When it comes to winding up the âyahoosâ there is no better exponent than Neil Lennon. Compare and contrast the differing styles. In Novoâs case he stoops just about as low as itâs humanly possible and makes snide references to the history of Celtic, sweeping statements about people in Glasgow wanting him dead and metaphorically flings **** about his cage like a petulant monkey, slandering not only the club but itâs whole fanbase. Neil Lennon on the other hand, a few carefully chosen words about stripping illicitly won honours and all hell breaks loose. Heâs the master. Hereâs some of the predictable reactions from the mentally challenged contributors of a well-known Gers site. âAaaah I was actually enjoying not seeing that ****s name. **** him, and his dirty *****phile ring they call a club. He shouldn't be mentioned on this forum at all imoâ. âWas having a good night until i read that ****ing cretins pish! Piss off, no matter what happens, you STILL came second that year you little ginger tombstone toothed rat!â âI can't wait to see Ally put that **** back in his place long wait for it but boy it will be sweetâ âHaha this guy is demented, what's wrong Neil, Did last seasons tainted title leave you wanting more tainted success? Or are you just a bitter little ginger bastard who's obsessed and jealous of The Big Club, like your inbred fans... You lot are mental, total disgrace to Britain! were's your dignity?â âThe day this **** is murdered is a day not soon enoughâ âNeil, it is not the Rangers fault that you were abused as a child, we dont condone kiddly fiddling even if you claim you did want it, it was not our fault that your mother is also your auntie either, you should look around your club and not feel out of place as incest is rife amongst your kind, we all know that you aspire to be as good as Rangers and that it wont ever happen on a football field or by fair means. You make your claims not for any sporting reasons, the reasons are that you feel emasculated every time you see a Rangers top, flag, banner, fan or player, your little petted lip trembles with hatred at the thought that no matter what we will always be better than you and your kind, you are the scum of the earth, you come from a family of no use inbreds and ******s, haters of anything red white and blue and it annoys you that everything you do will never match what Rangers have done and will do in the future.Lastly Neil, its not our fault that you are ugly, Ginger and have yellow teeth, that is a combination of a bad gene pool, inbreeding and unhealthy diet, its a scientific fact that if all you ever eat as a staple diet is potatoes then your body wont develop properly. I would suggest you go and get a girlfriend and try and relieve your frustration that way but we all know the last time you did that you ended up in the newspapers for beating her up, so carry on wnaking its the nearest thing to feeling good you will ever have in your life. Neil, thank god we are not Neil Lennonâ âOn the subject of integrity, should they be stripped of all honours won during the sexual abuse period of young players which Big Jock knew all about? Yes. People in glass houses etc.â âSo what about their use of an EBT and image rights, do these also not count as dual contracts? How the **** is no **** investigating there ebt scheme we declared ours in accounts.they didn't even tell sfa we did can't get my head round no **** in the press ibrox sfa is highlighting this getting really sick of this.im sitting watching all this n no **** is standing up to these tarrier bastardsâ âAnd where's his "Sporting Integrity" the bitter, wee, popcorn toothed bigot? Honestly it's like one of the catechisms he learned from his priest, repeated "ad nauseum" every week. Poisonous wee bastard that he is.â
So our incendiary bampot is better than your incendiary bampot? Lennon's your manager while Novo's just an ex-player who will obviously come out with far more controversial rubbish. Sorry Dev can't condone the actions of either party and genuinelly don't think such behaviour merits a point scoring exercise old chap
What has Lennon said that was incendiary Moses? Seriously. He was asked a question and gave an answer without resorting to mud slinging. As far as i've read Novo was not responding to questions, he was making statements clearly intended to provoke a reaction. There's a huge difference.
Sorry Dev, unfortunately in this city "winding up the yahoos" nine times out of ten becomes incendiary. I know that, you know that as do Lennon and Novo.
So you are suggesting that Lennon's comments were made with the intention of winding up the Yahoos? Maybe you have misinterpreted what i said in the OP. Both individuals wind up opposing fans but in Lennon's case just opening his mouth is enough, Novo on t'other hand never fails to dredge ****e from the gutter with the sole intention to provoke.
No dev I am suggesting that provoking such a reaction either intentional or unintentional is not a cause for celebratory one upmanship.
Ones as bad as the other Dev. They both bring it on themselves. Much as I DO love Glasgow there are many extremely pre-historic morons that will never move on and tossers like Novo and Lennon should keep schtum. I would personally have people like this executed. Someone has to think of the kids.
All Novo done was give his opinion on a fact about Celtics history, and talk about the constant death threats/references to wanting him to die from Celtic fans. Both sides have idiots, and both teams have figures who will pander to the lowest denominator in their fanbases. Luckily most of us here are smart to realise this. By continually going on about this you are simply giving these figures more reason to spout more pish in the future. Provocative comments = debate
You do of course realise my OP was written with tongue firmly in cheek? I was not congratulating Neil Lennon for causing offence to the easily offended, I was showing that whatever he says someone will take offence. Novo on the other hand seems to have made a career out of causing offence on purpose. One example off the top of my head, I don't ever recall Neil Lennon in all his years at Celtic talking about the (Allleged) religious persuasion of the two clubs, how many times has Novo slated Celtic for their Catholic background, too many to mention.
Then surely making the point about about someone's boasting about not using oneupmanship whilst berating another for it is also oneupmanship? How tedious. Thank you for pointing this out to me Mind The Infinite Regress although I'm not entirely sure where I was meant to be boasting.
Hey it's cool I know you're not like that, but you get other clowns on both sides that just jump on board like ML mentions in his post