The Celtic Board needs to come out and support Nancy publicly. And affirm this is a multi-year project, giving Nancy time to get new players in. And they need to do this soon. Losing to St. Mirren in a Cup Final. And potentially losing the league to a non-Rangers team. That is some kind of baggage for a Celtic coach to carry around without executive backing.
Celtic are the Ohio State Buckeyes of Scotland. Beat up on the little guys, get the fan’s ego inflated and then lose to the first competitive team they face. This is not a new phenomenon.
Ohio State football haters are a funny bunch. The facts are not with them. At all. The hate still flows. Good stuff.
What?!? Scottish Real Madrid?!? Are you trying to say that Rangers are the Scottish Barcelona?!? [thinks about it] Yeah. Never mind.
True, but we all know how long it takes to find and secure the players you need, and then get them playing together cohesively. Celtic supporters don't want to wait....the same squad was playing lights out football under Martin O'Neill. Why wouldn't they blame Nancy, even if he may be playing the scapegoat for the Celtic Board.
Also, remember me saying that the Crew gets a million for every cup they win? I’ve been wondering if this is playing a role somehow…
Meaning in regards to the board and how they’re dealing with/supporting Nancy. I’m not suggesting anyone is throwing matches.
Uh... what are you suggesting then? Why even hire him if you don't want to win? They ain't tanking for a draft pick.
This is the salient point. They went through a lot of effort and expense to bring in Nancy. Thats not what you do for a rent-a- chump. The problem right now.is that the interim guy had them on a win streak and the contrast is driving an already enraged fan base insane. Or, rather, more insane than they already were. They all knew that they were going to have to go big and heavy in the January window. They were just hoping not to have to limp into it like the walking wounded.
I have lots of affection for Nancy and honestly wish the Crew had signed him to a lifetime contract. So I don’t personally wish him any ill will. But at the same time ******** all these Glaswegian losers and their inflated sense of importance. I hope they never win a game again. You all can stand to lose a little bit because you are not important. You are not more important than any other team in your league and it apparently hurts your feelings to be reminded of it today. Tough break, shit heads. Long may you toil.
I'm somewhat surprised Nancy didn't keep the gameplans that were winning and then slowly introduce his concepts once he understood his roster better. Instead he went in and deleted all prior history and tried to start from scratch with no time for it to bake. If he cant adjust and can only run "his" system then his coaching career is gonna get shortened. I still don't think he was going to be capable of having success with a Crew rebuild. So kudo's to him getting paid while the iron was hot. At this pace I still see him getting terminated before Easter.
Da fuq? Osu won the natty LAST year beating back to back to back to back top 5 teams. Celtic would be lucky to be OSU. They're more like Wisconsin when the b1g west existed. Dominant against their league but irrelevant in the larger picture.
That was following a team meeting when they couldn't beat an unranked team at home. Considering OSU's woes from 2020-2023, was the 2024 playoff run the exception to the rule? The two BCS games vs LSU and Florida also come to mind. That comparison may not be entirely wrong. These next few weeks will tell a lot about the next 2-3 years.
LOLOLOLOL Campeones "cup" is a joke. Nobody takes that shit seriously. You're talking about cut rate "cups" compared to the one that really matters.
I just hate them because they are the 5 ton gorilla and it seems to be around a rate of 75% of residents who like them. It is just annoying as ********. No thank you... I'll pass on most everything, I have other interests.
First - talking about losing to unranked Michigan (a rivalry game at that) makes no sense here. First the argument is that we lose to the only good teams we play. Now its that we lost to an unranked team? So, is it that we lose to good teams or bad teams? Also, did you see the post from MTO above? We win against AP top 10 teams more than anyone. Our woes in 20-23? We beat multiple top 10 teams during that time and should have been in 2 national championships. I take no offense to someone saying OSU should have won more national championships than we have based on our talent and recruiting - we are underachievers compared to what we should have, honestly. But it's not even close to true to suggest we don't win against the good teams we play. We're one crappy kick (Georgia), and a bad call away from 4 championship games in 7 full seasons under Ryan Day. That isn't a team that can't win against good teams. We beat FIVE top 5 teams last year. We've beaten 2 at the time we played this year and are poised to do more this playoff. Tressel's team did lose to Florida in 06 and LSU in 07, but that same year both teams beat multiple top 10 teams and one top 5 team. He also beat the greatest team on paper of all time in 02. We have a history of winning big games, i'm not sure where this made up narrative about losing against the good teams we play came from. Celtic, on the other hand, has 0 chance of winning anything of importance ever again but their fans are reliving the glory days where they actually could make a dent in a European competition. We are not the same.
Near as I can tell, Celtic have had one truly successful season in Europe, 1966-67. They were runners up in Europe a few of seasons later. They also lost a UEFA Cup Final in 2003. I assume that Nancy did not go to Celtic in order to help them win more domestic titles. But it seems as though the fanbase are reasonably happy with what has constituted success for the club; beating out Rangers for domestic hardware and qualifying for European tournaments, where they tend to get bounced in the group stage or end up needing to play a bunch of qualifying round games. Whatever. Nancy's a smart man. He went into this job eyes wide open.
The St. Mirren cup loss was really bad. They are 9th on the table with a negative 8 GD. Roma was excusable, and Hearts was a toss-up. I think the main issue is that Nancy didn't do any change management and went straight into his formation after a handful of practices. I honestly think that if Nancy had kept the old formation but had the same outcomes, things might appear better, as they would have the hope of their formation being tweaked in the future. Then again, it's Celtic and Celtic fans. There is probably no appeasing them, even if Celtic won with just close wins. But the updated formation he rolled out, mixed with the 3-1 result against St. Mirren was probably the worst possible outcome for Nancy.