lonewolfie Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Brendan's opportunities?? Can’t be Liverpool. Can’t be Man Utd, Man City, Spurs, or Arsenal. Chelsea a poss fit, but Abramovich usually aims for overseas coach profile. Ironically, his time at Chelsea as youth coach was as a result of Steve Clarke’s recommendation!! And he did graduate to be reserve team coach. That’s the top six covered. Of the rest, only Everton & Newcastle could be considered bigger than Leicester, and both have money worries, or stadium worries, or dodgy owners. All the other so-called bigger clubs are currently languishing in the lower leagues e.g. Leeds, Villa, Forest, Derby, Wednesday, Sunderland. Leicester have a wealthy owner family/corporation. Big crowds. Good stadium and facilities. A history. Europa spot regular is realistic. FA Cup success realistic. League cup success realistic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BendtnerBairn Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, alta-pete said: Jesus Christ. Classic Sevco patter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiekranky Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Worth a shot ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, lonewolfie said: Brendan's opportunities?? Can’t be Liverpool. Can’t be Man Utd, Man City, Spurs, or Arsenal. Chelsea a poss fit, but Abramovich usually aims for overseas coach profile. Ironically, his time at Chelsea as youth coach was as a result of Steve Clarke’s recommendation!! And he did graduate to be reserve team coach. That’s the top six covered. Of the rest, only Everton & Newcastle could be considered bigger than Leicester, and both have money worries, or stadium worries, or dodgy owners. All the other so-called bigger clubs are currently languishing in the lower leagues e.g. Leeds, Villa, Forest, Derby, Wednesday, Sunderland. Leicester have a wealthy owner family/corporation. Big crowds. Good stadium and facilities. A history. Europa spot regular is realistic. FA Cup success realistic. League cup success realistic. That's it in a nutshell. Had the Celtic board backed him with maybe an extra £20 million or so then he would possibly have stayed and tried to build a team to be competitive in Europa league terms, however the reality is that Celtic just don't possess the level of funds required to compete with teams from the large, TV subsidised, leagues of Europe. Over and above this, I'm sure Leicester have increased his salary substantially and it gives him a chance to showcase his talents in a bigger theatre once again. That said, anything worse than top 6 or 7 will probably see him bite the dust and end up at a Sheff Wed or Brentford in the next 18 months or so............. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BendtnerBairn Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 8 minutes ago, lonewolfie said: Brendan's opportunities?? Can’t be Liverpool. Can’t be Man Utd, Man City, Spurs, or Arsenal. Chelsea a poss fit, but Abramovich usually aims for overseas coach profile. Ironically, his time at Chelsea as youth coach was as a result of Steve Clarke’s recommendation!! And he did graduate to be reserve team coach. That’s the top six covered. Of the rest, only Everton & Newcastle could be considered bigger than Leicester, and both have money worries, or stadium worries, or dodgy owners. All the other so-called bigger clubs are currently languishing in the lower leagues e.g. Leeds, Villa, Forest, Derby, Wednesday, Sunderland. Leicester have a wealthy owner family/corporation. Big crowds. Good stadium and facilities. A history. Europa spot regular is realistic. FA Cup success realistic. League cup success realistic. Fair post that, Wolfie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snifter Pee Rot Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Lawwell is the reason he's away. I doubt if he'd been backed properly in the summer he'd opt for Leicester. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BendtnerBairn Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I'm just buzzing to see wee Lenny back tbh. Cannae wait to watch the Hibs game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 That Hibs game has dece carnage potential tbf. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Snifter Pee Rot said: Lawwell is the reason he's away. I doubt if he'd been backed properly in the summer he'd opt for Leicester. Thats my thinking tbh. Mcginn could have been bought with ease if Lawwell wasn't such a egotistical heel dragging c**t. It was clear Rodgers wanted him and Hibs werent exactly being unreasonable. Not signing up a centre back till after the champions league qualifiers was our downfall though imo and it kissed goodbye to any major investment for the season after. We have been short sighted like this several times before. For all our supposed money people kindly ignore that we run at a significant trading surplus most seasons too. Im not pretending most EPL jobs these wouldn't tempt a Celtic manager but Rodgers is leaving for same reason Lennon did. Feels he can’t take us further without upping the budget. Edited February 26, 2019 by gannonball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Sad to see him go, he's a bit of a joke figure with his facial expressions and cliche bullshit but he's a very decent coach obviously. That's the breaks when a bigger club comes in for your talent though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 46 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: That Hibs game has dece carnage potential tbf. Will be cracking when Lennon gets in to the wrong dugout ala Ron Atkinson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, gannonball said: Will be cracking when Lennon gets in to the wrong dugout ala Ron Atkinson. If anyone else did it, it would be seen as tongue in cheek and a bit of a laugh. Guaranteed if Lennon does it that it ends in multiple bans and heads gone. And not just on P&B. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 How long before there’s some Celtic blog explaining that he left due to sectarianism and not because some bog average premier league team flashed him a bit of ankle? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Turnover of £233m. That's bigger than Celtic. Football is a business. Leicester's business is bigger than Celtic's business, Leicester are bigger than Celtic. There can be no argument about it. I wasn't arguing, far from it. I merely implied that you might get quite a few nibbles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Cyril said: It all comes down to Rodgers thinking that he is a top 6 English Premier League Manager. He cant go back to Liverpool, he cant go to Man United as he was at Liverpool and would never get the City job so he will be looking at Tottenham, Chelsea or Arsenal, he has been overlooked recently for both positions at Chelsea and Arsenal. He could win 15 trebles at Celtic and they would still overlook him. If he can consolidate Leicester as a top 8 club maybe 2 years on the trot along with developing some younger players, being shrewd in the transfer market and playing an attractive brand of football that will get them taking notice. Guess how many times Leicester have finished in the top 8 of the Premier League? There's absolutely no chance Rodgers or any other manager us going to achieve that, Leicester owners and fans are delusional thanks to a flukey season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Judge Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 35 minutes ago, Tommy Nooka said: Leicester owners and fans are delusional thanks to a flukey season. Unlike, elite European club, Glasgow Celtic? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: Celtic fans are genuinely ill Catriona definitely does not have a job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Just now, The_Judge said: Unlike, elite European club, Glasgow Celtic? I'd agree with you if Celtic went about sacking managers because they weren't getting the results an elite European team would expect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonwell Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, COG said: This deal was done ages ago, Rodgers has been lined up to take over from Puel for weeks if not months and Lennon knew he was going back to Celtic hence the play down of the spat at Hibs. The speed that this has all been completed would suggest that you're correct. You ITK or just adding 2+2 and getting 4? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Judge Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 minute ago, LondonHMFC said: Catriona definitely does not have a job. Does this boss have NO social awareness?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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