You steady the ship, you maintain the achievement level of the Club by winning and retaining the SPL trophy and you dramatically reduce the wage bill by investing in youth and lesser known players. The supporters of the Club, on the whole support your appointment with a few detractors who claim that your success is due to your competitors plight but all in all life is good.
It would have appeared that at the start of this season most of the detractors had died away, the team was playing some good attractive football, the one goal victories had been transformed into two and three goal victories and the team were scoring more impressive goals with intricate passing moves. Usage of the through ball had also returned to Celtic, a tactic that never really seemed to come to fruition during the Managers early tenure.
It would appear now however that the tide is yet again turning in relation to the fans opinion of the man in charge. The failure to record a memorable shot on target until dying seconds of Sundays game coupled with the managers perceived willingness to drop down to our opponents level has become the catalyst for change with many fans who previously supported the Manager. My personal opinion was that the opposition nullified the game with their anti football tactics but I do have a few concerns over the way our Club is being run.
The biggest concern that I would have at this stage is the problems that we seem to be experiencing getting the ball from midfield forward. Another issue that I have is that our Manager has yet to prove that he is capable of motivating a performance out of a player greater than that players normal ability. For me, the ability to coach a performance out of a player who is suffering from a crisis of confidence or one you require to step up to a higher level is a necessary requirement of managing a club like Celtic.
Interesting times indeed.
Yours in Celtic
Clydebuilt