{"id":40444,"date":"2025-11-02T20:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40444"},"modified":"2025-11-02T20:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:34:37","slug":"cn978vqql0doat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/02\/cn978vqql0doat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Martin O&#8217;Neill be Celtic manager for League Cup final?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Once the initial shock at his return passed, many Celtic fans will have been pleased to see the club legend return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Celtic powerbrokers, who have been engulfed in heat from the fans, knew what they were doing with this one. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Neill was even able to tip Hearts for the title &#8211; and stand by his prediction &#8211; and not have his reputation tarnished. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Even if things hadn&#8217;t gone to script on Sunday &#8211; or at any stage during his interim tenure &#8211; his place in club folklore is fixed. But a semi-final victory against Rangers has certainly lifted spirits. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Supporters sought out the songbook from two decades ago and serenaded him at the national stadium. It was just another surreal moment in a surreal week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Neill doesn&#8217;t have the same calibre of player to call upon as he did in his first spell. There is no Lubo Moravcik, no Neil Lennon, no Henrik Larsson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But there is a group of players keen to prove their worth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Outside of the aforementioned Callum McGregor and Kieran Tierney, the four others involved in Celtic&#8217;s goals &#8211; scorers Johnny Kenny and Callum Osmand &#8211; who has been advised to &#8220;get a couple DVDs of the Swede&#8221; &#8211; and providers Arne Engels and Auston Trusty &#8211; were latterly not favoured by Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Whether O&#8217;Neill sticks around for the final or not, he has at worst provided a path for players who otherwise might have been rocking up suited and booted and seated in the stands. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On that note of attire, the final mention in this mad week must go to O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s matchday fit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The sight of him adorning an Adidas Originals tracksuit on the touchline was as surprising as anything else out of Parkhead this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The other tracksuit was really tight nylon,&#8221; explained O&#8217;Neill of what he wore against Falkirk. &#8220;I looked like Robin Hood!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A vintage look for a vintage manager, who might just be breaking out the shirt and tie and circling 14 December on the calendar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Martin #ONeill #Celtic #manager #League #Cup #final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the initial shock at his return passed, many Celtic fans will have been pleased to see the club legend&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40446,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40444\/revisions\/40446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}