Lennon HibsTV interview

[California-Hibs]

Watch it and let's discuss, particularly the ending. Big words and delivered with passion and sternness. I love the man!

[Mango Man]

Oafft, love his closing comment he's some guy, delighted to have him as manager, maybe a bit too hot headed at times, but has passion and drive, and we need someone like that, sounds like he is well up for staying on as well, couple of big signings will make a huge difference and hopefully we hit the ground running.

[Keyser Sauzee]

Is there any links to the full interview??

[GreenLake]

I liked what he said. Don't know if I agree with all of it but what he said is maybe exactly what needs to be said.

[GreenLake]

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Is there any links to the full interview??

https://hibstv.hibernianfc.co.uk/tv/video/vod/2034

That is HibsTV link

[Keyser Sauzee]

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https://hibstv.hibernianfc.co.uk/tv/video/vod/2034

That is HibsTV link

Still only the 30 second clip but thanks anyway 👍🏼

[1875STEVE]

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Oafft, love his closing comment he's some guy, delighted to have him as manager, maybe a bit too hot headed at times, but has passion and drive, and we need someone like that, sounds like he is well up for staying on as well, couple of big signings will make a huge difference and hopefully we hit the ground running.

what was his closing comment??

[Unseen work]

He's a bit deluded if he thinks we're the second best team in the country.

Let's not make statements like that and let our football next season do the talking.

[GreenLake]

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Still only the 30 second clip but thanks anyway 👍🏼

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[Dashing Bob S]

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He's a bit deluded if he thinks we're the second best team in the country.

Let's not make statements like that and let our football next season do the talking.

Love hearing a Hibs manager having the balls and confidence to say something like that and put down a marker for next season. Yes it's a stretch, but on the evidence I've seen, not a massive one.

[Baw187]

If you don't believe it then it can never be the case.

Too many managers undersell their teams trying to be supposedly realistic when all that does is install a mindset that allows the players to underachieve.

I wish he'd came out and said we can win the league.

[bigwheel]

I didn't mind the demanding points he was making in the team, it's perhaps though a little worrying that he was still that angry and agitated that long after the game...


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[Heisenberg]

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I didn't mind the demanding points he was making in the team, it's perhaps though a little worrying that he was still that angry and agitated that long after the game...


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He will never change. He'll probably still be raging this morning as well. Must admit while the goals were down to individual mistakes he failed to take any responsibility for what was a tactical catastrophe in the first half hour, we only started playing when Holt came on.

[Nicho87]

Lennon like all of us is proper peed of cause regardless what formation with we started and ended with. We more than matched and outclassed Aberdeen after their second goal. Stupid kick off and individual mistakes along with a massive slice of luck again for an opposition team made us lose yesterday. I personally love lennons passion and to many managers gone by would come out with the usual bad luck story. Lennon has standards. Like we fans do. Winners mentality is exactly what we need.

[wookie70]

No doubting his ambition but he is deluded if he thinks we are the second best team in the country. Does anyone think we would have finished 2nd with the squad we have. Could he not have said we have the foundations in place to be the second best team in the country and that is what we will be aiming for next year. If we finish bottom 6 next year does that mean he has taken the 2nd best team in the country and made us worse.

All very well having bravado but we got beat yesterday by the second best team in the country and our manager questioned his teams concentration and attitude. At other times it is our professionalism or our soft centre etc. The way Lennon has described the team this year in post match interviews doesn't sound like we are the second best team in the country.

We are the best team in the Championship. We have a very good record against Premiership teams, mostly under Stubbs. Lennon's record is won one, lost one, drawn one with the win and draw against a Hearts team in free-fall and the defeat being unlucky and against the next best to Celtic.

It will be fascinating seeing what signings we make and even more interesting to see what type of football we play. I get the feeling we are going to replicate this year's "style". It has been terrible viewing for the most part but that is partly because he was trying to fit square pegs into round holes. I like direct football and love watching wingers and a team full of tackles. I think that would be Lennon's style but it simply hasn't worked this year in terms of cohesive performances. We will need 6 or 7 players minimum to be the 2nd best team in the country imo and they will all have to be better than what we have or fit the system better.

[Silver Fox]

I want to know what players he described as 'hiding'

[Borderhibbie76]

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No doubting his ambition but he is deluded if he thinks we are the second best team in the country. Does anyone think we would have finished 2nd with the squad we have. Could he not have said we have the foundations in place to be the second best team in the country and that is what we will be aiming for next year. If we finish bottom 6 next year does that mean he has taken the 2nd best team in the country and made us worse.

All very well having bravado but we got beat yesterday by the second best team in the country and our manager questioned his teams concentration and attitude. At other times it is our professionalism or our soft centre etc. The way Lennon has described the team this year in post match interviews doesn't sound like we are the second best team in the country.

We are the best team in the Championship. We have a very good record against Premiership teams, mostly under Stubbs. Lennon's record is won one, lost one, drawn one with the win and draw against a Hearts team in free-fall and the defeat being unlucky and against the next best to Celtic.

It will be fascinating seeing what signings we make and even more interesting to see what type of football we play. I get the feeling we are going to replicate this year's "style". It has been terrible viewing for the most part but that is partly because he was trying to fit square pegs into round holes. I like direct football and love watching wingers and a team full of tackles. I think that would be Lennon's style but it simply hasn't worked this year in terms of cohesive performances. We will need 6 or 7 players minimum to be the 2nd best team in the country imo and they will all have to be better than what we have or fit the system better.

This annoys me anti lennon posters on here playing down the cup derby win this season
..not the 1st time I've read this pish about a hearts team in free fall. Before the game at PBS hertz had just gubbed both the Huns and Murderwell...the slump they are now in was as a result.of us pumping them at ER. Lennon s Hibs deserve the same credit Stubbsy s hibs got for knocking premiership Herts out the cup ffs

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[Leith Green]

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I want to know what players he described as 'hiding'

Yesterday , you could argue cummings , mcginn , fyvie?

[FitbaFolkKen]

Aye he is making a statement for next season, it is also telling any potential signings we are trying to build for success not mediocrity.

Trust in Lenny!

[hibee_girl]

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I want to know what players he described as 'hiding'

All of them in the first 30 minutes

[Silver Fox]

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All of them in the first 30 minutes

I thought he said 4 or 5?

[wookie70]

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This annoys me anti lennon posters on here playing down the cup derby win this season
..not the 1st time I've read this pish about a hearts team in free fall. Before the game at PBS hertz had just gubbed both the Huns and Murderwell...the slump they are now in was as a result.of us pumping them at ER. Lennon s Hibs deserve the same credit Stubbsy s hibs got for knocking premiership Herts out the cup ffs

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Just looked at their results around the time and you are right that free-fall was not the best description. They had however started to falter under Cathro albeit the two games you mentioned had steadied the ship. I am not anti Lennon, I want him to do well and I am pretty much 50/50 on my views towards him as I was when he arrived. He has done the minimum required in the league so pass marks there. Very good SC defence and pass marks in Europe, very poor in the other cup competitions. Very good record against the top teams in our league, very poor record against the poor teams. Some brilliant tactical decision and formations and some bizarre one including playing Fyvie and Bartley together against small teams and yesterday. There is nothing to suggest he will be a brilliant Hibs manager apart from what he says. He looks to be a very decent Hibs manager at the moment and that should mean he will lead us to the top 6 next year.

Clearly lots of our support think he is some sort of messiah but I'll wait for the results to match the rhetoric. If they do I will be delighted to give him credit and if we finish second in the league next year as we should be aiming for given we are the second best team in the country now according to NL then I may well be as convinced as many of our support are. If he finishes top six I will say well done and hope he does better the season after. If we finish bottom six then he will be failing, given our resources, and we might have a decision to make. All of those scenarios are possible at the moment.

[Borderhibbie76]

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Just looked at their results around the time and you are right that free-fall was not the best description. They had however started to falter under Cathro albeit the two games you mentioned had steadied the ship. I am not anti Lennon, I want him to do well and I am pretty much 50/50 on my views towards him as I was when he arrived. He has done the minimum required in the league so pass marks there. Very good SC defence and pass marks in Europe, very poor in the other cup competitions. Very good record against the top teams in our league, very poor record against the poor teams. Some brilliant tactical decision and formations and some bizarre one including playing Fyvie and Bartley together against small teams and yesterday. There is nothing to suggest he will be a brilliant Hibs manager apart from what he says. He looks to be a very decent Hibs manager at the moment and that should mean he will lead us to the top 6 next year.

Clearly lots of our support think he is some sort of messiah but I'll wait for the results to match the rhetoric. If they do I will be delighted to give him credit and if we finish second in the league next year as we should be aiming for given we are the second best team in the country now according to NL then I may well be as convinced as many of our support are. If he finishes top six I will say well done and hope he does better the season after. If we finish bottom six then he will be failing, given our resources, and we might have a decision to make. All of those scenarios are possible at the moment.

I'm not thinking he is any sort of messiah...neither was Stubbsy. Stubbs will always be a legend for the cup win but he failed twice to get us promoted...we lost to a poor Rangers team in play offs and Houston's Falkirk in second season. Lennon has done his job so far...winning the championship was the ONLY priority this season and we achieved it comfortably enough in the end. Let's see what next season brings...

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[Andy74]

His interview is spot on. Great reminder to the players that the club is going to be all about winning and it's not acceptable to start making errors or not turning up in big games.

[Eyrie]

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His interview is spot on. Great reminder to the players that the club is going to be all about winning and it's not acceptable to start making errors or not turning up in big games.

I assume that applies to tactics as well as performances.

It's difficult to be taken seriously when you're only willing to highlight others' failings and not your own.

[SeanWilson]

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I assume that applies to tactics as well as performances.

It's difficult to be taken seriously when you're only willing to highlight others' failings and not your own.

Personally think making a substitution 30 mins in to a match and changing the shape completely is not only admitting you're wrong but actively doing something about it. A lot of managers are far to stubborn to even do that, let alone talk about it.

How anyone can be angry or disgusted with him claiming we are the 2nd best team in the country is beyond me. Whether we are or aren't, it's a Breath of fresh air to finally think of hibs as being a 'big club' with 'big club' mentality.

He's the right man for the job. 👍

[Stevie Reid]

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I assume that applies to tactics as well as performances.

It's difficult to be taken seriously when you're only willing to highlight others' failings and not your own.

You don't think Neil Lennon should be taken seriously?

[Stevie Reid]

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Personally think making a substitution 30 mins in to a match and changing the shape completely is not only admitting you're wrong but actively doing something about it. A lot of managers are far to stubborn to even do that, let alone talk about it.

How anyone can be angry or disgusted with him claiming we are the 2nd best team in the country is beyond me. Whether we are or aren't, it's a Breath of fresh air to finally think of hibs as being a 'big club' with 'big club' mentality.

He's the right man for the job. 👍

Well said. Amazing what some people will find fault with.

[wookie70]

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Personally think making a substitution 30 mins in to a match and changing the shape completely is not only admitting you're wrong but actively doing something about it. A lot of managers are far to stubborn to even do that, let alone talk about it.

How anyone can be angry or disgusted with him claiming we are the 2nd best team in the country is beyond me. Whether we are or aren't, it's a Breath of fresh air to finally think of hibs as being a 'big club' with 'big club' mentality.

He's the right man for the job. 👍

Not sure if you are old enough to remember a certain Scotland manager who talked up an excellent Scotland team to the point they believed the hype and under performed spectacularly on the biggest stage. Google Ally MacLeod Argentina if you are not old enough. My view is that talk is cheap, I think we are a good bit away from second best team in the country but there is no reason we couldn't build to that next season. He could have been confident in the interview without being cocky and in your face.

[SeanWilson]

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Not sure if you are old enough to remember a certain Scotland manager who talked up an excellent Scotland team to the point they believed the hype and under performed spectacularly on the biggest stage. Google Ally MacLeod Argentina if you are not old enough. My view is that talk is cheap, I think we are a good bit away from second best team in the country but there is no reason we couldn't build to that next season. He could have been confident in the interview without being cocky and in your face.

I'm in my 30's buddy.

I completely agree that talk is cheap. However, you only have to look at the zombies to see that even a rank rotten team can win more often than not just because they truly believe they're still a big club.

**** like 'hibs class' and other pish that people go on about does my box in. The other thread on Boyle not going down in the box cause that's just not what we do etc etc is just utter, utter pish. It's about time hibs stood up for themselves and acted like a team that wants to do anything and everything to WIN.