It's no secret that Neil Lennon hankers after managing a Premiership team or Celtic and the work he is doing for us is part of the reputation-building process.
What worries me is that I suspect his top priority is getting a better job.
Whilst we had to endure dire football on the pitch under Freedman at least we could see that he was building for the future recruiting young players and clearing out the deadwood on the wage bill.
Lennon has turned it around on the pitch so we're pretty sure we'll survive, but at what cost?
Riley sold, several youngsters moved on? It would be nice to think this is because Lennon doesn't think them good enough but is it just a wage cutting exercise?
Players like Heskey, Le Fondre and Eidur are not exactly going to be cheap are they? But they could be a short cut to success and certainly help keep our Neil in the limelight.
Supposing Lennon does OK and we scrape a top half finish. That may be enough to convince some club or other to offer him a job in the summer. And where will Lennon leave us?
With half of the youth structure Freedman put in place, several very old players well past their sell by date and a small squad of journeymen.
Is he selling off our remaining assets to support his own cause?
What worries me is that I suspect his top priority is getting a better job.
Whilst we had to endure dire football on the pitch under Freedman at least we could see that he was building for the future recruiting young players and clearing out the deadwood on the wage bill.
Lennon has turned it around on the pitch so we're pretty sure we'll survive, but at what cost?
Riley sold, several youngsters moved on? It would be nice to think this is because Lennon doesn't think them good enough but is it just a wage cutting exercise?
Players like Heskey, Le Fondre and Eidur are not exactly going to be cheap are they? But they could be a short cut to success and certainly help keep our Neil in the limelight.
Supposing Lennon does OK and we scrape a top half finish. That may be enough to convince some club or other to offer him a job in the summer. And where will Lennon leave us?
With half of the youth structure Freedman put in place, several very old players well past their sell by date and a small squad of journeymen.
Is he selling off our remaining assets to support his own cause?