Neil Lennon leaves Celtic

[c1973]

He's on STV Scotland Tonight.The advert says they are going to talk about his achievements at the piggery...........will not be on long then!!

:rofl:

 

[richart]

Last season hardly brilliant. Win a league that only Celtic or Rangers have won in the last 30 odd years. Lose at home to Morton and Aberdeen in the Scottish Cups, and win one match in Europe.

Personally think he would struggle to manage a Championship side, let alone a Premier League one.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Bigotry is an issue in Scotland.Folk continually denying it is part of the issue.

I've been saying for a while now I thought this season was probably enough for all parties.

Lennon can't do any more, except win the treble. Personally, I don't see that as a big deal and I doubt Lennon did. There's no chance of us qualifying for the Champions League this season if we continue on the current path of downgrading as we appear to be. Let's be honest, his reputation was only going one way by staying on.

A new manager with new ideas is at least something to look forward to next season. With Sevco not being in the league, it is a bit less pressure on the new man. Having said that, I really do worry about who will come in. Larsson, Coyle, Jackie Mac - take your pick and I bet I will be one of them. I just look at Rangers and how bar they are with McCoist & the idea of Larsson returning fills me with dread. I'd love to think we'll look outwith "Sellik men" & the unemployed / employed at smaller clubs, but we won't.

Hope Lennon does well elsewhere & we had way more good times than bad under him.

All of that is, I am sure, true but he was not respected or liked very much around here even though he was successful as a player for Leicester City.

That would seem to suggest that there are issues other than bigotry.

 

[Naybrains]

Daniel Levy and Lenny been spotted at Harthill Services tonight

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

..and just in case I ever doubted my mum not allowing me, a Glaswegian laddie, to support Rangers or Celtic and have me supporting the Perth team. Well done mum - you kept me well out of that B rubbish.

 

[Val]

I'm surprised he took so long to chuck it, the game is goosed in Scotland and he should have left after taking down the might Barcelona.

Threads like this make me pleased I've started following club rugby more, a weekend in Dublin beckons next week for the Pro 12 final against Leinster, no nonsense spouted between fans in rugby, all we do is drink and get the craic.

 

[Dodger]

I take that accusation very personally and quite seriously.You've just called be a bigot, and we all know what that term means within the context of football, and in particular the axis of Celtc and Rangers.You refer to religious bigotry and make the call that folk don't like Lennon because of religion/NI/Celtc.A pretty serious accusation to make and I'm not impressed.


I don't like Lennon because he's graceless, he's overly aggressive, he cannot accept defeat with the grace of the men who went before him, because his persona on the field followed him into the dug out.I've got no commonality with those who send him nonsense thru the post or sing the bigotted crap at games...and i'm not alone, I know fans fro pretty much every SPFL team who think the way I think.

He's disiked for his personality, his lack of class.

Seriously disappointed you suggest I'm a bigot.

I do not know you personally so I can't say if you yourself are a bigot and if you tell me you are not then well done, that's a :thup: from me and it goes against the hundreds and thousands that spout bigoted crap directly at me while I sit and enjoy watching a game of football at every ground in Scotland that my team visits.

And yes it also happens in the other direction sadly...as I say it is a problem in Scottish Football.

Being called a "Fenian Bas", a "Tattie Muncher", being told to "Go home" etc etc must be a okay then if people don't think it is an issue.

Best of it is I am a lad who was born a Protestant but frankly could not give a toss about religion and it certainly should not come into the game of football but I can guarantee the bigotry hassle Lennon has received over the piece will have played a part in him leaving.

 

[Adi2Dassler]

I do not know you personally so I can't say if you yourself are a bigot and if you tell me you are not then well done, that's a :thup: from me and it goes against the hundreds and thousands that spout bigoted crap directly at me while I sit and enjoy watching a game of football at every ground in Scotland that my team visits.

I can't recall the last Hibs vs Celtc match I missed, either home or away.To suggest the hibs support, in either hundreds or thousands spout bigoted crap at you is an outright lie,nothing more, nothing less.I also seriously doubt the veracity of your statement when it comes to the majority of other clubs in Scotland too.Because if it were the case, there is no doubt in my mind both Celtc as a club and its support, along with the apologist media, would be all over it, mostly to justify the weekly pro IRA crap a significant part of your support (esp away) produce.

So I'm calling you a liar, lying to deflect from your own clubs bigotry.

 

[3offTheTee]

What's all this bigotry you are getting involved with ?Am I interested? - Definetely NOT

Surely it is about Neil Lennon and whether he did a good or bad job for Celtic. Perhaps who his replacement may be, where he may go now.

IMO he hs had no competition and could not fail. Out of his depth in champions League because of lack of resources

 

[bladeplayer]

He's on STV Scotland Tonight.The advert says they are going to talk about his achievements at the piggery...........will not be on long then!!

:rofl:

Without the highlighted words that indeed would be funny ,


im sure there are insults bigoted and other thrown around at all games , and at our ages we SHOULD know two wrongs dont make it right , but lets leave them at the games not on a golf forum eh ?
Comments like this is why football threads go downhill and get pulled , if you wana discuss NL or any other topic , discuss it away . leave the rubbish for the terraces ..

Just a thought

 

[Dodger]

I can't recall the last Hibs vs Celtc match I missed, either home or away.To suggest the hibs support, in either hundreds or thousands spout bigoted crap at you is an outright lie,nothing more, nothing less.I also seriously doubt the veracity of your statement when it comes to the majority of other clubs in Scotland too.Because if it were the case, there is no doubt in my mind both Celtc as a club and its support, along with the apologist media, would be all over it, mostly to justify the weekly pro IRA crap a significant part of your support (esp away) produce.

So I'm calling you a liar, lying to deflect from your own clubs bigotry.

Where am I deflecting? I have openly stated that we have our own issues.

I am not the one deflecting but as always in Scotland the real issue is swept under the carpet.

Wholly unsurprising response.

 

[Adi2Dassler]

Where am I deflecting? I have openly stated that we have our own issues.

I am not the one deflecting but as always in Scotland the real issue is swept under the carpet.

Wholly unsurprising response.

OK, an attempt to justify your own supports short comings by claiming the issue is Scottish wide when it's blatantly not.

You claim hundreds if not thousands at every ground in scotland shouts bigoted abuse at you, I call you a liar for making that claim.I probably attend more Scottish football matches than most (if not all) on here and I'm calling you out as a liar as making up lies to deflect/justify your own bigoted support.

 

[Dodger]

OK, an attempt to justify your own supports short comings by claiming the issue is Scottish wide when it's blatantly not.

You claim hundreds if not thousands at every ground in scotland shouts bigoted abuse at you, I call you a liar for making that claim.I probably attend more Scottish football matches than most (if not all) on here and I'm calling you out as a liar as making up lies to deflect/justify your own bigoted support.

Well done for name calling me.Congratulations but I will sleep well knowing that the truth obviously hurts you.

And by the way it was no attempt to justify anything.I am simply pointing out that a problem exists in throughout the WHOLE of Scotland but carry on denying it if you wish it's no skin off my nose and nothing I have not seen before.

A recent one from your lot.......Rudi is a refugee comes to mind..........maybe that is just "banter" though.

You must be naive if you think the fact that every team having some sort of bigotry related ditty in their armoury is not a problem.

I'm out,as always the wider public seem to be convincing themselves there is no issue in our country.

 

[c1973]

Without the highlighted words that indeed would be funny ,


im sure there are insults bigoted and other thrown around at all games , and at our ages we SHOULD know two wrongs dont make it right , but lets leave them at the games not on a golf forum eh ?
Comments like this is why football threads go downhill and get pulled , if you wana discuss NL or any other topic , discuss it away . leave the rubbish for the terraces ..

Just a thought

Not sure what words you had highlighted, I'll assume the words were 'the piggery'. Well, that's what Rangers fans have called Celtic Park for decades, from the time they had no undersoil heating and kept straw at the side of the park to combat hard frost etc, that and the fact the place was a bloody dump. Nothing to do with bigotry.

Funny that no one ever makes similar comments on the sevco, 'the' Rangers, New rangers and I've even seen the word Huns (offensive to some, not me as I'm a sticks n stones guy)mentioned on here before, but that's ok eh? Just don't insult Lennon or Celtic or have a laugh at them and poke fun cos if you do somebody will insinuate your a bigot. I see risible posts about Rangers and respond by correcting misunderstandings and downright nonsense in some of them, not to throw about bigoted abuse.

Yer man Dodger brought bigotry into the thread (imo to try and get the thread off on a tangent and deleted),insinuating that posts against Neil Lennon were driven by bigotry only. This was insulting and offensive to myself and others who posted nothing remotely bigoted on here (I wouldn't post bigoted crap as I have no time for bigots at all). I don't see ye having a pop at him though.

I find it highly offensive that someone has inferred (knowingly or otherwise) that I am a bigot. And yet I get pulled on my comment above!

I've had enough, I'm out!

Edit: above post mentions a song 'Rudi is a refugee' inference being it is bigoted and offensive. This song was sung by a Celtic player in amongst Hibs fans and 'swept' ( I believe the term is) under the carpet by Mr Lennon, previously quoted as saying there is a zero tolerance policy to racism at Celtic. If he was a decent minded man then that player would have been shown the door, particularly given Celtics feelings about 'why don't yet go home'. That speaks volumes about the man imo.

 

[bladeplayer]

Not sure what words you had highlighted, I'll assume the words were 'the piggery'. Well, that's what Rangers fans have called Celtic Park for decades, from the time they had no undersoil heating and kept straw at the side of the park to combat hard frost etc, that and the fact the place was a bloody dump. Nothing to do with bigotry.

Funny that no one ever makes similar comments on the sevco, 'the' Rangers, New rangers and I've even seen the word Huns (offensive to some, not me as I'm a sticks n stones guy)mentioned on here before, but that's ok eh? Just don't insult Lennon or Celtic or have a laugh at them and poke fun cos if you do somebody will insinuate your a bigot. I see risible posts about Rangers and respond by correcting misunderstandings and downright nonsense in some of them, not to throw about bigoted abuse.

Yer man Dodger brought bigotry into the thread (imo to try and get the thread off on a tangent and deleted),insinuating that posts against Neil Lennon were driven by bigotry only. This was insulting and offensive to myself and others who posted nothing remotely bigoted on here (I wouldn't post bigoted crap as I have no time for bigots at all). I don't see ye having a pop at him though.

I find it highly offensive that someone has inferred (knowingly or otherwise) that I am a bigot. And yet I get pulled on my comment above!

I've had enough, I'm out!

Apologies i probably didn't explain enough the second part of my comment was to all and not just you or your comment ,, if you think that bit was aimed at just you it wasnt .. just wanted to clear that bit up

 

[c1973]

Apologies i probably didn't explain enough the second part of my comment was to all and not just you or your comment ,, if you think that bit was aimed at just you it wasnt .. just wanted to clear that bit up

Apology accepted 100%.:thup:

 

[Dodger]

Not sure what words you had highlighted, I'll assume the words were 'the piggery'. Well, that's what Rangers fans have called Celtic Park for decades, from the time they had no undersoil heating and kept straw at the side of the park to combat hard frost etc, that and the fact the place was a bloody dump. Nothing to do with bigotry.

Funny that no one ever makes similar comments on the sevco, 'the' Rangers, New rangers and I've even seen the word Huns (offensive to some, not me as I'm a sticks n stones guy)mentioned on here before, but that's ok eh? Just don't insult Lennon or Celtic or have a laugh at them and poke fun cos if you do somebody will insinuate your a bigot. I see risible posts about Rangers and respond by correcting misunderstandings and downright nonsense in some of them, not to throw about bigoted abuse.

Yer man Dodger brought bigotry into the thread (imo to try and get the thread off on a tangent and deleted),insinuating that posts against Neil Lennon were driven by bigotry only. This was insulting and offensive to myself and others who posted nothing remotely bigoted on here (I wouldn't post bigoted crap as I have no time for bigots at all). I don't see ye having a pop at him though.

I find it highly offensive that someone has inferred (knowingly or otherwise) that I am a bigot. And yet I get pulled on my comment above!

I've had enough, I'm out!

Edit: above post mentions a song 'Rudi is a refugee' inference being it is bigoted and offensive. This song was sung by a Celtic player in amongst Hibs fans and 'swept' ( I believe the term is) under the carpet by Mr Lennon, previously quoted as saying there is a zero tolerance policy to racism at Celtic. If he was a decent minded man then that player would have been shown the door, particularly given Celtics feelings about 'why don't yet go home'. That speaks volumes about the man imo.

100% agree but don't be foolish enough to think that the 'keep him' decision lay with NL. The GCFC board have a lot to answer for here.

 

[Rumpokid]

surprise or was it expected?

Who cares????..Sooty and Sweep get your CV's in.......

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I wonder is King Kenny will re-apply?
He's been out of work for quite a while now.

Seemed strange that Lennon's assistant Johan Mjallby resigned a couple of weeks ago saying he wanted a managers job.
He looked the part, but it would be a big step up.
Larrson looks to be out of the frame.

 

[gdunc79]

Hilarious how sensitive Rangers and Celtic fans are when it comes to calling each other names yet different when they dish abuse out to the "diddly" teams.

Anyway, Lennon was not a particularly good player, has not achieved much of note as a manager as does not seem to be a particularly likeable person IMO. A blessing for Celtic in the long run this.