The Ronny Deila Thread

Just got this from KDS.

Sun:

RONNY DEILA reckons Celtic could have reached the Champions League last season if they’d had a better MEDICAL department.

The Hoops boss quickly diagnosed things behind the scenes had to improve after he took over from Neil Lennon.

Skipper Scott Brown was crocked as the Bhoys failed to make the group stages 12 months ago.

But Deila believes the lack of injuries this term justifies his changes — and hopes it can help them dump Qarabag tomorrow night.

He said: “Losing your best players to injuries can be the difference between success and failure.

“If we’d had Broony available to us, then maybe it would have been a different story in the Champions League.

“So we have added people to the medical and physical side.

“We have also changed the way we train, and prepare to train, and how we have treatment.

“It has TOTALLY changed from what we had last year.

“We had a lot of improvements to make because we had way too many injuries — pulled muscles and things like that.

“It’s about getting in knowledge, about developing everybody in the right way, so everyone is thinking in the same way.

“It is about good planning and good treatment, to always get people ready for training and games.”

 

That's good means we will make the group stages now

 

I love Ronny to bits but so many new managers come out with these sort of statements when they have a bad start. They blame the previous regime (which, in our case, was successful).

 

Yes our previous regime was successful, but it was obvious it was more of a spirit over knowledge-type mentality with Lenny and co (not that it's a negative!).

Progression and evolution is key.

 

Wish we got to see Ronny as Lenny's assistant, Ronny's knowledge on things like this and fitness with Lenny's tactical ability would have been something else.

 

I agree with you, but I think it's a wee bit of a dis-service to Lenny. He has a good knowledge of the game.

 

I disagree.

Different managers have different opinions.

Strachan's team had very little quality, but were so successful due to the fighting spirit he installed in them.

If the like of - for instance, Guardiola took over from Strach - you can bet your bottom dollar every facet would be looked at to see what could be improved.

Not that Deila is Pep, but he's doing the right thing by attempting to improve all aspects of Celtic as a team and as a club.

 

Aye, if Ronny was happy to be an assistant, then I think it would have been a fruitful partnership.

 

Hopefully he's right

 

I don't see how Ronny is blaming Lenny's regime here.

 

I remember lennon blaming our injury problems on lennoxtown, and he wanted to move back to barrowfield. Looking back seems a bit like he was stuck in his ways. I do agree that with lennon and strachan we had a lot of heart and fighting spirit, but I almost feel a bit like "Been there done that", was so satisfying seeing us technically match inter milan in long periods even though we got put out.

 

I don't mind Ronny saying that. I didn't like it last season when he was in the middle of a bad spell and blamed it on the previous regime.

Now though? Last season was succesful, we're all hopeful for the future, he's doing well, it's easy to say it now.

 

Foreign coaches are better cos they know what to have for yer dinner and that

 

I don't think he did blame it on the previous regime as such, and I remember arguing the same point last season. The players weren't fit enough for his liking, that wasn't him having a go I don't feel. Every manager will have their own desired level of fitness, and for the system Deila wanted to play, our players weren't fit enough I don't think. The transformation as the season went on was very noticeable.

 

I don't have any evidence towards this thought, but my gut instinct makes me think Deila and Lennon would have clashed if Deila was his assistant. Trying to rationalise it but I think it's just because with both being Celtic manager, I can't imagine one being the subordinate of the other.

I think that not having Brown for last year's qualifiers had an impact but it's not the only factor in why we failed to qualify for the champions league, twice. Three of the players we had playing in the first leg against Legia, where we lost 4-1, weren't good enough. Pukki, Berget and McGregor. Pukki subbed off half way through the game and then Berget 20 minutes later. Ambrose getting sent off in the first half didn't help matters.

We were already on a hiding from losing 4-1 in Warsaw but playing the return leg at Murrayfield, with a new manager and new style of play was never going to make it likely for us to qualify.

Lennon and Strachan both failed to qualify for the CL in their first season too, so it's no surprise that Deila had a similarly difficult start.

 

OK if this is so true how can he not fix Boerrighter, Lustig, Forrest and Mulgrew????? I smell bullshit here.......................

 

We argued about that at the time, I still think he was trying to shift the blame from himself on to Lenny, who managed a very succesful team.

Ronny had already agreed to it but I could see a lot of their ideas clashing. Would have been interesting if they had a working relationship though.

You are quite right about the qualifiers, starting Berget is still one of the most bizarre decisions I've ever seen. As was Matthews at LB and Izzy on the bench.

 

Forrest hasn't been injured for 7 months or so. Boerrigter hasn't been injured either, just not in the plans and Lustig has just underwent an operation to fix his injury problems.

Mulgrew picked up one bad injury and has a knock just now. By no means is he injury prone.

 

Still stand by what I say. If RD's medical team are magicians, wish they would pop by my house and take a look at my dodhy knee!!

 

Not magicians, just more personalised, it works well. Our injuries have generally recovered much quicker, he also waits until a player is 100% before throwing them back in the deep end.

Lenny was more old school play through the pain barrier type.

Not always though, it was Lenny's medical team who sorted Scott Brown.