Neil Lennon

Complete insanity if you ask me

 

Thought about this. His comments about selection and the AGM. He's a puppet. A stooge. He's a yes man. To me, there's no going back. And this will be confirmed by any weakness and loyalty to certain players who got in him in the * in the first place. There's a certain arrogance about him also I've noticed recently. This will cave on his head massively, should the old guard be reinstated for the cup and we lose, and most certainly if we lose to the scum.

 

I'd love that to happen...but I'm not confident it will.

 

I have absolutely zero confidence in Lennon and his cohorts , he's a bottler to add to all the faults of managing the squad either with rotation or making the correct subs at the correct time.
He's all over the place...I'm dreading Ibrox.

 

Well I always have been a bit mad, so you might well be right

 

Zero confidence in Lennon either. Nothing will change my mind on this

 

Why are you all making a BIG scene out of a comment he makes about loyalty for the Cup final? You are the same people stating on other topics he mentions that he is talking shiote. I can tell you now that there will be very little change to the starting 11 on Sunday from the previous 2 games. Loyalty does not come into it when your job is on the line.

 

Loyalty does not come into it but it has done for him blatantly all season

 

Watch it again on YouTube 65th minute or so, Strachan goes out to cuddle him when he comes off and he’s bealing
Heads straight up the tunnel, 0-0 in a cup final you get subbed most players sit and watch remainder of the match in the dug out

 

It wasn’t a quick call, it was a decision he had already made. His post match interview and Scott Brown out in the media giving it all the ‘the cup final means so much to me’ chat doesn’t sit well with me. How many times have we said this isn’t the season for sentimentality? And yet it’s looking like Lenny’s going to start Brown in a game where we could be the first in the world to achieve a quadruple treble for, what? Because he would love to play in it? Because he helped get us there? It’s pathetic

 

I really don’t understand that at all.

Yes this season is about the 10, but that doesn’t mean we should sacrifice everything else. We’ve already embarrassed ourselves in Europe and in the League Cup.

Losing against Hearts in a cup final should be unthinkable. Not only would it be another humiliation, it would kill the little bit of momentum that we’re gathering.

If we can’t beat Hearts, then you can forget about mounting a title challenge.

 

FS if you've read the thread you will see i've had quite a few responses to my OP and Ive tried to be nice but its getting on my * * now. This is last years cup final, Im not saying we should * sacrifice everything this season. If we canna beat Hearts with the older members of the squad then how the * does that mean we can't win the 10 with the fine young talent we have and have proven that they are ready to take fight. Feel free to pick out and quote random bits of my post if you like to score some * points if you so wish.

 

Brown as captain needs to think about what's best for the team here, the player that's came in & largely contributed to our two most recent wins, or himself who was part of 2 wins in 12 & playing poorly before Soro came into his position. I think we all know what makes most sense, as should he.

He should take the pressure off Lenny, have a private chat & tell him to keep Soro in the team because he's earned that through performances, this is about the team, not individuals & it should always be that way.

 

Why would he do that? I've seen this loads in England where the bigger clubs would play kids in the league cup and there was always the debate whether to bring the big guns back for the final. Mostly, teams stuck with the kids out of fairness and so as not to cause anger. This is the same, the only difference is that it's kind of flipped inasmuch as for us it's the kids that are the big guns and the old guard that got us to the final, but basically it's the same logic.

We moan when players don't show loyalty, but loyalty always has to be a two-way street. Broony has run through brick walls for us, played through injury for us and turned down the EPL in his prime. Repaying his loyalty with fairness is not sentimentality. He earned this cup final. Sadly, his performances in this season's league haven't earned him a place in our starting 11 in the league, but he has earned this cup final by being captain of the team that got us there.

 

Loyalty is a great attribute to have in life...that said Neil Lennon has to realise that his main loyalty is to Celtic FC, not Scott Brown or any other individual. In past seasons Broony has been the backbone of the team on the park, he has led us to success after success....this season though by his own high standard he has not been as influential and in some games has been careless and slack on the ball. Broony isn't alone though, Christie, Eddy even McGregor have been below par this season.....for whatever reason.

Lenny MUST play his in form players on Sunday, forget any feelings of loyalty or feelings of owing the old guard a game in the final.....Stick with the team who are showing a willingness to give their all for the club....Do that and we will celebrate yet another trophy come Sunday evening.

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Do we have a better chance of winning the cup with Brown or Soro starting? I'd argue Soro & that's all that matters in relation to this game, we're Celtic FC, not Scott Brown FC, no one is bigger than the club & btw we've more than repaid Browns loyalty by making him one of our highest earners year on year since he signed in 2007.

To give ourselves the best chance of winning the Quadruple Treble, we have to play the best players available, I know we've only seen him in two starts, but Soro has performed better in the last two games than Brown has all season, that's just reality.

Paul Lambert in his last season at 35, who was the captain that got us to our first European Final since 1970 & who was also a far better player than Brown, got three appearances in his final season. Brown has started more matches this season than most outfield 35 year olds could dream about for a club of our size, all I'm saying is it's time to think about the team & not individuals. I'd hope Brown has already had the conversation with Lenny about maintaining the status quo midfield of the last two games.

 

Playing someone purely out of loyalty to them is a recipe for disaster tbh.

Getting some continuity in the team is so important in advance of the trip to Ibrox. We simply can’t afford the luxury of sentimentality.

 

I can see it from either perspective to be honest. It’s a tournament technically from last season, but aye we could do with some regularity - especially when the current players are playing with confidence.

 

Sort of sentimental pish that has hampered us all season, not the least bit surprised.

 

Start with the recent line ups and once we have got a winning scoreline bring brown on for he last 10/15 mins so he gets a chance to be part of it. He can even lift the trophy with whoever captains us that day.