Aye just seen that , thought mibbess was in for the St Mirren job but probably wants as far away from Glasgow as possible and they're a decent side with good punching above their weight results in Europe.
Really really hope he does well he deserves it.
Mightve left on poor terms ( politely speaking) but he did deliver us some unforgettable experiences as both player and manager.
He will find the fans are just as white hot passionate over there something hes got good experience for.
Good luck NFL HH
he left as most managers do following a poor run of results
he was in post first time around following a period of malaise, against a backdrop of under investment and budget cuts. he brought the thunder back and some pride
second time he arrived at a fortunate time to win 5 trophies, he gets the dinosaur tag, but i remember he was clever enough to change the formation following the winter break just after the huns won the half season tile on the 27th December. We went on a 13 game winning streak.
He led that dressing room to that treble and they followed him.
We all saw the years of complacency, malaise, entitlement and ignorance at board level, in particular the DOF's door. NL wasn't blameless, but the man at the helm of a sinking ship (professionally & personally it seems) and he took the fury and paid the price correctly with his job.
But when we say think back to where Ange's starting point was, that shows how far the club had regressed in that time, that wasnt really on NL.
IMO that was on board interference and lack of ambition in the transfer market culminating in losing a snake that had delivered every domestic trophy his team entered and was 'born into Celtic'. Most boardrooms/CEO's would have pushed the boat out a little given the finance said snake had delivered to them with CL funds and domestically unparralleled success, if only to pacify that manager. They refused to back him with a fraction of the funds he and the invincibles had earned them. Although his signing swere awful.
Instead we had the McGinn fiasco, losing a player who would have been a mainstay for a decade then signing a winger over the managers head.
That led to the Lenny appointment and the fiasco in the showers. There were better out there than Lenny, but they chose him and despite delivering the treble that year, he was grateful for the second chance and played their game and did what he was told. The first time round, he took on the role with fire in his belly, second time around, he played puppy to PL buying players and accepted it. Ultimately non-football people were running the football department and it ultimately cost them their jobs
HIC
