Celtic should be sitting on 2 points in Champions League Group H this morning...
... instead they sit bottom with no points, no goals and no hope.
A different array of strategic errors undermined the real chance of a draw against a Messi-less Barca but, overall, the lack of a valid holistic at the top is the issue - some members of the board put brinksmanship ahead of the good of the club and, in the same manner that Peter Lawwell had to apologise to fans for his strategic errors handing the 2008/09 Scottish Premier League title to #Rangers, a further apology is in order because this Champions League campaign has been self-harming throughout.
See http://footballisfixed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/one-love-art-of-war.html
We were offered a consultancy arrangement by Peter Lawwell for the Group Stage of the 2013/14 tournament but once Mr Lawwell started to reinvent realities and our lawyer informed us that he would not let us work with Celtic due to economies of truth in the negotiation process, we took our other option instead (working with the top team in Europe is preferable to the 56th best side!).
We intended to charge £100,000 for a four month deal.
We were able to guarantee 60% probability of second place in the group which would have earned the club an extra £3.5 million.
£100,000 = 60% probability of +£3.5 million.
£0 = +£0.
And money matters...
... Mr Lawwell is rewarded with a £700K annual contract yet John Keane, who reached into his own pocket to save the club when it was on the verge of termination in 1994, is still owed the £1 million he put up to secure Celtic's future.
And £700K per annum for micro-managed brinksmanship?
Chief executives are paid handsomely to make difficult, often psychopathic, decisions.
By leaving strategic choices until the very last moment, Lawwell removes the skill input to such decisions and replaces with the cruel hand of fate - he is reactive to realities planned and executed elsewhere.
Reactive rather than proactive...
But here is one holistic that is worthy of consideration at the very least.
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Signing potentially destabilising individuals who base life decisions solely on financial considerations is a self-destructive time-bomb.
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Which brings us back to that old chestnut of club loyalty.
Fans believe in their club but do owners, chief executives, players and their agents?
Or do they just believe in money and in exploiting the fans for their misguided belief in something which only retains its sense of identity in two areas - the history and these self-same fans.
No doubt there will be those that say that the club is everything and that nothing negative should be applied to Celtic FC but it is exactly this point which persuaded us to approach Celtic in the first place.
Last year's Champions League progression was largely a fluke based on good fortune rather than good judgment.
The Qualifiers and the first two matches in the Group Stage this season have been equally short-termist and self-harming.
The club must improve strategically.
We made that offer...
... and we will make that offer again in the future when the club is under a different regime.
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