Celtic's Management Woes

Something has gone horribly wrong at Celtic, and it's realy hard to see Neil Lennon surviving the last bad result. My personal suspicion is that he simply has a natural lifespan at any club, after which his style starts to grate, his opponents work out how to beat him, and things just naturally come to an end.

Unfortunately for Celtic, it's really hard to see how they can get a new manager who they can afford, who is willing to take on the job, and who understands the importance of this season above all others. The two names put into the fray - Gordon Strachan and Martin O'Neill - both feel like retrograde steps, but it's hard to come up with any better alternative.

All that said, it's probably for the best of everyone in Scottish football (except for Celtic of course) if they don't win ten-in-a-row. Firstly because it shows just how pathetically weak our game is that one club can dominate to that extent, but secondly because that then immediately creates a new obsession - forever after the other side will have to equal, or better the achievement. I'm afraid the whole thing is just poisonous.

(Finally, it is of course worth noting that Rangers have had a collapse in the second half of both the previous two seasons. Despire the way they're currently playing, there really isn't any guarantee it wouldn't happen again.)