Was this Lennon's Butcher moment? The players haven't been playing for him since, coupled as well with the coin incident.
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Thread: The "rejects" comment
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06-12-2018 09:44 AM #1
The "rejects" comment
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06-12-2018 11:12 AM #2
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06-12-2018 11:18 AM #3
If you can't handle a comment like that and understand the context, I don't think you're cut out for a life in professional football.
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06-12-2018 11:20 AM #4
I’ve been more critical than many of Lennon recently but I really don’t get the big deal with that comment, it is being taken way out of context.
Most players at hibs have been rejected by bigger clubs and they should be using that as motivation to prove them wrong.
Slivka being rejected by Juve for example or Bogdan being rejected by Liverpool isn’t cause for embarrassment but they still want to price they’re good enough for the top level.
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06-12-2018 12:07 PM #5
If a Hibs player said to the press that they have a reject from Bolton then im sure Lennon would be far from happy.
I love Lennon, I hope he stays and the team get back to winning ways - I dont think he should have said that about the players though.
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06-12-2018 12:10 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Surely Lennon couldn't find fault with being described in that way, if he uses the same terms for the players.
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06-12-2018 12:13 PM #7
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06-12-2018 12:20 PM #8
If they're not trying 'cos the gaffer said something, they need moved on. The players should have that "will to win" in them regardless of what anyone says.
Lord knows they get paid enough"I don't have any regrets about not moving during my playing career. I was born a Hibee, my dad was a Hibee, I will stay a Hibee and I'll die a Hibee." -Lawrie Reilly
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06-12-2018 12:23 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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06-12-2018 12:24 PM #10
Even taken in context it was a poor choice of words. Football players have egos and being described as a 'reject' probably hurts their pride.
On a more general level when managers (or in our case recently assistant managers) start slaughtering players in public it rarely ends well regardless of what is being said privately. The evaporation of the feel good factor around Hibs has been startling in how quickly it has happened and there has to be a collective responsibility for that from the boardroom through the manager and down to the players. Individuals blaming each other and pointing fingers isn't helpful, it's a cliche but 'win as a team, lose as a team' should be the mantra around ER at the moment.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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06-12-2018 12:29 PM #11
It wasn't great but folk have to remember that Lennon has had weeks with the players to explain the comment if he or they felt it necessary, so I doubt it's really a factor in the grand scheme of things.
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06-12-2018 12:32 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Maybe he hasn't explained his comments to them, that would be enough to pi55 them off
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06-12-2018 12:40 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-12-2018 01:44 PM #14
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The team don't look as though they are not trying. I don't think the level of effort is the problem. I don't think it takes a genius to see that these players are playing without much confidence. When they are confident the passing is slicker, they are braver about getting themselves into the box etc. It will come. I just think we need to stop chopping and changing the team and formation. Although I prefer a 4-4-2 formation generally, i think our current personnel probably suits a 3-5-2.
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06-12-2018 01:46 PM #15
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06-12-2018 03:08 PM #17
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