When Do You Know?

[TicTacToe]

So, imagine it...........just for a moment..........you have played for and captained the institution that is Celtic...........then, circumstances conspire to make you the manager.............


When do you truly know that you are not cutting it? When do you truly concede in your own mind that you cannot make the difference?

Honest answers please. For a moment, be Neil Lennon...............

[tamthetim]

I dreamt my whole childhood that I would play for Celtic infact even at this stage of the game I sometimes have those dreams, but I knew at an early age that I was just not good enough, oh ye that reality hurt but I walked away with my head held high for trying.

[TicTacToe]

I dreamt my whole childhood that I would play for Celtic infact even at this stage of the game I sometimes have those dreams, but I knew at an early age that I was just not good enough, oh ye that reality hurt but I walked away with my head held high for trying.

But if you had Tam, when would you concede defeat?

[chrisbhoy]

when you take a good look in the mirror and realise- fuck im a ginger heeded cnut, ah must be a prick. (appologies to gingers on here lol)

[tamthetim]

But if you had Tam, when would you concede defeat?

That was my point TTT, I knew that I was not good enough and went on, we now have a manager who thinks 12 points behind is a doddle.

[TicTacToe]

That was my point TTT, I knew that I was not good enough and went on, we now have a manager who thinks 12 points behind is a doddle.

I had a similar experience. The same man who picked me to play for Scotland at under 18's, two weeks later told me that I was not being kept on at Killie. But I still had to go into training each day till the end of the season. For some reason I got it into my head that this small window just might make the difference. I trained even harder, I competed like my life depended on it and I genuinely thought it would change things, that they would call me in and say, "son, we got it wrong". But it didn't happen and it was never going to happen, that particular bus had left the depot. So there was a disconnect between me and reality because I loved the team, I loved my team mates and I just so wanted to be part of that club. At a time when I should have been taking serious decisions about my own future, I was busting my chops fighting an already lost battle.

Now, all very much smaller scale I do realise that, but the principle thinking is not totally dissimilar and the behaviour of the subject matter is entirely consistent with that theory, we never really know when the time is right, not when we are clouded by other thoughts. By now a great chairman or CEO would have put an arm around his shoulder, sat him down and uttered the simple words;

"it was a gamble son, we all knew that and we have all fought to try and make it work, but it hasn't and now we have to put the future of the club first, I personally believe that one day you will make a great manager and who knows maybe one day we will be courting you, but not right now - right now we need something different to get us back in focus, the choice is yours son, we will of course honour all contractual obligations but it would look better all round if this was you choosing to walk rather than us being seen to push..............."

[Super Hoops]

Unless your in that position you could truely answer this question fairly.

We're all angry/disappointed at how the season is going, maybe we should stop believing the stories, to many players have outed their support for Neil Lennon for these stories to be true.

If you still thought that you could offer something to the team you would stay, no question!

[Donnie]

Hopefully after we gub Rennes and then Murderwell at the weekend, he will know that he has maybe got it right and then we all go on to brighter and bigger things.