Neil Lennon

Sorry, but Lenny himself has to understand why there's a lot of criticism surrounding him this season?

We've had 2 good games this season, Hibs at home and County away, in which County wasted a lot of chances against us. Every other performance has been us either scraping by a late goal or a poor performance overall. Outwith the way we play, his starting lineups and subs have been nothing short of disgraceful, I think Aberdeen was the first time this season I was really happy with the lineup and subs, and even then he done the subs too late.

It feels like he's forcing Brown into the side, and I really don't think Broony is good enough to start anymore. Perhaps a late sub when we want to see the game out, albeit he came on as a late sub against Aberdeen and was one of the few at fault for the penalty.

We've had 2 horrendous results at home already this season, and scrapped by into the europa league against teams we should have beat fairly comfortably, I still feel like he needs to go before we fall further behind the huns, but I feel like it'll be too before he leaves. Hopefully i'm wrong and we win the next few domestic games with a bit of oomph, but i'm not really confident.

 

Great point regarding knowing Scottish football,can never understand why people say a candidate has to know scottish football.

You would expect any candidate to have the backroom staff/tools etc to pick that up straight away anyway.

 

Ronny deila was a championship winning manager from a comparable league(?) and ultimately the job was too big for him.

 

Here is where some of the problem lies with fans though, undoubtedly Lennon is a Celtic great and that will never be forgotten, but that was as a player, as a manager he’s struggled at both attempts with the same patterns emerging. If the current manager was Deila or a non-Celtic associated manager, they would have been out the door long, long ago. Some of our fan base are confusing sentiment with common sense. You can accept that a loved ex-player isn’t a natural manager, no matter if he was managing Celtic, Bolton or Hibs it’s always been the same outcome sadly.

 

This is the kind of mediocrity I’m terrified of people being comfortable with. We’ve dominated domestic football and you’re ok with us losing to Aberdeen in the Semi Final of the Scottish Cup?

We aren’t 3 points off the top. It’s 6 points and could be 9 by Sunday. The games in hand are not guaranteed when we are playing this badly.

Stop blaming the window too, it was fantastic.

 

Lenny honestly says there exactly what I was thinking.
I still back him 100%.

 

Why’s that * posting a highlight video with clips from years ago. What good does that do.

 

It's obvious why. At a time when the team is struggling and Lennon is doing a poor job, post some videos from years ago to deflect attention away from that. We all know what happened years ago. We all know it was horrendous. We all supported him through it too. But none of it has any bearing on what is going on right now. There is no room for sentiment this season. Only one thing matters. Winning 10 in a row. And if a club legend needs to be sacrificed along the way in order for that goal to be achieved then that is just how it has to be. In a perfect world there is nobody I would rather have lead Celtic to 10 in a row than Neil Lennon. But if it looks as though he is not going to be capable of getting the job done, he has to go. It's as brutal and as simple as that.

 

See above

 

Given he watches a place in the sun, I’d wager he hasn’t. Just a hunch.

 

Looks awful and has done for months.

 

The guy, like the rest of us as members of the Celtic family, is allowed an opinion.

 

As soon as Lenny stops lying to the fans and the players about how well the team are playing then he will get the backing of the fans

Tell it like it is.. we are not the gullible cnuts from across the city. We know when we are being fed *..

HONESTY & 100% COMMITMENT is all the Celtic support expect and demand.

 

Lucien Favre won championships in Switzerland with Zürich, and guided Borussia Dortmund to second place in the Bundesliga last year.

Marco Rose won championships in Austria with Red Bull Salzburg, and guided Borussia Mönchengladbach to fourth place in the Bundesliga last year.

Urs Fischer won championships in Switzerland with Basel, and guided Union Berlin to a (respectable) eleventh place in the Bundesliga last year.

We could have ended up with someone like that. It is difficult to draw conclusions from a sample size of one.

 

Hope Lenny uses these next 2 games to sort the team selection and find a settled line up. Winning the cup would be a huge boost for the confidence and clinching the quadruple treble.

Next issue will be a fixture pile up, he needs to make full use of the squad and youngsters. That means giving Welsh, Soro, Turnbull, Dembele, Paddy etc more game time so they are ready to step in when needed.

Keep a settled backline and then rotate in front, we need to stop conceding so many goals. And also need to start defending from the front, we were never that solid under the rat at the back but our pressing game is what won us so many games and trophies.

 

Marco Rose drew 2-2 against Real Madrid with his Gladbach team tonight wish we could’ve seen him in Celtic colours for real

 

None of these managers would choose us over the bundesliga, daft to believe that if you do.
This isn't aimed at you alone but I think fan's need to start being realistic rather than try and put these unattainable names out there as viable options just to put Lenny in a bad light

 

No doubt Lennys coat is on a shaky nail.
He does need to given a bit of slack.
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But where is cut off point?
For me, even if we loose tomorrow, and sheep dump us out of last seasons cup, I would still like to see him stay but if we drop points in SPL, then he needs to go.
Rap sheet is just getting longer.
None of the players he has signed in the last 2 transfer windows have delivered and some not even given the chance to shine.

 

I am wanting Lenny out but I really worry about who replaces him if he does. We need someone to hit the ground running immediately with no room for tinkering and projects. It would have to be a seasoned manager rather than a young and upcoming manager. Really struggle to come up with any names. Would people like MON and WGS or even Mick McCarthy really be the answer? Would Eddie Howe take too long to settle? Bringing in a foreign manager (non British) would be quite a risk too considering what js at stake this season and especially he will be playing catch-up right from the go!

It could really go either way. No one person could honestly say replacing Lenny will definitely be better. We can only judge Lenny on recent results and performances which has undoubtedly been of a poor standard and he certainly is a game or two away from a sacking. I am sure of it. You don’t get this much noise without any action behind the scenes. But what is the right or best decision, don’t even think PL knows.

 

Really hope not. His teams play * football and are generally unsuccessful.