Neil Lennon

He’s a leader,your right mate,a man manager,but football has changed massively now,he’s no even old but his methods make him a footballing dinosaur

 

He didn't do it purposely. It's his way, his methods, his standards. Which are far lower than BR was. Slippy G isn't a brilliant tactician by any means. He instills a code, professionalism that he abided to his whole playing career, coupled with great fitness, which aids mentality also. We need a coach badly. A DOF also.

These things are very clearly missing. There is no standard being set or a very low one. No leadership it appears from the playing squad either.

Rudderless, aimless, thoughtless. Staggering from one * heap to the next, whilst mugging the fans off.

 

Brilliant post mate

 

Cant wait to see the pishy video and angle they go with to try sell season books who in their right mind would pay for something when they have no clue what were getting even drip feeding this to the media does nothing saying were gonna change football operations in the summer and neil walks and give it to Kennedy is 100 percent something we wpuld do they need to come out and give a clear message no review balls just this is what it is the twitter account would infuriate you on this day naka scored a worldy they dont read the room

 

Its got to the stage now where I'm even thinking of cancelling my subscription of the Celtic View (I've been reading Pravda since I was about 10).

 

How are you going to find out what Callum McGregor's favourite food is then?

 

This is it, are they that arrogant and blind that they dont see what is now the bigger isse? That 2 teams behind us are rubbing their hands at a CL qualification spot.
Hibs and Aberdeen wont give a * that they wont make it past the first qualifier, they will just be * happy it will be a glamour game and great exposure and a much bigger income for them than any other qualification year.

The huns are skint as *, over their eyeballs in debt and short loans to board members - they will keep it that way. Board members will continue to back that *, specially if they get to see CL money go through the club and milk some off the top for themselves. What they will do is use the influx of cash to short term make things look okay, then blow a load with the rest and the usual income they bring in. They'll still be tens of million in debt next year, just with an inflated team and ego.

We really are about to set ourselves back massively now. Lennon will finally * go and I will cheer when he finally does with Lawwell right behind him I hope.
We will get someone new in and I believe we will see a brilliant change - more so if PL does * off as well.

But the damage will be done and the huns will be full on confidence and an improved squad, they will be going for it again.

 

Livingston managed it. Clubs bigger and smaller than us will manage to do so if necessary. The writing has been on the wall for months. Give him extra time if you want but surely we could have at least identified prospects in the meantime

 

Good Fukking Greif !!

Succession at Celtic 59
BY PAUL67 ON 22ND JANUARY 2021 CQN BLOG & COMMENTS
I have no doubt this morning’s press reports on Celtic’s plans for the months ahead are correct. We are told the club “is planning an overhaul of their football operations in the summer that would see significant changes to their set-up.” There is a great deal you can surmise from that Statement.
“Overhaul… of football operations”, “significant changes”, leaves zero doubt Neil Lennon will be moving on and suggests wider changes are likely. It is also safe to assume Neil is on-board with this and has agreed to remain in charge until the end of the season, or a suitable replacement arrives.

Neil would not go through this torture were it not out of a sense of responsibility towards the players, several of whom he personally convinced to stay for this ‘important season’. Malicious talk of holding out for a payoff is well wide of the mark.

What is also clear is that Celtic are not happy to appoint any manager who is prepared to come to the club right now. This precludes those out of work, or those who are not prepared to ‘Do a Brendan’ and leave their current project with trophies still to be won and lost.
The new industry is not always as helpful. Last night reports that betting was suspended on Eddie Howe getting the job received plenty of clicks. Eddie has his eyes on a different target and will almost certainly pick up an English Premiership job this year. He is as likely to come to Celtic as another fantasy appointment, Mauricio Pochettino, was, before choosing Paris when he could have made his home in Glasgow. If only it was that easy.

If we take the ‘Get real’ suggestions off the table, I know the photo fit you are working with. Someone who has over-performed in a different environment, who is technically razor sharp and can bring knowledge of a value market.

They will have a successful track record, one that is short enough that they have not already moved up the food chain, but one longer than Ronny Deila’s mercurial rise at Stromsgodset. We now know that the skills required to achieve one season of spectacular success is Norway does not automatically equip a manager for what on paper looks an easier task. The Goldilocks candidate, enough of a spectacular record, but not too much that they have already got their move.

The quick fix if Neil leaves is John Kennedy as interim or someone, like Ronny, who cannot believe he’s been offered the Celtic job. Or let Neil complete the season and attempt to add the Scottish Cup and leave his second term trophy report reading 6 out of 8. I am not recommending either option, it’s too complicated to sit on the outside and suggest a fix with any conviction – not matter how convinced this is an easy one, it’s not.

If Neil remains until the end of the season it will not be because he needs the money, or because he deserves the respect of a Celtic hero (although he does), it is because the business of succession has to be settled. My preference would be to spend these months doing reconnaissance; better to do it right than to do it early, but the galleries have loved a blood letting since the Colosseum, we know how it works.

 

I fully agree with you, we could probably have a manager in and signed today if we really wanted to do that, but what I meant was, a manager that the board like.

 

The wee exclusives coming out in dribs and drabs about him staying is the boards way of lightening the backlash they will receive when they come out with the review results next week. As everyone will know what the result will be and will have come to terms with it a bit by then.

 

They're the best bits, plus the posters, well screenshots/wallpapers these days

 

I understand what you are saying and some what mostly agree about taking our time etc but we will be working with tight time scales, of course assuming the pandemic doesn't force an early shut down. CL qualifiers will be upon us before we realise ( if we finish second) then throw in the Euros if they go ahead. To replace Lawell, appoint a new manager with his own coaching staff and get players in and all gelled together at the end of the season to be prepared for the new season is a tall order. I feel if we leave it that late we can pretty much right off next season as well. We should be looking at a couple of quality CB's this transfer window that any manager would want to give us a fighting Chance. Sadly, it won't happen with this board. We need change now, If Lennon is here until the summer then we need a new CEO in now to start looking for a new manager and target the players he wants so everything is in place when the summer transfer window opens

 

the saddest thing is that the last proper playmaker we had was lubo, I know playmakers are like hens teeth but they are worth their weight in gold.

under the Sutton / Larsson / thompson era.. it was quick and pace down the wings, good deliveries with pace and precision, threats from corners and set pieces - exactly how the blue side of Glasgow are able to get wins.

 

That reminds me, I need to make a Spotify playlist of Scott Bain's favourite rap tunes.

 

The way I see it PL has overseen the wilful neglect of the club over the past few seasons. The board don't share the same ambition of the fans. We will never see 9 again never mind 10. This was the season that they had to show that they were with the fans and it's clear that they weren't on that journey with us. It was going to be a one off for sure and we would have bragging rights no matter what came after.

They can hide behind Covid and there will likely be some glee in thinking all the blame wont be laid at their door but it was there for us all to see before the lock downs etc. Selling the best and aiming low for a manager and replacements. I still say there was more to Rodgers walking away when he did at the time he did. Would any of you trust our board to keep their word? Difference between Rodgers and Lennon is, apart from BR being a better manager, Rodgers had somewhere to go. That's not changing the narrative that's just how it looks to me.

I have never been more sickened as a fan. For years we have suspected that the limit of their ambition is to keep up the OF idea and just do enough to punch above our weight in Europe. It keeps the fans spending money and is guaranteed income for the club year in and out. A few glamour games and no need to push the boat out just do enough to keep safe and turn a profit. Keep the old rivalry going with it's edge of sectarianism and bigotry. The world tunes in to feed of the very worst of it all waiting to see which player will punch who or how many red cards there's going to be. Yes that's where the bread and butter is and they want that back make no mistake. How else can you explain such wilful neglect? We are now actually worse off than Sevco. We have all the money but are worse off so how else would you explain that?

Anyone thinks that there is any brighter of a future is kidding themselves. We will never again be a force in Europe. We've attained a degree of respect for our European history but as time moves on that will fade. We are doing nothing to protect and progress with that reputation. We more often than not punched above our weight as it was. The football world seems to be about how much money a club has and we're minnows. We rely on a few savvy buys which we can't wait to sell on first chance we get. All the fans get out of it all is a chance to watch better teams beat us! Occasionally we surprise ourselves but the outcome is generally always the same.
We need a complete rebuild just to compete with the leaders in this league and that will take time. New faces to go with some of the old. Trouble is I would be hard pressed to say who we should keep aside from Soro and Turnbull!
The picture is looking very bleak.

 

I don't like the way he left, nor want to ever really welcome him back.
But I can actually start to believe there is more to the story.

Lawwell is a serious bad egg in our club, a very bad one.

Rodgers was ALWAYS leaving after that season, he had had enough and wasn't wasting another 2 years with Lawwell being who he is. I (no one) can blame any manager for wanting out of that sort of working relationship.
But maybe, just maybe, he knew what he was doing at the time? He did leave us in a strong position, albeit not secured.
Could he have been afforded the offer of Leicster and took it, knowing the good working relationship he would have and the structure to truly do what the guy loves most - developing talent - while also leaving Celtic in a realtively safe position to finish the season and still manage to try to stick two fingers to the board/Lawwell in a "I go when I want to, not when you think you are done with me" sort of moment?

It's not a mad notion - though I still hate the * for leaving how he did and he never did tell any of the players etc either.

 

Rodgers wanted to keep improving the squad and invest more funds.

The boy Castange was one of the deals he wanted to be done but wasn't. Although according to the player Atalanta upped their asking price to £12m after agreeing on £8m.

And as we know, Rodgers did get him eventually. At the cost of £21m.

We keep getting told we are a club that needs to be in the Champions League. But that ambition is shackled with limitations.

Not a 2nd thought about spunking money on light shows. Meanwhile neglecting the actual path and process that gets you to the Champions League.

 

Scott Brown might be better suited managing the team.

 

Has he gone yet?
Ah..bollocks.
P.S. Rodgers was a * for walking out mid season. He then went and said Leicester was his dream club or some * like that. You just don't do that. Rodgers is also why he have NL. He could have said in Jan..I'll be offski in June...but nope he dumped us for a better looking bird at the party. Rodgers is part of the reason why we have NL. Hope he walks into a football in the face sometime lol