Change is needed, and it’s needed now starting with recruitment…
It’s no secret that we need a change of direction at the top. It’s been common knowledge for many months. We have too many bodies in positions of power who have their feet firmly placed under the table. It’s quickly becoming a place where its jobs for their boys, that sort of environment. The place is crammed full of dinosaurs who have no vision for the club and are only interested in what they can take.
That isn’t an overreaction, yes we have enjoyed our fair share of success over the years, but they don’t seem to want to push on from there and achieve even more success. It seems our aim is to stay completely static. It’s seemingly the Celtic way and has been for many a year now.
Our recruitment policy is an example of that. We have money in the bank, plenty of money, but those in charge seem reluctant to spend it, and when they do it’s used on mediocrity. On Saturday we started with Tony Ralston, Stephen Welsh and Liam Scales in the back four. Two of whom are of course products of the youth academy and the other costing £500k from Shamrock Rovers.
While on the bench we had Maik Nawrocki who cost around £3-4 million in the summer, while Gustaf Lagerbielke who was also brought in at a cost of around £3 million and he’s not even considered good enough for a place in the Brendan’s squad and was left sitting in the main stand (below) behind Peter Lawwell and Michael Nicholson.
Nicolas Kuhn our £3 million January signing started on the bench as did summer signing Yang. Adam Idah of course started but he’s only on loan without an option to sign and other that two well struck penalties against Hibs, he’s not had a sniff at a goal yet.
That is not good enough for a club of our stature. It’s clear incompetence and shows that more than one person is failing to do their job properly. It’s Gross misconduct, well it would be in most other workplaces up and down the country. It need’s rectifying and that means removing everyone in the scouting and recruitment department. We need to start from scratch and construct an entire new department in that area.
Preferably folk who are competent and know what they are doing. It’s also important they have no connection to the club or anyone running the club. We need fresh faces and ideas in almost every area of the club starting with scouting and recruitment, which is the most important factor if we want to continue enjoying the success we’ve been so used to these past years.
This photo below from June 2023, shows Brendan Rodgers applauding the supporters who turned up at Celtic Park to welcome him back to the club. The incoming, returning Celtic manager promised them that we’d back on The Celtic Way in May 2024 celebrating a title win. Just a reminder that we haven’t forgotten about that promise.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
As much as I can agree that the recruitment process of players has been very disappointing, questions do deserved to be answered as to WHY?
The usual process would be for a manager to have a system of play in mind, and look and want players to fit according into the plans and vision of the manager?
Is that system of play even in place, as it’s total shite if it is?
We still have around 30 players within a squad, that currently hasn’t got 1 player looking comfortable with whatever instructions are been given out by Rodgers?
Overall, we look a total mess of a team for very long periods within games.
This isn’t a sudden issue either as been on show all season without any form of consistency gained within our play?
We have changed formation a few times already, and nothing seems to work for any sustained periods of game time either?
So where are these supposed players meant to fit into a team, without any form of identity about itself?
This is the job of the manager, as I see it, and been nothing but a failure upon Rodgers imo?
For example, I would class calmac more as a playmaker player, with iwata more of a defensive midfielder imo?
Yet do we really know what type of player Rodgers wants in such a key area within the team?
Do we really want wide players to be making more backwards passing, then actually getting the ball into the danger area?
Yet with using about 8 wide players to date this season, we still haven’t got 1 that can deliver a telling ball from a wide area on any form of a regular basis still?
We still want to play tippy tappy football between our CB, and using 2 on Saturday, where finding that pass to break the lines, isn’t really within there game, but we persist with it?
When killie become so comfortable with our approach, then quite prepared to press ourselves harder and we respond by going into panic mode and constantly giving the ball away?
These have been ongoing issues throughout the seasons and becoming worse for ourselves as teams getting to familiar and comfortable with there approach to stop and cause ourselves plenty of problems at the same time?
There are still more questions arising on a game by game basis and all without seeing solutions whatsoever?
Is this the job of Rodgers?
I believe so, and at a stage of not having a clue about what type of players we need to fit better into such a shite system of playing?
None of our current players seem to happy about the team we have currently become, and can’t see to many potential players wanting to join us either, with whatever Rodgers system of playing is meant to be all about?
As currently it’s nothing more than woeful