Neil Lennon

Why should it be locked? Is some * holding you at gun point forcing you to read the thread?

 

To be fair, we hired a guy with a proven track record of winning multiple domestic titles and cups for Celtic, as well as certain amounts of highs on the European stage - giving Lennon the job interim when Rodgers left was probably the smartest decision that the board could have made.

Now, in terms of giving Lennon the gig full time - that was always gonna be up to opinion. When he was appointed, or really more the TIMING of the announcement, I was * shocked and felt that we had massively rushed into it, that being said we'd appointed a guy who'd been there and done it before and had just come in the door and ensured even more domestic glory.

He was backed massively since his 3rd arrival as manager. £7m on Jullien, £3m a piece on Boli and Taylor etc that led to yet another league title and highs against the likes of Lazio, in Rome...

Now, he was backed again in the summer transfer window going for 10iar. Granted we * about yet again with the likes of Ivan Toney and Forster, but we still went out and brought in guys for almost £5m a piece in Barkas and Ajeti, secured Turnbull (for the 2nd time) by paying his transfer fee requested by Motherwell at the first instance (no * about) and other like Shane Duffy and highly rated Jonjoe Kenny. His squad was seriously well equipped personnel-wise by keeping a hold of key players like Edouard, Ajer.

Covid was a massive factor against us, without question (the same as it was for the majority of clubs around the world) but we did not handle it professionally enough. We did not handle the title challenge with any shred of professionalism nor desire. The season was a complete disaster.

Although the blame is not solely laid on Lennon's shoulders, he was a huge part of it. I think most folk's outrage about the whole matter was how little (or none actually) of the blame was accepted by Lennon, and nor has it been still to this day. He has blamed everything and everyone apart from himself. The only times I sided with Lennon last season was with how disgracefully CELTIC alone were treated by the Scottish Government for breaches of Covid stipulations, and other supposed breaches that weren't even totally outlawed.

He really needs to shut his * hole and stop going on about last season. Most folk have blanked their memory of it and are only focused on the title charge of this season. Each time his rent-A-gub flaps in the media about how poorly he was mistreated only fuels negativity and distracts from the ultimate goal here which is success for Celtic - which even for such a hardened Celt as he, is promptly being such a * nuisance and distraction from current goings on.

So yes, in summary, * up Neil and focus on your job in Cyprus...

 

I can't argue wae that. Apart from an unknown Ange I don't know what other managers were on the radar for us at the time. The self implosion wasn't all down to Lennon but he must take a good chunk of the blame anyway. The fact he didn't walk away around October/November while we still had a glimmer of hope really sticks in my craw.

 

No one is making me read it no.But when i see a new post on the thread i think it maybe something of interest but its seems most of the post are just people repeating whats been said before.

Thats why i think it should be closed.Do,es the fact i think it should be closed upset you?

 

It doesn't upset me you just look like a fud squealing for a thread to be shut cos you don't like it. If you're not interested in this one then feel free * off to one of the other hundred topics on here. Hope this helps.

 

Don't think he was a safe option just a yes man who would do what the board told him to do

 

Lennon is an ex-player/manager why should it be closed? Guarantee the thread wouldn't be getting bumped if it wasn't for him bleating his gums about us to try and stay relevant.

 

One of the things that needs to be noted, he did also win five trophies in a row before he absolutely gubbed it.

 

Neil Lennon can * right off. If he'd come out and said "Sorry guys, the pressure got to me/us and we * it" I'd have a lot more respect for him, but he's completely ruined any reputation he had. Sad.

 

Get off me.

 

That was noted and it was evident at the time there were massive warning signs during his first spell here. Vast majority of people didn't want him and knew it was a mssive stepback from Rodgers. I believe the board also knew this but took the gamble due to his low wages and the fact they could tell him what to do.

 

Think it shows the thinking behind the ‘safe option’ being somewhat correct. Treble’s aren’t an easy feat.

 

Mate it wasn’t just the fact he royally fked up the 10 in a row season, if that was the case fair enough, guys like Tony Mowbray have came in as manager and been a shambles but don’t think you’d hear a wrong word said about the guy as a person

it was the fact he totally made snide wee comments and digs at the fans, players, went into games arrogantly playing with no striker s, players out of position when every single person knew it was a mistake, still claiming he was the man for the job in January when St Mirren Ross county were beating us home and away, if he’d just got it wrong then don’t think people would be so annoyed with him, it was the whole package

 

Yup, that’s the absolute issue for me. He’s been a snide * that refuses any sort of responsibility or humility about his major role in last season.

 

He’s some laugh


FORMER Celtic manager Neil Lennon admits that he still feels upset that old team-mates of his 'stabbed him in the front' during the final days of his tenure at Parkhead.

The Northern Irishman, now coaching in Cyprus, appeared on PLZ Soccer's Football Show and reminisced about his final campaign in charge of the Glasgow club.

Celtic saw their bid for an historic tenth consecutive title derailed by Steven Gerrard's Rangers and they finished the campaign trophyless, with Lennon being relieved of his duties in February of last year.

Poor recruitment, the team's mid-season trip to Dubai and the lack of fans in stadia have all been offered up as excuses for the season going off the rails.

Lennon admits it is hard to put his finger on one specific thing that he would do differently if he was given the chance - and revealed that he felt betrayed by former team-mates who piled in with criticism when things weren't going well.

"I remember when the lockdown came," Lennon recalled. "We were going to Ibrox 13 points clear.

"We had already won the League Cup, we were well ahead in the league and we were in the Scottish Cup semi-finals. And then things got shut down for three months.

"We didn’t change our philosophy of training or our methods but the atmosphere had obviously changed.

"Players who wanted to leave couldn’t get away and then we were under really strict protocols in how the players lived their lives. And they found it difficult.

"The players who came in found it difficult because it wasn’t what they were expecting. We were all hoping that the lockdown would have ended and crowds would have been let back in around November/December time but obviously that wasn’t the case.

"We never really got any momentum in the season at all.

"I’m not convinced Dubai is the reason things went wrong for us. Things were going wrong for us way before then.

"The recruitment wasn’t great but we felt that the players we were bringing in were good players but just couldn’t get to grips with what they were expected to do – and in totally unnatural circumstances.

"It’s hard to put your finger on one specific thing and say, ‘Yeah, I would definitely change that’.

"Because you don’t go from being a Treble-winning manager to being a total dud in the space of three months."

Lennon continued: "It was painful, yeah. People turn on you very, very quickly.

"That’s the fickle nature sometimes of football and football supporters. I didn’t see it coming in the volume that it did come."

Lennon was then asked if he was referring to Dermot Desmond, Celtic's majority shareholder, or Peter Lawwell, the club's then-chief executive.

"No, not at all," he replied. "It was with some other people, ex-team-mates, but certainly not with those two. I was very close to those two and still am.

"I’m far from happy. They were basically stabbing me – not in the back but in the front."

Lennon claimed to have confronted the former team-mates in question, but refused to explicitly name them.

"Draw your own conclusions," he added. "It’s not rocket science."

 

What the * he expect ex team mates to say “ aye Neil from a team that had won 4 treble s in 4 years, you took them to nearly 30 points behind a team who we were still miles ahead of, papped oot both domestic cups before the last 8 , embarrassed by a fairly average ferencvaros team at home in a 1 off tie in Europe pumped 4-1 home and away on aggregate by a European minnows Sparta Prague who had half their team oot in the first game but your an ex team mate weeman so aye your doing well Neily bhoy keep your chin up “ * me grow up ya fud you deserved every bit of flack you got, ex team mates weren’t stabbing you in the back they were just telling you the truth, and when ex team mates like Alan Thompson and mjallby weren’t doing there job “ right “ you weren’t fukin slow in getting rid of them

Actually glad ex players said what they said, it’s cringeworthy watching guy’s like roy Keane n Neville slate everyone but because wee ole was a nice wee ex team mate, it was always the player s throwing ole under a bus, never wee oles fault

 

Thats why i feel it should be closed,the guy is now irrelevant to us and we should ignore what he has to say.

 

The tone of your post doesnt really hope no, so ill leave it at that and say no more except ill allow you to have the last word as you seem like a little man who likes to have the last word .

 

As the manager, Lennon carries the can for last season but ffs he was not the main problem imo.
* so called superstar players thinking they were better than they are, no wanting to be at celtic and downing tools cause they didn't get their move blew the 10. Look at edouards contribution, fukn embarrassing at times. No doubt majorly affected the dressing room.

 

I'll have loads of words pal it's a forum. Hopefully you've stopped crying now.