Strachan Must Go?
Strachan Must Go?
Strachan can stay (and has earned the right to do so) IF he is willing to redress certian issues, and renege on his stubburness.
I liked a lot of Gordon's interviews last year and before where he talked about
the future
his plans
his knowledge of what was going wrong
his knowledge of what he needed to do to make things right
I liked how he spoke of changing/playing his team to suit the opposition/circumstances/conditions of each particular game.
I envisaged a team full of fluidity (which we are at our best), but one that could play different formations and different styles to suit the players in our team and to contrast with our opposition. Even the thought of putting X1 players out that could change to different systems would have been encouraging.
But we have gone every bit as stuck in the 4-4-2 as O'Neill's team did. At points this season Celtic have had no full backs, no wide midfielders, and only one striker available and on form enough to geniunely be considered to start matched.
Yet the most radical team set up has been a 4-4-1-1.
And many players out of form, sharpness, and confidence have been routinely left to pull on the hoops.
Celtic have not adapted.
It is my opinion that at the beginning of this season, the Celtic squad were on the cusp of something great - and for that - the current manager should be credited.
Unfortuanely he hasnt yet been able to take this group of players as far as they really could go. Whether or not he is able to do that could be shown in how he deals with the forthcoming end to the season.
Would staying would be an act of stubbornness in itself for Gordon Strachan.
I suppose it would be, yes - but only if he didnt challenge his own descions and actions in his time in charge of Celtic
IIf he stayed but and willing to learn from his mistakes, something he is not alone in football management (but is certianly up there with the worst of them), then perhaps he can use his experience as a basis to move on and improve. Gordon Strachan has so far been a successful Celtic manager, I suppose it’s the manner of that success allied to the consequent slip that is where many Celtic supporters could perhaps legitimately be concerned.
Strachan can stay (and has earned the right to do so) IF he is willing to redress certian issues, and renege on his stubburness.
I liked a lot of Gordon's interviews last year and before where he talked about
the future
his plans
his knowledge of what was going wrong
his knowledge of what he needed to do to make things right
I liked how he spoke of changing/playing his team to suit the opposition/circumstances/conditions of each particular game.
I envisaged a team full of fluidity (which we are at our best), but one that could play different formations and different styles to suit the players in our team and to contrast with our opposition. Even the thought of putting X1 players out that could change to different systems would have been encouraging.
But we have gone every bit as stuck in the 4-4-2 as O'Neill's team did. At points this season Celtic have had no full backs, no wide midfielders, and only one striker available and on form enough to geniunely be considered to start matched.
Yet the most radical team set up has been a 4-4-1-1.
And many players out of form, sharpness, and confidence have been routinely left to pull on the hoops.
Celtic have not adapted.
It is my opinion that at the beginning of this season, the Celtic squad were on the cusp of something great - and for that - the current manager should be credited.
Unfortuanely he hasnt yet been able to take this group of players as far as they really could go. Whether or not he is able to do that could be shown in how he deals with the forthcoming end to the season.
Would staying would be an act of stubbornness in itself for Gordon Strachan.
I suppose it would be, yes - but only if he didnt challenge his own descions and actions in his time in charge of Celtic
IIf he stayed but and willing to learn from his mistakes, something he is not alone in football management (but is certianly up there with the worst of them), then perhaps he can use his experience as a basis to move on and improve. Gordon Strachan has so far been a successful Celtic manager, I suppose it’s the manner of that success allied to the consequent slip that is where many Celtic supporters could perhaps legitimately be concerned.
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