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His side may be five points from safety, with just one win in 17, but Neil Lennon insists saving Wanderers is not an “insurmountable task”.
Tomorrow night’s clash with Brentford is being billed as a must-win affair for the Whites, whose perilous financial position has magnified their problems on the pitch of late.
Lennon is trying hard to keep his players’ focus on improving results and insists one win will make all the difference.
“There are a few who are maybe struggling for a bit of confidence at the minute and that’s maybe understandable,” he told The Bolton News. “But they are good types who work hard.
“They are just struggling a hit at the top end of the pitch.
“There just seems to be a lack of composure. But I don’t want them dwelling on that or thinking about it. Every game is a new game now.
“If we were playing badly and getting hammered out of sight then I would have serious problems but that’s not been the case.
“I still believe we can get ourselves out of this and it’s far from an insurmountable task.”
Faced by a Brentford side that is about to name their fourth different manager of the year, Lennon admits the decision-making at Griffon Park has been difficult to understand.
Marinus Dijkhuizen’s departure in September put Lee Carsley in temporary charge but he now looks set to give way, with Walsall’s Dean Smith heavily tipped to become the Bees’ next full-time boss.
“The owner at Brentford seems to believe in a process,” Lennon added.
“I was surprised when Mark Warburton left last season and by the timing of the announcement as well – when they were still in a play-off position.
“They made the play-offs which was a fantastic effort considering they only got promoted the year before.
“It’s difficult to fathom some decisions that are made in football and that was one of them.
“But who am I to talk about other clubs and how they are run?
“If that’s the road Brentford want to go down and who are we to argue with that?”
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Tomorrow night’s clash with Brentford is being billed as a must-win affair for the Whites, whose perilous financial position has magnified their problems on the pitch of late.
Lennon is trying hard to keep his players’ focus on improving results and insists one win will make all the difference.
“There are a few who are maybe struggling for a bit of confidence at the minute and that’s maybe understandable,” he told The Bolton News. “But they are good types who work hard.
“They are just struggling a hit at the top end of the pitch.
“There just seems to be a lack of composure. But I don’t want them dwelling on that or thinking about it. Every game is a new game now.
“If we were playing badly and getting hammered out of sight then I would have serious problems but that’s not been the case.
“I still believe we can get ourselves out of this and it’s far from an insurmountable task.”
Faced by a Brentford side that is about to name their fourth different manager of the year, Lennon admits the decision-making at Griffon Park has been difficult to understand.
Marinus Dijkhuizen’s departure in September put Lee Carsley in temporary charge but he now looks set to give way, with Walsall’s Dean Smith heavily tipped to become the Bees’ next full-time boss.
“The owner at Brentford seems to believe in a process,” Lennon added.
“I was surprised when Mark Warburton left last season and by the timing of the announcement as well – when they were still in a play-off position.
“They made the play-offs which was a fantastic effort considering they only got promoted the year before.
“It’s difficult to fathom some decisions that are made in football and that was one of them.
“But who am I to talk about other clubs and how they are run?
“If that’s the road Brentford want to go down and who are we to argue with that?”
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