Trying to suggest Brendan and his players had anywhere near that is a joke mate
I'm not "trying to suggest" anything of the kind Luke. I'm simply saying (as I said earlier, that IN TERMS OF WINNING THE LEAGUE) of course he was/is under greater pressure. Simply because (as you say), they really ought to win it and arguably anyone competent could make it happen, whereas we are up against it. You could equally argue that his task has been made easier with purchases such as Mouussa Dembele and Scott Sinclair (which he made), but it's not an argument I'm going to get into.
Quite simply Brendan is playing to the gallery, just like all managers do. Just like Jürgen does when he claims Anfield has an atmosphere which compares day in and out with Borrussia Dortmunds home ground (of course it doesn't, no English ground does if we're honest). Like I say, ALL managers do it, it just amuses me how you and your fellow cohorts simply can't let it and him go.
FWIW Brendan DOES talk bollocks, he always has . AND his teeth look too bright, AND he wears daft clobber sometimes. He IS though, a pretty decent manager and is proving it again at Celtic.
Winning at Celtic is no yardstick though BigMick, especially at the moment, they have by far the best team and by a long long way. You could argue that they probably don't even need a manager, that is how dominant they are. If those players just met up and went out on the pitch they'd beat anyone else in the league. The yardstick, and "pressure" for Bendan, is Europe but then again no one expects Celtic to do well in Europe so that's not really pressure either. To claim Brendan is under pressure at Celtic is utter crap, its the easiest job in football, I honestly can't think of a more one-sided league in the world.
Biggest title-winning margins in European top-division title races
31 points: Paris Saint-Germain (France, 2015/16)
30 points: Celtic (Scotland, 2016/17)
29: Celtic (Scotland, 2013/14)28 = Olympiacos (Greece, 2015/16)
28 = Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia, 2007/08)
27 = Skonto (Latvia, 1997)
27 = The New Saints (Wales 2016/17)
26 = København (Denmark, 2010/11)
26 = Barry Town (Wales, 1997/98)
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