If he makes in the dugout anything like the impression he made taking his clothes off, Celtic's new manager Ronny Deila is set to make an impact.
The Norwegian may never live down the moment he stripped off on the pitch to celebrate leading his club Stromsgodset to league safety in 2009.
But as the surprise at the appointment wore off for Celtic fans, most realised he has considerable other credentials for the post, with which many better-known names have been linked. His achievements with limited resources in Norway have been impressive and he is regarded by those in the know as one of Europe's brightest young coaches.
The choice of the relative unknown appears to be a victory for the business strategy of chief executive Peter Lawwell, signing younger talent rather than splashing out on marquee names. With important European qualifiers imminent, Deila has just a matter of weeks to establish himself. Nevertheless, Celtic's position in the league means it is a good time for experimentation. Deila is a smart and imaginative choice and if he can get off to a good start in the European ties, there is every reason to think his stay in Glasgow will be far from brief.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article