 2008, 09:33) *
You can't have a problem with a professional footballer getting caught up in the intensity of the last match of the season, celebrating a goal, stopping the title being won in front of his home fans by a visiting team which he probably never thought at that point he would have a chance of playing for. Do you?

I mean seriously, come on Jumpers.

Before people come on and make comparisons about Henrik not celebrating when he scored against us...........well it's just not in the same ball park is it?

I must say i was very surprised when i found out Skippy was a lifelong Celtic fan . If i had scored those goals the celebration would certainly have been of the muted variety. However he is a professional who had a good at work that day... on the plus side just shows how good a professional he really is when he can put personal issues aside and concentrate on the job.
H_B
Just so I can check though, and I know Lord Haw Haw avoids this thread like the plague now that his "logical" attempts to explain why, err, a manager that had lost the league twice in three years to Alex McLeish, umm, didn't have to go (yes, that's right folks, didn't have to go huh.gif ) and the manger going for 4 in a row, does have to go, even if he does get 4 in a row huh.gif (sorry, still trying to come to terms with this logic), what does Strachan have to do to win over the doubters?

It isn't scoring goals, as his side is doing that, and it hasn't worked.

It isn't winning titles, or taking the club further than before in Europe's premier competition either.

I think I may have the answer though smile.gif :-

http://teamrcia.com/category/catechumens/

If Gordon wants to take the first step to acceptance, I will gladly assist him.
sev
QUOTE (JUMPURS @ Nov 14 2008, 09:09) *
The scoring isn't the issue, it was the celebrating he done.


The guy is a professional. There is a bit of a difference here. If he had previously played for Celtic and celebrated like that then fair enough go mad if you want. But he had never kicked a ball for us. It was all heat of moment "we" didnt like as it was the last day of the season and handed the title to "them".

No-one complained when Steven Fletcher scored and celebrated against us at Parkhead earlier this season and he is a huge Celtic fan
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