The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[delgany]

One bad season in ten? Christ the night, you lot are getting on like Madrid looking to get rid of ZZ !

They won the triple quadruple and that's never been done, the hype of the 10 in a row seems to have clouded the heads somewhat

There hasn't been a creditable team in those ten years until now that has actually challenged Celtic, seems the owners have coasted a bit and while Lennon seems to be taking a lot of flack, no doubt some of it warranted, the players and owners have to take some blame also.

Having a ding dong league surely is more exciting than the previous 9 titles

Agree MR

My question is - why have they not splashed cash on new players to rectify the problems?
They needed 3 stellar signings in August, to refresh the squad. 9iar team needed fresh legs and ideas, but also to raise the level of competition.
It will be a long drudge to end of season now

[MoChara]

It was a Livingston reserve team last night as they rested 7 or 8 guys for the weekend.

Lennon coming out saying we're not "in crisis" or "a shambles".

He really is out of touch with reality.  He's an arrogant lad, that's for sure.

Where is the Jan. review that was promised?

I wonder, in hindsight, would Lennon have walked in Oct?  His reputation is in tatters and he'll hardly get a job in football after all this.

He'll hardly get a gig on tv either you'd think as he's found out to be clueless tactically etc. 

I would to hear from current players what happens at training and behind the scenes etc.  We'll not hear, but in a year or two, it'd be interesting to see what the set up was behind the scenes.

Big results of the review to come out in the next week or so just in time for the transfer window to close.

https://twitter.com/CelticFCSLO/status/1352198502223380480

[Main Street]

It was a Livingston reserve team last night as they rested 7 or 8 guys for the weekend.

Lennon coming out saying we're not "in crisis" or "a shambles".

He really is out of touch with reality.  He's an arrogant lad, that's for sure.

Where is the Jan. review that was promised?

I wonder, in hindsight, would Lennon have walked in Oct?  His reputation is in tatters and he'll hardly get a job in football after all this.

He'll hardly get a gig on tv either you'd think as he's found out to be clueless tactically etc. 

I would to hear from current players what happens at training and behind the scenes etc.  We'll not hear, but in a year or two, it'd be interesting to see what the set up was behind the scenes.

Big results of the review to come out in the next week or so just in time for the transfer window to close.

https://twitter.com/CelticFCSLO/status/1352198502223380480

As befitting the tone of the season of denial and shame, the review comes out to close the stable door after the horses have bolted.

[JimStynes]

Anyone get the WhatsApp saying Eddie Howe is going to be announced as manager next week. Finalising Lennon severance package at the minute. Not sure if he will be the right man or not. I'd rather someone higher profile and with European experience. But then again, who's going to want the job ffs.

[screenexile]

I actually think Howe is exactly what Celtic need. He has a philosophy and style of play and his players work hard for him.

Gerrard isn't hanging about up there so Howe will have a chance at winning a good few titles on the trot. Howe should be more than capable of building a reasonable run out of the group stages of the Europa League which is about as much as Celtic can expect really.

[marty34]

Anyone get the WhatsApp saying Eddie Howe is going to be announced as manager next week. Finalising Lennon severance package at the minute. Not sure if he will be the right man or not. I'd rather someone higher profile and with European experience. But then again, who's going to want the job ffs.

Lawell needs to go too.

No good him still being there  - sticking his nose in the football side of things.

[JimStynes]

I actually think Howe is exactly what Celtic need. He has a philosophy and style of play and his players work hard for him.

Gerrard isn't hanging about up there so Howe will have a chance at winning a good few titles on the trot. Howe should be more than capable of building a reasonable run out of the group stages of the Europa League which is about as much as Celtic can expect really.

I don't know. I'm just not excited by him being manager. I don't know an awful lot about him either as I've only seen him trying to keep Bournemouth up. It's very much an experiment type appointment. He hadn't proven himself at a big club who are expecting to win every single game and needing to play European football. Glasgow is a goldfish bowl. He'll soon get his eyes opened. Saying that, anything is better than Lennon and it will hopefully give an injection of enthusiasm into the whole club.

[tonto1888]

Anyone get the WhatsApp saying Eddie Howe is going to be announced as manager next week. Finalising Lennon severance package at the minute. Not sure if he will be the right man or not. I'd rather someone higher profile and with European experience. But then again, who's going to want the job ffs.

The one that says he will be in after the weekends game? We don't have a game this weekend. A different one says he would be in today. I will believe it when I see it

[Angelo]

Anyone get the WhatsApp saying Eddie Howe is going to be announced as manager next week. Finalising Lennon severance package at the minute. Not sure if he will be the right man or not. I'd rather someone higher profile and with European experience. But then again, who's going to want the job ffs.

Lawell needs to go too.

No good him still being there  - sticking his nose in the football side of things.

Lawwell certainly has to go and hopefully the fans send this message to the club when it comes to season ticket renewals.

Until Lawwell goes, fans should keep their money in their pockets.

[Angelo]

Jack Hendry looks set to join Oostende on a permanent deal for £1.75m. Apparently he's been outstanding in the Belgian league this season and they already have a load of suitors eyeing him up next season so will probably sell him on at a profit - Villa and Werder Bremen were two of the clubs linked.

Anyway, Hendry was a Rodgers signing, got a good few chances under Rodgers but never really convinced, did make 27 appearances in the 12 month spell under Rodgers and clearly was rated by the manager. Lennon came in, froze him out and moved him on - he never played a minute under Lennon AFAIK.

Again it's yet another highlight of how Lennon is utterly incompetent when it comes to the Celtic job, a good manager works with and develops his players, they improve under him. With Lennon we have seen the likes of McGregor, Ntcham, Rogic, Christie, Forrest and Edouard among other all regress at a rate of knots under his management. People insulted me when I said he was a terrible manager, why, partisanship on behalf of their close personal links to the manager. The truth is he is an absolutely abysmal manager who failed and Bolton and Hibs and will never manage a club of decent standing in his career again.

We need to get a new manager in ASAP.

The fans also need to united and force the message home to the club that they won't get our money until such time as Lawwell is removed from the club.

[ned]

Jack Hendry looks set to join Oostende on a permanent deal for £1.75m. Apparently he's been outstanding in the Belgian league this season and they already have a load of suitors eyeing him up next season so will probably sell him on at a profit - Villa and Werder Bremen were two of the clubs linked.

Anyway, Hendry was a Rodgers signing, got a good few chances under Rodgers but never really convinced, did make 27 appearances in the 12 month spell under Rodgers and clearly was rated by the manager. Lennon came in, froze him out and moved him on - he never played a minute under Lennon AFAIK.

Again it's yet another highlight of how Lennon is utterly incompetent when it comes to the Celtic job, a good manager works with and develops his players, they improve under him. With Lennon we have seen the likes of McGregor, Ntcham, Rogic, Christie, Forrest and Edouard among other all regress at a rate of knots under his management. People insulted me when I said he was a terrible manager, why, partisanship on behalf of their close personal links to the manager. The truth is he is an absolutely abysmal manager who failed and Bolton and Hibs and will never manage a club of decent standing in his career again.

We need to get a new manager in ASAP.

The fans also need to united and force the message home to the club that they won't get our money until such time as Lawwell is removed from the club.

What the f**k. Lennon is not a good manager that is without question. You start by saying Hendry never convinced under Rodgers. That is an understatement. Hendry was useless under Rodgers so why would he improve under Lennon? Did you see him run in circles with the ball in one match with no one near him? It was like a toddler chasing a balloon. His failure at Celtic is not Lennon's fault.

[Angelo]

Jack Hendry looks set to join Oostende on a permanent deal for £1.75m. Apparently he's been outstanding in the Belgian league this season and they already have a load of suitors eyeing him up next season so will probably sell him on at a profit - Villa and Werder Bremen were two of the clubs linked.

Anyway, Hendry was a Rodgers signing, got a good few chances under Rodgers but never really convinced, did make 27 appearances in the 12 month spell under Rodgers and clearly was rated by the manager. Lennon came in, froze him out and moved him on - he never played a minute under Lennon AFAIK.

Again it's yet another highlight of how Lennon is utterly incompetent when it comes to the Celtic job, a good manager works with and develops his players, they improve under him. With Lennon we have seen the likes of McGregor, Ntcham, Rogic, Christie, Forrest and Edouard among other all regress at a rate of knots under his management. People insulted me when I said he was a terrible manager, why, partisanship on behalf of their close personal links to the manager. The truth is he is an absolutely abysmal manager who failed and Bolton and Hibs and will never manage a club of decent standing in his career again.

We need to get a new manager in ASAP.

The fans also need to united and force the message home to the club that they won't get our money until such time as Lawwell is removed from the club.

What the f**k. Lennon is not a good manager that is without question. You start by saying Hendry never convinced under Rodgers. That is an understatement. Hendry was useless under Rodgers so why would he improve under Lennon? Did you see him run in circles with the ball in one match with no one near him? It was like a toddler chasing a balloon. His failure at Celtic is not Lennon's fault.

He's another classic example of Lennon completely disregarding a player and another clear example of Lennon's ability to develop and work with players.

Hendry had 12 months under Rodgers and didn't play well, he struggled to step up, but was still quite young - 22/23 and had shown plenty of promise with Dundee before he moved., he wouldn't be the first player who has taken time to make the step up.

I think it's clearly obvious that if Rodgers was still in charge Hendry would have got some opportunities down the line but Lennon is the kind of manager who dials it in from the bar. I recall Kieran McGeeney giving an interview a while back saying how he was over at a Celtic game and was chatting to Lennon about 20 minutes before kick off and couldn't believe Lennon wasn't in prepping the team, Lennon's answer was that all the work was done during the week. All the stories coming out from players who have played under him, past and present, is of an amateur setup where Lennon just lets things be.

He has his favourites and his pals and he looks after them, we've seen it with Soro. It took him 11 months at the club to get a start at a time when Brown was stinking it out for months. It took Soro and Turnbull the collapse of our season to get a chance. Players go backwards under Lennon.

With Hendry, the point is how well he has played this season, there is plenty of interest in him now so clearly there was potential there and Lennon was happy to just discard that rather than do his job as a manager to work with players, improve them and develop them.

[Milltown Row2]

When was that poll put up on the thread? 1967?

[tonto1888]

Holy f**k. We now have some ejit using Hendry as a stick to beat Lennon with. Hendry. The same guy was made fun of by fans for being awful. The same hendry who it is widely agreed was nowhere near good enough for Celtic. There's enough to have a go at Lennon over without this ffs

[general_lee]

Rafa benetiz the latest rumour. I just wish they'd get it over and done with!