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Peter Lawwell

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by eddiebhoy0109, Jan 13, 2015.

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  1. murphy88

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    Hard not to be our most successful domestic period given the level of competition we faced for much of his time. I think a bit of perspective is required when we talk about his domestic record. As good as it was, because undoubtedly it was a good one by the way.
     
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  2. thailandceltic From Immigration to Domination

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    Out of interest what was the trophy count during his tenure before the huns went bust? I'd say leagues were roughly the same? Cups?
     
  3. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    Personally I don’t care that they didn’t interview anyone else. They had someone they wanted and trusted and he did deliver our fourth treble in a row.

    I agree they should have sacked him sooner though. But I don’t think anyone could’ve rescued that season.
     
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    We only started winning Trebles when the huns were back in the top division, i'm not a huge fan of PL by any stretch, but sometimes it can all get a bit OTT.
     
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    An inconvenient truth for many.
     
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    When the huns entered the top league, they were * rotten. They didn’t even finish 2nd initially.
     
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    Personally I was raging we appointed Lennon and that had nothing to do with the shower, but hey that's just my opinion.

    That season could have definitely been rescued mate. He should of been sacked before Christmas, only reason they eventually let him go is because of the absolute Carnage it was causing. The ultimate yes man for the board
     
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    Not Celtic’s fault they cheated and died.
     
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    Could flip that round and say it took a 3rd Division team a matter of 9 years to finish 25 points ahead of us. They have outperformed us in Europe in that time also.
     
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    Never said it was. Your point is?
     
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    The Huns were on the * for years after being promoted to the top flight lets not pretend otherwise
     
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    You sound like you're trying to diminish our success, we don't have the divine right to win anything, let alone Trebles which have been so hard to come by throughout our history, regardless of whether the huns were * or not.
     
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    I wasn’t happy with his appointment that day either as I generally prefer not going back to someone who’s been here before. But I did enjoy the 9IAR season and seeing us win our 4th treble on the trot so credit where it’s due.

    The covid season was horrible. I’m not convinced that with the signings we had made and the pandemic restrictions that it could’ve been rescued but we’ll never know.
     
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    No one is trying to diminish anything. We are only pointing out we had very little to no competition
     
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    The only pretence i see here is that PL has been a failure, clearly this is not the case.
     
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    Not at all. Our domestic success has been unbelievable in recent times, as I said previously. It is a fact though that the competition we have faced has been pretty weak for much of that time.
     
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    Again before the huns went bust what was his strike rate? Anyone?
     
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    It explains the level of quality they had when they returned.

    And them catching up with us was due to them spending outwith their means and continually diluting shares just to keep the lights on. If they spent within their means they’d still be nowhere near us.
     
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    And Europe? We just dismiss that?
     
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    Are we also on the longest run of not winning a European knockout game?