Bonner perplexed by failure of top
stint as No 2 to Warburton at Nottingham Forest ended four months ago.
He added: “It does take time [to accept how it ended at Rangers] and probably still you’re not really sure how it happened and what happened. But that’s football, you can’t live your life full of regrets, you move on. That’s kind of how I see it.
“You’re not happy with the way it ended and you want to get your side of the story out, but what is the point of that? There’s no point in dragging it out, you’ve got to move on and you’ve got to get your priorities right and focus on the future.
“You can’t change the past, you can’t change what’s happened and the circumstances, so why worry about it or overanalyse it? You’ve just got to learn from it and try to put it into practice going forward as often as you can.”
Weir’s analysis of how Rangers prevailed over Celtic in 2016 and how they could do so again is refreshingly honest.
Although he does agree with the general belief they were impressive in their play that afternoon against a bedraggled Ronny Deila side containing superior individuals, he ultimately believes their triumph came down to one element: good fortune
“The game itself was really exciting. But, being honest, Celtic should have won it,” said Weir.
“They had the better chances. Things went our way, even the penalties. [Tom] Rogic slipped at his penalty. It just seemed it was going to be our day.
“We were in a good position because we were winning regularly and the group was confident. The team was settled, everyone knew their role and how we were going to play.
“We were really confident even though Celtic were the better team with better players. There’s no doubt about that. But we felt we had nothing to lose. We were not expected to win but we felt we had a chance.
“Not unlike when we won that game, I think Rangers need a little bit of luck in terms of incidents in the game going their way. They will need to perform well, undoubtedly, they will need to take their chances when they come.
“On the occasion, we won we played really well, as well as we could have done on the day, and even playing as well as we did, we still needed a little bit of luck.”
0 Legendary Celtic goalkeeper Pat Bonner and former Rangers defender and then assistant manager The “remarkable achievement” of unprecedented back-to-backtreblesisfirmly within Celtic’s sights, Pat Bonner feels. But the club legend is disquieted by one potential aspect of this season’s quest for another treble.
The Irishman expects his old team to have enough to see off Rangers in Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final. The greater firepower that Brendan Rodgers’ men possess could be a telling factor, believes the 57-year-old, who wouldn’t be surprised to see Moussa Dembele, pictured, coming good on the big occasion again, or Leigh Griffiths adding to the 98 goals he’s struck for the club.
However, the fact that Celtic do not have a player who has reached double-figures for league goals this season perplexes Bonner. Only once, when Tom Mcadam was top scorer with eight goals in 1978-79, have Celtic won a title with their leading league goalscorer stuck on single figures. That is not a scenario that the former Republic of Ireland wants to see repeated.
“When I look at the goalscoring charts and the top Celtic scorer has nine goals in the league, I question that,” he said. “How is that happening? How come that’s happening? Especially when they are going to win the title by a handsome margin. Injury has affected that with Griffiths and Dembele having had spells out, but even at