Neil Lennon

That * bolingoli has at least went further in Europe than any of his ex team mates

 

This cuts deep.

 

That's what makes it even more embarrassing. I said in a post in the match thread at HT we should've been setting up in 3-5-2 and attacking * out of them. We're at home, their two best players were out and we were heavy favourites in the game.

Yes pay Ferencvaros respect as with any opponent, no game is a given - but cmon man if we have any ambition at all just go and play our best game and show belief in your players.

Klimala has had no faith shown to him, same as Soro who we brought in to rotate with Brown, same as Connell who looked quality in pre-season.. instead we set up 4-6-0 with 4 central midfielders and players out of form in Forrest & Brown just because they're experienced.

I'm baffled he got it so wrong and even more baffled at his interview.

 

You can't defend a manager who has made this amount of unforgivable decisions tonight.

He should go

 

You know what I'm over it. We need to just double down and go on and try to win the next match,....then the next one. One game at a time or the 10 is lost to us. Focus on the one thing that we can achieve. In all honesty that's looking a bit shaky and it just might be that a combination of factors are bringing about a mini implosion and it's someone else's turn to win the league. I wouldn't care as long as it isn't sevco. Depending on how this season pans out we could see a lot of changes for next season.

 

Aye. Happened a few times now as well.

I remember when we first played Salzburg I think they came to Celtic Park and pumped us 3-1, ripped us apart even though at the time they weren't well know or proven in Europe and we probably didn't know what to expect. Molde also we probably never thought were too good but they also played really well against us, both came here played well and deserved their wins.

This was an opposite where you thought it could have been tough and yet they were * and we had quite an easy game and made a * of it, it's a disgrace.

 

I always remember Larsson recently talking about stopping the 10.

There was a lot of new foreign players in the squad who didn’t realise the enormity of the season and it actually benefited them. They just went out and played football.

Seems to be the opposite happening here.

 

Lennon’s comments tonight are very Gerrard like. Throwing players under the bus for his own shortcomings, poor decision making and team selection.

Since returning for his second spell I have been impressed with how much he has matured and mellowed since his first spell. Also the professional and calm manner that he has developed for dealing with the media and the challenges that they bring.

This is the first time since he has returned that I have thought he has completely lost the plot.

 

Win or lose the league I’m expecting a huge overhaul next summer.

Manager and players. Maybe even more.

 

Most managers have a max 3 - 4 years of players buying into them before the players start to lose interest or get complacent/stale etc , especially when good players go and arent replaced with similar or better quality .
When quality new players come in the squad gets a lift and is freshened up , but we never seem to grasp this and are always looking for bargains or cast offs / loanees .
Lennys loyalty to certain players will be his and our undoing, he needs to get banging on peters door in the morning , at least 3 or 4 players of quality are badly needed !!

 

Problem is it won't be anyone else bar them.

 

I thought they actually played very poorly against us, to me we played very simple football and were cutting through them with ease most times we went up the park. Ntcham dancing past guys down the wing, Elyounossi and Christie despite taking too many touches still creating space for shots - we were also able to play the ball into them on the edge of the box just by passing it right to them on the ground. Nothing was really difficult. Taylor was getting in behind and balls into the box, Elhamed the same, Frimpong when he came on ghosting past people without a tackle.

They offered the game to us on a plate and we * it up. They allowed us to come through them at walking pace not even Hamilton, Dundee Utd or Kilmarnock done that.

The one with Forrest/Ehamed cant mind who as well with about 10 minutes to go, just went jogging right round their defence to the byeline and cut it back to the edge of the 6 yard box with no defenders in sight and we never had anybody there for a tap in.

 

That's why we need to focus

 

The full blame falls on Lennon tonight I’m afraid to say. Last weekend against United was a wake up call, again he failed to adapt and change things due to his stubbornness.

The opening lineup was incredible for a champions league lineup, no recognised striker whilst two were just sitting on the bench, even if they were not match fit surely even if you gave both strikers 45 minutes each would have been a better option if he insists on that * awful 433 formation.

Playing Christie up front made the lad look terribly average, he’s clearly not, he simply isn’t a striker, I actually felt sorry for him as he was chasing and trying everything, even his goal he was out of position as a Striker and more in his natural position.

Brown, what can I say? I hope I’m wrong in saying this but he looks like his best days are behind him unfortunately. Off the pace from the first whistle to the last, yet Lennon kept him on in another baffling tactical decision. I was surprised to see him on the pitch after the break.

Then there is the same issue I’ve had with Lennon since his first term in charge and that’s substitutes. Making 2 subs at 78 minutes whilst 2-1 down at home is just *. Especially when this season your entitled to 5, that means your tactics are more fluid than usual. If your tactics are not working there is so much more options available getting 4 on during the match should be relatively easy leaving that 1 left for an injury/card/extra time. You saw the impact Frimpong had coming on, if that sub was made 15 minutes before the impact could have been everything we needed. Elhamed done a fantastic job all night and run the ragged, their entire team were blowing out their arses after 60 minutes. Fresh legs and new ideas, instead just relied on old legs and stale ones.

Just not good enough I’m afraid.

 

A contingent part of us stopping the 10 was also an arrogant hun that thought it was a foregone conclusion.

Their players became complacent, they failed to keep the squad fresh and it created a perfect opportunity for us to capitalise on.

Let's hope we don't repeat their mistakes.

 

Pain in me bollox with it every year. It’s proper embarrassing

 

I think there's too much of an obsession with just being better than Rangers. Fed up of "Oh well, it will all be forgotten about if we scud the huns" as if we can't do both.

 

Can’t believe I’m saying it but I want him away. I’m * furious at his tactics, team selection, game management and even more so at his comments.

Couldn’t give a * if that was his last game.

Also, if there’s one thing I hate more than anything it’s the * that say we should just concentrate on the league.

It’s that attitude that results in us being so stagnant, and worse we are in decline.

If you make Rangers your benchmark in life you’re in * trouble.