And the play in the Scottish League. You miss that bit? Or did you think Celtic walked the league ahead of Real Madrid and PSG?
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Tbf your both right Levy fucked up sacking Conte and just hoping that Stellini and Mason could somehow get us around the 4th/5th mark. But you are correct that Ange if he is the man Levy identified as who he wanted ain't gonna leave with 2 months left to walk into this dumpster fire when he's about to win a treble with Celtic.
The wise chose would have been to let Conte see this season out as it's not like the football became less shit and he wouldn't have done a worse job then Stellini and Mason did. Then not extended his deal and announce the new man is Ange at the end of Celtics season.
The usual Scotophobic shite from English bastard-cunts on the internet
all you Dutch football experts who love Slot, tell me your top 6 favourite FC Volendam players and your reasons why
You should.
Your league’s shite mate, sorry.
Interesting take on it.
In 1986 man. Clutching at straws much?
Alex Mcleish? Won more English trophies than the Chelsea snake
London based Celtic fan here , going to give you my 2 cents .
We , as a support , were very very negative about Ange when he was appointed (cheap option , yada yada ). We were supposed to get Howe. With a bit of digging and research turned out his teams had broken records in Aus , and he had taken a team to a J League title for the first time in 10 years , again with a record points total. He also won the Asia Cup as Australia manager
( equivalent of Euros ). Pep said he was one of the best coaches in the world aswell. So we were obviously more optimistic than we were initially.
But he has surpassed any reasonable expectations we had and has probably ruined any future managers for us . He is far , and I mean far better than Rodgers. Never seen a team as fit , aggressive , organised and efficient as this one in my years supporting us . Again , he's broken records here for goals scored etc. But his most impressive attribute has been his eye for a transfer. He has brought in players that have hit the ground running and he had them up to speed on his very specific system very quickly. Jota , Kyogo , Abada, Hatate , Starfelt, Maeda, Oh , Haksabanovic all worth 2 or 3 times what we paid now.
We finished 20 points behind in the league before he came in so he had a full rebuild on his hands and lost 3 of his first 5 in the league before he got his own players in and fit. So he actually performed a miracle turning that around in his 1st season ....pressure was on massively and we had to be near perfect as that was a decent Rangers side under GVB ( Europa finalists ) .
He is a disciplinarian and doesn't suffer fools .
Looks like we are getting Brendan back , and you will be getting Ange . He may well surprise you.
Also.....this myth that Gerrard done a good job at Rangers is a pet peeve . He didn't. He won 1 trophy in four seasons ( in an empty stadium 2021, while we had Neil Lennon as manager......) Brendan won 10 in 3.5 seasons , Ange has won 5 in 2 seasons .
We , as a support , were very very negative about Ange when he was appointed (cheap option , yada yada ). We were supposed to get Howe. With a bit of digging and research turned out his teams had broken records in Aus , and he had taken a team to a J League title for the first time in 10 years , again with a record points total. He also won the Asia Cup as Australia manager
( equivalent of Euros ). Pep said he was one of the best coaches in the world aswell. So we were obviously more optimistic than we were initially.
But he has surpassed any reasonable expectations we had and has probably ruined any future managers for us . He is far , and I mean far better than Rodgers. Never seen a team as fit , aggressive , organised and efficient as this one in my years supporting us . Again , he's broken records here for goals scored etc. But his most impressive attribute has been his eye for a transfer. He has brought in players that have hit the ground running and he had them up to speed on his very specific system very quickly. Jota , Kyogo , Abada, Hatate , Starfelt, Maeda, Oh , Haksabanovic all worth 2 or 3 times what we paid now.
We finished 20 points behind in the league before he came in so he had a full rebuild on his hands and lost 3 of his first 5 in the league before he got his own players in and fit. So he actually performed a miracle turning that around in his 1st season ....pressure was on massively and we had to be near perfect as that was a decent Rangers side under GVB ( Europa finalists ) .
He is a disciplinarian and doesn't suffer fools .
Looks like we are getting Brendan back , and you will be getting Ange . He may well surprise you.
Also.....this myth that Gerrard done a good job at Rangers is a pet peeve . He didn't. He won 1 trophy in four seasons ( in an empty stadium 2021, while we had Neil Lennon as manager......) Brendan won 10 in 3.5 seasons , Ange has won 5 in 2 seasons .
MK Dons play in League 2 now. You’re right, utter shite.
If Big Ange is the one, then I’m happy to give him a bit of love and support. He’s a big character, and maybe he’s the shake up we need after a stream of obsessive, inflexible, so-called bigger names. The dynamic between him and Levy could be hilarious to watch though.
Hello Spurs fans
I’m a Celtic fan and I’ve read this thread, mainly to see if any of you were ITK about Ange but a few comments need to be addressed.
A lot of you seem to be referencing Gerrard as a measure of success in Scotland. Gerrard won a single title and no cups in three seasons. It was 1 trophy out of 9 he competed for. He wasn’t a success, he was hyped up by his friends in the media because he’s Steven Gerrard. Ange won more than him in ten months. He’s currently on 4 trophies out of 5 with a cup final this weekend to make it 5 out of 6.
“Rangers have a bloke in charge that must have won a competition or something” is another comment that has stood out. After Gerrard left, Rangers appointed GVB who had won the league at Feyenoord… Isn’t that the same pedigree as the guy Slot you all wanted last week? He then took Rangers to a Europa league final 11 months ago.
This season we’ve won the league against a Rangers team that had over 90 points. A total that would have won the title 9 times out of 10. We did it by scoring a record number of goals. We beat them in a semi final and a cup final. As I said, they were in a Europa final… not a bad team you know, beating Dortmund, RB etc.
Rodger’s was a good manager who was up against incredibly poor competition. A Rangers side that had just returned to the league and had people like Mark Warburton I charge and Scottish players with no pedigree. His trebles do not compare to the one Ange is on the verge of winning and frankly his football was extremely boring for the most part and he had the personality and charisma of a dish cloth.
When Ange joined us we were also underwhelmed, our forums had splits down the middle too and we started the season really poorly going out of the CL to some Danish team and losing quite a few of our opening games but when it clicked, it clicked and I’ve watched some of the most exciting, dynamic and expansive football I’ve ever seen us play. The guy has a good ethos on how the game should be played which is quick, front foot, attacking football. It’s all about winning and winning playing the football he likes. He has no time for defensive, turgid approaches to games. We went into a game against Real Madrid with one pivot in the 6, two 8s, two wingers and inverted full backs. He has no fear and we love that. We play single pivot against everyone and we press really high up the pitch, 100 miles from the off with a lot of great rotations on each wing. We take quick free kicks, corners and throw ins. You can find a lot good examples of that play from these games:
I can understand your reservations although some of it does come across as slightly entitled but you’re a club that seems a bit lost, there’s no connection between fans, manager and players. You’ve had a lot of big time hires that haven’t worked out. This guy is probably exactly what you should be looking for. He really unites the team and the fans together, he’s a passionate guy with incredible presence. Our players will run through walls for him but they are also shit scared of him. He has no time for egomaniacs or primadonnas. He’ll weed them out fast.
Lastly, this man is a mentality monster. You are criticising his lack of pedigree. Wake up, do you know how difficult it is for a guy who’s managing in Australia to get noticed? There’s a bias towards managers from Europe or in Europe. The Morocco manager referenced it during the World Cup.
Ange has had no help, no leg up ala Gerrard, Lampard etc. He started off with Australia U17s and now he could become the first Australian to manage in the EPL. He rocked up at Celtic with not one member of staff. He backs himself like you wouldn’t believe and people follow this guy, he gets everyone on board. As for Levy, Ange is in charge of everything at Celtic. He does all the signings, he rejigged all the youth set up so now they all play the same tactics as the first team. He oversees the full project. We don’t have a DOF.
Absolutely desperate for him to stay at Celtic but I know the nature of the beast. We worship him like a God. I’ve never known a manager to be so in sync with the fans. We know Ange though and he’ll be very keen on being the first Aussie to manage in the EPL given everything he’s had to overcome to get here.
I’m a Celtic fan and I’ve read this thread, mainly to see if any of you were ITK about Ange but a few comments need to be addressed.
A lot of you seem to be referencing Gerrard as a measure of success in Scotland. Gerrard won a single title and no cups in three seasons. It was 1 trophy out of 9 he competed for. He wasn’t a success, he was hyped up by his friends in the media because he’s Steven Gerrard. Ange won more than him in ten months. He’s currently on 4 trophies out of 5 with a cup final this weekend to make it 5 out of 6.
“Rangers have a bloke in charge that must have won a competition or something” is another comment that has stood out. After Gerrard left, Rangers appointed GVB who had won the league at Feyenoord… Isn’t that the same pedigree as the guy Slot you all wanted last week? He then took Rangers to a Europa league final 11 months ago.
This season we’ve won the league against a Rangers team that had over 90 points. A total that would have won the title 9 times out of 10. We did it by scoring a record number of goals. We beat them in a semi final and a cup final. As I said, they were in a Europa final… not a bad team you know, beating Dortmund, RB etc.
Rodger’s was a good manager who was up against incredibly poor competition. A Rangers side that had just returned to the league and had people like Mark Warburton I charge and Scottish players with no pedigree. His trebles do not compare to the one Ange is on the verge of winning and frankly his football was extremely boring for the most part and he had the personality and charisma of a dish cloth.
When Ange joined us we were also underwhelmed, our forums had splits down the middle too and we started the season really poorly going out of the CL to some Danish team and losing quite a few of our opening games but when it clicked, it clicked and I’ve watched some of the most exciting, dynamic and expansive football I’ve ever seen us play. The guy has a good ethos on how the game should be played which is quick, front foot, attacking football. It’s all about winning and winning playing the football he likes. He has no time for defensive, turgid approaches to games. We went into a game against Real Madrid with one pivot in the 6, two 8s, two wingers and inverted full backs. He has no fear and we love that. We play single pivot against everyone and we press really high up the pitch, 100 miles from the off with a lot of great rotations on each wing. We take quick free kicks, corners and throw ins. You can find a lot good examples of that play from these games:
I can understand your reservations although some of it does come across as slightly entitled but you’re a club that seems a bit lost, there’s no connection between fans, manager and players. You’ve had a lot of big time hires that haven’t worked out. This guy is probably exactly what you should be looking for. He really unites the team and the fans together, he’s a passionate guy with incredible presence. Our players will run through walls for him but they are also shit scared of him. He has no time for egomaniacs or primadonnas. He’ll weed them out fast.
Lastly, this man is a mentality monster. You are criticising his lack of pedigree. Wake up, do you know how difficult it is for a guy who’s managing in Australia to get noticed? There’s a bias towards managers from Europe or in Europe. The Morocco manager referenced it during the World Cup.
Ange has had no help, no leg up ala Gerrard, Lampard etc. He started off with Australia U17s and now he could become the first Australian to manage in the EPL. He rocked up at Celtic with not one member of staff. He backs himself like you wouldn’t believe and people follow this guy, he gets everyone on board. As for Levy, Ange is in charge of everything at Celtic. He does all the signings, he rejigged all the youth set up so now they all play the same tactics as the first team. He oversees the full project. We don’t have a DOF.
Absolutely desperate for him to stay at Celtic but I know the nature of the beast. We worship him like a God. I’ve never known a manager to be so in sync with the fans. We know Ange though and he’ll be very keen on being the first Aussie to manage in the EPL given everything he’s had to overcome to get here.
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Listen you all. Not a Tottenham fan but im a big fan of ange. You would be so lucky to get him. I lived in Brisbane for close to 20 yrs. The A league was rubbish then but one day big ange was appointed manager of the Brisbane roar.. He made headlines in a city not known for football. So i started watching them and the football was superb. Still regarded as the best aussie football team in history
The man moved to celtic and I watched on. He inherited a terrible squad that had just finished 25 points behind rangers,he lost 3 of his first 6 games then went unbeaten for 364 days believe it or not. He completely rebuilt the squad with players like kyogo and many others.
I have a very soft spot for the mighty hoops but if he goes to you then you will see incredible signings.
Lastly go look at the celtic forums and see the panic and absolute love for the manager but more importantly for the man. Id put him on a par with Klopp in the most adored managers in the UK. And a treble on Saturday.
As i said at the start you would be so lucky to get him but i hope he stays where he is adored
And yet Celtic fans to a man want him to stay.
He will pish the epl unfortunately and win over spurs fans instantly.
Top 4 for spurs next season.
People who doubt Ange, he proves wrong, again and again.
He a serial winner, everywhere he goes, with 25+ years of managing experience.
Anyone that watched Celtic V Real Madrid game 1 of the champions league would know he can manage at the highest level of the game.
Would be the best thing to happen to Tottenham since Pochettino coming close.
He a serial winner, everywhere he goes, with 25+ years of managing experience.
Anyone that watched Celtic V Real Madrid game 1 of the champions league would know he can manage at the highest level of the game.
Would be the best thing to happen to Tottenham since Pochettino coming close.