Charlie Mulgrew was on media duty for Premier Sports during Celtic’s defeat to St Mirren at Hampden.
The 3-1 loss that Wilfried Nancy has overseen is an embarrassing scoreline for any Celtic team in a major cup final.
The Celtic tactics do not fit the players that Nancy has at his disposal, and the system is alien to what the team is used to and is causing confusion.
Rate your optimism for Wilfried Nancy out of ten…
However, it was what was happening off the pitch at Hampden that had former Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew seriously worried for what’s happening at his old club.
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Charlie Mulgrew he ‘can’t see wins coming’ for Celtic
Nancy’s touchline antics have raised questions on whether or not his Celtic players are even listening to him and that’s exactly what Mulgrew spotted at the national stadium during the cup final defeat.
Mulgrew told talkSPORT, “He’s been in the door 10 days, so it seems really, really harsh, but a lot’s happened in that 10 days.
“And I just don’t see how it’s going to change quickly for him. Because, of course, I know football, and I know you win the next game, and things can change quickly with a few wins in a row.
“I don’t see wins coming. After that yesterday, I do not see where wins are coming from, because it’s that disconnected, the feeling you get standing there on the plinth just behind the dugout watching the game as I was doing the TV for the game.
“It’s just a feeling that you can’t describe.”
Mulgrew ‘can clearly see’ Celtic’s players ‘looking tired’ vs St Mirren
For a club with one of the biggest squads in the country, being tired shouldn’t really be a problem for any Celtic manager to deal with.
But it looks like that is what Nancy has on his hands as Mulgrew continued, “There’s just a disconnect between everybody. You can feel it on the pitch.
Is this the end for Wilfried Nancy?
“You can clearly see it. Players look tired, I know it was their third game in a week, but I think when you’re overloaded with information like that, everything just seems much more of an effort. Nothing’s flowing.
“There was a 20-minute spell where Celtic looked on it, and the fans responded to that, and everything felt good. And then that was, it went flat again.”
What Celtic fans can also clearly see is that there is a feeling of bemusement amongst the players when they try and get to grips with Nancy’s tactics.
But it had better click quickly because with Celtic fans quickly losing patience, Nancy’s coat is already on a shoogly peg.
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