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Harry Lennon - retiring due to injury (p4)

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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Addickted2TheReds said:

    iainment said:

    shirty5 said:

    Why do fans from other teams come on here in peace?

    It's a ridiculous choice of words that show how stupid the poster is. In my opinion.
    He may well be stupid, he may well not be.

    I'd rather be stupid than an arsehole though, and that's what your post shows you to be. In my opinion.

    Welcome to the forum @prnapper. Lennon is a mid-table League One lump of a centre-half. He's not terrible and he's not spectacular.
    So not like Beckenbauer then?
  • Hartleypete
    Hartleypete Posts: 4,699
    Buying potential, injury prone and always likely to do something stupid, get sent off, give away a silly pen etc.
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,278
    He's a decent league one defender who is actually rapid when he gets himself fit.

    Never really done it with us but at the same time he has never been given a run of games when he is fit and the team doing well. It has always been when we are in trouble defensively and with injuries that he has played and that is difficult to do well in as a young player who has had injuries himself.

    As long as he doesn't play at left back, you'll have a decent enough defender for this level.

    At the end of the day, Powell knows what it takes in defence so I think with a good pre season behind him and being injury free, Powell could get Lennon into becoming an asset at Southend.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    prnapper said:

    You can call me stupid if you want. I'm a frequent poster on the Southend forum Shrimperzone and i've heard much worse. Just wanted some opinions, for which I've appreciated.

    ps you're not getting Powell back, he's ours.

    Stupid.
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,353
    prnapper said:

    You can call me stupid if you want. I'm a frequent poster on the Southend forum Shrimperzone and i've heard much worse. Just wanted some opinions, for which I've appreciated.

    ps you're not getting Powell back, he's ours.

    Posting you are here in peace and making silly comments like that?

    Get him boys
  • Isawsummersplay
    Isawsummersplay Posts: 1,427
    edited June 2018
    Bundle!
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    from what I have seen a journeyman pro who made silly mistakes. Am I grief stricken he has gone....not really but given the even more threadbare squad we have we may well have needed him.
  • prnapper
    prnapper Posts: 3
    Braziliance said:

    prnapper said:

    You can call me stupid if you want. I'm a frequent poster on the Southend forum Shrimperzone and i've heard much worse. Just wanted some opinions, for which I've appreciated.

    ps you're not getting Powell back, he's ours.

    Posting you are here in peace and making silly comments like that?

    Get him boys
    248 games for us, he's a Southend legend. We wept tears of joy when he was called to the England squad.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    prnapper said:

    Braziliance said:

    prnapper said:

    You can call me stupid if you want. I'm a frequent poster on the Southend forum Shrimperzone and i've heard much worse. Just wanted some opinions, for which I've appreciated.

    ps you're not getting Powell back, he's ours.

    Posting you are here in peace and making silly comments like that?

    Get him boys
    248 games for us, he's a Southend legend. We wept tears of joy when he was called to the England squad.
    Chris Powell is regarded as a legend wherever he's been.

    He played over 250 games for us and later under his management we won the league one title with over 100 points and finished 9th in the Championship the following season.

    The season after that we were taken over by a Belgian lunatic, Roland Duchatelet aka the rat, and Chris was sacked because he refused to select players forced on him, that in truth would have struggled at Conference level, from 'the rat's' network of useless dross residing at his other European clubs.



  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Lennon’s never been good enough to be first choice here but he needs regular football if he’s going to improve. Injuries haven’t helped either.

    If things work out he could develop into a solid CB at this level. Not sure he can progress further than that, but he’s young enough for that to be possible. Don’t think anyone predicted Pope ever making an England squad.

    He needs to finds the right club and manager that can help him develop and get the best out of him.
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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    prnapper said:

    Braziliance said:

    prnapper said:

    You can call me stupid if you want. I'm a frequent poster on the Southend forum Shrimperzone and i've heard much worse. Just wanted some opinions, for which I've appreciated.

    ps you're not getting Powell back, he's ours.

    Posting you are here in peace and making silly comments like that?

    Get him boys
    248 games for us, he's a Southend legend. We wept tears of joy when he was called to the England squad.
    Don’t get too used him - he’ll be coming home for a 5th time soon...............I hope.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,991
    He was our 5th choice centre back. I think that sums up his current level.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Just be sure of this. He is NOT John Lennon OR Keith Lemon. I hope that helps oh peaceful one?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    soapy_jones said:

    Just be sure of this. He is NOT John Lennon OR Keith Lemon. I hope that helps oh peaceful one?

    We've had a Lee Harrison and have Naby Starr, just needed George McCartney to complete the set.
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,952
    Always thought that given an injury free run,Harry could do the business,good luck to him.
  • NorthheathAddick
    NorthheathAddick Posts: 4,017
    killerandflash said:

    soapy_jones said:

    Just be sure of this. He is NOT John Lennon OR Keith Lemon. I hope that helps oh peaceful one?

    We've had a Lee Harrison and have Naby Starr, just needed George McCartney to complete the set.
    But Paul McCartney did write the music to "Valley Floyd Road"...does that count...;)
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Scoham said:

    Lennon’s never been good enough to be first choice here but he needs regular football if he’s going to improve. Injuries haven’t helped either.

    If things work out he could develop into a solid CB at this level. Not sure he can progress further than that, but he’s young enough for that to be possible. Don’t think anyone predicted Pope ever making an England squad.

    He needs to finds the right club and manager that can help him develop and get the best out of him.

    I would just add that Harry has made a grand total of 33 career appearances for us (including masses of sub appearances).
    I think those that have condemned him to mediocrity or worse still scapegoated him might want to reserve judgement.
    Harry is my cousin's boy so I am biased, but they are a lovely family and he has been at Charlton a long time.
    He only ever wanted to do well for us but I think this is a good move for him.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    edited June 2018
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Scoham said:

    Lennon’s never been good enough to be first choice here but he needs regular football if he’s going to improve. Injuries haven’t helped either.

    If things work out he could develop into a solid CB at this level. Not sure he can progress further than that, but he’s young enough for that to be possible. Don’t think anyone predicted Pope ever making an England squad.

    He needs to finds the right club and manager that can help him develop and get the best out of him.

    I would just add that Harry has made a grand total of 33 career appearances for us (including masses of sub appearances).
    I think those that have condemned him to mediocrity or worse still scapegoated him might want to reserve judgement.
    Harry is my cousin's boy so I am biased, but they are a lovely family and he has been at Charlton a long time.
    He only ever wanted to do well for us but I think this is a good move for him.
    The influence of Chris Powell can only be good for him.

    I hope he does well except against us nevertheless one of my anytime scorers next season is sorted for two matches!
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,625
    any idea of the fee involved ?? .obviously it will be undisclosed (to CAFC fans at least) but I thought I saw a figure of £50k somewhere but I'm assuming thats a joke.
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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    I can’t find where it was but I saw it and don’t think it was a joke. He was out of contract in the summer and in May we used a clause to extend it by a year. That probably just guaranteed we’d get a small fee for a player that was going to be cover at best.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    golfaddick said:

    any idea of the fee involved ?? .obviously it will be undisclosed (to CAFC fans at least) but I thought I saw a figure of £50k somewhere but I'm assuming thats a joke.

    No, Southend really did think he was worth that much.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Honestly he's an average league 1 CB. Will do well with your midtable to playoff goals.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,991
    golfaddick said:

    any idea of the fee involved ?? .obviously it will be undisclosed (to CAFC fans at least) but I thought I saw a figure of £50k somewhere but I'm assuming thats a joke.

    I saw £50,000 somewhere.
  • cafc_harry
    cafc_harry Posts: 3,360
    golfaddick said:

    any idea of the fee involved ?? .obviously it will be undisclosed (to CAFC fans at least) but I thought I saw a figure of £50k somewhere but I'm assuming thats a joke.

    Sounds pretty generous to me.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    Good move for Lennon, getting away from the shambles of CAFC and joining a club which no doubt under CP is as professional as they come. Aren't Southend investing in a new stadium too. Sounds like an ambitious place to be, complete opposite to us.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,670
    Nug said:

    Good move for Lennon, getting away from the shambles of CAFC and joining a club which no doubt under CP is as professional as they come. Aren't Southend investing in a new stadium too. Sounds like an ambitious place to be, complete opposite to us.

    Agree with everything you say.
    Great avatar as well.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    As long as he doesn't play like a mixture of Ramos and Maldini in the games against us, I wish him all the best.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    I liked Harry and saw him make his debut at LB as a sub for Evina at Huddersfield away in the 2014 Cup run. He always tried to give of his best and was unlucky with injuries hence game time. Great move for him reunited with the gaffer who gave him his break in the first team. You will always be one of us young man and all the very best for the future.
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    Harry when fit was probably quicker thsn BFG, Pearce and Tex. Better than his odd games with different partners suggest.

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