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Former Celtic midfielder and assistant manager John Collins believes Wilfried Nancy deserves more time at Parkhead.
The new boss has come under serious pressure after losing his first four games in charge, with fans chanting for his sacking at Tannadice following the 2-1 midweek loss to Dundee United.
"I don't want to see any manager sacked after four games," Collins told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It takes time. He's taken over a side that were on a good run under Martin O'Neill with seven wins out of eight.
"Anyone who watched those games will know Martin got a lot of luck as well, but he got them over the line and got the points on the board.
"This manager has had no luck. He's got a lot of injuries at the moment - Alistair Johnston and Cameron Carter-Vickers - two mainstays of the back two are out. He's not really got a centre forward - Kelechi Iheanacho injured - so any team playing without an out-and-out goalscorer is going to struggle.
"He's got a small squad to pick from with lots of key players out who he'll hope will be back in the new year.
"The transfer window coming up in January, can he get three new signings in? They've got money to spend. The key is if they keep him then it's all about signings.
"They've got to bring in, I think, three quality players that are not squad players, they've got to be straight into the team and performing."
Nancy opted to change to his preferred system that utilises a back three, despite having limited time to work with the players on it.
Collins suggests it was naive of Nancy to immediately implement his 3-4-3 system.
"He got it wrong for me in changing the system," he added.
"Celtic has been 4-3-3 all season. He's taken over a team that's got confidence after seven wins and my advice to him would have been why would you change the system and complicate things with this group of players with a new manager and a new system?
"Keep it simple and get a few wins under your belt and make maybe changes later when you've got points on the board.
"It's obviously a system that has worked for him elsewhere, but it's always a gamble changing systems when you come to a new club, especially during the season."
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The new boss has come under serious pressure after losing his first four games in charge, with fans chanting for his sacking at Tannadice following the 2-1 midweek loss to Dundee United.
"I don't want to see any manager sacked after four games," Collins told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It takes time. He's taken over a side that were on a good run under Martin O'Neill with seven wins out of eight.
"Anyone who watched those games will know Martin got a lot of luck as well, but he got them over the line and got the points on the board.
"This manager has had no luck. He's got a lot of injuries at the moment - Alistair Johnston and Cameron Carter-Vickers - two mainstays of the back two are out. He's not really got a centre forward - Kelechi Iheanacho injured - so any team playing without an out-and-out goalscorer is going to struggle.
"He's got a small squad to pick from with lots of key players out who he'll hope will be back in the new year.
"The transfer window coming up in January, can he get three new signings in? They've got money to spend. The key is if they keep him then it's all about signings.
"They've got to bring in, I think, three quality players that are not squad players, they've got to be straight into the team and performing."
Nancy opted to change to his preferred system that utilises a back three, despite having limited time to work with the players on it.
Collins suggests it was naive of Nancy to immediately implement his 3-4-3 system.
"He got it wrong for me in changing the system," he added.
"Celtic has been 4-3-3 all season. He's taken over a team that's got confidence after seven wins and my advice to him would have been why would you change the system and complicate things with this group of players with a new manager and a new system?
"Keep it simple and get a few wins under your belt and make maybe changes later when you've got points on the board.
"It's obviously a system that has worked for him elsewhere, but it's always a gamble changing systems when you come to a new club, especially during the season."
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