{"id":5188,"date":"2026-01-05T22:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:36:04","slug":"wilfried-nancy-sacked-as-celtic-manager-after-eight-matches-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5188","title":{"rendered":"Wilfried Nancy sacked as Celtic manager after eight matches – reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Warning signs there from day one<\/span>published at 17:49 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/span><\/span>Kheredine Idessane<\/strong>
BBC Sport Scotland<\/span><\/p>\n

The signs were there right from the first team-sheet that things could go spectacularly wrong for Wilfried Nancy.<\/p>\n

I remember scratching my head at his decision to field just three defenders for the visit of league-leaders Hearts.<\/p>\n

Not just three defenders, either. An back three comprised entirely of left-footed players, one of whom – Kieran Tierney – is a more natural wing-back.<\/p>\n

As for the wing-backs that day? Two forwards whose defensive attributes are not their best qualities: Yang Hyun-Yun and Sebastian Tounekti. <\/p>\n

All subsequent selections looked a variation on a theme: players not deployed in their natural, favoured positions in a system the side didn’t look like it fully understood. <\/p>\n

Celtic were unable to stop conceding goals, which came as no great surprise given the roles players were being asked to fulfil. Luke McCowan as a wing-back. Anthony Ralston as a centre-back. <\/p>\n

Wilfried Nancy was apparently not one for round pegs in round holes and it has cost him his job in just over a month. <\/p>\n

In fairness to the Frenchman, not having a reliable striker also doomed his system to failure. The amount of glaring chances created but missed was another feature of his short spell in charge. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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