{"id":5084,"date":"2014-05-24T10:43:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T09:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2014-05-24T10:43:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T09:43:27","slug":"celtic-diary-saturday-may-24-the-man-for-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5084","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Saturday May 24: The Man for the Job?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its been two days now since Lennon and Lawwell decided they&#8217;d had enough of each other, and a measure of the suddenness with which the parting of the ways came about has been shown in the complete lack of direction shown by the board in the hunt for a successor.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been asked if I know anyone who&#8217;d be interested, and when I said no, they asked if I was free when the players came back from training.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for the club, I&#8217;m not, but there are one or two out there who could do a job. \u00a0However, and \u00a0more worryingly there are several more who have proved they can&#8217;t. Which is why they don&#8217;t currently have a job.<\/p>\n<p>With Henrik Larsson deciding to honour his contract with Falkenburgs, although that really wouldn&#8217;t be an issue if he wanted the job, and Celtic wanted him, then other names must be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Davie Moyes, who struggled to cope with the pressure of \u00a0at Manchester Utd-well, so they say- but in fairness he never stood a chance there anyway. Fergies team had grown old together, and the youngsters weren&#8217;t good enough either. That team needed overhauling, and Moyes should have done it straight away, because the only time as a manager you get your own way is when you get the job.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s apparently at the top of the list now, with luminaries such as Tommy Docherty ( Ask your Dad. ) touting him for the job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u201cDavid would be a wonderful choice. In fact, I\u2019d go as far as to say I think David should be the choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u201cIf it was down to me, Moyes would be the only name on the list right at this minute until Celtic were told directly by him he didn\u2019t want it. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Thankfully, its not down to him. Moyes may be a good manager, he may have been unfortunate in his time at Manchester, but he&#8217;s not a winner. And thats a crucial requirement for the job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Lets not even discuss Owen Coyle or Malky Mackay. You couldn&#8217;t chuck them into a blender and make a decent manager out of what came out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Roy Keane isn&#8217;t interested, or he is, but that doesn&#8217;t matter, because I don&#8217;t think Celtic are interested either.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0That leaves the likes of Michael Laudrup , who has agreed a pay off with Swansea, and is now free. \u00a0That would be fine, but Laudrup isn&#8217;t one for the long term. since leaving Brondby in 2006, he&#8217;s been at four different clubs, and the last thing we need is to be picking another new boss this time next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0As far as a big name goes, they don&#8217;t come much bigger, and it would be worth it to hear him tell Chick Young that his brother was not the best player in the world. Or , indeed, his family. Most of us would be happy enough with Laudrup though, and so far he&#8217;s the only candidate-if he is a candidate-that hasn&#8217;t elicited groans, whines and screams from the fans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Except maybe for Oscar Garcia, who in racing terms has appeared on the rails and making a burst for home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">The Daily Mail spoke to him about the job;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8221; \u00a0Oscar Garcia declared his interest in replacing Neil Lennon at Celtic on Friday night and insisted he would achieve Champions League progress with a dash of Barcelona style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The former Barca player, whose sterling work within the famed La Masia youth system was followed by a title triumph for Maccabi Tel Aviv and a Premiership near miss with Brighton, has been added to the short-list drawn up in the wake of Lennon\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The 41-year-old, known at Celtic for the way his Barcelona Under-19s performed in home-and-away wins over their Scottish counterparts in the 2011 Next Generation Series, told Sportsmail: \u2018For me it\u2019s an honour to be linked to a club like Celtic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/05\/23\/article-2637829-000C4E7000000258-482_634x407.jpg\" alt=\"European dream: Garcia (bottom right) tasted success at Barcelona, and wants European glory at Celtic\" \/>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Thats him, bottom right. He is saying &#8220;Yippee ! Yippee ! &#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018They are one of the best and biggest clubs in Europe, so it\u2019s great to have interest. Nobody from the club has spoken directly to me and you would have to ask them why they might be interested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018But I know what I can do, what I can achieve, how I want to play, what philosophy I would bring to them. I grew up with the Barcelona philosophy and I would try to play attractive football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I would be confident of taking them into the Champions League. The big objective of a club like Celtic must be to get into the group stages \u2013 and then to find the right way to be better, to improve and to see where Celtic can go.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<em>He wants to know why Celtic would be interested in him ! Completely different and unexpected question from Garcia, which means he is asking what Celtic would want him to do, and then answers it by telling us what he can and is confident of doing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0I know very little about Garcia, but he does have one important thing that a manager needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">He&#8217;s got a song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Oscar Garcia,\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">He drinks sangria,<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">He came from Barca,\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To bring us joy,<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">He&#8217;s got stubble,<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Like Barney rubble,<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">So please don&#8217;t take my oscar away\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=5085\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5085\">oscar garcia song<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0As a player, he was known as Oscar, and was with Barcelona for five years until 1999, before moving on to Valencia, Espanyol and Lleida. But his coaching record is what catches the eye. . Wikipedia summarises;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">In late 2009 \u00d3scar joined former Barcelona coach\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Johan Cruyff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johan_Cruyff\">Johan Cruyff<\/a>&#8216;s coaching staff in the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Catalonia national football team\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catalonia_national_football_team\">Catalonia national team<\/a>, as the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Netherlands\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netherlands\">Dutch<\/a>\u00a0had just been appointed.<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">On 22 May 2012 he had his first head coach appointment, signing a two-year contract with\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Israel\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\">Israeli<\/a>\u00a0team\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_F.C.\">Maccabi Tel Aviv FC<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Exactly one year later, after\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"2012\u201313 Israeli Premier League\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012%E2%80%9313_Israeli_Premier_League\">leading the club<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Israeli Premier League\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli_Premier_League\">national championship<\/a>\u00a0after a ten-year drought,<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent#cite_note-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0he resigned from his post, citing personal reasons.<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent#cite_note-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">On 26 June 2013, \u00d3scar was unveiled as the new head coach of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Football League Championship\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Football_League_Championship\">Football League Championship<\/a>\u00a0club\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Brighton &amp; Hove Albion F.C.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C.\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent#cite_note-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0His first win came on 17 August, 1\u20130 at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Birmingham City F.C.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham_City_F.C.\">Birmingham City<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent#cite_note-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0On 12 May 2014, following Brighton&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"2014 Football League play-offs\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Football_League_play-offs#Semi-finals\">play off semi-final defeat<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Derby County\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derby_County\">Derby County<\/a>, Garc\u00eda&#8217;s offer of resignation was accepted by the club&#8217;s board. The Seagulls had finished sixth in the league table.<sup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent#cite_note-10\">[10]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Not only is he coming up on the rails, the other jockeys just noticed him and let their shoulders sink&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Peter Lawwell has headed out to Lisbon for tonights Chamions League final, which is as close as he&#8217;ll ever get if he doesn&#8217;t start showing some ambition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Now, thats not to confuse ambition with spending. Thats like confusing kindness with weakness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Keeping one or two of our own players with increased wages as a thank you for remaining with the club is a far better way of building a team, albeit slowly, than paying over the odds for diddies. Thats my idea of ambition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0As it stands, we hear a shortfall of \u00a35m , based on reported season book sales of closer to 30,000 than 40,000 is causing the jitters in the boardroom, which is interesting. Simply because they should be a little more worried about the lack of a management team in place with just a few weeks until the big games start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Worringly, Lennon and Mjallbys absence, combined with Danny McGrains illness, means that Peter Houston could be installed as caretaker boss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Which, in turn, \u00a0would mean our season finishing before a ball is kicked, something that hasn&#8217;t happened since the dark days of John Barnes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Oh, shit. do you think he&#8217;ll accuse me of racism ? He&#8217;s accused everyone else of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0The traditional extending of the season book deadline has been announced, so you have another week to renew, or another week to hand it back if we get a dud manager in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Tonight I might well take in the Scotland -Ukraine match in Burton, which is just up the road from me. Co-incidentally its also where they make beer, which has always been a sort of hobby of mine. Its the Euro under 19 Elite competition, where the young Scots-and theres a few Celts in the team- face England on monday, and Montenegro on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Yeah, i might go and watch that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">It&#8217;ll take my mind off things.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Stevie Murray rang us to remind us that he was the chap in Fridays diary, which disappeared under the weight of the &#8220;Lennons gone&#8221; story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Also in that Diary is a rundown , provided by Saintinasia, of the tv deal that Scottish football signed, compared with other European countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Well done \u00a0to those who signed that. If you haven&#8217;t seen it, its here<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=5040\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5040\">SaintinAsia. The Scottish tv deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0Neil Doncaster must currently be the most relieved man in world football. Lennons resignation has taken him off the front pages, but we haven&#8217;t forgotten him. He&#8217;s still a devious incompetent fool.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">This old photo shows a potential manager, with what might be one of his coaching team. \u00a0Who are they ?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/b.bimg.dk\/node-images\/471\/620x\/471966-skal-man-droppe-nationalsangen--.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its been two days now since Lennon and Lawwell decided they&#8217;d had enough of each other, and a measure of the suddenness with which the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oscar-garcia.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-1k0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5087,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084\/revisions\/5087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}