Official Site: LENNON SIGNS NEW CONTRACT WITH HIBERNIAN

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[G B Young]

Brilliant news. The club is in a great place right now.

[Jones28]

Belter

[EL Green]

Great news

[Souter96Mac]

Great ambitions within this club right now.

[Firestarter]

Delighted as it shows our ambitions :aok:

[Keith_M]

:flag:

[Scorrie]

That's great news.

[sadtom]

Fantastic!

[GreenCastle]

Amazing news ! Consistency like McInnes has showed at Aberdeen really helps.

Excited to see what the next few years holds - but I know we won't be bullied by anyone and this team and club will only get stronger !

[HFCdeb]

Barry!

[Lancs Harp]

Made my day this :thumbsup:

and a great statement of intent.

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[madsen5]

Superb :flag::flag:

[Bostonhibby]

Great news. We are now light years away from the period that took us down and in a great place to push on having paid for and owning all our infrastructure.

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[Iain G]

Will he also be made director of football? All the managers of big clubs have two jobs.... :agree:

[Sean1875]

Fantastic news! :aok:

[Green Blood]

Great news for all connected with our great club! I am sure we shall grow stronger and improve season on season with Neil in charge.

:flag::top marks:thumbsup:

[Carheenlea]

We have a manager with a winners mentality and a Cheif Executive who continues to drive the club on - both are a great fit for Hibs. Great news.

[Hibernian Verse]

Personally, I wanted Levein.

[Looper]

Great news, congrats Lenny http://www.hibs.net/images/smilies/not%20worthy.gif

[Smartie]

Great news.

It sounds like his team research transfers thoroughly and well in advance.

Having our manager tied down and committed sends out a strong signal to players thinking about joining us, as well as those who are with us but maybe thinking of moving away.

[MB62]

Signed until 2020?

That's what you call a man with great vision :wink: :greengrin

[Callyballybe]

Been waiting for this to be confirmed. Absolutely brilliant news!

What a summer we've had. New signings and contract extensions - What a time to be a Hibby!

[Stevie Reid]

Awesome news. Delighted to have him as our manager.

[heretoday]

Watch out Europe, here we come!

[.Sean.]

Did he give himself the contract after a month of deliberation?

In all seriousness, great news.

[The Harp Awakes]

Delighted. Brilliant news.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

The good news just continues.

Fantastic for the Football Club

[Deansy]

Alll those years of paying our way, redeveloping our stadium, fielding players who were never fit to wear the jersey, all at the same time as watching our neighbours artificially altering the derby-record - all those terrible, horrible years are about to pay off BIG-STYLE !

[Doh Rae Me]

This tops the seasons signings for me.
Well done Hibs and Neil.

[SirDavidsNapper]

We are going to own Hearts for years to come

[Stuart93]

Superb

[HibsNI]

Excellent news to wake up to this morning!

[Radium]

Good news. Sign of the change that the club has undergone.




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[Lago]

Fabulous:aok:

[Seveno]

What a great time to be a Hibby.

Well done, Leeann.

[banchoryhibs]

Says a huge amount about our ambition. Superb.
Leeann and George next please 😁

[SanFranHibs]

I don't understand why people are so happy about this!

Should a great club like Hibernian be employing a manager who fights at the touchline? Who has an aggressive attitude that seems to hold grudges. And let's not pretend his baggage has disappeared. I ask you to consider? Is this who we should be employing as a manger?





YOU BET IT IS !!!!! Won't take any bull***t. Stands up for himself. Stands up for the club. Appreciates the fans. Although willing to take his players to task if they are not doing their job on the field, will back them all the way when needed. Will take the flak. Gives us stability that we need and which the players will feel good about also.

Great news. The right man at the right time

He 'Gets the club'. We are 'under his skin'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJRlXM6gzNM

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[CraigHibee]

Delighted with this😁

[J-C]

Great news, 3 years gives him time to build even more and adds to the stability we have at the club. :thumbsup:

[Cabbage East]

Bit disappointed with such a long contract. I was hoping we'd be able to get rid of him cheaply at the end of the season so we could break the bank for Levein.

[Souter96Mac]

Bit disappointed with such a long contract. I was hoping we'd be able to get rid of him cheaply at the end of the season so we could break the bank for Levein.

Could still get him in as director of football? He can do both jobs

[givescotlandfreedom]

Great news! Congratulations to Hibs and Neil Lennon.

[SirDavidsNapper]

Whilst Hibs should never be looking up to Aberdeen, they are the benchmark and consistency in their management structure has been key to their success over the last few years. Great move by Hibs.

[Hibernia&Alba]

It's very good news; he's done a terrific job so far. :aok:

[Garymcl]

Fantastic news shows the club are ambitious and looking to progress not just for now but the future stability on and off the park is the way to go I will do my bit and support the team home and away I beg all hibbys to continue their great backing we are on a positive roll like I haven't experienced for a long time and I've been following them for forty odd years this is a great time to be a hibby we will experience some mixed results this coming season but we must keep backing our great club the board have shown great ambition in player signings and now getting Lenny on long term contract is the icing on the cake canny wait for Saturday bring it on :flag::flag:

[kaimendhibs]

Brilliant news

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[O'Rourke3]

TBH I'm underwhelmed. Where is the ambition? Our near neighbours scoured the land and unveiled the future of Scottish Football. We and they did not have the patience for the long game. Basically signing someone already employed in the club lacks class and is clearly parochial in its thinking. We were once leaders and innovators. Nah can't keep this up. Yah beauty. Well done The Hibees and its great Neil Lennon is in for the long game.

[MWHIBBIES]

Personally wouldve given it a few months to see how we are getting on but I trust Leeanes judgement so this is great news. Hopefully 3 very happy years to come.

[SanFranHibs]

Personally wouldve given it a few months to see how we are getting on but I trust Leeanes judgement so this is great news. Hopefully 3 very happy years to come.

You don't see that as a problem? A few months and then what? If we are not in the top 4, he's out? Or not in the top 6, he's out? Or if he is in the bottom 2 at Christmas, he is out? Then start the whole merry-go-round of possible successors that we have heard far too often in the past 10 years or so?

Not wishing to detract from winning the Championship last season but that is now history. I feel he should be judged from what he achieves starting this season and frankly even if we do not quite climb the heights we might aspire to, he deserves a fair shot and a few months is not a fair trial.

We all know Celtic are 'comfortably' at the top of the heap and as someone said on this thread Aberdeen are a good model of consistency which anyone can learn from. We don't know when Rangers will have had enough of playing third fiddle and give in to the urge to bankrupt themselves trying to buy their way to the top with players they can't quite afford. And god knows how long the mob from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest will remain in their made to measure straightjacket.

We can only take care of ourselves and if we all stick together, Board, Manager and fans it can only get better.

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[Baw187]

Top news. One thing for sure, Lennon wouldn't be signing on if there wasn't a highly ambitious plan in place to have is completing on all fronts.

Good indicator of where we are as a club right now and let's not forgot how 13k STs and regular big crowds have supported this ambition. Well done the fans.


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[stoneyburn hibs]

Great news and a wee bit stability will go a long way to us achieving more success.

[shetlandhibee]

was delighted when we first sighned him,,, even more so now!! GGTTH:agree:

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Great news.

"Cheap option" I'm sure he wasn't. Isn't it great when we invest in "real" managers and match their ambition. Looks like the makings of a good partnership.

Rod said he had this 5-year plan... turned out to be a bit of a belter [looks down at signature smiley] ;)

[007]

Yet another great signing.

[Onion]

Great news. Never thought we'd hold him longer than 12-18 months :flag:

[murray26]

Fairly happy with this not sure we could get anyone better if/when he leaves.

[iwasthere1972]

Lennon loves the Hibees.

[Onion]

Lennon loves the Hibees.

Great interview here :aok:.

https://www.clubcall.com/nottingham-forest/neil-lennon-i-owe-hibs-a-debt-of-gratitude-and-i-want-to-rep-1862119.html

[SanFranHibs]

Great interview here :aok:.

https://www.clubcall.com/nottingham-forest/neil-lennon-i-owe-hibs-a-debt-of-gratitude-and-i-want-to-rep-1862119.html



Lennon, whose side face St Johnstone on Saturday, said: "We all have romantic ideas about the game and where we want to go, but the most important thing is if you are happy and enjoy the players and enjoy the environment. And I very much do so.

"It's a very precarious job being a football manager and I'm privileged to be in a job and a club like this. And when you are here you want to make the most of your time, and thankfully the board have agreed to extend my time here.

"My ambitions are here - that's why I signed a contract. I'm not looking anywhere else. I haven't done since I walked in the door.

"It's been a good move for me, professionally and personally. I owe the club a debt of gratitude and I want to repay them with success on the pitch and hopefully make them some money along the way.

"I'm not looking any further than what I have here at the moment. I don't think you can. Sometimes, when you start doing that, you get distracted and lose your way a little bit."

Lennon captured three titles during his four-year spell as Celtic manager and he hopes to win more silverware at Easter Road given time to continue building.

"In the modern game, particularly in England and even abroad, managers don't get enough time to put in place what they want to do," he said. "In Scotland it is slightly different - there are plenty of managers here now who are in their third, fourth, fifth seasons.

"You saw Derek (McInnes, at Aberdeen) sign a new deal, Brendan (Rodgers, at Celtic), now myself - that's a good sign that there are not trigger-happy chairmen around.

"And it gives me a target, an incentive, and scope to work with people and achieve the targets we set."

Lennon's decision to sign was made easier by the club's strong stance following three bids from Nottingham Forest for midfielder John McGinn, the final deadline-day offer reported to be B£1.5million.

"Forest came back with a couple more offers which were much more like it compared to the first one," Lennon said.

"We respected that and engaged with Forest and told them our valuation. That wasn't met so I was quite confident we would hold on to John.

"I have spoken to him and he is quite happy to keep his development going here. If he keeps progressing there will be a number of other clubs coming in for him over the next six to 12 months.

"He just has to keep concentrating on developing his talent and making his game a bit more rounded."


Good reading indeed !

[lyonhibs]

Well that rounds off the best transfer window in decades quite nicely I'd say.

[Joe6-2]

Personally, I wanted Levein.

Don't say that, wash your mouth out!

[adhibs]

Excellent interview, plenty reason to be optomistic for the next few seasons.

[WhileTheChief..]

Things just get better and better. He always says the right things.

You can hear the audio of that on sportsounds podcast. Commons joked that it gives him 3 years to get fit!

[hibs#1]

Great news.the man is a born winner 😍

[emerald green]

Stability is crucial if any club is going to attain any level of success. NL staying until 2020 will hopefully provide that.

[Eyrie]

I was slightly skeptical about Lennon when he first came here, so it's a mark of how well he's done that I'm delighted by him signing a longer deal.

[OtleyHibs]

I was slightly skeptical about Lennon when he first came here, so it's a mark of how well he's done that I'm delighted by him signing a longer deal.

Totally agree mate, a few years ago I never thought I'd say this but I'm a massive Neil Lennon fan now and delighted he has extended his deal with us

[Billy Whizz]

Great news for all concerned

What's the situation with Gary Parker, does he get his contract extended with Lennon?

[Hi Heid Yin]

Wonderful and satisfying news.
Neil Lennon loves our club and he is doing ( and has done) a tremendous job.
Continuity is what we need after years of revolving door management.
Well done Leeann for seeing the bigger picture and putting faith in our manager.
These are "heady" days for our club and with NL at the helm we will cement our place near the top of the SPL for the foreseeable.
:flag::flag:

[Hibernian Verse]

Don't say that, wash your mouth out!Sorry Mum :(

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[Northernhibee]

It's been quite some time since we had a manager who had his contract extended.

[CallumLaidlaw]

It's been quite some time since we had a manager who had his contract extended.

Yip a whole zero managers ago [emoji6]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3179210/Hibernian-boss-Alan-Stubbs-signs-new-deal-Easter-Road-2017.html


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[EskbankHibby]

Stability is crucial if any club is going to attain any level of success. NL staying until 2020 will hopefully provide that.

Indeed, hopefully we all remember that if we hit any bumps in the road.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Really good news. Lennon asked Leanne to back him. Now he has returned the favour. That should be all the boxes ticked now.

[Jonnyboy]

Absolutely delighted with this news :agree:

[monktonharp]

we have a nearly full bus going on Saturday, which tells me me will have a really good support going up. Hopefully the Hibs fans give Neil Lennon a very good and load cheer when he takes the team out. One NEIL LENNON, there's only one Neil Lennon. he is the only type, that can take us further to compete with those above us.he has that extra "dig" I think that is needed in the long term

[Sir David Gray]

This is great news however I'm not too sure why it's been reported as a 3 year deal when he was already contracted to the club until the summer of 2018 and now it's 2020.

Or do they mean that it's a new contract in the sense that the remaining part of his existing contract has been ripped up and his "new contract" starts with immediate effect which then makes it a 3 year deal?

[Peevemor]

This is great news however I'm not too sure why it's been reported as a 3 year deal when he was already contracted to the club until the summer of 2018 and now it's 2020.

Or do they mean that it's a new contract in the sense that the remaining part of his existing contract has been ripped up and his "new contract" starts with immediate effect which then makes it a 3 year deal?It'll be a new contract.

[WhileTheChief..]

Press conference....

https://youtu.be/HdUSuRKx620

[weecounty hibby]

Great news. Had a truly **** day at work today and this is just the news to cheer me up. Well done Hibs and Neil and Leanne.

[Brightside]

Great news for all concerned

What's the situation with Gary Parker, does he get his contract extended with Lennon?

Great point Billy. I'd like to think so but will double check. Gary is hugely respected in the changing room.

[Sir David Gray]

It'll be a new contract.

Cheers I assumed that had to be the case it just wasn't made very clear.