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<\/p>\nCeltic took affirmative action on the last day of the loan window by bringing in Johnjoe Kenny, who can’t get a game for Everton.<\/p>\n
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He’s a right back, and he’ll probably go straight into the team against Kilmarnock, because let’s face it, if crowds were allowed into Celtic Park these days, then whoever sits closest to the dug out would probably go straight into the team.<\/p>\n
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Olivier Ntcham joined Jeremie Frimping on the ferry across the water, with a loan and option to buy for \u00a34.5m at Marseille.<\/p>\n
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Other first team -lol-first team – players would have left, but as we have seen on the pitch, they had neither the courage nor the confidence to make the move.<\/p>\n
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Perhaps more tellingly, Liam Hughes, a young goalkeeper, joined Liverpool, which means that Celtic now have players who chose to further their development elsewhere, and that elsewhere happens to be three -Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Liverpool- of the major forces in European football.<\/p>\n
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Widen this to consider that once the cream of young French talent came to Celtic Park to develop, and now they can;t get away quick enough….<\/p>\n
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The talent is clearly there, the ambition appears to be there as well, but as long as the current management and coaching staff are in situ, then we clearly have a problem.<\/p>\n
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Whatever attracted the likes of the French players, and others, is no longer an attraction, and what has taken its place is driving them away.<\/p>\n
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It’s bizarre that the manager still has a job, with results on a par with any of the dry spells of the twentieth century, all the more worrying when you consider the speed of the fall from grace, and whilst we could spend all day listing why he hasn’t gone yet, there will probably be a simple reason for it.<\/p>\n
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It won’t be money, and it’s unlikely to be any form of blackmail, such as threatening to spill the beans about the Dubai debacle, which are out there but no one seems to give a toss.<\/p>\n
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When you look at the lack of major movement ib the players transfer window, there appears to be a reluctance for clubs to invest, and maybe even a reluctance for players to move, choosing instead to run down contracts which means they will\u00a0 get a better wage when they finally do move.<\/p>\n
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Maybe managers don’t want to move, and maybe the one thing keeping Lennon , and the rest of his motley crew, where they are, is that there isn’t anyone to replace him.<\/p>\n
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Things are bad enough now, and one can only shudder at what they’d be like should Celtic have to look for a replacement. It looks like there isn’t someone ready and willing to take up the challenge.<\/p>\n
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Might explain why Mark Hughes has suddenly appeared on the scene.<\/p>\n
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When we look back at the end of the four treble period and how it happened, there are many factors outwith our control.<\/p>\n
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The plague certainly had an effect, with players who should have been moved on forced to stay, and the replacements , already in place, forced to kick their heels in the stands.<\/p>\n
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One theory also suggests that Celtic have missed the support. There is certainly precedent that the crowd have lifted the team on more than one occasion, and even if a fan never scored a goal, that certainly cannot be discounted as another reason-not excuse- for the poor show this season.<\/p>\n
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In fact, if you expand on that, casting your mind back to August, many pundits said that having no fans on their backs would be an advantage to Steven Gerrard’s “rangers “, as they would be able to play without fear of abuse from the crowd.<\/p>\n
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That narrative has been quietly dropped , although it’s maybe worth reminding the hordes that the team have done well because they haven’t been there to spur them on, knees awash in fenian blood.<\/p>\n
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There you are, they’ve won the league because their fans haven’t been there to “cheer ” them on, and we’ve lost it for the same reason.<\/p>\n
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Piece of piss this analysis lark.<\/p>\n
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We’d all like to think that there’s a plan in place, that an irate Dermot Desmond will swing into action, that things will be back to normal soon.<\/p>\n
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Until then, it seems that every morning when they go to work, all of those involved at our club with playing, coaching, managing, or decision making have made use of the new switch, a switch that sums up their attitude this season, installed by the main entrance.<\/p>\n
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Where other businesses have motivating quotes, or bright, cheerful people who put a smile on your face as you walk through the door, getting you ready to meet the challenges of the day head on, on your own terms.<\/p>\n
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At Celtic Park we’ve got a switch….<\/p>\n
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Thing is, there’s a nagging suspicion that those in control haven’t quite realised just how annoyed the fans are, and they genuinely seem to be in a world of their own.<\/p>\n
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We’ll know how badly they’ve mistaken the mood when the adverts for season book renewals come out…<\/p>\n
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Caption competition…..<\/p>\n
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