Neil Lennon is big and bad enough not to need any help from you or me, but he has a job on his hands. He will prepare a squad to face Hearts twice in the next eight days, which he acquired from Brendan Rodgers in February, and which Brendan largely acquired from Ronny Deila, which is wilting before our eyes.
Injuries abound, the latest, Scott Brown’s broken toe, symptomatic of this season. Brendan tied himself in all sorts of knots in August, revealing fewer of his intentions to you or me than to Moussa Dembele. Dedryck Boyata went on strike during the latter, and unsuccessful, stage of our Champions League qualification campaign. Then Moussa went so off message Brendan decided it was best for him to leave town.
Have you worked in an environment like this? I have not, but these are just the things we know about. I doubt it was an easy shift for Brendan to lift the squad as well as he did for the Europa League, League Cup and League campaign.
Then, to cap it all, Brendan turned on his heels a day before we were due to visit Tynecastle and four days before a Scottish Cup visit to Easter Road. You may have worked in an environment like this, but I doubt you have successfully managed one.
It was demeaning for Neil Lennon to have to defend himself this week. Not to himself, but to the goldfish who are so unaware of the environment or parameters he has worked in.
Celtic won their first treble the day I was born, but I was 34 before they won their third. No club has ever won Treble Trebles in a row. Celtic have never won three consecutive Scottish Cups. The measure of our current success is so great it is difficult to quantify.
In 1995 we finished fourth in the league, two points behind Hibs and three ahead of Falkirk. But we went to the Scottish Cup Final that season and won the most magnificent dreary game played. This is football. Success is neither easy nor linear and it is never entitled. Appreciate these times.
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While today’s judgement on Flanagan has no impact on our season it does send us a message in terms of what awaits us next season.
Morelos, McGregor and Flanagan have had red cards ignored this season. Turning the rule book completely on its head. We know what to expect next season, we better make sure we’re at least two goals better than them.
I hope we get a Benitez, Cocu or AVB.
If the choice is Bilic, Moyes, Clarke, Hughton or Lenny, I’ll take Lenny. All day long.
C12- cynics would say they are only doing it,as it’s live on TV…
Auldheid
The board want this to go away, they appear to have no intention of doing anything to take this forward now, the question is why, but they do not answer why and have plants at the AGM to raise questions on the songbook whenever they are pinned on this, what do the resolutioners and the people who support Res12 do now?
Lenny is yesterday’s man. Time to bring in a modern professional that will raise the bar.
Lenny does not have the support of the fans and will be lucky to last 2 weeks before he snaps.
It would be a major to appoint him and we can say goodbye to Ten.
Scott Brown to be cited for smashing his face into Mr Flanagan’s elbow?
Elbow? I thought he was shaking hands
Not sure why people are so anti Moyes. Managed 2 big clubs with varying success and knows the modern game and how to deal with well paid players. I can’t see any evidence that he is a boring coach
Stunned by the Flanagan decision.
Brown gives a wee push , comes in again and Flanagan looks at him(brown watching McGregor at the flag), and deliberately forearms him.
Forearm OK, elbow not OK now?
OldTim67, Davie, thanks for the kind offer earlier…hope you, KolnCelt et al are having/have had a good time. Me, there, in my current mind-state would lower the tone. I’ll concentrate on getting my head right…very much appreciate the concern.
H.H.
James Forrest
‘But that does us no good if our own club is fragmenting at the same damned time.’
In what alternative reality does being on the cusp of TT amount to the club fragmenting. Another example of your panty wetting agenda. I’ll take fragmenting all season long if it results in these outcomes.
Phillip Cocu.
In an ideal world, would be my first choice for Manager.
1. Well respected, progressive thinking young Manager with a proven record of success.
2. His name has the requisite number of syllables to fit into the ’10 in A row’ song
3. Synchronicity. A Dutchman stopped the 10 for the cheating huns. Having a Dutchman in charge for 10 seems a good fit for me. ??
Anyone care to explain why Celtic FC would feel the need to launch an investigation into and interview people associated with an entity it proclaims to have nothing to do with?
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Eddieincarmichael
Same as the Roundup cancer payouts in the US, the new owners don’t want to pay out and the old owners were swimming in a big river in Egypt
Celtic slam SFA’s Jon Flanagan decision as ‘huge embarrassment’
The Rangers defender escaped a ban after an incident involving Scott Brown.
Taken from the daily Ranger
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Okay Celtic, what are you REALLY going to do about this ?
KT, Broony, Hayes, Ajer ALL ASSAULTED by the opposition and yet Celtic do nothing !
What about Res 12 Celtic..?
What about the huns hand picking Refs for their dead rubber games ?
I love you Celtic…but I feckin DESPAIR !
AFF OOT.
HH
I’d like a big name at Celtic
Has Jan Vennegoor of Hessellink done his badges at Largs?
evening bhoys, the Flanagan decision sums up our status in bonnie Scotland, move along timmy nothing to see hear, my late father was telling me all this in 1971, when he applied for jobs as soon as he said he came from croy it was ok we will let you know, but nobody let him know, so faced with a young family he had to move down to England to find work, where they did not ask what school you went to, feckin scum then feckin scum now,.sorry for the rant,ftsfa
Big Jimmy…am curious…is it the same disciplinary panel that up-graded to red…that have rescinded it after appeal? If either not/or so…it shows the process up as the farce as it is…
seriouslypissedoffCSC
H.H.
SFA Judicial Panel Protocol
Definition : if we can let any SPFL player away with assaulting a Celtic player…we will use any and every opportunity to do so
Pretty pleased with the Flanagan red card overturn.
Had the card stood, Celtic would not have benefited in any way. Indeed, criticism of Celtic and especially our captain would have been ramped up. Sevco fc would have been painted as victims in this.
At least now a light has been shone into the devious crevice that is the appeals panel. Our game is a joke, a shambles. The most corrupt footballing body I’m Europe? I’d say so.
Do we have a new dossier? Any summits planned? Are we interested in protecting our players (why is Ryan Christie out injured?). Time for the powers that be at Celtic to sh*t or get off the pan.
RUGGYGMAN on 17TH MAY 2019 3:54 PM
Adi_Dassler
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eddieinkirkmichael on 17th May 2019 7:22 pm
Anyone care to explain why Celtic FC would feel the need to launch an investigation into and interview people associated with an entity it proclaims to have nothing to do with?
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I wish they would launch a couple of investigations into Res 12 and SFA cheating never mind the huns cheating.
This looks like even back then we just buried our head in the sand and hoped it would all go away.
KEEP THE FAITH
Good evening, friends. Watching Dundee Utd in their attempt at reaching the SPL Play Off final. Another grass park in the top flight at the expense of Hamilton would be nice.
GORDYBHOY 64 ,GFTB-santa ponsa tomorrow guys?
First ones on you two in celts well ???
GORDYBHOY 64-haven’t been on for a while so if you still need a good lawyer get my email from Paul ?
Fairhillbhoy…do you know one lol…you do know you need to know where Gordybhoy64 lives…some differences between Scottish and other union countries re conveyancing
67 EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS
However you fail to acknowledge that Celtic are supposed to be in a market dominant position
I failed to mention it ( I didn’t mention that the world was round either) but I certainly acknowledge it. We have 18 full internationalists and 2 French under-21 internationalists on our books. We have 2 full internationalists out on loan. Excluding players on loan to both clubs, our nearest rivals, Sevco have 13 internationalists but in total they have only 262 caps between them – Lafferty, McAuley and McGregor account for all but 70 of that total. Our 17 internationalists have 525 caps i.e. double theirs – if you stripped out our top 3 (Izzy at 96, Gamboa at 70 and Brown at 55) our squad still has over 300 caps to their 70. We also have a younger squad with more sell on value. We dominate the Scottish market to such an extent that we have players like Hendry, Allan and Bitton languishing in our squad, with little prospect of a game, who would walk into any other team in the league.
But our lack of dominating performances and uncertainty only give oxygen to the “wolf” “
They may give oxygen to Lupophobia but we have not got close enough to a wolf to justify that fear.
It cannot be just that. We have had this theme every year of our 8iar with a prediction that the suits are gonna blow it for us, or the intransigence/inefficiency of the manager will, or failing that- the masons won’t let it happen. Yet, here we are – with 8iar in the bag, an historic Treble Treble just one match within reach, and still riddled with unjustified fear. It does not add up.
We should be winning the league with a much greater margin than we have
Our gaps over 8iar have been
20 pts
16
29
17
15
30
9
and anywhere from 3 to 9 pts this year
Progress has not been linear and we cannot extrapolate anything from the smaller margin of the last 2 leagues to say we are either bound to lose or bound to win next year. Last year’s results do not predict how next year’s squad will do. They did not do so in our original 9iar and they won’t now.
And that is the worry – not appointing Lennon or whoever we appoint – but we are not dominating
We have let the ‘wolf” think he has a chance and if we do not act correctly we will give him a chance
Our opponents every year have talked up their chances- Aberdeen did it and now Sevco are at it. They did not just start saying this when Gerrard arrived- they have been threatening to topple us ever since McCoist’s time and their first appearance in the top league.
It is equally compelling, and just as unprovable, to follow Kris Boyd’s reasoning in his review of the year. He said that this year was Sevco’s best bet at beating us- with all the internal unrest and Brendan bailing- they will never have such circumstances ever again.
Yes, the Celtic support will still be fearful and anxious as we head for 9 and 10 but, if the club recruit well and we get a good start, we can start to calm down a bit and enjoy the ride.
But if Sevco take an early lead, such as Hearts and Aberdeen have done in leagues during our 8iar years, I fear for the blood pressure of some of our less resilient support. Celtic internally will not be so riven next year; it is now our job, as a support, to show a bit of steel and confidence in these guys- I think they’ve earned it.
Dundee Utd score right on half time from a rather harsh penalty decision. Now 2-0 up in the 2-legged tie. Inverness have been the better team in the first half too.
Has macstay still got his boots?
James Forrest-you been called a jakey or alkey yet?
Think yourself lucky son???️
Sorry- my bolding messed up.
I hope you can pick out my points from 67ECw’s original
THELURKINTIM-LOL-?I know quite a few
Have to be honest here,JF was my go to Celtic blog till he endorsed Celtic noise,(stay clear of Marie). Don’t like his absolute character assassination of Lenny,but it’s not personal don’t you know! But have to say what he says isny far wrong regarding our club?
Goal Dundee Utd. Now 3 – 0 ahead on aggregate with 55 minutes played.
ZIGGYDOC1 on 17TH MAY 2019 8:29 PM
AULDHEID on 17TH MAY 2019 4:47 PM
I see Petrie”s name mentioned as a man with no love for Celtic who also took the 5 Way Agreement over the line.
He was Chairman of the Licensing Committee that granted Rangers a UEFA licence in 2011 on what, unless someone proves it wasn’t , false pretense.
It’s high bloody time Celtic took the gloves off over the SFA
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As usual, spot on.
It’s time we ditched the keep our powder dry, moral high ground nonsense. They talk absolute rubbish and downright lies.
We need to be on the front foot and offensive. We have the truth on our side. What do we have to lose, we don’t have any allies here.
Watching Utd v ICT game. I don’t care if those hand balls are always given or never given just as long as there is consistancy. I’m sure in the EPL, on top of the rules, there are official guidelines to reduce variations in application.
Just watched the Thursday press conference at CP. The semi-literates we know as the MSSM were in jackal mode scenting a wounded quarry. NL was, as always, direct and honest. (Remember he has just won the title.)
Couldn’t help contrast that with a W. Smith conference after another Ibrox humiliation at the hands of unknown Romanians. A shocked and awed press conference respected this death in the family and did not ask him one single question.
Sevco lose:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2019/591.html