Need to make something clear, yesterdays diary was a genuine reflection of how I think things stand at the moment with Celtic. It wasn’t an effort to find out how everyone else thinks, thats not what the diary is about.<\/p>\n
However, after reading throiugh the replies, I’m tempted to think that most people are of the same mind. Even taking into account el cormaco’s response, the feeling I get is that more people want Ronny to finish the job he has started, although the voices of dissent are louder.<\/p>\n
Fair enough.<\/p>\n
There weren’t any arguments within to make me change my mind, but one made me think, and it makes me wonder what will happen next.<\/p>\n
The players that played against ajax, and largely made an impression, would not have played, in all likelihood, had Biton, Johansen, Brown and commons been available.<\/p>\n
So is it a true reflection of progress within the fringe players ?<\/p>\n
If they were not ready to challenge for a top spot under normal circumstances, are they actually progressing ?<\/p>\n
Their efforts on the park suggest they are ready, but the question remains , would they have been given the chance to show what they can do ?<\/p>\n
If the long term plan is to develop these players into a team capable of at least a sustained run at the highest level, then it follows that from now until the end of the season, they must be given the chance to bed in.<\/p>\n
We already know what the regulars can do, and so the rebuilding must start now, with the added advantage of two transfer windows, which will allow the removal of those who have no future at the club, and the introduction of perhaps a wee bit of experience and other places where it will become apparent strengthening is needed.<\/p>\n
If we are to move forward, then there’s no time like the present to begin the journey, starting tomorrow up at Inverness.<\/p>\n
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Away from all that , though, because we can’t change the past, Europe is done with now, and we can only look forward.<\/p>\n
All we can do is support whatever the manager decides is best to do next, and support not only him, but the players.<\/p>\n
Theres enough detraction of their abilities in the media, and we need to remember that they read the papers, watch the tv and even go into forums as well.<\/p>\n
Maybe we should, at the risk of sounding a bit like the old Celtic View, try to instill a little confidence in them ourselves, because outwith the club, they won’t get it from anywhere else.<\/p>\n
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Especially as when the management come out with this kind of statement which really doesn’t help anyone;<\/p>\n
The positive is Kieran Tierney. Nobody had heard of him two months ago, an 18-year-old playing like a \u00a35m full-back. That\u2019s positive, we want to talk about it,” \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n