Andy McDougall

Football, futebol, fútbol. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀🦁

Occasional football writer/podcast contributor. Previously with MARCA.

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[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

🧵 With the season now over, let's take a look at your new favourite #LaLigaHypermotion team, @cdcastellon, who will be back in the second tier in 2024/25 for the first time since 2020/21 and just the second time since the end of the noughties.

Why Castellón? Read on... #PPO

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@Mountcharles2 @PJOConroy Stephen McGowan wrote the below at the time. Other journalists I trust, including Kieran Devlin, have reported it since as well.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

Reminder that three years ago he wanted the Celtic job and the club turned him down.

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Welcome to the Reds, Andoni 👋

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@MTVilla1983 There will always be doubters but I'd argue Iraola's 2023 CV was better than Keane's now. Anyone who watched Spanish football knew he was the real deal and that his achievements were impressive.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@PJOConroy It was available. There were other candidates as well, including Enzo Maresca who some board members pushed for.

I hope fans wouldn't have lost their minds over hiring a manager who'd been getting rave reviews in LaLiga. What he did with Rayo is more impressive than Keane's CV.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@Mountcharles2 @PJOConroy Bizarre comment. Are you suggesting managers don't apply for jobs? It is public knowledge that Iraola put his hat in the ring for the Celtic job in 2023.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@Maxwell_Edison7 He applied for the job. It was pretty clear from his time at Rayo that he was a good manager. I'm not saying Rodgers was necessarily the wrong choice at the time, but my concern is that there are seemingly no candidates now that are of the level of 2023 Iraola.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@PJOConroy He applied for the job. Rodgers wasn't a bad choice at the time. My main concern is: where are the Iraola-level candidates this time around?

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@Hunbelievables This is pretty common knowledge. He applied for the job. The club went with Rodgers, which wasn't a bad choice at the time. My main concern is: where are the Iraola-level candidates this time around?

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@JinkyCostanza @gazzam67 Exactly. Going for Rodgers wasn't a bad choice at the time. But it is pretty common knowledge that Iraola applied for the job and he could have been a very interesting option. My main concern is that there seem to be no linked candidates of his ilk this time around.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

Here we go again...

[Daily Record Sport @Record_Sport]

EXCLUSIVE! Celtic wonderkid turns down new Hoops deal as Liverpool close in on their transfer target | @ScottBurns75

https://t.co/EmD1YYSsJN

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

Two years later... @CDCastellon are in the playoffs for promotion to #LaLigaEASports!

The first leg of the semi-final vs Almería is tomorrow at 9pm local time. #PPO

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

🧵 With the season now over, let's take a look at your new favourite #LaLigaHypermotion team, @cdcastellon, who will be back in the second tier in 2024/25 for the first time since 2020/21 and just the second time since the end of the noughties.

Why Castellón? Read on... #PPO

[North Curve Celtic @NCCeltic]

The Celtic board has wasted little time in sowing division. From initiating bans to considering a hugely divisive figure as manager.

Until there is meaningful change in personnel and culture within the Celtic hierarchy then there will be no sustained unity across the club.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

Still weird seeing Fletcher there.
The jerseys mostly follow recent tradition with players usually using the same number every time the national team. Angus Gunn getting the no.1 jersey should confirm his starting spot, though...

https://t.co/JF2EzIayYA

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@ScotlandNT @FIFAWorldCup Gunn no.1 is probably confirmation he's first choice. The rest is mostly just tradition.

https://t.co/JF2EzIayYA

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

@RenatoMGGarcia @PortuGoal1 I know who I'd rather have in 2026

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

Especially in 2026.

[The Spanish Football Podcast @tsf_podcast]

€15m for Mourinho. It's a lot of money, isn't it?

[Matt Dallinson @themattrd]

Scotland play Israel this week. Today Israeli authorities have abducted two members of the Palestine women's national team.

When will it be enough for the Scottish FA/UEFA/FIFA to take a stand?
https://t.co/UndJ5DUVWx

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

My proposal is that Celtic should wear a version of this as a home kit in domestic cup games, over multiple seasons.

[Phil E @polyester_fever]

Nearly through the back log, next up the understated Celtic 2012/13 Third / 125th Anniversary shirt. All about that celtic cross crest. Another bargain picked up from 1892FootballShirts on Insta.

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

No, you absolutely could not argue that. Lots of kids train with the first team at top clubs - many of them won't make it at that level.

Training levels matter, but there's no substitute for match fitness and game experience.

[Graeme McGarry @Graeme_McGarry]

💬 "Training with Man United's first team every day, you could argue is more intense than playing in any certain division week in, week out."

Man Utd Academy director Stephen Torpey tells us why Tyler Fletcher is more than ready for Scotland chance. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

https://t.co/dsPTpWQkNd

[Andy McDougall @anmcd90]

"The ethics of choosing to return to a country that much of the world was accusing of genocide even then makes Keane a PR disaster, even if you ignore his inadequate CV."

https://t.co/xFK4s2nYn2