Gordon Dalziel
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I think if Robbie Keane is going to come into Celtic, he wants to come in as a head coach manager.
No, and I think Martin, obviously, as I say, this is a team that a lot of people criticised at one point, but they still went on to win a double.
And they all look like they work very well together.
And that's the most important thing.
See, when you're a manager, the most important people are the people round about you.
Your assistant manager, your coaches...
people that you just can get in and shut the door have a cup of tea they'll come out and you know tell you the truth and they'll be there for you they'll back you they'll work hard with you I think Martin O'Neill's found that chemistry with the guys that he's got and I think if Robbie Keane had to come in the building he'd have to find his own sort of a way whether he would work with Sean Maloney or what we don't know that because we've seen Postacoglu walking in without assistant managers we've seen it before but
But Robbie O'Keefe might just look and think, no, I want him on backroom staff as well.
It's got to be an interesting watch.
Me personally, if I was picking, I would certainly be favouring Martin O'Neill.
The thing, sorry Gary, the thing about a good manager is recognising probably your weaknesses.
And Martin O'Neill, I'll probably tell you, even I remember going up against Martin O'Neill as a manager way back in 2000.
And even at that time, Martin O'Neill wasn't a hands-on coach.
Martin O'Neill was a man manager that's what he is that's his strength he goes and gets the guys like Maloney and when he had John Roberts in there and people that he worked with to do all the coaching he does the man management he does the most important part of the club and he gets people underneath him to do what he wants them to do so
I don't buy into the oh Martin O'Neill's 74 and let's discard him because I keep going back to it he pulled Celtic over the line and won a double and I don't think there's many managers out there could have went and turned that round for Celtic so it shows you how good he is he looked like at the cup final walking around that pitch he still had the passion he still had everything about him
I think the decision will be down.
Does Martin want to go through it?
Because it is a big rebuilding job.
There's a lot to be done at Celtic.
And if he did, and he still had that hunger, I don't care what age he is, I would stick with Martin O'Neill.