I read a post earlier today, which quoted from an article in one of the blue top papers. Remarkably, the reporter made a lot of sense and one of his claims was that the club was operating in a vacuum given the lack of appropriate communication at the moment.
If you expand that analogy further, it explains why we have heard nothing about the review. As my old physics teacher told us often, sound does not travel in a vacuum. So, it would appear that the Board have been speaking, it is just that we cannot hear them. Phew, that explains a lot, because I was beginning to interpret the silence as them being a bunch of arrogant and entitled hooray henrys.
If we can’t hear them, can we interpret their (lack of) actions at the moment?
Let’s draw a parallel with Newcastle United. Their supporters have been against Mike Ashley for a long time and many have never warmed to Steve Bruce as manager. Sound familiar? So, what do NUFC do? They recognise that there is a problem, bring in a coach to help big Steve and they get a bounce in terms of performances and results.
More importantly, what signal does it send out? I think they are saying that Steve Bruce is not going anywhere and that we are prepared to back him. Contrast that with Celtic. The Club are not prepared to make any such investment because ……Neil Lennon is on the way out.
If that is the case, why leave him dangling? He is in a “no win” situation at the moment. If we win on the park, there is so much apathy that it barely registers and the focus is on the negatives. If we lose again, and I suppose that sentence should have started with the word “when” and not “if”, all the resentment will resurface. The line was crossed a long time ago.
For the sake of the Club and Neil Lennon, the manager has to be replaced now, either with an interim or a long term appointment. Rod Stewart’s poster encouraging Duffy to join us needs to be dusted down….. “Cmon Dermot you know it’s the right thing to do”…
Chris Wotherspoon