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<\/a><\/p>\nUsually, when we don’t take to someone, he stays not taken to.<\/p>\n
But Ronny has a plan, he’s putting it into action, and its working. Supporters are on the point of are presenting their daughters , their wives and -heaven forbid-their beer to him, in a manner not seen since Henrik Larsson strode the turf at Celtic Park.<\/p>\n
Yet no-one really knows what this plan is, apart from maybe just being a nice guy who gets results.<\/p>\n
Thats because in his press conferences he is allowed to verbally meander and not actually have to tell anyone what he is trying to do. It doesn’t matter, because we at Etims have \u00a0worked it out.<\/p>\n
Go back to the mid eighties, , and look at Rosenborg, who were about to become the domineering side in Norwegian football…..<\/p>\n
\u00a0The team’s golden era started with the 1985 league title, and from 1991 through 2004 the team won 13 consecutive titles, 10 under manager\u00a0<\/span>Nils Arne Eggen<\/a>. The period also saw 11 participations in the group stage of\u00a0<\/span>Champions League<\/a>\u00a0and reaching the quarter-finals in\u00a0<\/span>1996\u201397<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They used the money to buy up the best available Norwegian talent, which ensured the domestic success, and with regular Champions eague money, they just kept going.<\/p>\n From Wikipedia;<\/p>\n The year 1985 may have been a turning point in Rosenborg’s fortunes, but it was in 1988 that things really started to happen. The club received fresh capital from its new main sponsor and was fully professionalized. Nils Arne Eggen returned to Trondheim to once again become head coach, this after leading\u00a0Moss<\/a>\u00a0to the league title in 1987. In the waning years of the 1980s, the club secured double-wins twice, in 1988 and 1990.<\/em><\/p>\n Rosenborg went on to dominate Norwegian club football throughout the 1990s. In strong contrast to the\u00a0Norwegian national team’s<\/a>\u00a0defensive and often criticized (yet highly effective) style of play at the time, Rosenborg achieved success through strict adherence to crowd-pleasing, offensive football. The\u00a0Norwegian Premier League<\/a>, established in 1991, was won 13 times in a row from 1992 onwards. The Norwegian Cup was won five times.<\/em><\/p>\n In 1995, Rosenborg qualified for the\u00a0UEFA Champions League<\/a>\u00a0for the first time, a feat which helped secure the club’s finances and further cement its dominance at the domestic level. The income provided through successive qualifications has allowed Rosenborg to become by far the wealthiest club in Norway. Always able to offer the most promising new players better terms than their opponents, as well as the prospect of playing in Europe, Rosenborg were assured of future league championships and European qualifications. During this period, few clubs were ever able to mount a serious challenge for more than a season at a time.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n During that period, Ronny Deila was the centre half at Odd Grenland, whose solitary success was the 2000 Norwegian cup, and I’m guessing that he would have looked on with a mixture of admiration and envy as Rosenborg left everyone in their wake.<\/p>\n \u00a0It makes sense that when he became a coach, he would try to do what he had seen to be successful during his own playing career, especially if he was with a team that had limited resources.<\/p>\n \u00a0Which seems to be the idea at Celtic. There are certainly parallels to be drawn.<\/p>\n \u00a0Celtic are far and away the biggest club, with the biggest financial pot. But the competition down south prohibits making any major big money signings, so he will stick with what he has seen to be successful. Its possibly why he wasn’t in favour of loan deals-remember his statement that we weren’t developing players for other clubs? -but it does look like he’s got his way over that eight months down the line.<\/p>\n \u00a0Which means we can look forward to more Scots-or Welsh and Irish-joining the squad, but only if they are good enough. In the past, it has sometimes looked as though the club has bought -or borrowed -players just because they felt they should, whereas Ronny has set the precedent of buying to improve. And of course, the knock on effect is the weakening of major rivals.<\/p>\n \u00a0Three wins over Dundee United in March will prove this point, and as it says in the extract above, it means that they might not challenge again so strongly in the cups next year.<\/p>\n \u00a0The long term effect means that , if by some form of divine intervention,<\/p>\n any new franchise operating out of Ibrox does become stable enough to mount a challenge, Celtic will be so far ahead that the costs involved for the new entity will probably send it crashing into oblivion again.<\/p>\n \u00a0Perhaps it also explains why there doesn’t seem to be any panic about replacing the centre halves, both of whom are unlikely to be in Glasgow after the summer. Denaayer said today that he wants to go back to Manchester city, and Virgil van Dijk has had his bags packed for about twelve months now, and he’s sick of lumping them up and down the stairs every time a newspaper reports interest in him.<\/p>\n \u00a0There is no way that Deila will be considering Charlie Mulgrew and Efe Ambrose as his pairing next year. They are the eternal back ups. Neither of them will be happy with that, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if we lost four centre halfs in the summer.<\/p>\n \u00a0So, does Ronny have a replacement or two in mind ?<\/p>\n \u00a0Knowing how methodical he is, and knowing that he will be aware of this, perhaps a couple of players have already been sounded out, and the reaction has been favourable.<\/p>\n \u00a0Now, this is Etims, after all, and we’ve never got anything right before, so we are reluctant to start now, but my guess is that the management are either in the process of , or have already concluded , the selling of the club to Grant Hanley and Russell Martin.<\/p>\n You know, the two Scotland centre backs.<\/p>\n \u00a0Hanley is currently at Blackburn, where he is captain. He’s already tasted international football, seventeen caps , which may surprise a few of you, it certainly knocked me down, and as a result will be eager to try European club football, something which just isn’t going to happen at Blackburn. He’s only 23, which means he still has time to improve, but is relatively experienced for someone of that age, and<\/p>\n \u00a0There is a drawback, however, as the player only signed a new five year \u00a0contract in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n Russell Martin also signed a new deal with his club, Norwich, at the same time, but for only three years….meaning that for less than we sell Virgil van Dijk for, we would end up with an established international pairing, who would be furthering their career.<\/p>\n And who speak English, thus improving communication. I was a little perturbed about Jason Denaayer being pleased that John Collins could speak French. Meaning that the lad doesn’t speak English, and that the only instructions he can fully understand are from Collins.<\/p>\n Well, when I say English, Hanley is from Dumfries, and I’m not exactly sure what it is they speak in that part of the world. But thats probably down to my own condition by the time we reach that part of the world on the way home from the game.<\/p>\n \u00a0So, theres something to think about. More importantly, its something to look forward to, not just the possible new centre halves, and thats only speculation anyway, but the idea of a Rosenborg like dominace, and perhaps even taking it a stage further with better players in Europe.<\/p>\n \u00a0Glass half full ? I think its spilling over the sides into the drip tray.<\/p>\n So, maybe we should calm down a bit. ( We ? ) Nothing has been won yet, and there is still the prospect of starting next season a little light in defence.<\/p>\n \u00a0Except I don’t think thats how it will turn out.<\/p>\n \u00a0Simply because the manager knows what he’s doing, and he took the next stage of his plan-remember what we said, players and board onside first, then the fans- with a remarkable statement on just how good Scottish football really is….<\/p>\n “The interest is phenomenal. It’s something special when you go to Celtic games, away games as well, the fans are fantastic.<\/em><\/p>\n “I’ve been to many games in England and I’ve been bored compared to what’s happening here in the stands sometimes,” \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n “The product in Norway has been getting better and better TV2 [has the rights] has made a really good impact and have built up the product,”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n “It’s quite good money compared to what a small country we are so we will get that in Scotland as well if we built up our product and don’t ruin it.<\/em><\/p>\n “It’s important to work with developing our teams that want to attack, create things and put on good performances for fans. TV and media around it should build it up because I think Scottish football has so much enthusiasm and interest.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He’s saying what many fans think. But in a much more diplomatic way. \u00a0Lets compare tv deals, courtesy of an article by SaintinAsia, an exiled St. Johnstone fan. Te full article, well worth a look as the anti Sky TV deal protests begin.<\/p>\n European tv money comparisons.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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