Moyes Potential Replacement

Who do you want? - being realistic

  • Roberto Martinez

    Votes: 221 13.8%

  • Vitor Pereira

    Votes: 594 37.2%

  • Neil Lennon

    Votes: 40 2.5%

  • Di Matteo

    Votes: 58 3.6%

  • Slaven Bilic

    Votes: 73 4.6%

  • Michael Laudrup

    Votes: 410 25.7%

  • Malky Mackay

    Votes: 33 2.1%

  • From within the club

    Votes: 60 3.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 108 6.8%
  • Total voters
    1,597
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paul_celtic said:
Hi all,

I'm a Celtic supporter who likes to see Everton do well.

Sorry to hear that you've lost Moyes - but he has left you with a very strong looking team and I have no doubts that you'll survive comfortably next season.

I'm here to talk about Neil Lennon and to try to allay the fears I've read here - he's a very good manager. I (and the vast majority of Celtic fans) would be sorry to see him leave the club at this stage. When he became Celtic manager three years ago he inherited a shocking mess, but he turned the team around immediately. He's proven to be excellent at bringing in high quality players on the cheap. Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Emilio Izaguirre, Joe Ledley, Victor Wanyama and Gary Hooper have all been very good signings for a combined fee of less than five million quid. These are all Premiership quality players, and he found them and brought them in for a pittance. He has a very good strike rate when it comes to recognising a good player.

Celtic performed far above our station in the Champions League this season (first ever away win, very good performances in 5 out of 6 group games, beat Barcelona, nearly drew at the Nou Camp) - it was a very memorable season for us in that regard. Domestically, we've been patchy. We did enough to win the league comfortably, but blew hot and cold, perhaps through player laziness because of the large points gap at the top of the league.

I'm surprised by the level of disdain shown towards Lennon from Everton fans, maybe born of an understandable ignorance of Scottish football. But know that I would be very sad to see Lennon leave Celtic, as would most others.

Good luck with the manager hunt and the coming season.

Best,
Paul
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In all honesty though, what's a shocking mess at Celtic? Finishing second behind Rangers? No matter what state you were in I'm sure you were head and shoulders above the rest of the league and always guaranteed to finish inside the top two.

He just doesn't come across very well, seems extremely bitter and arrogant without having much to show for it. I'll admit the Champions League performances surprised me but it's akin to a lower league team having a decent run in the FA Cup, do a few one off games really give credence to call someone a good manager? I'm not convinced.
 
LTblue said:
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Vellios eat your heart out.
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Scouse girls´ll like em a bit a that.
 
paul_celtic said:
Hi all,

I'm a Celtic supporter who likes to see Everton do well.

Sorry to hear that you've lost Moyes - but he has left you with a very strong looking team and I have no doubts that you'll survive comfortably next season.

I'm here to talk about Neil Lennon and to try to allay the fears I've read here - he's a very good manager. I (and the vast majority of Celtic fans) would be sorry to see him leave the club at this stage. When he became Celtic manager three years ago he inherited a shocking mess, but he turned the team around immediately. He's proven to be excellent at bringing in high quality players on the cheap. Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Emilio Izaguirre, Joe Ledley, Victor Wanyama and Gary Hooper have all been very good signings for a combined fee of less than five million quid. These are all Premiership quality players, and he found them and brought them in for a pittance. He has a very good strike rate when it comes to recognising a good player.

Celtic performed far above our station in the Champions League this season (first ever away win, very good performances in 5 out of 6 group games, beat Barcelona, nearly drew at the Nou Camp) - it was a very memorable season for us in that regard. Domestically, we've been patchy. We did enough to win the league comfortably, but blew hot and cold, perhaps through player laziness because of the large points gap at the top of the league.

I'm surprised by the level of disdain shown towards Lennon from Everton fans, maybe born of an understandable ignorance of Scottish football. But know that I would be very sad to see Lennon leave Celtic, as would most others.

Good luck with the manager hunt and the coming season.

Best,
Paul
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Welcome mate, thank you for your views.

The problem I have with Lennon is, he looks like a smelly tramp. Let's be honest, he is no Pereria in the style stakes.
 

rbm said:
Laudrup for me.

A great player himself whose teams play proper football. School of Science type football. Everton type football. He was a superstar and won't be overawed by places like Old Trafford or Anfield....we might even start winning at places like that. Also its Laudrup...Players will want to play for him.
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Great shout and post. Sums it up to a tee....
 
The Guardian reporting that representatives of Pereira have already informed the club of his interest in the position

Really hope so.
 

hope Bill sits tight for a while to really check out what/who is available.As stated on thread before I would love Poyet to get the job,he's the experience of managing in English football,has built a very average sized club into a side very close to winning a place in to top flight football.knows how to build a team with a budget.and it seems the only negative among some is he defends his countryman,which is laughable really.
I've seen many names mentioned on this thread who simply don't stand up to manage what is one of the great clubs/institutes in football.we don't need failed managers re Hughes,MON,Benitez,Nor should we promote from within,those lads have no experience of football management,and need to go down the divisions to learn their trade,network,build relationships with other clubs before their ready for the top jobs.
Moyes was given a shot after he got Preston into a similar position which Poyet has Brighton now.the man is a winner and I really think he'll get a top job and we should let it be us .
 

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