Originally published at: Peter Lawwell's Celtic influence needs to be put under the spotlight - 67 Hail Hail
Celtic CEO Peter Lawwell might feel aggrieved by his image amongst the fans. From his point of view, he should be heralded. Celtic have romped to 9 titles in a row, a feat no other Scottish club has achieved more than once. He runs a profitable outfit, with an international supporter base. Over the past…
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Would love the club to appoint an actual director of football. We need a new look at Celtic
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This is a tricky question, and I think folk can be quick to judge based on how it’s answered. So I’ll preface by saying: there are no wrong answers here, it’s your opinion.
What is Peter Lawwell’s legacy overall? Has he been good for Celtic?
Would love to know what you think.
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OK so its just 9IAR, the quadruple treble and The Invincibles, our second best period in 132 years. It wasnt just the Board that were obsessed with 10IAR, I for one was as well. I remember Martin ONeill after his first successful year saying “Next year Rangers will come roaring back”. We have never had a divine right to success and never will have, it has to be planned for and earned. The board has buried its head in the sand for a year or two and not for the first time, (Ronnie Deila?). If our next appointments and structures (which has to happen) are not ambitious enough we can say goodbye to European football and look forward to being second fiddle in Scotland. A cheap manager is a false economy.
When PL came to Celtic going on 17 years ago his job was to restructure the club both on and off the park. Team spending had to be slashed dramatically from the high expenditure of Martin O’Neills time to the beginning of Tony Mowbray/NL 's time. PL was a very effective CEO turning Celtic into a successful business until he decided to get involved in player recruitment(not wages and contracts which is job) but interfering in the managers role (maybe that’s why managers since Gordon Strachan with exception of BR have been low profile and willing to accept Lawells interference). Yes PL has been a success at the club but he should have kept to the finances of the club and left player recruitment to the better qualified.His time at the club should have ended ten years ago as most successful businesses have new CEO’s every 7 years so that new ideas and freshness come to the business. Time for a new CEO at the club.
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I would ask him why he’s benchmarking himself on Celtic’s domestic form. Celtic has had starkly varying levels of success and failure in Europe in the past decade. Domestic support is, obviously, important but European successes is what draws premier level players to the club. In that regard he’s thinking in a very parochial fashion.
The importance and prestige of Celtic’s exploits can’t be understated. Just look at the name of this site! 
Overall been good for the club , think his failing has been to secure players ahead of European games. Instead, year after year we wait till the last 5 minutes & take who’s left. Other teams know what & who they want as the window opens. Time for a change. Think this year is done. Get ahead for next season. New manager coming in early, can do no worse. He can kick on & try the impossible . If no joy, identify what he’s got. Who he wants gone & who he needs coming in. Why wait till August then be chasing our tails . Let’s get ahead of this & be prepared. Chance to save yourself Peter! .
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Good points well made and welcome to the forum!
Yes PL overall has been successful. As Stepheneob1 says 17 years is a long CEO tenure. Who chooses his successor? IB? DD? I`m happy to throw my hat in the ring.
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