Where are Celtic & O'Neill a year after Rodgers exit?

How should Martin O'Neill and Celtic be assessed a year since his arrival in place of Brendan Rodgers as manager? Martin O'Neill appears in good spirits despite the stormy weather One year ago, Brendan Rodgers resigned as Celtic manager, with Martin O'Neill immediately taking the reigns in what the Scottish champions thought would be an interim period in charge. Twelve months on, O'Neill is still there, albeit over two spells with 33 dismal days under Wilfried Nancy squeezed in between. So where are Celtic at in terms of "moving forward", that cliched business term that has seeped into football parlance? Shortly before his exit, Rodgers described the Celtic squad as "a Honda Civic rather than a Ferrari" as he bemoaned transfer spending, but how much longer will it be steered by his 74-year-old successor?

O'Neill had admitted he considered his position during the last international break, but he showed no signs of being ready to walk away when addressing the media before Wednesday's meeting with Dundee United. Asked how he looked back on his latest year in charge, he replied: "Obviously with a lot of satisfaction and secretly probably delighted to get the call and happy with the results since. So it feels like a long year. Very long. "The club has done more for me than I've done for