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Neil Lennon

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by romeo9535, Apr 17, 2016.

Discuss Neil Lennon in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. ILoveTheCeltic

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    93 shots in 4 games against Hamitlon, Kilmarnock, Dundee Utd and Ferencvaros and only 8 goals, conceded 4 goals ourselves from 27 shots.

    Nearly twice as many shots to score a goal than we need against us to concede. Woeful start to the season, struggling badly to create or be in place to take chances and then gifting things at the other end.
     
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  2. littlekennie

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    Why is lawell not pulling the trigger on this * he needs to go and go now


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  3. Hammy89 Gold Member Gold Member

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    I think it's sell now or get peanuts next year. None will sign extensions.
     
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  4. JML67 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Exactly I'm not saying he'd have came in and scored any more goals than Christie but the lad has shown enough in cameos and clearly in his work ethic to merit a chance, especially when he's the fittest of all our strikers.

    Didn't even throw him on for the last half hour. Can't get my head round it.
     
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  5. Onefootwonder

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    His interview after the match is of a man who knows he's deep in trouble. To lose a game and see the game easier than he thought is laughable and disrespectful.

    The attack on the players is worrying. I've never thought Lennon was that great a tactician, but if he's also lost his players motivation then he's lost everything.

    We can't keep being humiliated by teams we should be winning against. There's something wrong.
     
  6. rickyroma25

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    I didn't want Lennon as manager, but calling him a Neanderthal is daft. He's actually quite an intelligent guy, just not a particularly good football manager. But he didn't hire himself.
     
  7. G_portillo

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    This. No more Boyata situations. They want to play or they dont. Take money and bring someone in who does.
     
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  8. JML67 Gold Member Gold Member

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    * me sideways. Bad enough watching the game unfold and then he comes out with that pish?

    Digging himself a deep * hole here...
     
  9. JamesM09

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    Lennon has no one else to blame here, hence the wild accusations about players not trying or whatever.

    The most disappointing thing about tonight was watching Lennon be a desperate spectator in this game. He just sat there raging and swearing when he was the only one that could orchestrate a change.

    If he takes off a tired Elhamed, we win. If he goes 3 at the back to tighten it up and get another striker on, we win.

    But no, he just sits there spitting teeth.
     
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    @Briggs_bhoy as hammy said they have tried to get most of these guys to sign extensions and their value will go down by 50% in most cases next summer.
     
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  11. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    Thing for me is we’re easy to set up against, they came with their 3-4-3 press and looked much more prepared against us..

    They were decent, no more but we played into their hands with a lack of intensity. I actually thought our team looked ok but was surprised how slack we were and how we were 2nd to every ball in the first 30mins..

    When we scored is when we should have changed it, Lenny got it wrong.
     
  12. Valhalla Thus spoke Batistuta.

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    “The game was easier than I thought it was going to be.”

    Really can’t remember the last time I heard a manager make a comment as disrespectful and delusional as that after a game we just lost.

    His heads gone.
     
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  13. MacEwan MV3 Gold Member

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    Decided I’m so scunnered reading everything here and on Twitter that I actually want him gone before my first * tomorrow.

    Normally about 9.30am.

    I actually couldn’t care less. Never wanted him in, not arsed about seeing him go.
     
  14. Bob Loblaw Gold Member Gold Member

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    I think he's shown that he can't get it done in the big games. Often to far lesser opponents. Cluj and Copenhagen are decent outfits that we should be beating. Ferencvaros are also solid but again, should be beating them given the resources we have available to us. Battered on more than one occasion by the huns.

    Our wage bill is staggering given the lack of success, Lazio aside. When we played Valencia it was comparable to theirs. I think a lot of our squad are overrated and overpaid, but they should have enough to get past these teams. He can't say he hasn't been backed.

    Tonight the blame falls squarely on Lennon. I thought there was a severe lack of ambition when he was made permanent. I ate my words last season for a period, but his management in games like this is
    inexcusable.

    I expect the usual moron to quote me weeks down the line when we string together a few wins against SPL opposition.
     
  15. Henke102

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    If the board does sell all the above and do not replace, the current regime of Lawell n co wouldn't recover. Personally can see a big rebuild and changes next year, Brown moving on or into a coaching role being the driving force. If for the better or the worse is anyone's guess.
     
  16. murphy88

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    Lawwell hired Lennon.
     
  17. Hammy89 Gold Member Gold Member

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    He got 8 over the line. I'll be forever grateful for that - picking up the pieces when Rodgers bolted.

    He was never my first choice for the permanent job and I do think there are huge question marks when he continues to make serious errors tactically.

    He won't walk though and we won't sack him.
     
  18. Crilly Hakuhna matata

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    We need squad depth in strikers in case Edouard is injured and we have to resort to playing someone out of position. Bring in klimala last season and ajeti this season, Edouard gets injured. Nah better not play a striker
     
  19. Seán Mac D Gold Member Gold Member

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    Yep, mind-boggling.

    If you're Klimala and you arrive at Lennoxtown for training tomorrow morning, how likely are you to put in a graft after being snubbed tonight?

    So if Eddie's on the way out, that leaves our options as an unfit and arguably unprofessional Griff, a not match-fit Ajeti and Klimala who we've potentially scunnered tonight. Minging.
     
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  20. JML67 Gold Member Gold Member

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    So easy we lost it. Lol..

    Explains why he played 4-6-0
     
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