I think big Jullien will come good. The French leagues a good one and if he can cut it there he should be able to cope with ours. On the other hand if he feels the Manager doesnt like or respect him he will struggle as will any player.
JJ has hinted in an article Kennedy is not too impressed by NL and in fact grassed him up to PL when NL was the worse for wear on tour in Austria. He goes so far to say JK would not have advised NL not to play Calmac at leftback for his own selfish reasons, i.e he wants to be Manager himself. Now i don't know if any of these rumours are true, but along with the Broony falling out with NL it seems there is a lot of discontent at CP these days, most of it seems to revolve around NL.
There are stories that Lenny is drinking like fuck in the West End and bloodshot eyes in interviews could suggest this may be true, or he just can’t sleep as a result of his realisation the jobs beyond him.
Appointing him was a mistake in my view, he’s a yes man and has no power. His position has been weakened by his signings failing to be used in the most important game, then his selections and subs confirmed he hasn’t a Fucking clue, denying what he had caused only made the situation worse.
Not only doesn’t he have a clue, but more worryingly, he seems to be the only person on the planet who can’t see that. That to me is a sign of extreme stress and denial.
The Sevconians perfect year is stopping us with Lenny in charge. So far, he seems to be living up to their boast that he being our manager is their guarantee we fail.
That should be used as motivation to fuck them up. Unfortunately, all I see is a man wracked with insecurities and rounding on ex team mates who are telling it like it is.
Everybody wants him to succeed, but the greater priority is we win 9 with it without him. If we go out to AIK then collapse at Mordor he will resign. Or be sacked. There can be no alternative. He needs to identify defenders, a midfielder and a striker who can go straight in. If he can’t manage that he needs to go and we need to regroup under hopefully a more technically astute manager.
Lenny, so far, has failed in recruitment, the use of player, ingame tactics and honesty about how he fucked us out of the CL against a bang average Romanian side. Saturday’s farce and subsequent comment that we were excellent, tells me he us close to cracking. He isn’t operating mentally in reality. His defensive mindset is a worry, a real worry. His refusal to see the truth for me can only lead to a collapse if he and Lawell fail to buy quality.
That won’t fix his lack of technical progressive managerial style. But it will avert the immediate need to sack him.
If anybody thinks that would be harsh, then ask yourself, if Ronnie had signed those players and he used the same horrendous tactics again bat Cluj, how many wouldn’t already be calling for his removal?
We cannot let sentimentally for Lenny make him immune to be dispensed with. Sentimentality wins fuck all. Managers and players do.
He has two weeks left to save his job. Of that there should be no doubt. He knows it and maybe explains him hitting the bottle. If I was him and it was clear that I had fucked us up in the CL I would too. But I would hope I put the club first and not try to tell us there’s nothing to see.
There’s fucking plenty to see. Open your eyes and deal with it, or go.
