Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Kenny Dalglish believes "attitude and desire" could be more important to turning things around than pure ability. Manager Neil Lennon is hanging by a thread after a meek draw with St Johnstone extended their miserable run of form to just two wins in 12 games.
That's the worst run since the 1994-95 season where Tommy Burns' side took two wins in 17 and finished fourth. Before that draw with St Johnstone, Dalglish considered the situation in his Sunday Post column.
And the former Celtic director of football believes bad apples have to be weeded out. Dalglish wrote: "There is still a lot of hard work ahead and nothing can be taken for granted."Another part of the problem is likely to be that, while most of the players will be hurting from the.
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