WELCOME NEIL LENNON OFFICIAL

Scottish AND Ginger? Lennon out! Seriously, I hope he knows the parameters in which he can work, and as BWFC manager, he gets total support from the fans because I don't think it's gonna be easy

I'm with him all the way! COYWM.

He's Irish and Strawberry blonde.

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I'm pretty happy with this appointment.

Never liked him as a person always thought he had mince for brains tbh.

putting that aside now, time to back the manager. 

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Very happy with this, he's the type of manager that is needed to kick our players into shape.

Absolutely astonished.

I expected this be drawn out for another week, before he realised what a poisoned chalice the job is, and backed out.
I expected it to go that way with any credible candidates.
In fact, I never expected any credible candidates to put their name forward.

Whatever you think of him as a manager, there are dozens it would have been easier and cheaper to appoint. The least it does is get a lot of alienated fans back on board. For the time being.

Will he be bringing in his own backroom staff?

WANDERERS have called on Celtic warrior Neil Lennon to revive their fortunes in the Championship.

Talks with the former Northern Ireland international, revealed on Friday, continued over the weekend and the formalities of a rolling one-year deal were completed yesterday.

Wanderers spoke with a handful of big names, including Chris Hughton, Steve Clarke, Malky Mackay and Tony Mowbray but opted for Lennon despite his lack of experience in Championship football.

Lennon’s only managerial role so far came North of the Border in four years at Glasgow Celtic, where he won three league titles and two Scottish Cups.

Since leaving Parkhead in May he has been linked with a number of jobs, including that of Championship rivals Cardiff City and Fulham, but almost from the moment his interest in the Bolton post became public knowledge, he was installed as the favourite by most bookmakers, many of whom had closed the book by yesterday afternoon.

Phil Gartside, Brett Warbuton and Eddie Davies are believed to be impressed with the way the Northern Irishman came over in his interview, and his plans to reenergise a club that had slumped during the final days of Dougie Freedman’s.

Speaking recently, Lennon admitted he was ready to return to work nearly four months after leaving Glasgow – and that he would relish the chance to work in the second tier.

“I’ve had a nice break and feel I have a lot to offer,” he said. “I’ve been pretty successful at Celtic so I’m looking for a new challenge.

“Where that takes me I don’t know. I’d have no hesitation in working in the English Championship.”

Lennon worked with former Sweden international Johan Mjallby at Celtic and also had ex-Nottingham Forest midfielder Garry Parker as his first team coach.

While news of his appointment has been largely welcomed by supporters, the situation that the 43-year-old steps into at the Macron Stadium is a challenging one, to say the very least.

The Championship table makes poor reading, with Wanderers five points adrift of safety with just 10 games played.
Lennon must also try to unite an unhappy fan-base who despite settling their differences with previous manager Dougie Freedman, look set to continue their calls for chairman Phil Gartside to resign.

It is understood that a limited amount of finances will be made available for new signings in January but that the loan market will again be the club’s main route for fresh blood.

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boltonbonce wrote:Will he be bringing in his own backroom staff?

See post 5 above.

Get Commons in January and we might just survive now.......

Crazy, crazy appointment, but once again the stupid Bolton fans think this is a great decision by the board.

Lennon has no experience of managing in English football, never mind the Championship. He has absolutely no experience of managing on a shoestring and his only managerial role was in the easiest job in European football.

This is a mental appointment and just because Lennon might be able to fire the players up more than Dougie doesn't mean results will improve.

You heard it here first, I'll bet Lennon doesn't make it until the end of the season.

Not sure how I feel about this, very inexperienced in the English leagues, on the other hand, sounds like he won't take no shit, so if he can wake this shower of shit out of their hibernation, and actually get them playing, then that's good enough for me.


On the plus side he's been given a one year rolling contract, so if he does turn out to be a bit shit he can be sent out for not a lot of dosh, at least they are learning.

Natasha Whittam wrote:Crazy, crazy appointment, but once again the stupid Bolton fans think this is a great decision by the board.

Lennon has no experience of managing in English football, never mind the Championship. He has absolutely no experience of managing on a shoestring and his only managerial role was in the easiest job in European football.

This is a mental appointment and just because Lennon might be able to fire the players up more than Dougie doesn't mean results will improve.

You heard it here first, I'll bet Lennon doesn't make it until the end of the season.

And so it begins..

MartinBWFC wrote:Not sure how I feel about this, very inexperienced in the English leagues, on the other hand, sounds like he won't take no shit, so if he can wake this shower of shit out of their hibernation, and actually get them playing, then that's good enough for me.


On the plus side he's been given a one year rolling contract, so if he does turn out to be a bit shit he can be sent out for not a lot of dosh, at least they are learning.

My mole says it's a 4 year deal.

Boggersbelief wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:Crazy, crazy appointment, but once again the stupid Bolton fans think this is a great decision by the board.

Lennon has no experience of managing in English football, never mind the Championship. He has absolutely no experience of managing on a shoestring and his only managerial role was in the easiest job in European football.

This is a mental appointment and just because Lennon might be able to fire the players up more than Dougie doesn't mean results will improve.

You heard it here first, I'll bet Lennon doesn't make it until the end of the season.

And so it begins..

Did it ever fucking stop?

If you want to be deeply confused and depressed go and look at the BWFC facebook.

how the fuck can you be a "rangers and bolton fan" what on earth is the Rangers connection to Bolton? Have I missed something, already some utter toppers dishing out sectarian bollocks.

Wouldn't say it was a crazy appointment, but it certainly is a risky one.

Our goal now is to avoid relegation - simple as that.

Can he do it?

I honestly don't know because he has absolutely zero experience of managing a team in the circumstances we find ourselves in currently - no money, crap squad, disgruntled fans, etc.

It's a world away from Sellick.......

There's a part of me that thinks Gartside has given him the job purely to appease the fans by bringing in an alleged "big name" but he's not really though, is he?

All he's done is win the league in Scotland during a period when it would have actually been harder to lose it than win it, ie without Rangers.

I'm not convinced but I'll give him a fair crack.