Neil Lennon

Completely disagree, and it's not the first time it's been suggested on here.

I don't think Lennon is the man for the job currently, if he turns it around I will be delighted to NOT "be right".

And I'm sure "a lot" of people will too.

 

Difference between people revelling in being right and genuine fans worried about how the team are set up tactically and playing over a prolonged period of time.

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They’re not.

They’re the same old Aberdeen. In fact, they lost their best defender a couple of months ago.

 

Yet again, utter drivel from you. Give it a rest.

You seriously believe a lot of Celtic fans want us to fail in order to be “proved right”? Laughable.

What I’m seeing is the vast majority of people wanting the best for Celtic. That means there can be no time for sentimentality. Lennon is just a manager. If he isn’t the man for the job then he should go. Just like Deila.

Weirdly, a few people simply refuse to see past Lennon and appear to support him more than the club.

 

Not the case at all. I haven’t seen one person thats indicated that.

There’s nobody I would rather see lift the 10 than Lennon, but I would rather take whatever measures are necessary to see the club lift the 10 than stick with Lennon simply out of blind loyalty.

 

This is where I'm at now.

I had belief in Lennon up until recently but whatever is going on behind the scenes, I don't think he's able to find the solution to; it's been going on too long now.

I take no pleasure in saying that, I love the wee man and would love nothing more than to be eating humble pie.

 

Yep. Thought it was a good press conference.

I understand why he has been more calm and assured since coming back. However as with players, when you take away the fire in their bellies that they are known for they lose that something that makes them stand out.

Give me confrontational Lenny all day every day.

 

Incredible stuff. Impossible to have a rational conversation with someone who lets their mind jump to this kind of conclusion.

 

It shouldn't be a binary option between 'dain his nut' Lenny and the placid, arms folded Lenny we're seeing now.

There are ways to voice your displeasure at players failing to carry out instructions without it resorting to full-blown anger.

While he sits in the dug out he has a full view of the game that the individual players don't and he should be using that to point out in-game commands that they may be missing.

Managers like Simeone are never away from the touchline, barking orders, motivating, making tactical tweaks during breaks of play.

That's what we want to see, particularly when performances are flat. If you're watching an underwhelming performance and a break in play comes up and the manager doesn't use it to communicate something then it begs the question, why not? That doesn't come across as a calmer more reflective manager but one that either doesn't acknowledge our issues or does acknowledge them but doesn't have the solution; neither of which reflect well on him.

I always remember watching Guardiola talking 1-on-1 with Sterling just after they had pumped Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup Final and Sterling had bagged a double. All the players were celebrating in the background with the trophy and Pep was talking to him about situations in the game and talking tactics.

Some may think that's overkill but in the pursuit of constant improvement, that sort of input is exactly what we need from our touchline manager.

Ignoring 90 mins of sub-par play against St Johnstone just because Griff & Paddy bail you out at the death does nothing to improve things going forward. Good coaching acknowledges and appraises both the positives and negatives; our performances don't suggest Lennon is doing the latter.

 

The only ones waiting to go “I told you so” are the ones backing Lennon because they’re now too afraid to criticise him, so it’s all they have. They are the ones who can’t wait to one up the rest of the fan base. They care about that more than club success, they are just lucky the two come together.

The ones criticising Lennon want to the very best for the club. It’s not an agenda against Lennon, it’s just a worry that we are going in the wrong direction and Lennon plays a bog part in that. His history with us isn’t relevant when we talk about the current situation. This is what people need to realise.

 

I'd have a cup of tea and rethink what you have posted here as its simply bullshit RR mate.

 

Lack of unity only plays into the scums hands tho..

We need to play our part as much as we can and not help fuel the hysteria..

And Lenny needs to play his part by creating momentum in results and performance that we can rally behind.

 

Like every other Celtic fan I just want what's best for the club and, sadly, I don't think Neil is what's best for the club right now. Our performances have been very poor this season - not just last week, and I hope that our support don't turn their admiration for a Celtic hero to hate as he really doesn't deserve that for what he has did and what he has had to put up with as a player and manager of our club.

 

This. The huns - media, players, fans, all of them will he loving the unrest at us just now.

 

We all want Lenny to succeed and get the ten but the performances since the start of the season has been alarming and hoping once the players that are missing coming back that results improve and give Lenny more time with the supporters .
The only thing we are not sure about is there behind the scene issues between the manager and the players and can it be sorted and if not then the manager needs to go that's where we are if results don't improve .

 

What really does my * in is when people say we have been spoiled because we have won this and that and should just be grateful however, it's not about that. It's about realising that our club is at a crossroads just now and that we, as fans who pump our hard earned cash into the club, have a right to worry about the current malaise affecting the club. If that means criticising the manager, the board or the players then so be it (as long as it's not ott) but we can't stay silent and not be concerned as to what's happening to the club we love so much.

 

I am not saying that we should necessarily poach managers from those clubs (although that may be possible if we approach them early enough, and make an attractive offer); I am saying that we should adopt a recruitment strategy that is similar to theirs.

We should be looking for up-and-coming coaches at all levels: Rose had only managed Lokomotive Leipzig before Red Bull Salzburg brought him in as a youth coach. They are clearly identifying coaching talent at an early stage because Rose had no previous connection to the club.

By contrast, almost all of our coaches are former players - or, in Strachan's case, the son of a former manager.

Those clubs will still make the wrong appointment at times, but they have a pool of coaching talent in house, and on their radar, ready to step up.

I am almost certain that we have no competent coaches under Lennon at present, besides our goalkeeping coach, and little knowledge, if any, of promising coaches across the continent. It is an old pals' act.

 

Zurich, red bull and basel, we would be a side step at best for these managers

 

Do we know he isn’t out from time to time barking instructions though?

We can only go in what the telly is showing us at the moment.