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Managers Thread; Spain sack Lopetegui. Yes, really.
Topic Started: 21 May 2016, 09:07 PM (998,538 Views)
Dr.Stiegl
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good luck Neil :)
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8 Jun 2016, 07:33 PM
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8 Jun 2016, 06:49 PM
Midfield Maestro
8 Jun 2016, 06:34 PM
Keane telling us his managerial record is sketchy. Really Roy? More like youre a dud so shut the hell up and prove everyone wrong with decent run as a manager if you can find a club willing to put up with you and your constant whinging.

And why why why would any owner/head of club just "leave a manager alone" instead of managing the performance of the manager. Tuned to the fecking moon. Not being wired up right will be his downfall in management.
Keane only really played under 2* managers at club level, Clough and Ferguson. He won't have had much exposure to managers that are truly answerable to their board.

*I'm not including his time with us because it was so brief.

True. You think hed have the sense to know how the game works these days by now. The way hes fighting MONs corner you just wonder whether he does see himself as his no2 for the forseeable.
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Bengalmarkov
8 Jun 2016, 08:44 PM
I heard Tony Mowbray applied for hibs job. I know things went a bit south with us but I always liked him as a manager and a man. He would have been my first choice for hibs to be honest.
You think Hibs should have appointed Mowbray over Lennon? :suspect:
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tinsoldier
8 Jun 2016, 07:05 PM
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8 Jun 2016, 06:59 PM
I really hope Lenny does well but I fear he's on a hiding to nothing. He will be expected to win the championship, anything less will be considered failure and he's not going to emulate last year's cup exploits.

Let's hope he does the unthinkable and takes Hibs to the group stages. I'm glad he's not managing Hibs in the prem at the moment. Sevco probably hate Hibs more than us at the moment and with Lenny being their new manager the abuse will be off the scale.

Good luck Lenny and stay safe.
That's the flip side. Were he not to get them up even through the play - offs he'd do his reputation a hell of a damage.
Well, that's the hope.
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up on the roof!!

I think Lennon taking the Hibs job is a very strange move ..... hiding to nothing and if he flops he is utterly unemployable

Is a second tier club in Scotland really his level.....and if it is, how did he ever get our gig ??

Or is he taking it in the basis he will not be managing against us and hopes its only for a year and he has an escape route down south

I wish him well :thumbsup:
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jim62
8 Jun 2016, 10:06 PM
I think Lennon taking the Hibs job is a very strange move ..... hiding to nothing and if he flops he is utterly unemployable

Is a second tier club in Scotland really his level.....and if it is, how did he ever get our gig ??

Or is he taking it in the basis he will not be managing against us and hopes its only for a year and he has an escape route down south

I wish him well :thumbsup:
He clearly doesn't want to uproot his family again. Hibs is one of the bigger jobs in Scotland with bags of potential. Good ground, good training facilities, decent squad.

Yes, anything other than the league and he's toast, but he's used to that.

I think it's a good fit for them both just now.
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jim62
8 Jun 2016, 10:06 PM
I think Lennon taking the Hibs job is a very strange move ..... hiding to nothing and if he flops he is utterly unemployable

Is a second tier club in Scotland really his level.....and if it is, how did he ever get our gig ??

Or is he taking it in the basis he will not be managing against us and hopes its only for a year and he has an escape route down south

I wish him well :thumbsup:
At this point, he hasn't many options open. Celtic have overlooked him despite lobbying for the job; another Championship gig in England could be Bolton Mk. II. Taking a chance on Hibs is as good as it gets for him right now. Their resources should be enough to get them promoted and that would be the first substantial achievement he's had since leaving Celtic.
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Best of luck to him. The cup final and subsequent celebrations the following days showed what a sizeable Hibs support there potentially is should the club get the proverbial finger out.

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8 Jun 2016, 02:00 PM
The managerial equivalent of selling Scott Allan and bringing in John McGinn. Source: some Hibee.

Probably not far off the mark. I certainly hope so, and wish him well.
The problem with the John McGinn comparison is I can't see the media overrating and slobbering over Lenny like that...

Championship player of the year? No harm to him but that's absolute baws.
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jim62
8 Jun 2016, 10:06 PM
I think Lennon taking the Hibs job is a very strange move ..... hiding to nothing and if he flops he is utterly unemployable

Is a second tier club in Scotland really his level.....and if it is, how did he ever get our gig ??

Or is he taking it in the basis he will not be managing against us and hopes its only for a year and he has an escape route down south

I wish him well :thumbsup:
It's undeniably a huge step down from where we/Lennon thought he'd end up but assuming the current 3 English Championship clubs with managerial vacancies (N.Forrest, Reading & Barnsley) haven't made an offer for him, then this is pretty much as good as he'll get and as others have said at least location wise is perfect.

He's not exactly doing adverts like McCoist ffs :lol:
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jim62
8 Jun 2016, 10:06 PM
I think Lennon taking the Hibs job is a very strange move ..... hiding to nothing and if he flops he is utterly unemployable

Is a second tier club in Scotland really his level.....and if it is, how did he ever get our gig ??

Or is he taking it in the basis he will not be managing against us and hopes its only for a year and he has an escape route down south

I wish him well :thumbsup:
I actually think it's a shrewd move as, by taking over the club with the strongest squad in their league, his chances of success are much higher than if he'd walked into a mid-table job in the top flight or English lower leagues. Hibs should be the Celtic of the Championship next season - better players and greater resources than all their rivals. No Sevco or Hearts in their way this time around. If he takes them up, it puts him in a decent position. If he fails to take them up, he's got a huge problem. But that was always going to be the case anyway after what happened at Bolton. He needs his next job to be a success - and at Hibs he has the tools to make that happen. The trick is ensuring he moves on at the right time and doesn't end up as a Mark McGhee-type mid-table SPFL manager.
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My take, when Lenny got the Celtic job i was raging :nono:
Cheap option, no experience WTF :brickwall:
However, he did a great job for us. Last 16 in CL, a shocking
performance at Inverness aside and we'd have won the league
in his 1st season. Some very poor cup results granted, but all in all
he was a more than competent manager.
He deserved a bigger gig than Bolton, but he did as well there as could be expected.
He's better than Stubbs, by a country mile!!
See you next season :thumbsup:
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Probably a good move for him. Fresh start, club still on a high following the cup win, and if they get promoted he's in a strong position again. Good luck!
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Good luck to him and GP
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jim62
8 Jun 2016, 10:06 PM
I think Lennon taking the Hibs job is a very strange move ..... hiding to nothing and if he flops he is utterly unemployable

Is a second tier club in Scotland really his level.....and if it is, how did he ever get our gig ??

Or is he taking it in the basis he will not be managing against us and hopes its only for a year and he has an escape route down south

I wish him well :thumbsup:
I actually think it's quite an intelligent move, one that demonstrates that he's motivated by more than his salary. I'm quite sure he's aware of the risks if he fails, but any manager is arguably walking that tightrope regardless of what job they're in.

Also, if we're ever looking for a replacement for Lawwell in the foreseeable future, we could do worse than sound out Leanne Dempster.

Edited by modest mouse, 8 Jun 2016, 10:48 PM.
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Very risky move in my opinion. He's went from seemingly being in the running for every EPL gig going to having to settle for a second tier club in a country where he won the league only a few seasons before.

Could see this being the death knell of his managerial career if it goes wrong, with a move to be someones number 2 later.
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I think Lennon has a good chance of succeeding there. Good decision.
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Very ambitious move indeed from Hibs. Hope it works out for both parties.
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Wasn't Parker first team coach at Celtic as opposed to assistant manager?
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