I liked Lennon before his time at Hibs and for much of his time at Hibs.
I lost a lot of respect for him after that game at Tynecastle. Changing the team that had steamrollered everything before it for weeks was odd but I almost understand why he did it. We lost so he should have shouldered some responsibility. To call players who had given everything that season 'unprofessional' was unfair. To tell a blatant lie about the board not backing him in January (and admitting it was a lie some time later) opened the floodgates for all the usual criticisms. It was a disgraceful thing to do and he knew exactly what he was doing when he did it. Classic deflection as suddenly no one was talking about him but all anger was focused on the board. The whole 'I'm the only one who really cares about winning' was a slight on some players who done a lot more for Hibs than he ever did.
The whole 'Lenny changed our mentality in derbies' line is a total crock anyway. It's disrespectful to Stubbs and the players who regularly performed well in derbies and more than matched Hearts when it became a battle.
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Thread: Neil Lennon
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27-08-2020 06:33 AM #31
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27-08-2020 06:34 AM #32
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27-08-2020 06:37 AM #33
While he did well for the club in the Championship and our first season back I lost a lot of respect for him after the Tynecastle derby defeat onwards. He rarely took any blame, chucked his players under the bus repeatedly and had us playing turgid football sitting 8th in the league. His time was up.
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27-08-2020 06:43 AM #34
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I will be surprised if he holds on to his job tbh. I know it’s 10 iar etc but he continues to let them down on big occasions. Not playing a striker last night was embarrassing.
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27-08-2020 06:52 AM #35
He's lived off that one game against Barca and thinks he's a tactical genius, the same tactics every plays against them, soak up pressure and hit on the break, genius haha.
Anyone with a half decent football background will do well at Celtic, they've got the money, players and coaches in place, set them up right and on you go.
Once again hes been found out and its everyone elses fault, no desire etc etc blah blah blah, same thing happened the last time he was at Celtic, he accused them of penny pinching.
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27-08-2020 06:57 AM #36
I see he's reverted to type - just like he did at Hibs Post May 2018 at Tiny.
When the going gets tough - Lennon plays the blame game. It will all start to slowly unravel over there now as I can see some of their players turning against him.
Hes not a great manager at all - as others have said we were languishing in 8th when he left us. We weren't impressive in winning a poor Championship under him, our best spell was the 2nd half of our 1st season back up and he managed to blow that at Tiny. The following season under him was mainly a disaster which all his media pals conveniently forget when calling him a success at Hibs.
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27-08-2020 07:03 AM #37
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As for Leigh, we all know he is a handful at times but he's had his own personal issues which football, and playing regularly, would perhaps be cathartic.
The blame for last night lies with Neil Lennon and Neil Lennon alone. You have to ask also - the media rightly slaughtered Levein for the same - why not call out Lennon with the same headlines ? Utterly ridiculous at this level of football not to play strikers that can give you at least 45-60 minutes of football.
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27-08-2020 07:06 AM #38
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27-08-2020 07:15 AM #39
Its hard to believe so many now see Lennon for what he is but in his last weeks at Hibs many people on here were shouted down for wanting him gone and told "we will never get anyone like him again. Born winner blah blah" when it was clear that we were a shambles and he had lost the plot completely. 2 wins in 15 in the end i think it was. A tedious slog in the championship in 16/17 where we done the bare minimum. Pretty average first half to the 17/18 season then a superb run in the 2nd half of the season. A good start to 18/19 before it all fell to pieces and became a bit embarrassing in the end.
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27-08-2020 07:37 AM #40
Old pop corn teeth dragged us over the line kicking and screaming in the Championship-too many draws- but we got there that was all that mattered
In the Premiership he made the ‘brave’ decision in the second half of the season to bin his two main strikers and bring in Kamberi and MacLaren.
This brought the nearest any of us have seen of the mysterious’ high press ‘ and the best football we have seen in a generation.
We had a real chance of a second place finish. A missed penalty against The Sheep, mind games with Potter in the build up to the derby caused him to ‘ overthink ‘ his line up deciding to go with Brandon Barker through the middle disrupting our winning lineup resulting in the predictable defeat.
3-0 up against the Hun on the Sunday and many of us were starting to believe but it was not to be
His final season was a disaster acting like a man that didnae want to be here working his ticket. Weird team selections and behaviour avoiding the media resulting in Lennongate .
Only a few people know exactly what happened that day but one thing is for sure he was spot on with regard to Florian Kamberi
I will be surprised if he is still Celtic Manager at the end of the season
A career in media beckons
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27-08-2020 07:55 AM #41
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1st season in Championship was eye bleeding and we took our time to win it. Thought football was unattractive and negative.
1st Season back we were woeful till after Christmas until Allan, Kamberi and Mclaren came in on loan.
2nd season back up and we were on course for relegation before he was sacked/left.
Failed down south and struggling now at Celtic even though their budget dwarfs the rest of teams in the league.
Man management skills are clearly lacking and hark back to a bygone era.
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27-08-2020 08:03 AM #42This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
“Get your mentality right, get your attitude right. If some of you don’t want to be here, leave. Let us work with players who want to be here.” Pressed on whether he thought some of his group had eyes on other things, he added: “In some cases.
“The players need to buckle up. They’ve been OK but some of their attitudes need to be better if they want to come and play for the club. I’m detecting a little bit of a malaise among them where sometimes they’re not as good as they think they are.”
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27-08-2020 08:12 AM #43This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Cheap option i hear, like Brendan Rodgers?
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27-08-2020 08:21 AM #44
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Underestimated his opponents. Like he did Hearts in that derby.
He had 2 strikers that he spent over 8 million pound on on the bench. And he plays Christie up front.
No one to blame but himself but as usual it’s never his fault.
Celtic fans I know didn’t want him in the first place and he’s done nothing to change there minds
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27-08-2020 08:33 AM #46
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Perhaps, but some Hibs fans also have a blind spot when it comes to Lennon’s failings.
He did good things for us no doubt, and brought us many good days, but his ability to second-guess himself with his own tactics and team selection is a persistent failing.
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27-08-2020 08:35 AM #48
I think Lennon was good for Hibs however imo no doubt he was aware of Rodgers leaving and worked his ticket. It was absolutely the right time to leave as it was going pear shaped. He had every right to pick the team he did at Tiny however personally wouldn't have done so but we lost in the usual up and at em battle on the 5 a side pitch. His reaction after it was extreme but he is that sort of emotional guy. Thought it was quite funny when he was telling Hearts fans how many points ahead of them we were after the game. He was always going to be a short term appointment here imo.
Celtic fans will be raging however to me it isn't the monumental shock it is being portrayed. Hungarian football is on the rise and think it was said Ferencvaros were unbeaten away in their Europa league last season plus just comfortably beat the Swedish champs. Celtic have looked pretty average in the league games I have seen this year and take Eduard out of that team and they are pretty average imo.Last edited by JimBHibees; 27-08-2020 at 08:47 AM.
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27-08-2020 08:36 AM #49
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27-08-2020 08:44 AM #54
Mind the time he played Oli Shaw and Lewis Allan up front purely to try and prove a point? Those were the days.
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27-08-2020 08:46 AM #56
Lennon made a bit of **** of Hibs at times. Club and fans were very supportive, but those four months at the end of that season aside ( 18-19), the football was pretty dire. He’s lost the plot completely by the end, clueless and in a massive rut. Nae malice towards him, but he’s being found out again. Not an astute manager.
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27-08-2020 08:47 AM #57
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Lennon was good for the club at the time, we needed out the championship ASAP 3rd season in there?? Wasn’t good enough past 2 seasons, he done the main thing, that Hearts game was a shocker we should’ve won and was huge chance finish 2nd we blow it.. his time was up he left, got sacked whatever you call it,
We draw at home against Motherwell and this place turns
Into world war 2... Lennon unfortunately at times says what all fans think
after a huge defeat which is angry and pain.. Am glad he’s not at Hibs but he was good for us at the time and had bit fun too.. await we lose a game a lot here will turn on the players a lot worse than Lennon does.Last edited by smithy_hibees; 27-08-2020 at 08:49 AM.
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This Celtic team are bang average and I'd make it 50/50 who wins the league right now. Lennon will go from being a hero at Celtic to being despised if he messes up 10 in a row.
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27-08-2020 08:47 AM #59
Listened to him after the game and couldn't disagree with anything he said.
He called it spot on, like he usually does. I really like listening to him.
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