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Neil Lennon

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by romeo9535, Apr 17, 2016.

Discuss Neil Lennon in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. DonnyCelt

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    The spine of the team yes, eg Brown and McGregor with Barkas in goals, but the rest if the team are being chopped and changed every game it seems.

    Starts Edouard and Ajeti. Then next game its Edouard and Klimala. Then today its Ajeti and Christie.

    Then on the wings its Taylor and Frimpong. Them Taylor and Forrest. Or Forrest and Elyounoussi.

    And in Central midfield he keeps Brown and McGregor all the time but swaps Ntcham and Christie about, like moving Christie out wide or upfront and dropping Ntcham and then playing him every 2 weeks
     
  2. Valhalla Thus spoke Batistuta.

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    Hanging on against a bottom of the table Livi team who haven’t won on a grass pitch in about 2 year and have just sold their only decent player.

    Everything is fine though.
     
  3. kyndig

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    I can almost forgive their 2 goals, one was a worldy, the other a pen, but it was how we just stopped trying at 3-1 and decided to stroll around trying to play tippy tappy football, this was one of the problems under Deila we never killed teams off.
     
  4. FrankMcCallum

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    No one on this forum can convince me otherwise that any one of you could stick a Celtic trackie on and stand on the touchline against St Mirren and Livi and get the results we did.

    There’s no shape or structure or style of play to our team at the moment. Just 11 guys on a football park getting by because they are miles better than the other 11 guys.

    You should be able to watch a team and be able to see the managers personality shine through on the park. This happened after Christmas and before lockdown. I don’t know what’s happened since.
     
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  5. celticdawg

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    He needs to pick a side and stick with it, all the chopping and changing is going to backfire shortly .
    Top of the league despite being rank almost every game is about the only positive along with ajeti looking sharper and fitter !!
     
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  6. McChiellini..

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    We're no manager's and the pressure is immense but it's no coincidence that we were all on board at Dingwall and won 5 nil but eyebrows raised the last 2 game's and we've been pretty average again..

    Too much overcomplicating from game to game..

    Rotating the wrong player's..

    Poor substitutions..

    Poor starts..

    No pressing as a unit..

    Bo balance to the side which is why we're easily played through..

    So many thing's that already should've been ironed out and massively need to be.....sharpish..
     
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  7. Pearse67*

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    Hes aged about 10 years the last few months.
     
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    He needs to go
     
  9. DuffyBhoy

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    Winning games purely because we have the best squad in the league at the moment.
     
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  10. McChiellini..

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    Keep saying this but it's true..

    We're putting side's away no because of what's drilled on the training ground but simply because of iur quality up top..

    We don't look a cohesive unit much during game's..

    Today was a lot of give iy to Frimpong at all cost's or rely on Christie to make something happen..

    Isn't lot's of flowing stuff with the amount of ball we have at home to a pish side..
     
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  11. buchanbhoy

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    Hopefully he doesn’t insult our intelligence by saying we were unlucky .
    At best we were bang average but more likely poor , we could have been talking about a draw instead of being grateful for a scrappy draw .
     
  12. freitassen

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    Thing is, we are yet to play the hun scum, Hibs and Aberdeen, which are the only 3 decent teams in this league (though Aberdeen always bottle against us). Teams that are worse than us but not by a factor of 100. I am really afraid of what could happen in these games, with Brown strolling around, 4 2 3 1, sticking to certain guys and tactics just to prove a point, etc.
     
  13. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    I just canny understand the logic with the subs, and the timing.
     
  15. JML67 Gold Member Gold Member

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    There's no logic
     
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    It's the Players mentality, it's players chucking it and don't want to be here, there are too many games, my players are not fit, it's bolis fault for Cl exit, cos of coronavirus there are no crowds to push team on.

    Think he's used every excuse in the book now.
     
  17. Bob Loblaw Gold Member Gold Member

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    Would love to know what we're working on in training from a defensive perspective, because we look fragile as anything.
     
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    I was thinking the exact same thing, on the displays so far you wouldn't actually think the players were training together let alone working on anything lol, yet again we get the points, but there has to be a concern with the manner that we are losing goals.
     
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  19. McGrory1888

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    Honestly my patience is starting to wear thin with Lennon. I love him and he’s a legend but that can’t make him untouchable.

    Serious questions need asked about today’s team selection. 5 defenders, an extremely defensive midfielder and one striker at home to Livingston? * me.

    At this rate, if we win the league this year it will be in spite of Lennon, not thanks to him.
     
  20. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    Lol up until their second we played well today.
     
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