Hibs fan forum, they hate Lennon too?!! ****in bigoted ****s. http://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?209677-Neil-Lennon&p=2803270
Just a few snipets from a Hibs fan forum that I found. It's a disgrace that this goes unpunished!! Something inside so strong
What a fail Edge. I actually read the whole thread and it's quite a decent discussion with both sides of the argument being put far more eloquently than anything you'd read on a Rangers forum. To counter your selective quotes I'll go with a few of my own: "Has Ferguson, Wenger or Mourinho ever been attacked at the pitch side or had bombs sent through the post to them on several occasions? What does Lennon do that they don't?" - beefster "I just can't agree with that. He shares the same charectaristics as plenty of other unpopular managers/players, that doesn't come close to justifying (which I know you're not) what he's been on the receiving end of. Ferguson hints about dodgy refs, Mourinho gesticulates to fans and I think Benitez made accusations of teams laying down. Lennon has done nothing new to bring a level of hate he is currently getting" - zlatan "I don't like Neil Lennon but I respect him for staying put and standing up to the **** who have sent him death threats, postal bombs and attacked him without provocation. It's not on and Scottish football and the Scottish (and Irish although nowt to do with us) Society need to be held accountable." - Keith Wright Jnr "I actually have respect for Neil Lennon for carrying on with his job. Doesn't mean I like him, but he deserves none of this." Dunbar Hibee "I think we have to separate how the guy earns his living, how he executes it and who his employers are, from his rights as an individual. I can see that sometimes football is different in peoples eyes and it can lead to extraordinary behaviour, following Hibs does that to me. My problem here has been that generally all types of football fans have found ways to express all extremeties of their dislike for clubs, players and managers without reaching where we are now. A new more sinister trend is emerging and coincidentally its focussed on Neil Lennon...I posted before that I met Neil Lennon socially through a friend, setting aside any views about his club, I thought he was very courteous, even quiet, and was pretty complimentary and knowledgeable about our club." - BostonHibby "Lennon is disliked/hated for his behaviour as manager of Celtic. The assaults, bullets and bombs are because he's Northern Irish Catholic." - beefster (again) "im tempted to buy a NL t-shirt and wear it next derby game in support of the guy." - Hibernia Na Eir etc etc etc
Selective reading at it's finest, but see the guys who dislike Lennon, are they Bigots? Are they an example of Scotlands inherint sectarian and racist problem? Or are they just guys who dislike the Lurganator because he's a bit of a tit?
I think "beefster" covered that question as good as anybody in the second of his quotes I gave. "Lennon is disliked/hated for his behaviour as manager of Celtic. The assaults, bullets and bombs are because he's Northern Irish Catholic." So there's two levels of 'hate'. Standard football fan 'hate' that, for most people, is independent of religious overtones, and the mentalist, sectarian, attempted murder 'hate' that clearly isn't.
Agreed. But that's not the same as saying the treatment that Lennon gets has no sectarian aspect to it.
Too right EDGE. I don't care how much respect Neil Lennon shows officials, other management and their players. Just because he's a likable character doesn't matter. Outer *****lian Scientologits are not welcome in Scotland end of
Apparently there was no chance in hell Lennon will or will ever pick up managers manager of the year. The other managers do not like him or the way he conducts himself and feel he shows no respect for others in the game. Going by past logic the other SPL managers are bigots too
Logic and Scottish football are polar opposites. Like two positively charged ions, they just don't go.
To be fair, I learned that from the Simpsons when it used to be funny (90's), so may be wrong If it is proven to be wrong, I was only joking anyway and was just testing you....
Oh **** that's the ****ing last thing I need. Damn you EDGE. DAMN YOU TO HELL... I never meant that EDGE. Can I have sex with your wife?
