"The 73-year-old remains publicly steadfast that his second stint in charge of Celtic will be short term. I think my remit was that they would be looking for somebody [else] pretty quickly, he said on Friday. I don't think this is a renaissance. I just think this is a fill-in. Shock is still reverberating around Celtic Park, not so much about Monday's resignation of Brendan Rodgers but the follow-up savaging of the former manager by the main shareholder, Dermot Desmond."
"I think today's game is one for young coaches, young coaches coming into the game, O'Neill said. With the model at the moment you're talking about, generally speaking, foreign owners, foreign agents getting their people in first of all. And I just think that's the case. So I don't think there's any real room for somebody who might have some experience. I don't think they bother with that. Strangely enough, you could have all the experience in the world and still be crap."
Martin O'Neill, 73, has returned to manage Celtic on what he describes as a short-term, fill-in basis. Shock surrounds Brendan Rodgers' resignation and the subsequent public criticism by main shareholder Dermot Desmond. O'Neill says a strong result, such as a League Cup semi-final win over Rangers, could increase support for a longer tenure. He emphasizes the modern preference for young coaches and the influence of foreign owners and agents, suggesting little room for older, experienced managers. He showed signs of rust after a win over Falkirk when he struggled to name the club's left-back and referenced an abrupt exit from Nottingham Forest six years earlier.
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