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    For a while we were playing the best football in the League under Lennon. Hit a bad patch of form at the end but that can always happen to a team with our budget. I would have him back in the future in a second.

    What a miserable place this is. Some seem to just dislike everyone.
    If someone else built the team for him and he just had to coach them and motivated him, sure. If he was in charge of transfers as well, definitely not. Made an absolute arse of replacing Stubbs team, a team that was built entirely in the championship on 9k season ticket holders.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Barman Stanton View Post
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    For a while we were playing the best football in the League under Lennon. Hit a bad patch of form at the end but that can always happen to a team with our budget. I would have him back in the future in a second.

    What a miserable place this is. Some seem to just dislike everyone.
    This place is full of it these days. Practically anyone involved in Scottish football that isn’t at Hibs gets absolutely slated for anything and everything.

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    Don’t agree we were woeful our first season back up. Thought we were pretty decent and then went onto be outstanding after January.

    Other than that though I’d agree generally. We weren’t great in the Championship and were rotten in our second season back up until he left.
    Definitely not 'woeful' in the first season back. We'd hit a bit of a plateau by the new year but the transfer window signings set us off on a brilliant run.

    We also started the second season back up well and were top of the league by October, not forgetting a good (by Scottish club standards) European run.

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    Did we not go 14/15 games without a win? That's more than a bad patch. That's sackable form.

    *Bit harsh it was 2 wins in 14
    Remember it well and there were no calls from anyone to have him sacked.

    There never were. The day he left everyone was in complete shock, no one said they saw it coming.

    The general feeling amongst the fans was that the board hadn’t supported him enough in the summer. Even through that run of 14 the fans were generally right behind Lennon and saying it was down to the players.

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    Remember it well and there were no calls from anyone to have him sacked.

    There never were. The day he left everyone was in complete shock, no one said they saw it coming.

    The general feeling amongst the fans was that the board hadn’t supported him enough in the summer. Even through that run of 14 the fans were generally right behind Lennon and saying it was down to the players.
    Horrible period. Lennon calling out Kamberi on a weekly basis almost. Mind boggling team selections week after week. I remember saying at the time we'd end up relegated if something didn't give. It was a sad end to what was a pretty good few years!

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    https://twitter.com/jucojames/status...034232832?s=19

    Interesting and damning thread about Lennon and Celtic's upper management here. Never heard of this guy before, but he's supposedly pretty well informed.
    That's quite interesting.

    I remember someone at Hibs calling Lennon a 'flip chart manager in a digital era'. Tbf the same person went on to list several qualities Lennon had as well so it wasn't a wholly negative assessment.
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    He was the right manager for us at the time.

    by the end it was clear it had run its course but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy his tenure. Some great football and some great results. Competitive against the old firm. Good atmosphere at ER.

    A mixed legacy but overall I remember his time fondly. Wish him well.
    I would agree with all that but having said all that Celtc were off their heid to give him the job full time, should have thanked him for the job he came in and did and moved for someone else in the summer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Since452 View Post
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    Horrible period. Lennon calling out Kamberi on a weekly basis almost. Mind boggling team selections week after week. I remember saying at the time we'd end up relegated if something didn't give. It was a sad end to what was a pretty good few years!
    It was never that bad.

    When you say 'I remember saying at the time'......is that like when you remember thinking at the time McNulty had got himself sent off deliberately in the Derby?

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    mmmm who does he manage now, who pays his wages.
    No interest now he has gone from my team.

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    So which players are wanting to leave Celtic

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhileTheChief.. View Post
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    Remember it well and there were no calls from anyone to have him sacked.

    There never were. The day he left everyone was in complete shock, no one said they saw it coming.

    The general feeling amongst the fans was that the board hadn’t supported him enough in the summer. Even through that run of 14 the fans were generally right behind Lennon and saying it was down to the players.
    That's not my recollection. The feeling I had was that Lennon had lost it bigtime, not just with the horrible run of form but with his body language and general demeanour. His tactics and team selections were getting pelters and I for one was hugely relieved when he went because we were in relegation form.

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    It was never that bad.
    It really was that bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Billy Whizz View Post
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    So which players are wanting to leave Celtic
    Ntcham, Ajer, Christie, Griffiths and Edouard were 5 guesses in I think the Record.....so prob none of them!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mal View Post
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    It really was that bad.
    All about opinions I suppose......I certainly don't recall mind boggling team selections every week.

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    Remember it well and there were no calls from anyone to have him sacked.

    There never were. The day he left everyone was in complete shock, no one said they saw it coming.

    The general feeling amongst the fans was that the board hadn’t supported him enough in the summer. Even through that run of 14 the fans were generally right behind Lennon and saying it was down to the players.

    This isnt true at all. There were many wanting him gone around that time.


    https://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?...ghlight=Lennon


    Theres a thread from full time in his final game we lost away to Motherwell. Plenty people thinking it was time for him to go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WhileTheChief.. View Post
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    Remember it well and there were no calls from anyone to have him sacked.

    There never were. The day he left everyone was in complete shock, no one said they saw it coming.

    The general feeling amongst the fans was that the board hadn’t supported him enough in the summer. Even through that run of 14 the fans were generally right behind Lennon and saying it was down to the players.
    I think your recollecting that period through rose tinted glasses a little. It came as a shock that Lennon was no longer the manager in the way it happened, but my recollection is that with each week more and more people were coming round to the view that it wasn’t just a blip we were on and it was more a case of when, not if, he was going to be sacked. “Selection bingo” was a popular phrase at the time as Lennons lineups and formations became more erratic. 6 or 7 defenders playing away to Killie, the lineup posted a few pages back at home to Livi etc. That’s not to say that the players got off scot free during that period either as they badly underperformed and Lennon was right to call them out. However he wasn’t quite as good at calling out what he was getting wrong.

    I also don’t remember the support questioning the boards backing, we spent money on Horgan, Mallan, making Kamberi permanent and signed Milligan in the summer window. There was lots of criticism that we had recruited poorly, and worries about the midfield, but that’s not the same as saying the board didn’t back him. Our recruitment was poor for a number of years, particularly the summer windows, so it wasn’t an issue unique to Lennon. However I’d say that he had one exceptional January window and 3 poor windows overall.

    I was responding to your recollection of his last season so not just an opportunity to have a dig at Lennon. It’s not really relevant to my reply above but before the wheels fell off he deserves credit for promotion, getting 4th and the fantastic ride there in the second half of the season. As well as improving an already very good midfield unit and players like Boyle etc.

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    Slivka at right wing back more than once (I think), that Killie game where we got skelped 3-0 and he played about 7 defenders. Lewis Allan getting a run in the side despite being woefully out of his depth. I’m sure there’s more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stantonhibby View Post
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    Ntcham, Ajer, Christie, Griffiths and Edouard were 5 guesses in I think the Record.....so prob none of them!
    I’m not sure Griffiths wants away, but not surprised about the rest of them
    Heard Christie’s refusing to sign a contract extension, and fancies a move to the Premier league
    All in all, doesn’t sound a happy camp

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    I detested Lennon as a player, wasn't that keen when he was appointed, accepted him when we had a decent run of results but wasn't that fussed when he departed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by stantonhibby View Post
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    All about opinions I suppose......I certainly don't recall mind boggling team selections every week.
    This one was a belter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46325989. An ultra-defensive formation, "we came not to lose", and we got pumped 3-0.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mal View Post
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    This one was a belter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46325989. An ultra-defensive formation, "we came not to lose", and we got pumped 3-0.
    Indeed....sad day when your best hope is another floodlight failure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by we are hibs View Post
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    This isnt true at all. There were many wanting him gone around that time.


    https://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?...ghlight=Lennon


    Theres a thread from full time in his final game we lost away to Motherwell. Plenty people thinking it was time for him to go.
    To be fair that could be after any defeat on this site.

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    Was Sparky on bench last night ?

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    Lennons an ******** and doesn’t give a **** about Hibs. **** him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
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    Slivka at right wing back more than once (I think), that Killie game where we got skelped 3-0 and he played about 7 defenders. Lewis Allan getting a run in the side despite being woefully out of his depth. I’m sure there’s more.
    Lewis Allen, there’s a name I’d completely forgotten

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    Was Sparky on bench last night ?
    No.His usual calf injury.

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    Stokes (talking as a Celtic supporter) just on Reporting Scotland, seeming to just shrug off their defeat last night and saying 10IAR is all that matters. Pretty blinkered, parochial viewpoint as surely ECL participation is more financially rewarding than 9.75 IAR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim44 View Post
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    Stokes (talking as a Celtic supporter) just on Reporting Scotland, seeming to just shrug off their defeat last night and saying 10IAR is all that matters. Pretty blinkered, parochial viewpoint as surely ECL participation is more financially rewarding than 9.75 IAR.
    Is quoting 9.75 not a bit parochial? Only Rangers fans surely believe Celtic didn’t win the league last year?

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    Once again he fails when really tested. The born winner stuff is really starting to fade.

    And of course its all the players fault. He leaves two expensive strikers on the bench and puts Christie up front but takes none of the blame. Its like Tynecastle all over again.
    An absolute cowardly welt of a man.

    Glad he’s gone.

    And who’s fault will it be this time? I hear he is ‘carrying the can’ in a sort of ‘its all the players fault’ way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy74 View Post
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    Is quoting 9.75 not a bit parochial? Only Rangers fans surely believe Celtic didn’t win the league last year?
    Fair point but, that apart you might want to address the more obvious point I’m making.

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