Thread: Strachan Must Go!

This has been on the cards for ages. Anyone who couldn’t see us just didn’t want to.

An arrogant, spiteful and clueless individual who is responsible for a decline in standards of our great club over the last 4 seasons. We are up against the weakest Rangers side in decades and yet we trail the filth by 2 points. I will actually consider this one of the most embarrassing moments in our history if he lose the league to this bankrupt pile of pish. They are nothing more than an average SPL side… losing the league to them would be like pipped to the post by Falkirk.

Strachan has been fortunate during his tenture at the club. Please do not come on and defend him, open your eyes to the debacle that he has created. He has had 3 league championships handed to him, had never been tested and was never the right man for the job. Oh whats that I hear from the deluded Strachanites… the last 16 twice, something MON never did!? Oh wake up and get a grip… Alex McLeish took a miserable bunch of apes to the last 16 with 7 points… the very same season they did the impossible and finished 3rd in our two horse race!

But let’s get back to what happened today!
Why was Maloney playing today? A player who has not kicked a ball in earnest in 6 months, thrown into biggest game of the season. To put him in for McGeady, the one player, like him or not, who is capable of a talent of spark, just compounds the matter. And the fact that it was Maloney who failed to track back with Davis for the goal?? Well, enough said.

Making big Jan skipper was a "get it up ye" to all the people (the fans) who feel that big Jan does nothing during a game bar foul the opposition and be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Which is what he did today, bar a decent header in the first half. Skippy was practically a lone striker today. Hesselink is a lump of dead wood.

In the midfield, as much as I like Hartley and Crosas, they are too similar in that they are holding players. We were screaming out for a Robson like player. Someone who could drive at the huns defence. Oh….Wait a minute, he was on the bench!! Seriously if he was fit enough to be on the bench, then he was fit enough to play. If Maloney got a game then why couldn’t Robson!? Remember the impact he had at the end of last season? (lets not forget Strachan was FORCED to play him last year)

Ultimately, Strachan is an arrogant, insidious individual whose attempts to justify his decision by indicating that supporters dont know what they are talking about is disgusting. To come out and say we were brilliant today (we werent) is taking the mickey.

How our team has plummeted in quality since this horrible little man has taken over.

I do not believe we now have the bottle to win the title and Rangers will go on to take it. Which is sickening given we have been 7 points clear TWICE! 5 points clear TWICE, and 3 points clear TWICE!

Do not point to the fact he has won the last 3 titles as anyone could have managed Celtic over the last 3 seasons. We have had virtually no competition.

The runners up in the SPL this year will not qualify for the Champions League because they will be up against the likes of Arsenal and top sides from Spain, Germany and Italy. Therefore he has also cost us a financial windfall that will probably go to the vermin. They will now recover financially, just as it looked as if they were on the ropes.

I honestly believe that we have had the weakest competition in the 4 years Strachan has been here. Compare to when MON took over and Rangers were in the ascendancy.

The title last year was Rangers to lose, and if they didnt have the run in the UEFA Cup, as we had in 03, then they would have won the title.

Our performances in the Champions League this season in particular have been woeful, in fact, the worst atmosphere I have ever witnessed at Parkhead on European nights.
As a manager, he is inept. What else can explain the handling of players such as Riordan and Balde, the imbalance of treatment of McGeady and Boruc and the shocking signings of players such as Gravesen, Donati, Killen and near miss of Du Wei.

As for Dundee Utd, I am more concerned that they wont actually do us a favour as they have been probably the most difficult side we have faced this season.

I hate being negative about our team but can anyone honestly say that they are looking forward to next season under his stewardship?

To say he is more successful than MON is a crass statement, MON laid the bedrock of success that WGS should have built on. He is not a better manager, that is a fact. MON's team would walk all over this side. Strachan has also been a more successful manager than the great TB but again nowhere near comes to level of football the great man had us playing.

His signings have been awful too. McCourt, McGinn, and numerous has beens, never was and never will be's. He hasnt made a penny on any of his signings - bar Petrov, who he didnt sign, An example is Naka who will go for free in the summer. Gravesen, Balde and probably Donati as well - all big earners that we should have maximised a profit on but havent or couldnt.

Strachan is not capable of buying a player though and that is the problem, I dont think Lawell now trusts him, frankly neither do I. Out of around 40 players coming into the club during his tenure, he has had 3 successes, Boruc, Skippy and Nakamura. Brown has had a decent season, but not the wonder that everyone says, he will need another better season to be a success. Other players such as McCourt, McGinn, Mizuno, Killen, Dublin!!, Telfer, Camara, Hutchison, Pennant, Du Wei, Keane,Donati, Jarosik have all been fairly poor to some degree or other.

There is no point in us saying "he has potential" when we are clearly needing the finished article now. He has also spent £30m on players, hardly loose change.

Strachan must go and he can take all those fuds who still support him aswell… please spare us your apologist happy clapping pish.

Ive read your post mate and yea Rangers are pish and its goin to be a hard one to take if we lose the league.
But your speakin a load of bullshit,a clueless manager ....yea that would be the most sucessful one since stein who has done more than martin o neil ever did.
Graveson,Jarosik were flops but what about the players he has signed ,on a shoestring i may add compared to o neil,Naka,Boruc,Caldwell,Hartley,Hinkel,Robson,No one was sayin sammy was shite or JVOH when he scored the league winner last year.
As i say to u all,go and support someone else if your not happy.
I support Celtic come what may and think that is what bein a supporter is all about!!

There can be no excuse for his continual mismanagement. Playing JVOH was a major factor in the result today, in the cup final, against the weaknesses of a very poor Hun team we played Greedy up top, and it worked. Today we resorted to JVOH who provides nothing in the way of a goal threat or direction as a captain. When it was obvious that our tactics were not working we persisted until it was too late, Sammy, who is far from the best, did more in his first two minutes than JVOH had managed in the hour before. But for me the last straw was with ten or fifteen minutes to go Darren wants off, so being one behind, Huns entrenched, what do we do, that’s right bring on another fullback. Why? And then why play our goalie up front for the final minute?

Squad selection was woeful, how many fans would have liked to see Paddy or Koki come on for the last ten minutes. Even bring the young kid Misun on and let him play up front, anything, it’s not as if Lee is playing well or particularly good at crossing the ball.

Strachan must not go, he must be sacked for incompetence, we need a manager who can make better use of available resources and get us playing to our strengths. I’m sick of hearing about the opposition, we are Celtic, let others do the worrying.

Hail Hail
Great post RK

RK....couldn't agree with you more. I think you sum everything up very well. I heard alot of people crying for a penalty when Skippy went down in the box today, but to be honest, I think Skippy went looking for the penalty, and if I was the referee I wouldn't have given it. Skippy even with contact being made chose to go down rather than even attempt a shot at goal. But a play like that will not have cost us the league, the league(assuming an awful Rangers team doesn't hand the league back to us in the final 3 weeks) was lost because Strachan consistently made head-scratching team selections over the final few months of the season, and is the only manager in the history of professional football who thought that having 1 good striker and and 2 awful strikers to chose from was enough firepower. Under Strachan Celtic has become a team, where we had to hope for 1-0 wins at home in Europe(some by pure luck, or one moment of genius from Shunsuke) and against the Huns. Gone are the days where we could go into a European night or Old Firm Game and honestly see the possibility of seeing a 3-0 victory with spectacular goals scored FROM THE RUN OF PLAY. While every signing has not been Strachan's choosing, it is bothersome to me that he deems 60% possession of the ball with 1 or 2 actual goal scoring chances a fantastic performance. I'm not sure if I'm alone, but I'd much rather see 50% possession, but with 10 chances a game. If we think back to the MON teams, the affection was not just that the team was good, but that even though they had a long ball approach, we knew we were going to be entertained. Think of LArsson's Goals in the 6-2 Humping of the Huns, or Thompson's late winner against them, or Sutton's incredible night against Juventus. We could believe in that team, but with this team, the only goals we ever see besides a Nakamura wondergoal is someone bundling the ball over the line. It is as though Strachan has a rule in place that central midfielders and strikers are banned from taking a shot at goal unless theyre within 2 yards of the net.

For our own sake, I still hope we win the league, because I'm a Celtic supporter to the end, no matter who the manager is. That being said, it doesn't mean I don't pray for Strachan to decide it's time to leave in the summer, most likely citing as he did at Southampton that the stress was getting to him. What a feckin idiot. I'd love to see a guy like John Collins come in and take over. A guy who has a little experience with some of the players in our team(since we are basically a transplanted 2004/05 Hibs team lol) and was known for his skill during his playing days and whose teams to this point that he has managed have played with some flair. And given his time with Monaco as a player going deep into the champions league, I think he and guys like Paul Lambert understand what it means to have some ambition. Anyone who believes it is impossible for Celtic to atleast challenge in Europe and thrash the huns domestically is a fool. It's not about how much money you have, it's about what you do with the money that you have. Boruc, Brown, Nakamura, and McGeady...total cost was about 7 million pounds, and yes I intentionally factor in McGeady costing nothing to prove talent doesn't need to be bought, it can be nurtured.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Ive read your post mate and yea Rangers are pish and its goin to be a hard one to take if we lose the league.
But your speakin a load of bullshit,a clueless manager ....yea that would be the most sucessful one since stein who has done more than martin o neil ever did.
Graveson,Jarosik were flops but what about the players he has signed ,on a shoestring i may add compared to o neil,Naka,Boruc,Caldwell,Hartley,Hinkel,Robson,No one was sayin sammy was shite or JVOH when he scored the league winner last year.
As i say to u all,go and support someone else if your not happy.
I support Celtic come what may and think that is what bein a supporter is all about!!

correct me if im wrong mate,,, graveson was sugned on a big fat fuck off juicy contract.

Add up how much he has spent, then come back and tell me he has been on a shoestring compared to MON.

Some of the players you list as "good" are suspect, and thats me being nice.

Think you need to wisen up mate.

It is because we are supporters we care and want the best for Celtic, surely thats what being a true supporter is all about?

I've been dreading this old firm game as I honestly couldn't see us winning it, over the season we have went into games with very little attitude. What I mean is there has been little to no creativity/desire/passion/positivity on display if you get my meaning. I don't get to go to a lot of games but at one of the recent ones I was at, I was honestly sitting bored and I normally enjoy the games but I just wanted to get home, what does that say about what's being played on the field and it is filtering onto the stands as the atmosphere goes down hill and that does affect the players, look at Sammy today running by the celtic fans side waiving his hand at them to get behind the team. It could be argued the fan's poor atmosphere is not Strachans fault but I would argue with that pov. The manager is directly responsible for the performance on the pitch which is what gets the fans going and right now it's way below par.

What's that saying "celtic jersey's don't shrink to fit inferior players", does the same go for the manager?

Lol! :rofl:

Worse hun side in years, if they win the league it will be another crime against football.

I do think we will get better though and they will continue to get worse over the next few seasons.

We should of bought players in January to sercure 4 in a row and maybe more but our board are content with just been marginally better than the beasts.

I think strachan is off in the summer regardless of where the league goes.

mon the hibs

Originally Posted by Dubs

Worse hun side in years, if they win the league it will be another crime against football.

I do think we will get better though and they will continue to get worse over the next few seasons.

We should of bought players in January to sercure 4 in a row and maybe more but our board are content with just been marginally better than the beasts.

I think strachan is off in the summer regardless of where the league goes.

mon the hibs

here's hoping

WGS should not be allowed to leave in the summer he should be dismissed now.

He is responsible for the team and the team’s performances have been unacceptable. Celtic has not won three games in a row since we lost to Hibs, to end the run of twelve, on the 7th of December. Since that game we have taken only 34 points from a possible 57. In 2009 we have played 8 away match’s in the SPL winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 2, totaling 10 points from a possible 24.

We should have brought more players in during the January window, but to be perfectly honest we have the players to win this League at a canter, but are Lions led by Sheep. Our tactics, our use of resource, our playing unfit players ahead of others, our motivation etc etc, all the responsibility of the manager. In any other field of business this level of incompetence would result in instant dismissal.

As for supporting someone else because I’m unhappy with our current performances, “wind your neck in”