http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27320598 Nearly all of his best signings have been for £1m or less. The few players he's bought for £2.5m+ haven't been the most successful. Juarez, Boerrigter (Who was basically a ghost in a fitba' top last night) & Pukki all cost £3m+ and have been largely ****e.
Why not give him a transfer fund like the huns are doing with season ticket money? Feed it to him in dribs and drabs are prearranged dates, rather than the full whack at once to spunk up the wall. I'd also consider possibly forming some sort of transfer policy war council, which could all get together and knock heads over targets. I'd love to see a Green Brigade representative on it alongside Lennon, Octo Pete, Gerry Adams and someone from our board. Probably SuperHooper.
I've always believed Lennon, like Strachan, gives Lawwell a list of players for a position and Lawwell signs the cheapest option It won't change with a new manager
So Lawwell is to blame for wasting money on "marquee signings"? Does that mean he should get all the credit for the cheaper signings working out?
Every signing is a risk. With our budget an 'expensive' signing should in theory be ready to step into the team straight away. Problem is while £2.5-3m is expensive for us but in reality is **** all in terms of quality. So to get a proven player at that price is impossible. So it becomes an even greater risk but the expectation is higher and they appear to flop imo. Reality is they were never any good. Whoever scouted bangura and balde need beating though. How can you watch someone and not realise they are pure ****e
You can add Juarez & Boerrigter to that list. There's near enough £10m spunked down the drain on 4 players. I think Lennon's record of signing has been more good than bad, which is obviously a positive but the last player we spent decent money on who turned out successful was probably JVoH.
Juarez was good in his first few games. Obviously, getting pumped by a pre-op transsexual affected his form somewhat but I thought he showed promise in the pre-season games.
Same here, I think it was another case of enjoying the pre-season jollies to Amercia/Australia/Wherever then giving up the fight when the reality of playing in Paisley instead of Philadelphia set in. At least with Pukki it looks like he's actually trying to make a difference, might just be trying too hard sometimes.
I don't think Lenny should take all the blame for the poor signings, there's been good and bad in truth but when has that not been the case at Celtic?
I'm purely talking about giving him money to buy players in the £3-5m bracket not his overall record. I certainly wouldn't at this point, not after last night. That ****ing charlatan Boerrigter, £3m utterly wasted. Bangura as well. There's £5.2 in transfer fees alone.
In part I think Pukki is a potentially good player, just not a striker. I thought - from the little its been possible to see of him - that Balde just might come good. Boselecta I just dont get - his history and potential with injury problems was well known ... and something about him makes me think its more to do with mental attitude than physical injury.
i think you have to give him the cash if he is the manager, if the board don't trust him then he shouldn't be the manager. i am not sure how true it is but all the rumours when we signed bangura was that he was not his signing, the same with baldi, the rumours could be utter ****e right enough.
No, it means Lawwell will not always give Lennon his first or even second choice It's pretty obvious Well to most people it is #special
Boerrigter has talent IMO. If he could stay fit, or want to be fit he has attributes to be good. So I cant blame lennon for taking a punt on him. If he gets over it (mentally and physically) he could be worth a lot more than we paid for him. The risk I guess was could he get over it. The only way to know was to get him in. I hope he was well insured mind. Pukki too can be a player IMO. Needs an out and out striker to play off though. He wont score 20+ a season though. He could play commons role
The poster Cove, who blogs about the Eredivisie, was on here when we first bought Boerrigter and he said the boy was pretty ****e. Quick but that was it. Any of the times I've seen him, he's done absolutely nothing yet seems to have a pretty high opinion of himself.
You really are beyond reproach. You think this isn't the case at 99% of clubs in the world? The buck still stops with Lennon if the 2nd or 3rd choices aren't good enough. He's the one who hands the list to Lawwell with the names on it. Big Pete isn't plucking them out of thin air. You mongstick
