A lot has been said about Wilfried Nancy’s reign at Celtic so far.
Unfortunately, most of it has been negative, given Nancy’s losing start at Celtic after taking over from Martin O’Neill.
After Celtic were beaten by St Mirren in the League Cup final last Sunday, O’Neill was on the radio the next morning talking about the troubles since he left his interim role.
In typical O’Neill style, he didn’t shy away from sharing his thoughts, but for Pat Bonner, he thinks Celtic’s legendary coach went too far.
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During O’Neill’s stint on talkSPORT, he shared that he only spent ’15 minutes’ talking with Nancy, and no more.
That revelation left Bonner perplexed because he thinks it hasn’t helped Celtic’s under-fire coach, as he added, ‘Why say that?’ when speaking to BBC Radio Scotland.
“That could be a factor, but I don’t think that helped him,” said Bonner. “I don’t think that helped him.
“I wouldn’t have said that if I had just left the job as a manager, and put it out in the public area that ‘I only sat down for 15 minutes’, even though he was in for a day.
“Why say that? Why put him under more pressure?! Even if it’s a fact. I wouldn’t have even gone there. Sorry.”
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Bonner on Nancy’s ‘big mistake’ at Celtic
One of the biggest talking points of Nancy’s ill-fated reign so far has been his call to change the system and formation from when O’Neill was in the dugout.
Whilst Bonner was unhappy with O’Neill’s comments, the legendary goalkeeper was pretty clear that Nancy changing it all up straight away has been a ‘big mistake.’
“That’s the reason why you wouldn’t change that group of players,” said Bonner. “Yes, there were gaps. The right wing and the striker.
“But they were used to playing in a 4-3-3 or 4-4-1-1 or whatever. They were used to playing that.
“And suddenly, you come in and change it?! You don’t have the time to work on it. That, to me, has been the big mistake.”
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