... Which was not an achievement. Win the league when your only rival go into admin?

And they were behind Rangers for the first half of that season too. Lennon, indeed, was probably only a game away from losing his job around October time.

Posted By: thebigfeller on February 16th 2014 at 18:45:07

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I'd take Lennon because of what he did in the CL last season - which constituted MASSIVE (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 18:34:38
- Quick get the Luton manager on the phone, hear his non league side saw to a EPL outfit... (n/m) (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Feb 16, 20:59:45
- have a day off (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Feb 16, 20:56:28
- "citing his domestic success as proof of how good he is is absolutely fucking ridiculous" (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 16, 19:49:41
  - one decent season in three in the champions league (NCFC) - phrankin, Feb 16, 19:59:55
    - have you posted that in the right place? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 16, 20:50:31
- they were shoite against benfica (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 16, 19:29:55
  - They'd given themselves 2 bites at the cherry through their excellence prior to that (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 19:31:13
    - the barca game at celtic was a massive night for them (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 16, 19:35:12
    - And they were bottom seeds in the group too. Bottom seeds don't finish 2nd very often (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 19:32:00
      - Btw Tombs, what made you think I was a Jock? I'm certainly not! (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 19:32:57
        
        oh, you sound scottish (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 16, 19:37:08
        
        BANG (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:37:58
        
        ..........*thud* (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 16, 19:38:55
        
        Jings crivvens and help ma boab, it's miles and miles from Epping! (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 19:36:44
        
        close to Epping - Rod the mod wannabe scot Stewart - don't deny it scotcher! (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:34:39
  - we beat em twice too - you went! (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:31:13
    - we did, with a shit manager as well! (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 16, 19:38:14
- i would be seriously unimpressed with lennon as boss (NCFC) - robotbear, Feb 16, 18:59:52
  - hi robotbear (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Feb 16, 19:03:26
    - hi huge small. are you flirting with me? (n/m) (NCFC) - robotbear, Feb 16, 22:22:31
- not really sure that Lennon winning a couple of champions league games (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Feb 16, 18:50:21
  - Thankfully we are 1 pt above the drop zone (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Feb 16, 19:11:50
  - CL is a bigger deal than the EPL. Beating Barca in a mini-league of only 6 games (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 19:08:43
    - I'm not specifically trying to compare his record to Hughton (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Feb 16, 19:14:40
      - If that'd been a one-off performance/approach v a 'big' side, I wouldn't have moaned (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 19:17:10
        
        You have been proved absolutely right on that (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 16, 19:24:03
        
        you're in a very combative mood this evening (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Feb 16, 19:36:11
        
        Haha (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 16, 19:39:56
  - vmt (n/m) (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Feb 16, 19:04:01
- Please stop doing CAPITALS (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Feb 16, 18:48:14
- He was the angriest man I'd ever seen during Drurys testimonial (NCFC) - Yellalee, Feb 16, 18:46:58
  - he seems to get especially angry and bitter when they lose (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Feb 16, 18:52:10
    - No, he used to. Then he noticeably mellowed - after, I think, John Reid left Celtic and (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 18:54:37
      - do you know if Lambert and Lennon are still good friends? (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Feb 16, 18:56:31
        
        No idea. They might be - but what trumps that is it's hard to see what better EPL job (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 18:58:33
- Looking at the tables, Lennon did win Celtic the title when Rangers were in the league (NCFC) - phrankin, Feb 16, 18:42:41
  - ... Which was not an achievement. Win the league when your only rival go into admin? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 18:45:07
- I see (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Feb 16, 18:40:34
- I see (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Feb 16, 18:40:04
- I see (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Feb 16, 18:39:39
- I see (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Feb 16, 18:39:08
- Agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Hulk Rules, Feb 16, 18:38:03
- What are the odds that Celtic might want to buy The Norwich? (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Feb 16, 18:37:13
  - Their wage bill is less than ours (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 18:38:16
    - Owner is a billionaire and they wanted to play in the Prem (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Feb 16, 18:43:21
      - But the Prem won't have them. Their fans are the biggest reason for that. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 16, 18:47:20
        
        Which is why they would buy a Prem club (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Feb 16, 19:48:30

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