Lawwells contract

I know Lawwell has deferred his bonus but has he actually stated that it won't be taken unless we are successful on the park?

 

Its not like he can't afford frankly to defer his wages for another season or two, he will get it eventually. Deferring his bonus of whatever it is, simply isn't good enough. Lawell is getting by on quotes like the outer space phenomenon wanting to buy jelavic, getting by on our golden globe award for best balance sheet, getting by on deferring a year or two's bonus every couple of seasons.

He is a very smart man, hes a smart man because the only time we actively hear the man is when he wants our money then keeps relatively quiet for some time until he sees an opportunity to increase his rapport with the fans coming out with the outer space bid, only to have that thrown back in our face once we got pumped off the manky mob 4-2. Managers, CEO's and players alike at celtic all talk the talk and we regularly get it thrown back in our face.

The man could go quite far in politics ill give him that.

 

his bonus payments have been put on hold (not donated to Celtic ) i.e.they are accumulating interest in a high interest account until he decides to withdraw his money.

 

He can take it whenever he wishes too.

 

I agree with some others, debt reduced, fair play... Lets be honest though, playing squad on far less money & also I would say far less quality of MON's team, and still not as good as WGS best team. Season tickets havnt got cheaper either, so lets be honest taking all this into account there is no reason at all why our debt wouldn't have gone down. If Im being honest I would rather we spent 10 mill on 3/4 decent players, win the league.. Get the 10 mill back again from Champs league money, that would impress me more.

 

If that's what he plans to do then that's fine.

The principle of being rewarded for failure is a joke anyway.

 

The point is hammer its wonderful for him to say that, but its meaningless to us fans, he isn't taking the bonus because for the past 3 seasons there has been complete failure, whenever i read he has deferred his bonus, its provides me with no consolation for the current situation celtic find themselves in.

 

Its a little ironic that he is being lauded for not taking his bonus because we have failed on the title front, yet Lennon is being castigated for losing a couple of games. Lawwell is very well paid for his role. He should also be accountable for it, along with the manager and the players.

We have failed in the last 3 seasons to capitalise at a time when our closest rivals are on the brink of going to the wall. Why has this happened? We can blame WGS, Mowbray and Neil Lennon, but the one constant throughout this period has been Lawwell and the board of directors.

There steerage of our club has to be questioned. This isnt a criticism of them. This is a business decision. Failing to win the titles has cost us potential CL money.

I feel that it is time for a new person at the helm in the boardroom.

Peter Lawwell has done well in reducing the debt, but in leading the club to success he has been a failure in the last 3 seasons.

 

the board have to bring quality in spend cash to make more......

 

The problem with our transfers is where the money is being spent. We need to build from the back. We have too much quality in midfield and a very weak defence. This fault lies with the manager and previous managers. We have not had a strong defence since MONs era.

 

Exactly mate, he isn't turning them down. He will just scoop the lot if we become successful. Deferred just means he has delayed taking them, therefore he will still receive his bonus for reducing the debt in the period we have been unsuccessful on the park. It's just a PR stunt that some fans fall for, just like his three quality signings pish.

 

Does any one remeber last season?? we almost won the treble!!!! pipped the post in the league (losing only three games) cup final taken to extra time!! & a cup sitting at cp. these things happen in football! everyone gets the rub of the green from time to time whether it be rangers winning the league last season or st mirren avoiding relegation. this season has started pretty badly but we have had injurys & the title has a long way to go before being decided! I truly believe peter lawwell has the best intentions for celtic football club & the old saying comes to mind, "BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW"

 

Lawwell is on about 10K a week - which is * all compared to some of our overpaid players. Which seems strange to me. Guy that's running the business would expect to be getting more than the employees?
Either way, good on him for refusing his bonus again this year.

Wouldn't that make about as much sense as rewarding the players on the basis of our financial results?

Neither. His contract is fine, and he should stay for as long as we can keep him.
One thing's for sure, there'd be no shortage of big clubs only too quick to snap him up.

As a matter of interest - who would you replace him with, that you think could do a better job?

 

FFS... read up on your current affairs folks! The worlds economy is *! We're heading for a financial situation that most experts predict will be worse than the great depression of the 1930's.

If it comes to pass, then start watching the numbers of clubs going to the wall!

I don't want Celtic to be amongst those!

This is a time for fiscal prudence. Titles and trophies will still be there to be won in a few years time, but you've got to be in it to win it!

 

Pretty much sums up my thoughts.
No garauntee of CL if we do spend £10million but at least we could say we tried that bit more.
A club of our size has pretty much no debt right now, although we could still run sufficiently with £10million debt.
I feel the clubs title chase now is the debt. Same chat gets spun each year yet we are the ones who feel it harder when we loose to a club who is at it's most crippled in years, yet we are only focused on beating them financially. I'm sorry but if that's the only thing I can get above on my hun pals then have it. We can run a stable club without the need to cripple our fans with a lack of success. 2 trophies in 3 years is worse than out of order, even if we did chase the title to the last game adn were in 2 finals. We still only have 2 trophies in 3 years to show for it.

 

Mike, no offence to you mate, but Peter Lawwell, will NEVER lose touch with the Celtic fans, simply because he is one, and a big Celtic fan at that. Please guys dont go down that road, ........... Lawwell, as I've said before, is only an employee of Celtic F.C., he isn't the man who calls the shots. I think you will find Dermot Desmond, is the power behind Celtic. Don't like being second to no one, especially against that mob, so please Dermot, listen to the fans, all we are asking is whats best for Celtic, support us like we support the Club.

 

you said it mate. he has done a great job of running celtic as a company. one problem tho.... its a football club that has not won the tital in 3 years. im not saying get rid of him because sure enough they will take in the same type of guy but we need to splash out more money. like i said on another thread spending £600,000 on a player is not good enough