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  1. Geebee1978

     

     

    Buck stops at The biggest paid CEO in British football

     

    He is responsible for setting up a top class football department at Celtic fc

     

     

    He has failed

  2. Said it on page one…. last night Didn’t like the narrative we were being sold on .

     

     

    It felt wrong to me remember the header a few days ago from Paul ..” tactics”. We don’t seem to have a knowledge.of …..

     

     

    1. How to play using them

     

    Or

     

    2 how to get the team to understand them

     

     

    We know they can do 100 times better. We know what this all points to …. I can’t call for him to leave as I love him but somebody must make the call and quick

     

     

    The thing is we are just as likely to hammer murderwell this weekend but it’s a paper over the cracks job if we do.

     

     

     

    When Something. Is rotten it needs.cut out otherwise it spreads and becomes a much harder problem. .

     

     

    This problem can be fixed by to the surgeon has to act quickly .

  3. onenightinlisbon on

    Morning folks – don’t feel any better today…

     

     

    Lennon’s “culture change” comments alone should be enough to show him the door.

  4. Also my biggest gripe why did we invest so much time and money and effort to get in Turnbull..if he cant get a game is there still a problem. As on the outside he I the type of player we need young.fit and hungry… Why is he not playing

  5. 67 European Cup Winners on

    I always feel compelled to state my admiration for NL before I write anything that is not supportive

     

     

    Please take my word for it I admire NL I respect his achievements at Celtic and support him as a man for everything he has endured on behalf of our club – Legend he is

     

     

    But time waits for no man

     

     

    And the time has come

     

     

     

    A couple of comments from me about the season so far

     

    Edouard has been very poor I see nothing from him that says he is a £30m Premier League Footballer

     

    Duffy has been terrible – yet he has been a decent player in the Premier league

     

     

    These 2 should be stand out performers in the Scottish PL

     

     

    Why are they not ????

     

     

    Obviously we have a problem somewhere and that’s the Manager’s job

     

     

    If nothing changes – nothing changes

     

     

    67ECW

  6. It’s the fans that will decide if Neil Lennon stays or leaves,Some fans must be watching a different game than me,The rot started when Bitton gave the ball away to easily,and from then we never recovered,To me Christie,Frimpong ,Diego,get pass marks,Broony needs to be a bit player,Callum McGregor played a lot off football,looks as if it’s starting to catch up with him,Bain the goalkeeper gets the chance to be No 1 ,but he will be lucky to be 3rd choice after last night. ,French Eddy I don’t blame him for being not interested at times,Lennon to much in a hurry with Frenchie,and it shows,and you pay decent money on a few players and and are not at the races,Lenny could be in a job if he starts pl these players,because according to him the ones he trusts are letting him down,So if he is still the coach at Motherwell on Sunday start with these players,

  7. SYDNEYTIM on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 8:49 AM

     

     

    I don’t disagree with that but we won’t change CEO halfway through the season and if we did, it wouldn’t affect performances or results on the pitch with this manager and squad of players.

     

     

    The short-term and easiest solution to getting a bounce is changing the manager.

     

     

    We can worry about the CEO once the dust settles on the season.

  8. spikeysauldman on

    Fairhill Bhoy

     

     

    Condolences

     

    and apologies for rambling on about football before posting this

  9. DAVID17 on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 7:36 AM

     

    ‘The only thing that’s really changed that we know about since last season is Duff left and Gavin Strachan came in.’

     

     

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    There’s also been a global pandemic and an absence of fans.

  10. ONENIGHTINLISBON on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:04 AM

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ‘Lennon’s “culture change” comments alone should be enough to show him the door.’

     

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    I suspect he meant attitude rather than culture. Hardly a sackable offence on its own.

     

     

    At what stage in his managerial career did he lose your wholehearted support?

  11. After a restless night.. Wonder why… I lay awake growling at the occasional noise outside…. My mind went back to the summer.. We had shambles after shambles

     

    Goalie.. Shambles

     

    Griffiths.. Shambles

     

    Centre half… Shambles

     

    Left back… Shambles

     

    Gavin Strachan… Shambles

     

    These are are all self inflicted….

     

    It continued…. Ferenchvaros shambles

     

    Covid shambles…

     

    Then we have a stuttering sort of start.. Nothing major but stuttering…… We win 5-0 at Ross County but concede a few chances…. Lennon makes his first (for me) major mistake… And I include playing Christie up top twice in this….. He drops julien for St mirren away!…. Unjustified?… Totally….. French Eddie has not kicked a ball since… Coincidence??…. Maybe…. But I think the French boys are close

     

    Team morale and performances have taken a hit because I believe Julien to have been a popular part of the team with others… His replacement the managers choice has not cut it for various reasons tho I still think there’s a player there

     

    Where do we go now?…… Twist or stick… Swim or sink…… Both decisions are fraught with danger………how would love to see somebody crunch into a tackle and win the ball…. That more than anything… Is what we are lacking… Will to win… Desire… Not sure Jurgen Klopp could instill it.

  12. SYDNEYTIM on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 8:49 AM

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ‘Buck stops at The biggest paid CEO in British football’

     

     

     

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    Why does it stop there rather than higher up the food chain?

     

     

    The fact that he’s among the highest paid CEOs in British football suggests that his superiors are happy with his performance.

  13. Another thought….the Covid lockdown and associated restrictions have called on different forms of management and leadership.

     

     

    NFL’s reputation for the ‘laissez faire’ (and I’m being generous here) approach is probably ineffective and counterproductive at this time.

     

     

    HH jg

  14. JAMESGANG on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:28 AM

     

     

    I think there could be something in that. Players will have a lot more time on their hands and might benefit from a greater element of imposed structure and discipline. Who knows.

  15. PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:28 AM

     

    If we finish bottom of this group, is that a record for a pot one team😱😵

     

     

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    Maybe we’re thinking it’s like American football, and we’ll get first pick in next year’s draft?!?!

     

     

    HH jg

  16. My friends in Celtic,

     

     

    Don’t really know where to start regarding our performance last night.

     

     

    Our manager will carry the can and I am truely conflicted with that.

     

    Neil Lennon is Celtic through and through, even yesterday we were discussing Neil going out on a limb and challenging the SG on double standards.

     

     

    He put his head above the parapet for our cause when maybe others should have done so.

     

     

    I am pragmatic enough to know that change is inevitable, however those who have let Neil down will not be forgotten or forgiven easily.

     

     

    HH to all.

     

     

    PS : Maybe watching the game with a mad foreign commentator who sounded like he was talking under water was a blessing.

  17. PeterLatchfordsBelly on

    If 10 is our priority Lenny needs to go after Motherwell, even if we win. Even though we’re in the cup final.

     

     

    If loyalty to Lenny is the priority then know we’re sacrificing the 10.

     

     

    I love Lenny, but to me that’s a no-brainer for me. I fear the long-term consequences of sticking with him this season will prove catastrophic.

  18. Ernie

     

     

    I’m not fan of Rogers, but I don’t get angered with him.

     

     

    Looking objectively, we’ve never had such precision in management – before or since. And think also, about how many of our players a living in a foreign land, far from home and extended family.

     

     

    Won’t surprise me if they’re having a ‘Petrov-like’ experience.

     

     

    HH jg

  19. onenightinlisbon on

    ERNIE LYNCH on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:20 AM

     

     

    The culture comment is self condemnation. He sets the tone or should set the tone for the mood of the dressing room. With regards to when I lost faith in the manager? I never wanted him to manage our club but have and will support anyone who holds that position. However that position for nim is now clearly untenable and to continue to blindly support him would be wrong in my opinion.

  20. JAMESGANG on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:40 AM

     

     

    The Frimpong fiasco suggests something like that.

  21. ONENIGHTINLISBON on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:47 AM

     

     

    You’ve never supported him and you’ve never missed an opportunity to put the boot in.

  22. onenightinlisbon on

    ERNIE LYNCH on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:50 AM

     

     

    I “put the boot in” as you put it when I feel it’s needed.

     

     

    I have said I never wanted him as manager but that doesn’t mean I don’t want him to succeed. The two are not incompatible…..

     

     

    Sorry I can’t be one of the “In Lenny We trust” “HWG10IAR” clique but I want celtic to be the best they can be. Lennon was and is a third rate manager – if you are happy with that then that’s your call pal….

  23. My ‘realistic’solution right now.?

     

     

    Go out and secure the services of the current scotland manager.

     

    Allow him to continue with the national team and allow him to bring in his own coaching set up.

     

    He is not a sexy choice but he is the kind of guy who builds a team from the back which is exactly what we need.

     

    Games like last night would be turned into [at worst] slender defeats for us…not utter humilation.

     

    This is my solution right now that would give us some kind of fighting chance at 10 in a row.

     

    If Lennon continues in this job for another month or so we will be requiring snookers by christmas and certainly by the time he takes his team to ibrox to get beaten and possibly heavily beaten.

  24. Neil Lennon probably earns around 2 million pound a year [or more] for his services as our manager.

     

    Unfortunately he would not have the ability to earn 200k a year for his skills as a manager in any other football club in the UK.

  25. onenightinlisbon on

    LAZYDYNAMITE on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 10:00 AM

     

     

    Clark would have better discipline and organisation that’s a fact.

     

     

    Sexy choice? We need someone who would deliver the ten. I’d take Jack Ross over Lennon at the moment to be honest….

  26. onenightinlisbon on

    CHARLIEMAC on 6TH NOVEMBER 2020 10:05 AM

     

     

    Lennon’s philosophy. Hoping a flair player makes a difference.

     

     

    Watched Sevco last night. Play as a team. Well organised. Disciplined. Each player knows what’s expected of him. Can’t say that about us….

  27. We cannot be sentimental about NL remaining at the club, if he wont resign he must be removed along with the other failures in the dugout, we need to go to Fir park with a change of management in place or arriving, SW seems to be rated so other than him all out, also if the fitness conditioning and physio guys arent up to it goodbye, Forrest had a problem with his ankle for a while had rest for 4 weeks now it needed an operation that is just one example of the failure of this department, utter failure, Hatem ripped his groin in Rome out for months ,Bitton unable to play out for weeks according to the manager, played a week later for Israel, seems or physios and medics havent the necessary experience or quality.

  28. Just read Broonies comments on las nights game.

     

     

    I told you it was the players fault ……………….no the managers.

     

     

    Has anyone resigned, been fire or mutually consented yet?

  29. NL told us that players wanted away after Ferncvaros a day later they were great guys, he was toast then, had no credibility, McGregor told the Herald of internal issues which needed sorted, who done the sorting or is it pending.

     

    Change now, the league is gone if we keep the manager, changing guarantees nothing but of the right quality we might just get back into it.

  30. So which part of the independence movement gets the blame for last nights capitulation?

     

     

    Or in an alternative universe maybe it was our fault?