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Saint Stivs…
Go and search. Im not on to prove anything. If you do otherwise I applaud you. Also, I think properties are more than £20k each. But again you can prove me wrong. Not bothered.
HH
Adi,
I am simply asking how you know that, where does that information come from ?
A property portfolio of 500+ houses would be quite vast and valuable, he would need to have put everything he ever earned into it.
Dear oh dear, trying to blame Neil for a shitshow entirely of the board’s making.
Lenny has every right to every penny he’s due…regardless of his current wealth too.
No comparison whatsoever with self annointed captains of industry and masters of the universe who invariably set their own rewards at that.
Perhaps DD is sacking PL but PL is contracted to end of the year
So we cannot recruit a new Manager until PL has gone
New CEO wants to recruit a new man
so we stick with NL until new CEO comes in
67ECW
TURKEYBHOY on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 2:02 PM‘TURKEYBHOY on 30TH NOVEMBER 2020 8:34 PM
What kind of fan would post this on a Celtic fans’ site about Celtic fans throwing bananas at Mark Walters?
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Big Wavy,
What shame.I made a right few Bob selling Bananas outside the Jungle that day.
Enterprise it was called,enterprise.’
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Probably the sort who wouldn’t recognise Michael Kelly’s admonition to the fans to go back to their peripheral housing schemes.
Most probably a hun.
SPIKEYSAULDMAN
“See we are just as bad as Rangers and Hearts fans ” ..isn’t much of a defence
67 EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 3:11 PM
If it wasn’t for 10IAR, I’d take that. This season’s too big for it to just die with a whimper though….trophies are actually starting to tumble now.
Charity begins at home ,aye for some who are on big bucks ,and them in Charge of Celtic Foundation are no different,ie some monies go to charities the rest to Salaries fact
GEEBEE1978 on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 3:17 PM
i know and feel same
I am trying some lateral thinking to explain our pathetic sit on your hands and hope strategy
DD must have something going on !!!
67ECW
ST TAMS on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 2:23 PM
‘If Neil Lennon is the big Celtic fan that he is made out to be , he would walk.
He can’t be short of a few bob.’
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He could very easily be short of a few bob. The number of ex pros who end up bankrupt is startling.
He won’t resign if it means he gives up what he’s due.
Only a moron would expect him to.
Bang on about Neil Lennon,Seeing his team getting turned over easily by other teams,If he is a Supporter and feeling the pain and being unable to fix it,He should do the Honourable thing and resign,What happens onThursday night against A C Milan if we lose again,
67ECW
You’re overthinking the issue – Neil will go when DD decides.
A moron. Really
It’s uncanny. You mention a word and one shows up straight away.
Neil obviously feels he can still turn this round – think he’s in a small minority
Make that two. They’re like busses.
IN AND OUT
ERNIE LYNCH
So he couldn’t care less about the state of the club at the moment. All of his doing.
It’s just about the money
I’d rather NFL was paid up in full and some of the wage thieves on the playing staff walked away, sadly I know that won’t happen.
not the bus
its not a defence at all
its a wee reminder to anyone who shouldnt be making the most of it/sensationalising it trying to use it as a stick to hit us with
that crap the other night is not for me, but it happens, can be explained (not excused), was sensationalised, was used by the board and happens with football clubs the world over
ERNIE LYNCH on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 3:21 PM
Ernie as you will remember I have long since wanted NL to be replaced
But I would not expect him to simply resign and lose financially
You could interpret his insistence on staying as one of “I have done nothing wrong”
Meaning he thinks PL has not supported him so NL will not make life easy for PL
I agree – why should he
If he has a contract PL should honour it
67ECW
GENE
He needs to say he can turn it around.
If Neil Lennon really cared that much about Celtic he would have worked for nothing.
He wouldn’t have taken a wage.
He could afford it.
He’s pure loaded so he is.
Must be.
ERNIE LYNCH
F*** off
GENE
Did Ernie call you a moron?
Presumably Neil Lennon and Celtic plc have a contact.
I’d expect both to honour their side.
Pure speculation- is there any financial penalty for a manager who simply walks away without giving the required notice?
Club would seem ridiculously exposed if not
why is that when a normal person wins a few million on the lottery they are set for life and never have to work again but when footballers who earn the same in a short few years, they need to work to feed their kids?
UNCLE JIMMY @ 3:36 PM,
Yes, that is normally the case.
What would stop a manager, say in the case of BR, resigning, walking away and getting a “golden hello”, rather than the manager’s new Club paying comp to his old Club!!
Hail Hail
CHAIRBHOY
That’s too sensible
CONEYBHOY on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 3:41 PM
‘why is that when a normal person wins a few million on the lottery they are set for life and never have to work again’
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That’s debatable. There was that spend, spend, spend woman years ago who won the pools and ended up with nothing.
There was lotto lout hun, ditto.
And there was a young girl in Cumbria who did the same.
That’s three just of the top of my head. There’s probably far more.
CONEYBHOY on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 3:41 PM
why is that when a normal person wins a few million on the lottery they are set for life and never have to work again but when footballers who earn the same in a short few years, they need to work to feed their kids?
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Because the normal person appreciates it more and in most cases doesnt go daft.
the excesses of fottballers , their wags, their agents, advisors, pals and hingers on sees them often over stretched and badly advised.
for every beckham and neville with wise investments there seems to be half a dozen gary o’conners with sad tales.
when a top level house goes on sale around these parts it is often footballers, you see the interiors and think wtf. they cant help themselves.
I would assume there is some kind of garden leave period built into contracts if a manager walks away. ManU did this with Moyes.
This current crisis has been a long time coming and is one which ultimately DD has to take responsibility for.
His overpaid chairman as been allowed too much control of football matters including picking players and back room staff, irrespective of the current and past manager’s thoughts.
Out of all those involved from Chairman to first team background staff, the only one who has my sympathy is NFL – this guy as been a hero as player, manager and human being and is being left to carry the can for the entire shit show.
Everyone of them needs to go now . Sadly including Neil, irrespective of his desperate desire to clinch a quad treble.
I suspect the chairman’s intention is to leave Neil hanging out to dry for as long as possible, see what happens and just let his reputation and general wellbeing hit rock bottom, rather than step up and take some responsibility. DD has to take that responsibilty, that humanity, as his chairman won’t.
What as club have we become.
Wonder what reaction ( from the players) we would see if Neil said he would resign when a suitable Manager was in place ? A pay-off prior could be put in place prior to announcement to save faces with usual shut-up clause. And if Neil is wanting to hang on till after cup final we might. might !!! get there without dropping any more points ?
TIMMY7_NOTED on 1ST DECEMBER 2020 3:50 PM
I would assume there is some kind of garden leave period built into contracts if a manager walks away. ManU did this with Moyes.
Or as rumoured, a confidentiality clause
JOHNNIEM
I suspect the chairman’s intention is to leave Neil hanging out to dry for as long as possible, see what happens and just let his reputation and general wellbeing hit rock bottom
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I’ve been on this blog for about 12 years and can’t remember reading such pish.
Get a grip of yersel!
Chairbhoy
very good point on contracts and bonuses etc
In my industry , we all have a bonus target as part of our ‘package’. That is why so many people move jobs after Christmas pay packet when they have their bonus.
To be able to recruit outside this window, new entrants to the market started giving ‘golden hellos’ to compensate for losing bonus
this works when the talent demand outstrips the people looking to move
Our company have kept the assessments at year end and the bonus is now April. This forces the hand of the job mover to stay a bit longer or get a golden hello. We save on a few bonus payments
From Lennon’s point of view, he has no-one out there looking to take him so he will stay until punted. Quite right
I was in a similar position 4 years ago where there were cutbacks and i would have gone, taken the money and my colleague stay. Company would not allow me to walk with the cash. Just could’t bring myself to throw the interview like Spud in Trainspotting. Ended up staying in a job i hated, my colleague out the door (less of a payout than me) . No-one happy
Not just Celtic who are crap at this stuff!!!!