Neil Lennon

Funny how it looked a month or so back that Rogic would be gone for good. Glad he's still here as he's definitely making a difference.

 

His subs really frustrate me at times but he looks to have us playing well again.

Was extremely confident before the game today and am for Thursday too, been a while since I could say I was for two games in a row. Big ones too.

 

Subs are my biggest criticism on him. It was the same with MON and WGS, the biggest influences on him as a manager that.

 

We’d lost a grip of the midfield for the first 15 mins of the second half today, thought it was crying out for Ntcham to come on. Failing that even Turnbull.

Couldn’t see the point in bringing Griff and Ajeti on when we were struggling to string even 5 passes together in their half.

Similarly on Thursday, I couldn’t understand why it took him so long to take Ntcham off, when he was clearly out on his feet. Was pulling my hair out watching him give the ball away three or four times in a row because he was too knackered to do anything with it.

 

The frustration is that being able to utilise 5 subs should benefit us the most.

 

Mostly because Rogic and Eddy were knackered. They both should have pushed onto their two centre backs and get us further up the pitch. They didn’t though they were very disjointed.

Ntcham on Thursday defo

 

Sorry my bad, i meant three games this season not three in a row,should have worded it better.(killie 2 points)

 

Definitely not on current form Ntcham doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near the starting 11

 

Think he means Ntcham was out on his feet last Thurs and should have been off sooner...

 

I was agreeing with his point on Ntcham against Lille

 

I think our starting lineups are starting to finally improve, was a real issue at the start of the season, but his use of substitutes are still really poor. We need to start making subs within the 55 to 65 minute, and if there's clear issues with the lineup at half time he needs to make changes for the second.

I still feel like Brown shouldn't be starting everygame, but Ntcham has been pretty poor recently so I can maybe see why Lenny has him back in, we really do need to be playing Turnbull and Soro a lot more.

 

I don’t deny my sentiments of the past week in wanting Lenny gone, I am however pleased that it APPEARS we have turned a corner and all power to Lenny, perhaps claims he has lost certain sections of the dressing room were unfounded after all. I maintain, however, that Lenny still has a penchant to make stupid decisions before or during games and it’s something that is going to continue to worry me throughout the season.

 

I stated that i wanted him to win the semi final and then win all domestic games in Nov. I'm prepared to give him the opportunity to turn it around, but it must be a massive swing in performances and team attitude.

With our game schedule filling up the gap is likely to grow even if we win all our games. November we need to show what we are about and see how the league looks on Dec 1st

 

Delighted for him today.

I’m one of his biggest critics but it hurts to actually criticise him. The same reason I don’t and never wanted Larsson as manager.

I’ve seen people on here accuse others of having something personal against Lennon when criticising him.

But it couldn’t be further from the truth. You meet any Celtic fan, it’s unanimous in the support of Neil Lennon for what he’s done for our club over the years, he’s synonymous with the club.

Having said that it still doesn’t make him the right choice to take us forward. The ideal scenario is we win the league and he walks with his head held high.

But it was a solid performance today, a well needed clean sheet, delighted for the manager in particular.

 

And the pendulum on here swings again

Have we turned the corner ?
Certainly will know in the next 4 games.

 

NEIL LENNON hailed his Celtic side for ending their winless run — and showing why he backed them.

Lenny’s Hoops booked their place in the Scottish Cup final with a 2-0 Win over Aberdeen .


Ryan Christie and Mohamed Elyounoussi scored to set up a clash with Hearts at Hampden on December 20.

Celtic are 90 minutes away from their FOURTH successive treble.


And Lennon beamed: “I’ve had no problem with the players’ character or their form.

"I thought we were outstanding on Thursday night and we followed it up with a really good performance today.


It’s not that they needed confidence, they just needed to get that win again I suppose.

“I’m not saying it will be plain sailing from here on in, there will be challenges as we go along.


But the important thing was to get through to the final and we’ve done that comfortably.

“We now have another big day to look forward to. I thought we were outstanding — it was a stunning first half performance in particular.

“We were going into the game off a tough European tie last week against a good side.


Because of that there was a bit of fatigue in the second half, which was understandable.


But I thought we were in control and now have a cup final to look forward to.

“It says a lot about the mentality of the players. The quality of the two goals was top class.

“The first was magnificent after we’d been unlucky not to score earlier through Odsonne Edouard.

"But Ryan then came up with an absolute pearler. That set us up and I thought we were vibrant after that.


We played a lot of good football and the second goal came from a beautiful set-up from Tom Rogic.

"Moi is in fantastic form at the minute and he was in the right place to finish it off.

“That gave us a cushion in the game and after that we were very comfortable.

"I would have liked it if we could have tried to get a few more goals but the players are giving us everything and there have been some good signs in the last week or so.

“I’m not saying we’ve turned the corner completely because I think we can get better still.

“But it’s another victory in a cup tie where the players have shown magnificent consistency.

“It’s just a question now of trying to keep the squad fresh and healthy for the volume of games we have coming up.

“But they can be really happy with today. They are on the cusp of another treble, with is unheard of.

“I think it’s magnificent for the players and for the fans. Physically we looked strong.

“We dealt with crosses and set plays a lot better, that was something we touched on the last couple of days.


I thought Scott Bain looked very assured with the ball at his feet or hands and we dealt with anything Aberdeen threw at us very competently.

“It was a really good performance, a really good result and we move on now.”

Rogic was involved in Celtic’s two goals with Lennon delighted with the Aussie midfielder’s display.

He added: “He has always played well against Aberdeen and his vision and quality on the ball, his football intelligence just gives you a different dimension to the way you want to play.

“He is just a class football player and we just want to keep him motivated and injury free if we can. He is such a massive player for us.”

 

4 trebles that's fuckig disgustingly brilliant and a thing I'd never thought possible

 

Whole thing has made me realise how uncomfortable it can be having an ex-player, and club idol, as manager.

 

Glad larsson never got the job. I'd just stare at him and miss the games

 

He's got this.