Neil Lennon

Because we’ve actively signed him and that’s something we can judge mate, it’s not rocket science. In a constantly evolving situation, just knowing tidbits about what’s going on in the background with no details just ends up * confusing.

 

I'm not writing him off mate.. And I'm be facetious..

I'm just wary that we're seeing what we thought might play out, PL thinking he can take Lenny for granted, already..

We're not as prepared as we could be and that's not acceptable, again.

 

We were never going to be prepared as we could be and we need to move to make sure that situation will never happen again. We’ve spent quite a lot already so I really don’t think the boards pulling a fast one again. I just can’t see them allowing that money for Jullien, Boli, Elhamed but not sanction a move for another right back.

It doesn’t feel like the normal, it’s frustrating but I don’t think people are venting in the right places.

 

Exactly where i am the now mate. I wanted him to get the gig, still pleased with it but a few of us did say our concerns were more with him being a pushover for the board. There's a month to go though yet.

 

We've taken on a temporary head of recruitment, who's expertise is in the overinflated English Market, that's setting ourselves up to fail imo.

 

Problem is I don’t know what his expertise is, if it’s in setting up an actual network and having it in place to get a conveyor belt of talent after Congerton’s raped us I’m happy. The ‘temporary’ doesn’t fill me with hope there though.

 

For me that's part of the problem right there: we still haven't seen him play. Why not? He should have been in before the qualifiers.

If he was even close to being one of our top targets for the position I feel he would have been in a lot sooner. It just seems to me like we probably have been looking at him as CB/RB cover, but now he's become our new RB as there is no one else.

None of that is to say he's a bad signing, we just don't know, but it would surprise me very much if when we went into the window he was even under consideration as our first choice RB.

 

I still don’t think he is, my full point here is our management counts him as a right back and we shouldn’t judge the guy till he plays.

 

Well hopefully we will get to see him tomorrow and have a better idea.

 

Poor guy needs to hit the deck * sprinting, fans are out for his blood already the poor *

 

Nah, they'll cut him some slack seeing as he's being played out of position.

 

You reckon he’ll be covering Jozo and Julien’s suspensions then?

 

We're all going aff our nut about signing a RB. Lenny ends up playing a 3-5-2 most of the season, getting trolled to * here lads. :lenny1:

 

I know. However i've got a feeling this guy's gonna do a job for us. Don't know why other than trust in the manager.

 

Wherever he plays it will be out of position according to someone...

I reckon Lenny will go half and half and play him on the right of a back 3.

 

Curveball and have him on the right wing

 

Who needs a sweeper keeper when we could have the very first sweeper RB keeper.

 

NEIL Lennon last night admitted he wanted Celtic to win 15 league titles in a row. and smash Rangers' record of 54 titles into the bargain

This statement of intent is what the Parkhead faithful want to hear ahead of what could well be a historic season for the club.

Lennon said: "Some people are negative and waiting for things to spiral but we are in control at the moment.

“Everyone is waiting for the run to end but we need to stay strong. It’s Groundhog Year. We are up to eight but I’d like to get to 12, 13, 14 – because I’m greedy. Let’s make it to 15. We’re half way there.”


The league is the priority. We’ve been decent in the Champions League and want to keep that going against St Johnstone and then in to Cluj. We’re fighting on to fronts at Lennon warned that his Celtic squad could be even stronger as they gear up for another title defence.

Rangers have made seven signings as they bid to stop Celtic winning a ninth consecutive Ladbrokes Premiership crown but Lennon refused to speculate on whether the competition would be stiffer.


However, he is optimistic that the return of Leigh Griffiths and Kieran Tierney after they missed much of last season, allied with the signing of the likes of Christopher Jullien, can take them forward.

When asked if the challenge would be stronger, Lennon said: "I have no idea. I don't like making predictions or looking too far ahead.

I think we have strengthened in areas we needed to strengthen.

"We have the likes of Griffiths almost at full fitness, which we didn't have the luxury of for a long time. Kieran is nearly fit, who we missed. Tom Rogic, all those have got to come into what we already have. And Mikey Johnston is making great progress.

"So in some aspects we could even be stronger than we were at the end of last season."

Lennon's team begin their defence on Saturday against St Johnstone at Parkhead.

He said: "We have asked the players, whether it's your first title, third title, seventh, ninth, do you have the hunger to go again?


You can see it in their eyes that they are well set again.

"I always think when you are getting challenged you find a little bit more, and there is no question there are going to be challenges again as we go along.

"Each time people take points off us or beat us it's little victories for them, and that's something that we want to avoid.

"But I'm pleased with the balance of the squad and the individual and collective performances so far.

"You are not guaranteed to get everything your own way and winning games is hard. I have said that to the players, they have done it very well, and winning competitions. But that's in the past now.

"We go into a run of games that's going to be very heavy and very competitive and I'm asking all the squad to be ready when called upon. Quiet and calm but the focus has been good.

"Hopefully you stay injury-free, you rotate the squad, dip one or two out and keep it fresh and hopefully have a seamless replacement. And try to find consistency early.

"I always felt when I played you didn't really hit the straps until September, two or three games into the season. We have had four competitive games already and fitness-wise and the mentality of the team at the minute has been very good. They have given me everything I have asked of them so far."

 

It's a strange one this as Sevco managed both at similar times. I think beating Man Utd beats anything the UEFA run had although, winning 2 nil at Anfield was an amazing memory! Throw AC Milan in and it confirms, doing it twice beats the UEFA Cup run! Absolutely astonishing and I doubt I'll see it again.

 

Can you name anything I've been wrong about that I haven't admitted? Last one was Charlie Mulgrew that springs to mind!