Mowbray Feeling The Heat After Celtic Crushed By St Mirren
by Steve Claridge / 25 March 2010, 09:23TweetBREAKING NEWS - Tony Mowbray has been sacked as Celtic Manager following the defeat to St Mirren and attentions have already turned to potential successors to the former West Brom Manager.
Celtic's season slumped to a new low last night when they were crushed by St Mirren 4-0 leaving Tony Mowbray under increasing pressure at Celtic Park, the team now lie ten points behind Rangers having played two games more to the disgust of the fans. Mowbray joined Celtic in the Summer after having a successful spell at West Brom but things have not worked out for him and he may find himself out of a job come the end of the season if results continue to disappoint. It has been a tough season for Mowbray with the team slipping out of Europe at an early stage and things have been made worse by their performances in the SPL which have handed the title to bitter rivals Rangers for the second consecutive season.
Mowbray took the 4-0 defeat to St Mirren on the chin by saying the club will move onto the next game but he knows that Celtic fans will not accept a result like that for too much longer, they are a club that is used to success and trophies and at the moment they are not performing anywhere near the level they need to be to keep Mowbray in the job. The Sack Race understands that Mowbray's position will be reviewed at the end of the season so only a strong finish to the campaign may be enough for the board to give him a second season, the side are into the Scottish Cup Semi-Final and a win in that tournament now looks essential for Mowbray.
Celtic fans are growing increasingly agitated with the team's performances of late and Mowbray knows that any Celtic Manager is measured against how they compare against Rangers, at the moment their fierce rivals Rangers are clearly the superior side. The last Old Firm Derby saw Rangers take a 1-0 win at Ibrox to all but end the Scottish Premier League title race with a couple of months of the season to go and that is unacceptable for a club like Celtic. Tony Mowbray could well find himself back in the job centre in the Summer if results do not pick up and he can convince the board and fans that the club are moving in the right direction. At this stage though the bookmakers are worried for hus future following the St Mirren defeat and he is now odds-on with Skybet to be gone before the end of the season.
Odds supplied by Skybet.com
Next Celtic Manager Odds With Skybet.com as of 25/03/2010 - Subject to change
N Lennon - 11/8
Paul Lambert - 5/1
Mark Hughes - 6/1
W McStay - 8/1
J Hughes - 9/1
Slaven Bilic - 10/1
Roy Keane - 16/1
John Collins - 16/1
Roy Aitken - 16/1
Derek McInnes - 20/1
Mark McGhee - 20/1
L Moravcik - 25/1
David O'Leary - 25/1
Henrik Larsson - 33/1
Other names on request
