Neil Lennon

His desire to fight on?

He knows he’s done. The club knows he’s done.

The only two possible reasons he’s still here is because of money and/or the club have no idea who will replace him.

Really is weird how far people will go to defend this guy. Do you know Lennon personally? He doesn’t care about you so I have no idea why anyone cares about Lennon or his wee feelings getting hurt.

 

I’ve wanted Lennon out for a long time.

However..

I don’t mind him staying until the end of the season if they announce right now that he’s finished. A bit like Ronny did.

Don’t get me wrong, my preference is to get him as far away from the club as possible as quickly as possible and maybe someone like McManus to take the team for a few months.

But my logic is I don’t want the next permanent manager brought in until Lawwell is gone.

Lawwell gone ->Director of Football in -> New management team -> new scouting team. It should be done like that.

That is much better than a new manager being brought in (like Howe) and Lawwell keeping his job.

Trust me, no matter who comes in, even if there is short term success the longer Lawwell is here this club will be severely damaged.

 

Exactly. Let brown coach even, he does good with the under age ones. Its time something was sorted if only to appease the fans and bring something else to talk about other than constant negativity.

 

Pedro’s Masterplan:

Extend ST deadline to latest possible date
Appoint Howe early Summer
Stadium openings back on the government’s agenda late Summer

Those gullible * will renew in their thousands.

And we will...

 

The record story comes from the Mail print version. Can anyone upload the Mail print version?

 

The team has chucked it under Lennon.

Keep him on and there are no guarantees we even get 2nd place with the results we are getting.

We just bullied off a reserve Livingston side that was resting players. If that doesn't tell people we need urgent change (even an interim).then I don't know what will.

I do share your sentiment about Lawwell though. He's the reason Lennon is still here.

 

They are gonna keep him to end of season is plan disgrace we will finish fourth watch this space


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Uploading a picture of a purchased Daily Mail should be a bannable offence.

 

That is a fair point. Strange that a story as big as this is only in a print version.

 

Bang on.

I’m disgusted by it in all honesty. I understand people’s desire to get back to games next season will be a strong draw to renew, but between hanging on to Lennon at all costs, some of the comments about the support, and wall of silence, the * decision, and the absolute arrogance that’s brought us here, I can’t say I’ll be hurrying back to contribute any money to the club next season.

Thousands of others will be feeling the same, abs it isn’t just down to performances or results. Those are just the outputs of years of mismanagement.

 

Celtic are reported to have shelved another video message from Peter Lawwell to explain the decision to stick with Neil Lennon until the end of the season.





The claim has been made in the Daily Mail which has a strong track record in anticipating the plans of the Celtic CEO.

If the report is true it is another example of the Celtic board delaying the inevitable as they scramble around looking for a Plan B. Faced with supporter unrest at the end of November following a disastrous run of results the club stated that a managerial review would be carried out in the new year.

Other than a small blip in December Celtic’s results have been horrendous and now reads at seven wins in their last 22 matches.

Picking up from the Daily Mail report, the Daily Record reports:




Under pressure Celtic power brokers would prefer to retain Neil Lennon until the end of the season amid growing pressure to remove their beleaguered manager, according to a report. The Daily Mail suggest that the Parkhead club is planning an overhaul of their football operations in the summer that would see significant changes to their set-up.



And it is the preference of the decision makers at the club that the Irishman be retained to see out this season to a conclusion. Chief Executive Peter Lawwell reportedly planned to give a ‘state-of-play’ video address to update fans this week but that idea has now been shelved following reaction to last week’s apology over the trip to Dubai.

Lawwell conducted a five minute interview with Gerry McCulloch of Celtic TV as he apologised for the controversial break in the UAE but it did little to stem the tide of criticism the club has faced.

Shelving a video message is probably a wise move after two attempts at setting the record straight over the last 10 days.

Peter Lawwell’s apology for the Dubai trip quickly turned into a lengthy justification for the trip while Neil Lennon’s Monday media conference was deemed too controversial for the club to put up on their own You Tube channel.

 

I remember back in October saying we wouldn’t win the league with Lennon in charge. I can say with reasonable confidence that we won’t win the league next season if we keep him in charge until the end of this season.

Lawwell, for me, would always have been away after this season. This season would just decide if he left on a massive high (with a massive payoff), or shuffles off never to be welcomed around Celtic Park again. His poor decision making over the past few years means it will be the latter, unfortunately.

We’re not 2nd just now simply because Lennon is a bad manager - we’re 2nd because of a string of bad decisions over the last few years that include hiring Lennon as manager. Decisions that saw us miss out on key transfer targets that have gone of to be massive successes elsewhere, decisions to adopt a ‘jobs for the boys’ approach rather than filling the club with the best available, decisions to not modernise our strategy when we had the opportunity to do so under Rodgers, and immediately following his departure.

If we don’t get someone in well before the end of the season, and let them bring in their own team to work with behind the scenes, I can almost guarantee we won’t qualify for the CL, and won’t have much financial muscle to strengthen the team in the summer. It’s a massive task even with someone coming in now tbh.

There’s a good chance we’ll be playing catch up for a few years, barring some sort of hun financial tomfoolery catching up with them. The correct time to sack Lennon was before the international break, but they insisted on giving him the cup final. The next opportunity came immediately after the Sevco loss, to give someone new time to trim the squad and rebuild. Do it in summer and it’s simply too much to do in too little time.

 

Who ever is behind the bonus that’s stopping us getting rid is an absolute *


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Id honestly rather let Scott Brown manage us until the end of the season than this *, we are going absolutely nowhere, 7 wins in 22 games what the * do they think is gonna change? If we keep him in we are fighting for 3rd never mind pride, * sack this clown.

 

John Kennedy* for this bare

*may have a financial interest in this

 

hate to be that guy....


but * told ya! lol


He's here unless we're in danger of losing 2nd place.

Nine in a row champions ... aiming for 2nd, wary of 3rd.

tragic

 

Was about to say exactly what those tweets have done, where's the sense in giving the new manager barely any preparation for the Qualifiers in appointing him in the Summer, the people running our club aren't fit for purpose & that's never been more blatant than this season.

 

His "desire to fight on" - give me a break.

If he stood up and took responsibility for his own * ups this season, I might have retained some respect for him.

Instead he has talked as if we played well when we've been * and, if he admits we were bad, he blames the players. It's always someone else's fault with Lennon.

If it's not money as you think, then it's arrogance - he thinks he's a great manager who hasn't done anything wrong this season and can turn this * show around.

He's either greedy, delusional or both. He has made our club a laughing stock and turned this season into a nightmare.

He's long since exhausted any respect I had for him. The sooner he's out the better.

 

Celtic's plan B.
Wait till February and we won't have to spend any transfer money till the summer