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11 Feb 2014 13:37:19
Give Neil more time and put pressure on the board to support him.A new manager would get one big signing
then work with same tight signing policy and tight wage structure it could take years.he might get it wrong, how patient would we be? I believe Neil and his team can make us better if allowed. Take it easy on me, it's my first comment on here.

1.) 11 Feb 2014 14:01:14
First of all Brisbane Greg welcome to our wee site, if you post sensibly no one will argue with you, I am the one who posts the daft stuff lol.
As to your point about Lennon, sadly I am now of the opinion he has taken us as far as he can. Some of it is his fault like his poor tactical awareness and playing his own favourite players who contribute little to the team.
I agree the board has not helped the manager in recent times, and it grates with me when Lawwell again comes out with the "we can sign an £8m player" when they never do.
If as new manager comes in at least the board will be forced, at first, to back him and give him some
decent money, also the fresh approach a new manager brings is maybe what the whole club needs just now players and fans.
Brisbane Greg I hope you continue to post your thoughts and debate with us all.

2.) Neil and his team wouldn't find themselves in this predicament if he learned to drop his out of form favourites and give fringe players some game time! While he continues to do that, he'll never develop any further as a manager.

3.) Welcome Brisbane Greg. always good to hear another Bhoy's opinions. I don't agree with the other bhoys on here, I think NL has done a fantastic job for Celtic and I also think he has got a lot more left to give. He is still young, still learning and he is now building another team. In terms of playing his favourites, every manager is the same, MON did it with Thommo, WGS did it with Telfer and the reason is these are the people they can trust and based on the fact that he is going to win 3 in a row his decision have been vindicated. He has lost out in the cups but I put that firmly in the players court, last week 1-0 up and cruising and a small mistake cost us however we didn't create enough despite the number of strikers we had on the pitch. I would like to see more youth players involved and if that means sacrificing some results then so be it but are the rest of the support willing to do that?

4.) 11 Feb 2014 15:46:34
i don't disagree with lennon doing a really great job for us but its the picking of favourites that bugs me.

fisher dropped for matthews just back from injury in a cup game that has/had the potential to end our season in february. why not wait and throw matthews in to the team in a league game? that's 1 of many decisions that gets to me

as all young managers he makes mistakes but for to long he has done so and not learned from them

5.) @allymac it's not fair to say Lennon is young and still learning he's had Europa league football 1 successful champ league campaign and qualified for another he has also won 2 league(soon 3) and ran close in another yet still we see basic bad management if he stays I've no doubt next year will be same bad decisions with same or different players when crunch games happen. I'm not saying he won't win 4 or 5 in a row but I doubt we will progress as a team.

6.) Welcome Gregg, guys give NL a break. You talk about tactics, you are a fan compared to a pro footballer and now experienced manager what do you know about tatics compared to him.You talk about signings 2 things on this. Some if not most of recent signings are not his choice signings they were clearly offered to him once the targets wernt available or not willing.And how many 1m - 2m players do you really expect to light up the team look at what that type o money gets you.Yes a lubo or henrik can be found but once a decade if your lucky.As for getting an 8m player you and I know that won't happen its just PR.Favourites? I sure he has havnt you? Samaras played at weekend, wernt you cryin out for 1 o his favourtes (mulgrew)to be playin instead, somehow I don't think we would a been run over inmidfield if he was playin, be careful what you wish for.

7.) @rayman give NL a break? tactics? well how come experienced former professionals on football phone ins regularly slate his tactics? talk bull

8.) Welcome Brissy Greg

Go Bombers! :)

9.) DN30, because they are pundits, former pros yes but if they were any good they would be managers, also hindsight is a wonderful thing. Was NL tactics questioned at barca 2 seasons ago or durin this unbeaten run you are reactin to a defeat. Tactics are ONLY good if your players perform on the night. I never seen a team play brilliant and lose to tactics.

{Ed007's Note - Remember this is NL's first managerial job, just being a manager doesn't make you a good one. Where's Roberto Di Matteo managing just now? There is a very long list of people who used to be managers, one wrong decision in England by NL and he could easily end up on that list.
Hey ho, at least he will be able to dine out for life in Glasgow on the strength of beating Barca, we'll just forget getting rag-dolled by them this season and all the pi$$-poor results he has presided over.
Also I've seen plenty of matches where the better team loses after being outsmarted by the tactics of the opposition, how about Inter Milan beating Barca in the 2010 CL, and that was playing with 10 men for over an hour in the second leg.}

10.) Rayman that's a ridiculous statement, of course some of these pundits used to be managers! If you take time to go back, I've been posting for quite some time about Lennon not being good enough! You clearly have no viable argument, tactics are what makes a team win a game. i'm not a manager so in your view i'm not allowed to state the obvious, but everyone knows you play the best performing team you can that will give best chance of winning. lennon sticks with his favourites (stokes utter pish). Also the amount of money he has squandered on poor signings is unacceptable. Fair enough turned a profit on a couple, but majority has cost us. Sooner Lennon goes the better

11.) Imagine a scenario 3 years ago.Just lost the league to the dead team. Lost a semi to a lower league team and we were struggling badly.Now you wish for champions league football, last 16 would be brill even better beatin barca and other big euro teams. Raking in millions and millions, cash rich, 3 in a row, headin for 10. Long unbeaten run in league, breakin records for shut outs etc.Wud anybody not accept this with the league we are in lol.Also findin a gem like Virgil. Ed I take your point about tactics, yes better teams lose to certain tactics. But not when the play brilliant. Any team that plays really well will not lose to tactics because they clearly better, they only lose to those tactics because they never played well.

{Ed007's Note - I've got do disagree with you Ray, tactics are as important as the quality of your players. Bayern Munich did not have a poor game in the 2012 CL final, Di Matteo set out his team to nullify BM, it was up to them to break down Chelsea and they failed, it doesn't mean the never played well, it was just Chelsea's system stopped them. How many times have you came out of Ibrox wondering how we managed to get beat after playing them off the park?}

10 Feb 2014 13:47:04
First time poster. Hello to all.big shout to Craig on the Shetland Islands who brought this site to my attention. Will get more involved in discussions later. Greg.

{Ed007's Note - Welcome to the site Greg.}

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Dn30, you are too critical of Neil.you make him out to be anything other than a manager, he has done us good, not great, but good.He is working well, with the money he is given and the players he has had to sell.The board should back him financially, then maybe you could learn to respect him or the rest of us could decide that he is not the man for us.