When you continue to take the money and not stand up for your beliefs, even if it means waliokng away from your employment you are complicit by your actions and nothing you say changes your part in it.
I am actually not interested in who said what anymore, the damage has been done and the change is coming, they are going to have to sell the new season on the back of a disater, interesting times ahead, this will have to be good to get people glued to a couch watching shit atmosphere and listening to duff commentators and half time yes men who all have a stake in saying the right thing.
McManus coach
O'Dea coach
Strachan Son is coach
no-one to rock the boat and all singing from the same hymn sheet even though we see the shite that was been served to us.
I agree whole-heartedly Boab. I'll surmise my thoughts on the last few weeks now that i'm half biffed, fully stoned and fully engaged which i havent of late due to work.
i'll get to your points....
My first post on here was the night of the second sparta humbling and it was along the lines of his time is up, even the most ardent knew it then. The lack of tactics, desire, motivation, ability to change the course of a game was obvious then and over time it only decayed further and deeper.
I would say i'm balanced and fair but it was blatantly obvious then and left longer it was only heading further and further south. I'm your average joe bloggs Celtic fan, supports the team, doesn't normally engage in asking for a managers head. Against the grain even i was saying it then like many others, so it wasn't just the Lennon disbelievers.
I've been fairly vociferous through this all with the Lenny bashers although only when i thought the criticism was personal or unfair. Drilled into me from a young age by a no-nonsense maw, you fight your own corner and stand up for your own. It's part of the Celtic fabric too, we always have stuck together, thick and thin, faithful through and through etc. It's in the DNA.
In my opinion, the Lenny of first time round, the firebrand, called out everyone, the ref's, got McCurry the sack, had real attitude and desire, point to prove. Having managed through the death of Deidco, he watched the diamonds he brought in sold and rightly came to the conclusion that PL was managing a decline in standards/budget. This was a guy that played in that team and could see within a few years .... he was wrong though as proven by WGS tenure. He left first time round thinking he could get a decent job after the first parting of the ways. Wrong and over the years probably thought, if only i could get that job back.
The Lennon Mark 2 was completely different. Was grateful for the job, played along with PL's wishes in regards to the football department and really became a yes man. With 'players being different' and having to manage them differently, he lost that firebrand style which he used to give his teams that edge and motivation. With his biggest strength now blunted, he was found out as tactics which was never his strong point, he admitted that himself.
The Lennon of spell 2 was not the same manager. Ultimately playing along with the PL model of operating exposed him and his weaknesses and ultimately cost him his job. So he took it on those terms and therefore no excuses.
In my opinion Boab, DD left PL to his own devices like he would with most of his CEO's.
With his other businesses, there was a bottom line to look at, making more money than last year, no major issues, carry on.
Its different with a Football Club though, especially ours.
He got involved bringing in Rodgers after the Deila times, half empty stadia Peter ?
PL could say, no sevco and we won the league/made money. But DDD thought nope, not having this.
For the last number of years, player trading, title and Quadruple trebles, profits, on the face of things, job done well.
Only now it has went really tits up has he looked under the bunnet and realised what a catastrophe and is aware of the reasons why.
He knows we're at a crossroads, an unispiring appointment and there will be a price to pay. He knows the support needs motivated and that is why i think he will personally be securing us the best name he can.