Sean Maloney

was good but if you gave Nancy Duran

she's probably still here Just in terms of Martin O'Neill James so you think there is a way back if we start winning games done for you you can give me your thoughts on the second games but where has it all gone just so wrong is it too simplistic to point back to that collapse against Lask in the second half I think that's exactly I think there's mental scarring from that there's a few other things at play the summer transfer window absolutely the messing about with Maloney and Fotheringham wasn't great I think the morning of pre-season they still hadn't been confirmed you know things like that and Martin O'Neill himself taking time to decide whether he actually wanted it you know in the first place so you know what do you point to and is it now done

it's not the end it's now done but it all points back to Desmond it's structural you know how we make decisions just the candid way that he was brought in that they had no real options for you know you're looking for a kind of modern manager and a structure you know you're replacing Tisdale and all that kind of stuff still to do that

Tisdale was sacked in January it's November yeah

but thinking that the not you know the point you were making in April is a guy that can motivate players to get over the line which is real short term stuff the kind of guy in business you bring in for a turnaround that's a new did that you don't then make him your CEO for the next five years there's a reason why these guys are consultants or short term fixers do it and he harnessed that team and got them over the line but that's different particularly in the modern day and I'm not saying guys who are a wee bit older can't deploy modern but I don't think O'Neill does I think he just follows the Brian Clough same as Neil Lennon does and all that kind of stuff I don't think the players these days are responding to that you can imagine them getting the hair dryer yesterday after that and they go aye okay mate no bother

well look at James McLean's comments during the week about the international set up that's clear as day black and white everything you need to know of what is going on at Celtic at the moment.

There's even chat that there's a bit of a disagreement between the style and the setup between Anil and Maloney, right? So that's making its way from somewhere.

That's like, who was it that released that today? Was it...

Celtic board shortlist for O'Neill's replacement.

Sean Maloney, Robbie Keane, Scott Brown.

That's exciting, Killian.

Yeah, it's good to see we're going in a different direction this time.

And Maswanisi just isn't on form at this moment in time.

You can tell now why... do you remember going back when he was in form the rumours were that Celtic were there to watch him under Martin O'Neill and I think Sean Maloney was in the stand and they never made a move for him I think they've obviously seen a lot of flaws in him, right? He's had a great

season.

But maybe he's just out of form.

But I think my frustration comes from the fact that we can all see this happening, but it's going to be a repeat of the COVID season, I think.

let's not forget Covid season by the way at this point we still had a pretty good record very similar to this season and it was at this point the wheels started to come off and it wasn't until I think February that we sacked Neil Lennon I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens here and we end up with like Sean Maloney in interim charge for the end of the season and it's not good enough

That was my wild take at the start of the season.

You know when we all had to put our wild takes? It was Sean Millennial being the manager before the end of the season.

Do you know what? We'll, we'll just keep that same defense.

We'll just, we'll just keep that and then what we'll do is, we'll maybe add a wee loan player to that." What, what in right mind is a, a ga- guys at that level, a qualification, guys that experienced a Martin O'Neill, Sean Maloney, four of them, they've all played at a good level.

They've sat back and went, "Aye, they'll do for me.

They'll do again." All the mistakes they made last year, mistakes in preseason, mistakes in the last, and then they go, "Do you know what? I will stick with that." But then he goes sign a young 18-year-old, 19-year-old for Chelsea to help Kieran Tierney.