I listened to Neil Lennon speak after our last two games with some regret. He has been drawn into justifying the form of a team on the verge of 8-in-a-row, not having lost a goal in 8 hours of football, but who are struggling to put the ball in the net at their usual rate.
Neil was given a great opportunity, having fallen out with Hibernian, he could scarcely imagine being Celtic manager a few weeks later. But the old adage, Never follow Sinatra, holds true. Better to become Celtic manager after Tony Mowbry, or John Barnes, than Martin O’Neill or Brendan Rodgers.
Gordon Strachan will attest that it is hard to live up to the standards of a legend, no matter how many times you out-perform him in the Champions League or in the rate you accumulate domestic titles. Neil is going through a bit of the same.
A team which looked listless before transformational halftime changes at Murrayfield in October, is struggling to spark. The case for changes in the squad is evident, the fact that a manager who took over on 26th February had nothing to do with this situation, should be crystal clear.
Making the right decisions in the summer is a multi-layered question. We want the best manager we can get, but we also have to make the squad as ready as possible for the qualifiers. We want to qualify for the Champions League and we must – must – win 9 and then 10-in-a-row.
This is not a normal summer where we appoint a new manager. The history books will prominently record what happens over the next two seasons. I am sure everyone at Celtic is acutely aware they need to avoid what happened across the city in season 1997-98.
All of these questions need to be parked for the time being. We have a manager and squad who are within a point of winning the league, and a Cup Final of delivering the treble treble. Neil is doing very well wearing another man’s overalls and does not need to answer for the fact that they are torn.
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Given that season tickets are sold out and there is a waiting list it seems likely that Neil will get the job.
No need to sell season tickets and Neil is the cheap option.
£50m in the bank csc.
Wee karaoke getting the treatment from the hammer throwers
Adi Dassler, not yet but give it time. I quite like Tom’s commentary and tonight he’s being pretty fair if just a little staunch sounding ;-)
Sing us a song karamoko
Young Dembele is blessed with a lot of skills but doesn’t seem to have a lot of, pace por cierto
JOBO
“if just a little staunch sounding” :))))) por cierto
Wee Dembele is very wee
Watching a lot of recently and he is very intelligent for one so young and usually picks the ‘best’ pass availabke and doesnt try to do too much
Oxo-Flex has ability but is a bit too greedy at times
Jobo
Is Shrek co commen ?
2 corner of free kick
Wee Mikey!
Great free kick! por cierto
Great Free Kick Mikey 2 nil
Corner =corker
2 nil, MIkey with a 23 yeard free kick with too much power from the keeper, who did know what he was doing but wasn’t good enough.
co commentator on Celtic TV thinks he’s at an SFA course :) por cierto
Nothing wrong with wee Karamoke’s pace there! por cierto
Wee karamoko breaks but shoots wide
HT. 2-0 POR CIERTO
Time for CL por cierto
Horrible miss from Henderson from 4 yards out open net
Ewan Henderson misses sitter just on stroke of half time after being set up by Mikey Johnston,
Mikey has been superb first half. Great game to watch. Really enjoying it . Thanks to Bada.
Tonyrome
I have a pal who works for OPW, ( who run Kilmainham Gaol museum)
Just texting him to ask if he can sort something
Jack Aitchison has just scored Wearing the number 9 shirt on the 19th Minute, Stevie Chalmers wore number 9?
Jozo Simunovic scored Wearing the number 5 shirt on the 67th Minute, Billy McNeill wore number 5?
Minutes Scored = 1967????
Youngsters doing well, much better than last week. MJ, Henderson and Aitchson are a class apart from the rest.
Game is on hesgoal with Celtic commentary if anyone wants to watch it.
By the way when we get to 54 league titles we will automatically become the worlds most succesful team.
Not because the current holders of this dubious award are deed.
But because one of their glorious titles was a ‘shared’ title with Dumbarton who had a far superior goal difference but probably the wrong kind of handshake in 1891.
Bada Bing – the spirits are in play here!
bada – adapted your post for Twitter and, of course, gave the credit to you ;-)
AJAX winning one nil in london
Hey lazy.
We have won every title since 2000.
We are going for 19 in a row.
Does not matter what the football authorities in this country say. Rangers cheated. We know they cheated. They know they cheated.
Just watchin the Spurs Ajax
Ajax would be close to top 6 in EPL
Overated.com
Harper came on a few minutes ago for the injured Aitcheson and is looking as good as he did in last week’s U18 game. Still 2 – 0 with 63 minutes played. Commentator Tom getting a we bit excited at times suggesting there’s not much between the teams. Aye there is, we are comfortably in control (caveat – usual Jobo jinx rules may now kick in…)
Wee Mikey down injured
Think I’ve cursed them – Aitchinson and MJ off injured.
MJ was the best player on the park by quite a bit
Monaghan1900 – brilliant post on Inter.
Thank you.
Had no idea the majority of their players were so young.
I always, mistakingly, assumed they were an aging team.
Hail hail
Jobo
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Not surprised that Johnson & Aitchison are of injured.
The opposition have been vlootering the Celts sinc ekickoff.
McPake is a thug & seems to only want to make sure he damagaes anyone in hoops.
Usually happens quicker than that but, yes, Sevco score. 2-1 with 77 played.