Right, thoughts?

My money's on the statue of Fergie.

15 hours ago, swaddon said:

If Lennon was a serious contender for the job, he would have been appointed about four or five managers ago.

As I mentioned in the post, Lennon should have been appointed before Stephen Glass ffs.
If he was we would not be the in the free fall shit show that we are in these days.
But because we are in that free falling shit show we are too far gone for Lennon now as he is not capable of turning this sinking ship around. That ship has sailed over 5 years and 5 "permanent" managers ago 😬

4 hours ago, Blow.Up.Sheep said:

As I mentioned in the post, Lennon should have been appointed before Stephen Glass ffs.
If he was we would not be the in the free fall shit show that we are in these days.
But because we are in that free falling shit show we are too far gone for Lennon now as he is not capable of turning this sinking ship around. That ship has sailed over 5 years and 5 "permanent" managers ago 😬

The squad we have now is probably on the same level as the squad Lennon would have inherited at the end of the 20-21 season, possibly even worse. Hayes and McGinn were 34, we were playing Kamberi and Hendry up front, McGeouch and Dean Campbell were starting games.

If we are "too far gone" for Neil Lennon now, what makes you think he would have been the right manager five years ago when he had just been sacked by Celtic?

1 hour ago, Panda said:

The squad we have now is probably on the same level as the squad Lennon would have inherited at the end of the 20-21 season, possibly even worse. Hayes and McGinn were 34, we were playing Kamberi and Hendry up front, McGeouch and Dean Campbell were starting games.

If we are "too far gone" for Neil Lennon now, what makes you think he would have been the right manager five years ago when he had just been sacked by Celtic?

maybe wrong exact choice of words saying it is just us that are too far gone.
I think Neil himself is also too far gone.
He "resigned" (well that is the official Celtic story) from Celtic February 2021
We appointed Glass a month later. At that time I felt Lennon still had the desire and fight in him to be a good option and a decent manager for us. Anyway we know how the story pans out and we go with Glass, so we missed the right time to appoint Lennon (in my opinion)
From Then Lennon himself was out of work for about a year and then joined the cyprus outfit and got off to a decent start and then the wheels came aff and he was binned. Then he was out of work (managerial work) for another 1.5 years before taking the gig in Romania which was a disaster binned after 3 months. Out of work again for another 7 or 8 months before ending up at East End Park,

My point is (my opinion is) we could have and should have appointed him right n the back of his Timothy exit in 2021 but we didn't and he has become a mediocre bang average or less than average manager and at the same time we have become a much less than bang average footballing (nae laughing at the back of the bus) footballing team.
So basically we are not a good fit for him and he is not a good fit for us, that ship sailed in March 2021 and we will never know if it would have worked out or not.
I think it would have worked out but hey ho

Onwards and upwards to the next manager as this one is likely to be gone by christmas

I think he was the wrong choice for Celtic, considering when they appointed him he was siting in eighth with Hibs. I think he's good at getting something out of a good squad (which is the minimum you expect), but hopeless at building a squad, and the stories at Celtic were he had zero interest in the youth team.

Worryingly, he was very close to being appointed Aberdeen manager a few years ago.

37 minutes ago, Panda said:

I think he was the wrong choice for Celtic, considering when they appointed him he was siting in eighth with Hibs. I think he's good at getting something out of a good squad (which is the minimum you expect), but hopeless at building a squad, and the stories at Celtic were he had zero interest in the youth team.

Worryingly, he was very close to being appointed Aberdeen manager a few years ago.

I suppose we could go back and fore on this one for a while. He had his moments, strengths and weaknesses (don't we all) but anyway I it is extremely unlikely that he will be our manager at any given point in time now.
That being said and closer to "home" I do feel there is a real chnace that our current manager will be gone by christmas, and when that happens do you realistically feel Cormack and his cronnies will turn to next.

1 hour ago, Blow.Up.Sheep said:

it is extremely unlikely that he will be our manager at any given point in time now.

I want a written agreement signed by me, you and Dave Cormack that Neil Lennon will never be Aberdeen manager.

Can't be too careful.

1 hour ago, Panda said:

I want a written agreement signed by me, you and Dave Cormack that Neil Lennon will never be Aberdeen manager.

Can't be too careful.

Written in blood.

5 minutes ago, swaddon said:

Written in blood.

Smeared in shite.

3 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Smeared in shite.

You've taken that too far.

15 hours ago, Panda said:

I want a written agreement signed by me, you and Dave Cormack that Neil Lennon will never be Aberdeen manager.

Can't be too careful.

I would not trust Dave Cormack's signature on anything pal

We could get Lennon to piss his signature into the pitch at a training session.

Just watched Robinson's post match interview.

Pretty obvious he knows he's on borrowed time and looks a broken man

Wouldn't bet on him being in the dugout for the Hibs game, unless we somehow miraculously pull it off against the Huns and even then it'll only paper over the cracks.

55 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Just watched Robinson's post match interview.

Pretty obvious he knows he's on borrowed time and looks a broken man

Wouldn't bet on him being in the dugout for the Hibs game, unless we somehow miraculously pull it off against the Huns and even then it'll only paper over the cracks.

Aye, he's flying through the various stages of "manager on his last legs". I think he might have moved into the final stages when fans start to feel sorry for him, and grasp at any reason to keep him for a few more games just to make sure that we've given him what is seen to be a chance. That lasted a while with Thelin!

3 hours ago, BigAl said:

Just watched Robinson's post match interview.

Pretty obvious he knows he's on borrowed time and looks a broken man

Wouldn't bet on him being in the dugout for the Hibs game, unless we somehow miraculously pull it off against the Huns and even then it'll only paper over the cracks.

Just watched the beeb interview he did there as well and completely agree.

Yep, that BBC interview was a dead man talking in a way that shows he knows he’s a dead man walking.

Very similar vibes to Thelin near the end.

It’s inevitable, only question now is how long do the incompetents running the club let it drag it out?

Well Mr Bevington, over to you…

Probably another 3 months as we don’t have a successor in place - or we will have another interim in place ala Neil Warnock- that went well the first time so maybe big Sam this time given Bevington probably dealt with him at the EFA

The club should have sounded out others on the qt already- but I will be surprised if we have - so that whether it is after tomorrow’s game or the game against Hibs, we are in a position to appoint someone during the international break if Robinson is gone

The big question is who would take on that squad given our fixtures to the end of the year without some guarantees on changes in January

Again, club in a weak negotiating position due to the decisions already made

Jon Dahl Tomasson was linked with the Hibs job, has been out of work for a while, could be a good option.

3 hours ago, Slim said:

Jon Dahl Tomasson was linked with the Hibs job, has been out of work for a while, could be a good option.

Would not be adverse to him getting it. That said I cannot see us sacking Robinson for a while yet. Cormack will bury his head in the sand until at least the end of January before he pulls the trigger.

32 minutes ago, Jute said:

Would not be adverse to him getting it. That said I cannot see us sacking Robinson for a while yet. Cormack will bury his head in the sand until at least the end of January before he pulls the trigger.

He would be a sensational appointment. Budget issues at Blackburn tripped him up there, and not sure international management suited him, but still think he can be a very good manager at his next club.

Not sure what halted Hibs interest in him though. May have been salary or him not being impressed by the budget.

If Robinson sacked, the next appointment might be the last one made under Cormack. He might just throw money at a big name.

Here's your man. Bring him on. No doubt there will be a few suspicious minds.

I'll be crying in the chapel if he's the next manager.

Fuck I am getting Elvis puns. You see what you cunts have reduced me to.

2 minutes ago, Jute said:

You see what you cunts have reduced me to.

Is that one of his later ones?

3 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Here's your man. Bring him on. No doubt there will be a few suspicious minds.

Don't be Cruel

I think he’s the devil in disguise.