Mowbray puts brave face on slip-ups

Fri, 30 Oct 15:38:18 2009

Tony Mowbray will have to answer some tough questions at Celtic's AGM on Friday after the Hoops crashed out of the Co-operative Insurance Cup at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday night with a 1-0 defeat by Hearts at Parkhead.

The Celtic boss watched his side go top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a win at Hamilton on Sunday but once again his team slipped up in front of their own fans and have now won only twice in nine attempts at Celtic Park since he arrived in the summer.

The crowd of around 20,000 indicated an apathy which is sure to be another worry for the Parkhead board, but Mowbray said: "I think we would be concerned if we weren't making chances but we are making chances every game we play and it will click."

He added: "In a stadium that is normally more atmospheric, we showed great desire to win a football match.

"I didn't see a lack of belief. I seen a very positive team playing against a team who deserve credit for defending as well as they did.

"We deserved better than we got but sometimes you don't get what you deserve in football. We take it on the chin and move on to the next game."

Gorgie midfielder Michael Stewart scored from the spot in the 58th minute after Danny Fox had tripped Christian Nade inside the Celtic box.

Mowbray had left strikers Scott McDonald and Georgios Samaras on the bench but hurried them on immediately after going behind.

However, the Greece international missed a series of chances to equalise before the final whistle brought a crescendo of boos down from the stands.

To compound another frustrating night for the home side, skipper Stephen McManus was deservedly red-carded for an outrageous lunge at Andrew Driver as the Jambos wide-man tried to speed past him with seconds remaining.

 

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  1. Stuart ........I do not know where you got your figures­ from, but rather than getting into a financial­ arguement please justify your claim that 4 trophies in­ two years is not "doing too well".

    From rarkless, on Sat 31 Oct 10:34PM

  2. Not all doom and gloom bhoys, least we are not skint­ like the filthy mob.

    I would give Mowbray till feb and­ see how things are then with new signing etc...

    Kills­ me to say it as a Celtic fan that stephen­ macmanus's tackle was appaling and he deserved to­ go.....

    One more thing.why was Donati let go when he­ was playing his best since coming to celtic?

    From Marty, on Fri 30 Oct 3:45PM

  3. why should we grin and bear it? why should we put up­ with 2 home wins from 9? Why should we part with­ scandalous amounts of money to watch utter drivel like­ this?
    Why is Mowbray still in a job?
    Give him time? ­ How much more time does he need?
    Mowbray states that­ celtic are m,aking chances-so what it th ball­ doesn't into the net?
    He has to go and go now, end­ of story.
    22% win rate says it all GHe's nothing­ more than en english first division manager, all you­ people who say give him time and it will come right are­ living in dreamland; the guy is rank rotten and should­ be shown the door. end of.

    From frankiethebear2002, on Fri 30 Oct 2:26PM

  4. Rarkless...very limited financial resources, he has­ spent over £30 million since he came back

    From Stuart, on Fri 30 Oct 9:51AM

  5. Stuart.........you post that you cannot remember Wattie­ doing too well in his first "2 years " back.­ Perhaps the following facts will assist your failing­ memory, if not a visit to the doctor is called for.­ Wattie returned on 10.01.2007. Season 2006/2007 was­ already lost due to his predecessor. The last trophy­ won, was won in May 2009. This gives Wattie at most 2­ years and 4 months of footballing action since his­ return. During that period he has won the SPL once, the­ Scottish Cup twice, the Scottish League cup once and­ took his team to a European final. All this was done­ with very limited financial resources. I would suggest­ that this is in fact " doing very well". If­ your intention is to deflect away from the headline­ topic, at least get your facts right or stick to the­ old favourites, such as Rangers are skint or all­ Rangers fans are bigots.

    From rarkless, on Fri 30 Oct 2:00AM

  6. #10 gavin c your mum must have had one big c. unt to­ have a c.unt like you

    From the azzurri, on Fri 30 Oct 1:37AM

  7. bhoys pop a chill pill..th race has not yet­ started..enjoy th moment!

    From zzgus f, on Fri 30 Oct 1:12AM

  8. belief, 110%, courage, fight, heard it all before, but­ is anyone good enough to play FOOTBALL? NO, none can­ put the the ball in that net, the amount of excuses­ i've had for McGeady is unbelievable, did you know­ he's not a striker, he's a midfielder, so that­ explains five goals a season, what a genious.

    From inverkenny, on Fri 30 Oct 12:55AM

  9. Mick, that's a bad stutter you've got.

    From frederick s, on Thu 29 Oct 10:36PM

  10. Point 10 - at least our team ain't going bankrupt­ and you are still an @#$%

    From Alan R, on Thu 29 Oct 7:59PM

  11. # 9 lol hope so mash

    From the azzurri, on Thu 29 Oct 6:03PM

  12. what has happened to the celtic way of playing mowbray­ has played one up front for most of the games the tims­ would finnish bottom of the english 2nd div/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Thu 29 Oct 3:43PM

  13. People have short memories....remember Strachans first­ game in charge, a certain 5-0 thrashing by­ Artmedia.....then there was the Roy Keane Clyde­ fiasco.At the moment we have to grin and bear it and­ get on with it.

    From offmymash, on Thu 29 Oct 3:27PM

  14. J. Skene look up mate whos top of the league, cant­ remember Wattie doing to well in his first 2 years back

    From Stuart, on Thu 29 Oct 2:30PM

  15. haha septic are out!!!!!

    From j_skene, on Thu 29 Oct 2:28PM

  16. Just seen on sky sports news that he has a win­ percentage of 22% since becoming celtic manager hahaha.­ Just makes me laugh when all the tims were on here in­ the summer saying something special was going to happen­ now he was manager. It was going to be the greatest­ season in years.
    A couple of months in and your­ calling for his head. Seems you are all about as loyal­ as he was when he told the west brom fans to stay loyal­ to the team and then jumped ship as soon as they were­ relegated. One big c.unt leading a team of c.unts­ supported by c.unts

    From Gavin C, on Thu 29 Oct 2:22PM

  17. With a bit of luck McManus will get a two season ban

    From offmymash, on Thu 29 Oct 2:10PM

  18. I'm a celtic fan and it sickens me that the club­­ forced strachan out and replaced him with this idiot­­ mowbray who knows sweet f*ck all about football and­ how­ to get the best out of his players. So far, this­ season­ has been the worst brand of football I have­ seen from­ celtic in years! strachan had passion &­ delivered 3­ strait titles and it wouldve been a 4th­ had the players­ not screwed it up themselves....the­ players have been­ @#$%e since january this year when­ they had a 7 point­ lead and blew it. mowbray has now­ taken them­ backwards...so much for the celtic cr*p­ with mowbray­ being one of our own..he's a f*ckwit,­ sack him and­ hire someone competent, having a celtic­ background­ means @#$%e

    From andy, on Thu 29 Oct 1:54PM

  19. oh and by the way playing AT HOME with chris killen as­ a lone striker is not going to get us raving and­ certainly ain't going to get us winning games..

    From Mick, on Thu 29 Oct 1:32PM

  20. oh and by the way playing AT HOME with chris killen as­ a lone striker is not going to get us raving and­ certainly ain't going to get us winning games..

    From Mick, on Thu 29 Oct 1:32PM
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