18 Oct 2020 09:11:55
Ed are you of the same persuation that lennon must go before this gets much worse. We need a tactical manager not one who wants to constantly pass the buck. Well Mr Lennon the BUCK stops with you. Please don't let the door hit you on your way out
Mr Lawell get the fans a manager who can actually manage a football team and someone who has more than a plan a. Because if you don't there maybe a backlash then you will be next out the door.

{Ed007's Note - Lennon won't be going anywhere any time soon. What he needs to do
is decide what his best formation is and his best starting XI regardless off who ends up on the bench or out the picture, any trouble makers should be reminded that they are playing for Celtic and if they can't respect what that means and act professionally then they won't be playing until they buck up their ideas or get their move.
Watching the game again earlier and it's as if the players don't know their job in the formation, is the manager making it clear what he wants from them or is the constant pointless passes because the players don't know what the gameplan actually is?}

1.) 18 Oct 2020
18 Oct 2020 19:10:34
Hi Ed it’s clear watching us on the park the players don’t know what there actual roles are in the formation and with that can’t execute whatever Lennons plan is within the set up! Players looked scared to gamble or go out from there own position and create something.

{Ed007's Note - I used to blame it on the fact Brown was the one controlling our tempo and gameplay but it's not that, it's a bigger problem. Yesterday reminded me of those CL qualifiers where we came up against teams we should be beating but they are better organised and well drilled in what their individual jobs on the park are.
Lennon's team selection was bizarre to say the least and is it really that big a deal that the team was leaked? Imagine MON bothering about his team getting leaked, a daft man could predict his teams if everyone was fit. Again the problem is NL doesn't know his best XI and his tinkering when it's not needed and playing players out of position isn't helping anyone - especially him.}

2.) 18 Oct 2020
18 Oct 2020 19:16:39
A didn’t think a could get more depressed until I read you say Lennon won’t be going anywhere soon.

{Ed007's Note - I'll email you later on mate, I'm not long getting online 👍 I can't see him resigning and no way will DD or Lawwell pull the plug because of some iffy performances and losing to TRIFC. To be fair he should be given time to sort out his own mess. Playing Milan next isn't going to help but as I said when the draw was made I don't expect us to get many points there, our focus now needs to be on maintaining our domestic dominance. As soon as we went out the CL that should have been drilled into the players heads imo. Getting into the CL would make money and raise the Club and players profiles but being part of a team that 10 in a row, a potential quadruple and then fifth straight Treble would make these players famous and immortalised for the rest of eternity.
My spidey senses were sent a twinkle when I read that DD had spoken about getting some kind of sports psychologist in and Lennon kind of agreed, why would we need that if Lennon's strengths is motivating players?}

3.) 18 Oct 2020
18 Oct 2020 19:56:09
Ed that was DD being diplomatic? He must look at squad size and annual wage bill and wonder why we stagnate and don't progress. The reality ( the brutal truth) . is that a decent manager can take a mediocre team up a level, a good manager up another level and a great manager can work wonders even where talent is limited. Obviously great managers and great players at their disposal equals dynamite. We have a good level of experience and decent to good players and a poor manager. A poor, lost, unsure manager can do a lot of damage and this is what is happening I think. I don't know, but that is what I think.

If in doubt you hope that there are enough leaders on the field to make up the deficit. I don't see Brown in that role. I don't enjoy listening to brown's interviews either. They are lazy answers to decent questions. Lennon is a walking talking contradiction week to week which means that he is either forgetful, stupid, or thinks we are all stupid with limited recall.

This is SERIOUS.

4.) 18 Oct 2020
18 Oct 2020 20:58:55
Maybe there are too many players at PH and it's a helluva job man-managing those who think they should be playing and perhaps that's where the problem lies. I'm a part-time Transport Manager with various companies and I find it hard listening to all the moaning going on and trying to pacify and motivate them at the same time. Lennon has it tight working with them on a daily basis but he's paid a helluva lot more than I do. I think holding onto them for the season will backfire. There has to be a freshening of the squad in January with more players leaving than coming in - and the ones coming in have to be better than those leaving.