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“I can’t make it out.” – John Hartson baffled at Ange Postecoglou’s bizarre SPFL snub

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Celtic’s domestic results speak for themselves.

One loss, one draw and 25 wins. 90 goals scored and only twenty conceded.

We have already lifted the first silverware of the season in a month where we also played three league games, WON three league games scoring eleven goals and conceding only one.

A marvellous month for the Celtic boss but, incredibly, he wasn’t named manager of the month.

Stuart Kettlewell of Motherwell was handed the award for a very unimpressive record where in five fixtures he lost two, drew one and won two.

Not that it counts, but he also lost in the Scottish Cup to Raith Rovers.

Manager of the month winning material that isn’t it?

And it was a decision that left John Hartson absolutely baffled.

Speaking on The Go Radio Football Show, Hartson said, “I can’t answer that. I just can’t see why they could ignore him.  Listens, Stuart Kettlewell has come in as a new manager, he’s had a bounce. Really good.

“He’s took Motherwell away from the bottom of the league. Excellent. But how can you win every single game and win a cup final and not get the award?

“Now, take nothing away from Stuart Kettlewell’s achievements. They give it to him and he’s got the job and he’s done outstanding. 

“Really, really outstanding and for Motherwell not to get beat in the next four and win three.

“It has to be? Surely?

“I’d be saying the same for Michael Beale if they’d won four or five games in a row and a cup final.

“I can’t make it out.”

Neither can we John.

The only thing I can deduce from this is that they were fed up of giving it to Ange and decided to pick names from a hat because even Beale has a better record in February than Kettlewell.

I will be leaving Vital Celtic at the end of the month but will continue to cover club news in another capacity. More details later.

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  • Stef says:

    Don’t think you have that correct. He wasn’t the manager when they got knocked out of the cup.

  • Pan says:

    I disagree.
    Mr Kettlewell has done a good job turning Motherwell round and deserves the award.
    Ange got this award at the beginning when he turned Celtic round after a couple of poor results. Try to be fairer with your comments.

  • Thomas says:

    Kettlewell has been in charge of 4 games with a record of 3 wins and a draw . The Raith rovers loss was stevie Hammell’s last game before being sacked

  • Jim The Tim says:

    Do not be part of the corrupt bastards public shit.
    Refuse all awards, they are handled out by fkn idiots

  • Calmyer Beans says:

    FFS
    Get a grip and take the massive chip off your shoulder
    Because Postecoglou has won most games, doesn’t automatically make him manager of the month
    I could f*ckin manage Celtic to win every game
    They’ve got all the best players and are a brilliant team
    Motherwell hadn’t won in about 15 games, so to win 2 in a row was a great achievement for him
    Don’t stoop to Rangers levels
    Everyone isn’t against you
    I hope you absolutely demolish Rangers every time you play them, but some of the pish from folk like Hartson, who is one of the worst pundits out, is cringeworthy
    Almost at the low level of the Boyds, Kris and Tom
    Hopeless

    • Paddy Sinat says:

      Mate, you couldn’t manage a coherent sentence never mind manage Celtic to the league. The only person stooping to Rangers’ level is you with that absolute nonsense.

  • Therese Storrie says:

    It’s an utter disgrace in my opinion
    What more has he got to do ? If he dosent get Manager of the Year it will be a travesty and that’s only going by what he has already achieved

  • Buggeroff says:

    The answer John Hartson is……………. B I G O T R Y

  • Hugh Burns says:

    Why is Robbie Neilson allowed to use the word “DECAPITATED”, in his post match interview.? Had a Celtic manager used that word he would have been hailed up in front of the free masons, aka SFA.!! Neilson is stoking up for the game tomorrow, if it is on, and his 0layers have not learned any lessons from ladt week when sevco players were shouting about what they would do to Celtic in the cup final, and Celts put them back into their box.! Celtic WILL do the sami in Edinburgh tomorrow, if the game is on!! Go on CELTS, put the wee brothers back in their box, and carry on into the next round. Mr Neilson loves sevco, but hates Celtic, as I go Celts, make him hat us even more!! HAIL HAiL.

  • Michael Donohoe says:

    Referees in ranjurs tops, A CORRUPT SFA, x celtic players in Scottish sports and media not calling out the blatant cheating. A celtic board who enjoys the creature comforts of THE MASONIC LODGE, who say nothing when our players are being mugged on and off the park…

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