according to the herald we made an approach to sound out neil lennon for the job. he was flattered but wishes to remain playing with forest and doesnt want such a quick fire return to scotland..thank feck for that!

according to the herald we made an approach to sound out neil lennon for the job. he was flattered but wishes to remain playing with forest and doesnt want such a quick fire return to scotland..thank feck for that!

Yes! I heard that too!

He wants to get Juanjo back over as his number 2!

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Could see that working. NOT. never forget his cheating Juanjo at Pittodrie

he makes brewster look a cracking choice :003:

Thank feck that little barsteward didn't fancy the job, or I think attendances would go wayyyyyy down. I am surprised we even considered him ( if the story is true ) as he is a toe-rag.

What absolute garbage.  :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Neil Lennon, no matter what he was like as a player, will one day be a sought after manager.

Neil Lennon, no matter what he was like as a player, will one day be a sought after manager.

But lets hope just not by us!!

Neil Lennon, no matter what he was like as a player, will one day be a sought after manager.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Sebo has more chance managing us than that cheating cretin :sillywave: at least Sebo is actually liked by us

Interesting.  His former mate Lambert turned us down before of course,.

there cant be any truth in this

I thought the same Clacher....but it would seem to be true

The Herald

The Times

rightly or wrongly (wrongly) the man carries so much baggage this side of the border he would be a burden to any other club  other than celtic

if he had made more of an attempt to bridge gaps or make ammends for leaving the NI international scene then he may have had a future up here, but he played on his background to carry favor with the celts support through his many on field sh1te spells

even if he had taken on the role of pantomine villan he couldve got away with it, but there was always something more sinister with him

if grassa, savage or whoever honestly made an approach then they shouldnt be in a position to decide on the next employee to run the first team, it was a terrible lack of judgement which thankfully wasnt recipricated by lennons advisers. 

could you image in the bile that would spew forth on these pages from both sides of the old firm if the approach had gone any further?  could you imagine the effect on the club and fans at every other ground in scotland?  we arent ready for that kind of attention, no club outside the old firm is, a state of affairs helped least of all by the man himself

Clacher, can you explain your statement "make ammends for leaving the NI international scene"

of course he received death threats alex, we all know that and its as good a reason to do anything in life, nermind giving up a game of football

i think the part of that statement you missed out was "attempt to bridge gaps"

im going to try and find some of his quotes from that period, when he speaks about it Man and Bhoy his language is about 30 years out of date compared with the recent political situation in northern ireland (even 5-6 years ago) and panders to every stereotypical oppressed catholic stereotype going.  there was actually never any evidence of a death threat, yet he still tears into the environment and the political establishment in northern ireland, who had been doing a f#ckload to route out bigotry from the ruc and the wider province at the time.

if he had gotten involved with the campaigns to change the place with other football people like sammy mcilroy or gerry armstrong then he would of had a **** of alot more respect.  if he doesnt want any part of it, then thats fair enough, it takes a brave man to bring about change and not everybody is cut out to do it.  what gets me is that instead of making a stand against the bigots, what he actually did was profit and make a career that focused as much on a background and an upbringing that he was so far removed from by the time he was at celtic, as his footballing ability

Water under th bridge now but he doesn't strike m as being level headed enough to have the makings of a good manager.

According the Guardian Grasser made contact with Lennon's agent but was quoted a salary of ?500,000 which was apparently a wee bit out of our league.  Lennon was supposedly receptive to the idea in principle.

Can you imagine the apopelxy amongst the legion of hand wringers on here if we'd gone down that path.

I seem to remember reading that Lennon has family up North who follow ICT.

For some reason I just don't believe that one..... :029:

I seem to remember reading that Lennon has family up North who follow ICT.

Well in that case, I am very surprised he didn't come to us for ?80k and a Tulloch home.

The man is a ****. We must do everything to distance ourselves from all OF partisanship.

Just like someone astutely mentioned in another thread re Warncok this is spin. There was never a dog's chance in ****.

according to teletext, he was approached but his agent said the timing aint right for him.

Glad he rejected us if this is true.

I wouldn't want him at ICT.

Presumably part of the thinking was he might have helped our defensive problems....

All of the thinking was, IMO, that he was never likely to be interested but the club wanted to appear like they were looking elsewhere.

He wants to get Juanjo back over as his number 2!

He doesn't need a number 2.

He IS a number 2  :004: