Neil Lennon

In his autobiography he says he stamped on Lawwell's leg and called him an English *.

I think, anyway. I never read it, just skimmed through it.

 

I think it's fairly clear that Keane didn't want the job for pretty much the same reason as why Lennon left. I didn't want Keane anyway though, and still don't.

 

My take on it is Lenny left because he was not being backed enough financially in the transfer market to bring in the quality or ilk of player needed ot improve the team whilst the better players were being sold.

Keane however, walked away from negotiations because he was instantly disrespected and undermined.

The situations are dissimilar and im not sure how a comparison can be drawn?

 

Few things I don't understand.

Peter Lawwell is the suit who carries out the agenda of DD, yes? Then reason why Lennon left was because of the penny-pinching, continued asset selling agenda of the board. Keane basically didn't want to work under this. Therefore why would DD meet up with Keane and attempt to offer him the job, try and sell him the job if his agenda was totally contrasting to the wants of Keane?

The way it's implied is that Lawwell did the dirty work, done all the talking and Keane wasn't happy with the restraints, DD must have known this? Why in his right mind did he favour a big character like Keane and attempt to get him, even if he knew Keane would never work under those conditions?

 

Because he * loves Roy Keane mate, think he thought he'd jump at the chance.

 

Can't speak for all, but you pick some of us up wrong if that is the case. We (I at least) make the point of Lennon leaving as a negative because of the board as well as Keane.

It baffles me that 1st and foremost people think Lennon would come back after the way he left - positive of his character and a negative of the board. He left quite rightly in my eyes. Since then Keane has told us to shove it for the same reasons and we then got Deila where finally some of our fans started to come around to the opinion that the board have far too much control on the footballing side of things - tight budgets, deciding player sales/buys, assigning assitant managers etc.

Then it turns out that Lennon actually wants to come back, so 2nd it baffles me that he would want to come back when on the face of it things have gotten worse than when he left. So why does he want to come back to the same * he told the board to * off with? Only a desperate man in need of a job would do that, and I mean that with very little disrespect to him, because I believe he never personally wanted to walk away from Celtic and the fans, but the board is another matter.


So between the two of those points, I don't want Lennon back for his own good and ours. Because even though he had a good footballing time here, he had taken us as far as he could. So while this current board and their penny pinching ways remain, we need someone else who can work an even bigger miracle than Lennon did.


I hold out hope that the board have gotten wise and either bring in an old head who can organise a team and get the best out of young talent. Or we bring in the likes of a Lennon again but need to throw money at the playing squad to make it better and allow Lennon (or similar) to take the club forward.


With this board, I see both being unlikely, but perhaps the one off push for an old head is more likely.

 

Aye people are lying if they don't believe Lennon is coming back (partly) due to finances.

He's unemployed the now, £14k a week wouldn't go a miss. I'd work under any restraints for that, especially if my stock was low just now.

 

I would say Lenny was disrespected and undermined also. For example he wanted to keep Sammy. Sammy was willing to take a wage reduction and really wanted to stay. Not keeping him in my book undermined Lenny and you could say was disrespectful of his opinion.

I would say they are dissimilar in that Lenny should have already earned the boards respect having turned the team around, qualifying for the CL, getting to the last 16, first away win in the cl. In the process the club also made a transfer surplus. Lenny had earned their respect.

 

That's my thinking too. And it's wrong, he shouldn't be using people's love of Celtic as a bargaining tool, or an excuse to being a miserable, cheap *.

 

Yep. The whole Sammy situation was another one where many of us felt disgusted afterwards. Should never have been allowed to happen.

 

I am not picking some of you up wrong as I said earlier everybody has a right to their opinions and to not want Lenny back because you feel he is not good enough or we can do better is fine in my back.

Not wanting him back for his own safety is admirable but he is a big bhoy and he knows what he is getting in to. If any hassle he gets could adversely effect the club or his ability to manage then that I suppose would also be valid.

My post was solely directed at those who cannot forgive him for leaving and are using that as an excuse to not want him back. I suspect with some though it is not a case of not forgiving him put purely a dislike for Lenny.

 

Unless we are planning some kind of major shift in our spending, and a manager from the top echelons, I am in absolutely no doubt that Lennon is the best guy we can get. I would be * delighted if he was the new man.

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I don't tend to get that impression from any posters to be honest. I could be wrong though. But I think a lot today talking on here are not wanting him back because he is either desperate and is the easy option for the board, or that we need better regardless. Think everyone tends to speak highly of his time here and is thankful for the work he done. He certainly brought the thunder back!

 

Keanes Objection, from my understanding, came at the earliest stages of negotiatiion. even before he was to be told what kind of policy he was to work under.

he objected to the basics of a non negotiable wage and budget and im sure if memory serves me correct to a point where even some of his staff were being chosen for him.

 

Neil Lennon is the right fit for this club. Sometimes people just don't have the same passion when they go elsewhere. Bertie Auld was the same.

Bring him home.

 

Maybe my sensitivity meter is set to low.

 

I wonder what his inaugural speech will be this time around. The thunder needs brought back again, but he can't use the same line, surely?

Not only that, he needs to have his players going to war every time they go out onto the pitch - but he's said that one last time too.

Now I'm no Obama, but I think I know what Lennon needs to say..

"I want to bring the lightning back."

Huh? why wont I die

 

Are you saying that Ronnie is the Lightening Thief

 

Id rather have Lennon than 'robinson crusoe' Keane, what the * is that beard about anyway, is he auditioning for a part in the * TV show thats just been announced

 

Fair enough criteria to not hire a manager. A beard. I think we also must not let anybody coach us wearing glasses, being bald or having bih jug ears.:smiley-laughing002: