Saint Without a Halo Posted 23 May, 2016 Share Posted 23 May, 2016 http://www.skysports.com/share/10292304 Contrary to his previous statements about Saints lack of ambition when spending up to £50m of Liverpools money on Saints Players He now apparently believes Celtic is and can remain a top world club by looking within, to its academy, rather than shelling out large £10m or £5m fees Wasn't that the Saints strategy he was particularly scathing about, stating lack of ambition etc? I wonder how he will enjoy Saints if we continue to raid our recent feeder club Celtic now the boot is on the other foot Is he therefore a hypocrite or just a pragmatist building up Celtic as a top world club that cannot currently afford £5m to £10m players because of the league it plays in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 23 May, 2016 Share Posted 23 May, 2016 I don't remember him being scathing about our policy of promoting youth. His famous quote was basically about us selling off multiple players during that golden summer of meltdown. Not really sure how anything he's said there is particularly hypocritical. He's taken at least two steps back into a league and a club that are skint, so bigging up the virtues of promoting from within is basically his only option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 23 May, 2016 Share Posted 23 May, 2016 He's not a hypocrite in the slightest, and I respect him greatly for taking that job, but it would be rather satisfying to poach a player or two from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Red Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 Is it actually possible to fail at that job? And to answer the question. No, he isn't a hypocrit, but he is a c u n t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Fred Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 i hope he bumps into Owen after saying it's not a step down..obviously Celtic are now up there with the big three..barce madrid and Liverpool. He is a hypocrite anyway..talking about How Spurs should win the league after spending 100 million when he could only finish 7th or something after spending the Suarez money. A walking sound bite and the documentary summed hm up..David Brent mark 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzmeister Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 Does Brendan effect our relationship with Celtic (who we've traditionally done a lot of business with). Never sure why we don't loan to them more, club with a gritty league to toughen our players up, some European football, and a better standard of player to learn from than league1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 The Celtic board probably saw him fritter away a quarter of a Billion pounds on players at Liverpool and achieve very little on that outlay, and promptly hid the key to the safe. Hoping they get the Brendan Rogers of Reading and Swansea management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkboy Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 Bet the Celtic players are worried about their names being in Brendan's envelopes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 How can he be a hypocrite? The Scousers gave him money to spend, especially after they sold Suarez, as the Kop were spitting blood all over their replica tops. If he'd spent nothing after selling Suarez and said he was going to concentrate on bringing through the youth instead, he'd have been on the first train back to Swansea. The fact he spent it badly is another thing altogether. He said some things to the media, but managers play the media game and then sometimes live to regret it. Hopefully he's learned from that time and will be less of a ***t in the future. He's not a bad manager and the Celtic job is a chance to raise a profile in a below average league. CL qualification is paramount though, so i hope his players have plenty of "character" and BR also reads a thesaurus to broaden his vocabulary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brmbrm Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 "It isn't a step down. Honest. It isn't. Really, it isn't a step down, i mean it. Its not" Translation: "Its a step down" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren2 Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 He's just getting to work with players 2 steps earlier - Celtic Player - Southampton Player - Liverpool Player...... Looking forward to letting him know how it feels.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Saint Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 one day, you could be sitting here Brenda...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 24 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 24 May, 2016 I don't remember him being scathing about our policy of promoting youth. His famous quote was basically about us selling off multiple players during that golden summer of meltdown. Not really sure how anything he's said there is particularly hypocritical. He's taken at least two steps back into a league and a club that are skint, so bigging up the virtues of promoting from within is basically his only option. He intimated that our policy of selling key players (to him mainly using the millions raised from Suarez who he couldn't hang on to) and subsequently replacing them with youth or players not as well known (i.e cheaper) showed a ditinct lack of ambition And that we didn't aspire to the champions league I believe that given where he finds Celtic, (a club not currently blessed with millions given the league they are in and no Suarez like players leaving) his statements on not spending and promoting youth are a pragmatic necessity. However it is interesting that he now finds this approach consistent with being, as he states " a top world club" and one not at odds to competing in the Champions league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 He intimated that our policy of selling key players (to him mainly using the millions raised from Suarez who he couldn't hang on to) and subsequently replacing them with youth or players not as well known (i.e cheaper) showed a ditinct lack of ambition And that we didn't aspire to the champions league I believe that given where he finds Celtic, (a club not currently blessed with millions given the league they are in and no Suarez like players leaving) his statements on not spending and promoting youth are a pragmatic necessity. However it is interesting that he now finds this approach consistent with being, as he states " a top world club" and one not at odds to competing in the Champions league. His quote was about us selling players, not about who we replaced them with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 24 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 24 May, 2016 His quote was about us selling players, not about who we replaced them with. oK he basically took a swipe at us not wanting to spend big compared to Scousehampton to,keep our key players and spend more to make the next move to a champions league level and said he had no sympathy for paying mega bucks to attract out top talent He is now at a club where he is saying prudence spending small and recruiting from the youth team is the way forward ( obviously by necessity) yet he believes they are a top world club and their current strategy ( even more prudent than the one he critisized us for ) is sufficient to maintain a top world club position and go on and challenge in the Champions league It must be just me but I do detect a smidgin of hypocrisy in his new position compared to his previous stance when he knew he could out spend us. This is not the first time his ill judged quotes about other clubs have come back to haunt him The quote patronizing quote calling Spurs a failure for not having won the league with their spend post Bale also came back to haunt him when he subsequently failed to even get a Champions league place with an even greater spend post Suarez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 oK he basically took a swipe at us not wanting to spend big compared to Scousehampton to,keep our key players and spend more to make the next move to a champions league level and said he had no sympathy for paying mega bucks to attract out top talent He is now at a club where he is saying prudence spending small and recruiting from the youth team is the way forward ( obviously by necessity) yet he believes they are a top world club and their current strategy ( even more prudent than the one he critisized us for ) is sufficient to maintain a top world club position and go on and challenge in the Champions league It must be just me but I do detect a smidgin of hypocrisy in his new position compared to his previous stance when he knew he could out spend us. This is not the first time his ill judged quotes about other clubs have come back to haunt him The quote patronizing quote calling Spurs a failure for not having won the league with their spend post Bale also came back to haunt him when he subsequently failed to even get a Champions league place with an even greater spend post Suarez. He didnt criticise us for not spending big. He just said he had no sympathy and that we didn't have to sell. The quotes are very easy to find online. His quotes about us have been shoved back down his throat already - he got sacked and we finished above what was his team this season. We've won. It's over. He's now the manager of Celtic, a team that will definitely have to sell when the likes of us come calling. There's plenty to laugh at without making things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 24 May, 2016 Share Posted 24 May, 2016 No but he's a cringy creepy caaant, also funny when he gets compared to Alan Partridge or David Brent because he is like them but it's real life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Le Tiss Posted 25 May, 2016 Share Posted 25 May, 2016 Is it actually possible to fail at that job? And to answer the question. No, he isn't a hypocrit, but he is a c u n t Beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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