Lawwells contract

Revenue has went down dramatically in the past few years, that won't look good to any potential buyer.

That said, I doubt Celtic will be subject to any potential buyers anytime soon.

 

Yeah but the revenue has dropped because we have been so pish on the park and the amount of flops we have signed is shocking.

 

The infamous transfer window of January '09 has cost us millions upon millions of pounds worth of revenue.

 

lawell has done a great job finicially for the club that at the end of the day is what he is there to do.and it not his fault that the "football" people at the club have not signed the right players in the positions we need.i mean they signed bocanegra and goian for about £600,000 and they both look far better cbs than any that we have at our club and probably paid more money for.my point being that lawell and the board are putting money out on transfers but our football guys are not spending it wisely.

 

Yeah but look at the amount of better players we missed out on because they wouldn't pay what they were worth. We could have a team with McCarthy and Steven Fletcher both doing well in the premiership if they just coughed up the correct money.

Yet they buy guys like Loovens, Samaras, Hooiveld, Murphy, Juarez and Rasmussen. The amount of duds over the years has been shocking it just seems that we have more now than at any other time.

 

Lawwell has a lot more influence on Celtic than you seem to think, he doesn't just merely deal with finances.

What money are they putting out ? Neil Lennon's net spend last season was something like minus 8 million. And we barely spent a penny this Summer.

Steven Fletcher ties in with January '09, that's what I was getting at. The failure to sign him has cost us big time.

 

it doesn't take a smart business man to cut the dept at a football club.

However it takes a smart one to cut the dept AND being successful.

Something we have not been in years...

 

The January 09 window has cost this club millions.

Lawell made the decision not to sign. If not him then I apologise. Though I don't see this being the managers decision.

Any manager would have taken the chance to strengthen his squad. So doubtful to say the manager "did not want any players".

The huns could have been put to bed. For a long time.

Look...Lawell has a lot to answer for. His gambles were massive. Have they worked.....?.............. This guy is more interested in selling merchandise in Asia than getting results on the park !

 

Lawwell takes ultimate responsibility for January '09. He has said so himself.

You're right, it has cost us millions and gave the huns a massive lifeline.

 

Managers get booted for failing and so should CEs.

I bet our signing policy would have been different if he was told he we must win the League or else....

 

Looks like have may be saying it again for August 2011.

Or is it Lennon ?

It MUST be one of the two. It cannot be disputed.

Somehow I think Lawell will be untouchable and it will be down to Lennon for buying within the budget Lawell has decreed.

We really are toytown. Noddy. Big Ears. Oh....and the great wee red and yellow car. Wish I was a Jags fan.

Going to lie in a darkened room.

 

I don't think it's Lennon, I think it's entirely up to the higher powers that be at Celtic Park.

Our signing policy is completely flawed, there's something seriously wrong when the manager doesn't have the final say on who we bring in.

Lennon had flown out to Portugal to get his #1 striking target and the deal couldn't be done. The official line is that it was a work permit issue but I don't believe that at all tbh, the board would've shat themselves at the bhoy's pricetag!

I've been thinking about darkened rooms since Sunday at approximately the back of 2!

 

I would not wish to be Lawell.

It's not hard to make a business profitable.

Spend very little money............

but expect very little result.

Ring a bell anyone ?

 

That's a lot of words to describe LAWELL.

 

It doesn't just fall solely to Lawwell though does it ?

The whole board are culpable.

 

i have to say as much as yes we should have spent money and try take the title back it is always going to be a risk as there is now no automatic champions league football anymore and we know that is were we make the most money the simple fact is if and it is a big if the huns did go under which i hope they do i think lawells done a good job there is no risk we could go under and as someone said before if the club ever wanted a new owner our club is in the perfect position

 

09 season wasted us tbh and we are still taking the hit now. i think lawwell has done a good job for us and is entitled to whats in his contract. if we are going to discuss his? then we should discuss the players ,the management and coaching staffs contrcacts then.

 

I think over the last 3 seasons the axe has fallen on the players and the management who havent performed. I also think he is vastly overpaid for what he does. He has survived this dismal spell with barely a word said against him. If he had managed to reduce our debt while still maintaing a winning management and team then I would be more glowing about him. In my mind though, he has simply cut wages, costs and ultimately quality at our club.

To have a bonus incorporated into his wage isnt right in my opinion. His bonus should be based on the club winning trophies, not winning the Balance Sheet award.