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Post by Trotter on Oct 12, 2014 19:49:51 GMT
Celtic fans will be flocking to the Macron to inject some atmosphere (hopefully) on a serious note who will Neil Lennon bring here in the next transfer window let's hope his scouts are still the same as they did him proud at Celtic.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 12, 2014 20:12:45 GMT
I know people have said he's no experience but Celtic wouldn't give away the job to any former player so there must be something about him and not just an impressive interview. He did all he could at Celtic to be honest. Was anything but a failure.
He beat Milan and Barca. Maybe he could get us to the same. As Lennon himself once said "Imagine"
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Post by riochforthereebok on Oct 12, 2014 20:32:47 GMT
I know people have said he's no experience but Celtic wouldn't give away the job to any former player so there must be something about him and not just an impressive interview. He did all he could at Celtic to be honest. Was anything but a failure. He beat Milan and Barca. Maybe he could get us to the same. As Lennon himself once said "Imagine" He also said 'Give Peacw a Chance' but Peace didn't apply for the job so he got it instead
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Post by Pedro on Oct 12, 2014 20:55:25 GMT
I am NOT being negative but just being realistic - he has inherited a team of what have appeared to us all as conference quality journeymen who have struggled in two Capital cup games against teams in a lower division and failed to beat the then bottom of the Championship league team. He must know this and has still come to BWFC. An amazing decision on the face of it. If he succeeds, and as a lifelong fan of over 60 years I really hope he does, he will be headhunted by the best. I am not expecting an instant reversal of form but it should be fairly obvious after a few games if he is improving our players and this will be a further indictment of the delusional DF. Good luck Neil and I really hope you can bring some pride and excitement back after so many miserable years for us fans.
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Post by natfan on Oct 12, 2014 21:00:18 GMT
Hope he does well but the cancer is still there. Until Gartside goes and ED comes clean about the origin of our debt it does not really matter what the manager does. The club is there as a milch cow for ED and PG. Let's get behind Lennon but not forget our opposition to Gartside.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 12, 2014 21:19:27 GMT
I am NOT being negative but just being realistic - he has inherited a team of what have appeared to us all as conference quality journeymen who have struggled in two Capital cup games against teams in a lower division and failed to beat the then bottom of the Championship league team. He must know this and has still come to BWFC. An amazing decision on the face of it. If he succeeds, and as a lifelong fan of over 60 years I really hope he does, he will be headhunted by the best. I am not expecting an instant reversal of form but it should be fairly obvious after a few games if he is improving our players and this will be a further indictment of the delusional DF. Good luck Neil and I really hope you can bring some pride and excitement back after so many miserable years for us fans. True, there was no combination of players that Dougie picked that could win us games(and lets face it, he tried every combination) But as I've said time and time again, it wasn't the players. It was the system, the set up, the preparation, the teamtalks, the tactics, the switches, etc.
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Post by Trotter on Oct 13, 2014 14:43:37 GMT
@celticfc: Everyone at Celtic would like to wish Neil Lennon all the very best in his new role at @officialbwfc (PC)
Press conference at 4pm today (Monday) you can follow it on @bwfc or @marcilles (Twitter) or by watching Sky Sports News.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 13, 2014 21:48:46 GMT
Was thinking before about when Coyle left and the people we were linked with were the same bunch as always. At one point Appleton become red hot favourite and Keith Hill was very much in the mix before Dougie became the front runner. We were low down in the league then and rock bottom now so I'm not sure how we managed to attract attention from such high calibre managers Mackay and Hughton missing out-two guys that have won this league recently. I've done a complete U-turn on Lennon. Think he'll be great. Big appointment especially when Cardiff get Slade who was pretty much on his way out of Orient until they thought they could get some compo!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 21:56:26 GMT
As Lennon was Celtic manager and won the league with them, does this really make him a Championship manager? I mean Celtic have absolutely no competition in the SPL now Rangers are no longer there. I don`t even think the SPL is as good a league as the championship. I pray I`m wrong and he works a miracle to keep us up. Juries out though!
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 13, 2014 23:22:11 GMT
As Lennon was Celtic manager and won the league with them, does this really make him a Championship manager? I mean Celtic have absolutely no competition in the SPL now Rangers are no longer there. I don`t even think the SPL is as good a league as the championship. I pray I`m wrong and he works a miracle to keep us up. Juries out though! Keep the faith Nige I think Lennon will do great job if we're all behind him.
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Post by boomerang on Oct 14, 2014 0:00:23 GMT
Celtic fans will be flocking to the Macron to inject some atmosphere (hopefully) on a serious note who will Neil Lennon bring here in the next transfer window let's hope his scouts are still the same as they did him proud at Celtic. ... good point re the transfer window Trotter... interesting times ahead... he's got his work cut out, no doubt... if he turns this club around, one I'll be surprised and two, it'll make him a legend... we need one after the past failures...
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Post by socalwanderers on Oct 14, 2014 5:06:01 GMT
I believe Lennons first task was to stop the players from wearing hats at training ? Next it will be the gloves lol
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 14, 2014 6:04:47 GMT
Idon't have a problem with that socal, it always amazes me when they take the players away to hot climes for training during international breaks at colder times of the year. They will never be playing in those types of weather conditions so why do the training in them. As he said they don't play in hats, so why train in them?
I for once in the last 3 years am looking forward to the next home game and will give him my full support. At least he seems to have something about him, something Freedman lacked from day 1.
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Post by kcobain4 on Oct 14, 2014 6:33:39 GMT
As Lennon was Celtic manager and won the league with them, does this really make him a Championship manager? I mean Celtic have absolutely no competition in the SPL now Rangers are no longer there. I don`t even think the SPL is as good a league as the championship. I pray I`m wrong and he works a miracle to keep us up. Juries out though! 2 years ago I was living-working during the week for about 10months around the corner from Celtic park...one thing other than eating everything deep fried and drinking Iron bru up there is that they take football too seriously!if Lennon has survived as Celtic manager and did well for them in the spl and Europe then should be alright for Bolton in the championship. I can't imagine he can be any worse than Dougie or Coyle.
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Post by joanna on Oct 14, 2014 7:47:39 GMT
One thing that struck me about Freedman from day one was that he didn't seem to have a sense of humour or a lighter side to his dull, intense personality. As ex-players have now said, he brought joyless, divisive gloom to the atmosphere which permeated into the style of play. There was no animation on the touchline or sense of fun about him. SKD reveals that training was not enjoyable, a huge contrast to the great work of LSL who is widely praised for his training regime. No wonder match-day displays were dour affairs. "Constipated" is the word that springs to mind to describe Dougie and his approach to tactics and players.
Contrast this with BSA, our most recent successful manager: there was a clear winning formula and pattern of play that everyone bought in to, but he was full of passion on the sidelines, and could coax great performances out of even difficult players like Diouf through his ability to befriend each member of the squad with some fun.....not that they could take advantage of this friendly side to him!
Could you ever imagine Dougie dancing on the pitch with Jay Jay, or putting his arm round El Hadj while laying a private bet with him about how many goals he would score in the season? In short, Sam had the personal touch, whereas Dougie just alienated players who were coldly treated like lepers if they displeased him.
I sense that Lennon lies somewhere between the two. He certainly talks well to the media and shows an intelligence that DF lacked. Talking sense without delusion will be a massive step forward from what we have had to bear over these last two years!
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