When Ronny Deila was hired at Celtic Park, many people quickly hopped on to Google to find out who this Norwegian was, somewhat disappointed that the club could not bring a bigger name to Glasgow. Given that Celtic's usual rivals, Rangers, had been dropped down through the Scottish Leagues due to their liquidation, many thought this would be the 'easiest job in football'.

However what has followed has been a punishing time for Celtic, with teams like Aberdeen constantly pushing the Bhoys to do better, with the supposed dominance and happy times not always coming. Although Deila won the league and League Cup in his first season, Celtic were not competing in the Champions League, and not looking convincing enough overall.

Celtic have the most money in the Scottish Premiership, but have not taken advantage of this wealth on a European scale. The level of football played in Scotland is often being downgraded as a similar to that of the English Championship, yet Celtic should be trying their hardest to put football north of the border back into the European consciousness.

Celtic have had some great European nights in the past, and indeed recently under Neil Lennon when he led them to that surprise win over Barcelona in November 2012. But since then Celtic have been confined to the Europa League, with Deila struggling two seasons in a row to get the team back in the Champions League, where the money is, and this year struggled to lead Celtic out of the group stage in the Europa League.

Though this is arguably the easiest job in Scotland, has Deila jumped in too deep, too early? Considering he has only had a couple of managerial jobs, the Celtic job was not one to take lightly. With the global appeal of this job, he was lucky to get it in the first place, considering he was relatively unknown. Taking over from Lennon, who was successful, was always going to be hard, but Deila has not proven himself at Celtic.

Although he did win the double in his first year, he ultimately failed by not securing a place in the Champions League. The standard of players coming in the door are very much Championship quality, looking a long way off the old days where talented stars like Henrik Larsson, Kenny Daglish and more wore the hooped shirt. Though players like Kris Commons, Kefi Ambrose, Mikael Lustig and Stefan Johansen are renowned players, they aren't the kind that can help propel Celtic on the European front.

Deila is not necessarily a bad manager, however, he does not seem to have the bite of managers like Martin O'Neil, Lennon, Jock Stein or Gordon Strachan. What Celtic need is a man for a long-term period, but somebody experienced enough to bring results sooner rather than later. Somebody who can help push through the youth, but at the same time make Celtic a European power again.

Fans cannot ask for, or expect, miracles, but considering how much of a powerhouse Celtic have been, they can realistically ask for better. The team do not look like they can recreate that night against Barcelona, and this season the teams around them do not fear them anymore. Celtic need that wow factor again, and in order to get that, Deila needs to be replaced, by somebody who knows Celtic well and their values.

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