Celtic Banter Archive November 21 2020

21 Nov 2020 22:24:03
Not posted in a while lads and ladies. What do we all thing about Lenny now? Is there a suitable replacement at this time? I’m just scunnered if I’m being honest. I don’t know the answer, but with every week another player seems to be getting alienated by Lennon. Can talk about snowflakes all you want but in the modern game Lenny is not a modern manager.

21 Nov 2020 23:07:07
It wasn’t long ago he was saying Gerrard was throwing his players under the bus and we don’t do that at Celtic, pressure is on him massively as he seems to do it all the time now though .
Playing devils advocate here, but do you think if we weren’t going for the ten would lennie already be gone? Changing a new manager now, possibly one who doesn’t know the league or players ( of us and opposition ) is a tough gig to make up the points while reinvigorating the team or carry on with the malaise we have been in all season .

21 Nov 2020 23:21:08
My son was jumping about the living room when Laxalt scored our equaliser,
But all I was thinking was,
Is one point worth papering over the cracks?

22 Nov 2020 10:22:26
Quinn we have the best squad by far. For whatever reason Lennon isn't getting the best from the players. I've no doubt a change in coaching team would be a positive thing and I'd be confident of us winning the league. Right now though we won't. It's as simple as that.
But it's down to PL and DD. Do they want to be remembered as the men who delivered the 10 or the men who lost it.

22 Nov 2020 10:36:19
I completely agree with you HT, I said similar to my dad yesterday that we have the best squad by a mile. We have a team full of internationals, while Rangers have about 5, we should be walking all over them. I think lawell ( because he is always looking at the cheapest option) , the players ( as much as they don’t seem to want to play for lennie the mistakes they are making constantly are schoolboy at best Or the whole management team who seem to neither organise/ coach or have a plan in games and or training are all culpable this season. Usually in this situation the manager pays the cost but I don’t think lawell will change it unfortunately.

22 Nov 2020 15:21:56
Said same to my nephew buzz nlc saved his job again resign before its to late hh.

21 Nov 2020 21:51:57
i have never once called for lennon to go and to be given time but at the same time have said that i don't think anyone could argue if he went but after today I've made my mind up he has to go it just isn't working out. every fan knows what's wrong with the team there's to much to mention. he needs to go now.

21 Nov 2020 20:37:55
We all know Brown is at the end, Lennon isn't cutting it and Lawwell and the board have been caught sleeping at the wheel. Here's another name that can be added to the list, Frimpong. The boy can't defend and has no end product in the final 3rd. It's high time he was dropped and El Hamed selected again.

21 Nov 2020 21:24:39
Elhamed hasn’t suffered a domestic defeat in a Celtic jersey.

21 Nov 2020 22:21:12
Elhamed should be RB and Frim RW. Likewise Taylor RB Laxiet RW. The aim is to stop conceding goals to build confidence.

21 Nov 2020 22:44:25
I half expected Elhamed to start today. Frimpong has no end product and ca6nt defend and today was guilty of just cutting in and playing the negative pass sideways or backwards too many times we have no width which has been the case all season. Elhamed replaced Frimpong against Motherwell and set up Moi with a goal with his 1st ball into the box he's better going forward and defending than Frimpong.

21 Nov 2020 22:56:30
Buzz; I am at the end of my tether with The Bhoys this season.
We had a party atmosphere opening day against Hamilton. but since the premature CL exit to Ferencvaros, we have suffered through utter mediocrity, with a few 'flattering to deceive' results but the bottom line is apart from the Aberdeen semi-final (which we rode our luck on the 2nd half) , we have failed at every difficult hurdle domestically and our EL campaign is in tatters. The alarm bells are ringing.

21 Nov 2020 19:52:36
I think the late Laxalt equaliser has ensured another Killie comeback moment for Lennon and saved his job.
The problem is that goal could be papering over the cracks.
One thing that's for sure is the league title is not over in November.
In the 4 fixtures Celtic have dropped points have all been difficult fixtures.
Killie, Hibs away and also Sevco at home are points we have dropped in recent seasons. Also a draw away to Aberdeen isn't a disaster.
Celtic now have an easier run of league fixtures until February with the exception of a trip to Ibrox, which now becomes a game we can't lose.
Celtic need to go back to a 3-5-2 when Jullian comes back from injury.
We can't continue to leave our lone striker isolated.
We've went to a back 4 for our last 3 league games and still lost 6 goals.
I'm open to a change of manager but it needs to be the right man.

21 Nov 2020 20:15:01
Buzz I admire your optimism but we just aren't the same team we can't defend and don't create enough chances. rigic looked about 50 today ajeti needs a striker with him turnbull and soro need a chance and we need to stop rotating strikers as they live off goals. the rb area and the cb area needs strengthened with quality in Jan if we do we might come good if not imo we won't win the league not with the present set of players.

21 Nov 2020 20:52:45
To be honest buzz we have struggled against nearly everyone in the league. Late winner against st Johnstone and Dundee Utd. We even struggled against st mirren away and livi at home for god sake. We are miles off it and l can't see how it's going to change anytime soon. It's terrible to say but we are miles off the team at the top. I hate saying it but every time we play l am hoping we win where as l don't see them losing.

The current management team have no idea and are all to blame. How players are still not fit is a joke and other players seem undroppable. That is solely down to the management team so they need to take the blame.

We have a team that is struggling to be fit in Nov, can't defend and keep a clean sheet, no idea what players to play or how to play and apparently players who don't want to be there. So it is any surprise we are where we are.



They have been backed in the transfer and keep all the players. They continue to play frimpong who l like but who is not a relation to a RB. The amount of goals we have conceded is just shocking and there is no end in sight of it stopping.

At this rate we should worry about finishing second unless action is taken.

21 Nov 2020 21:14:30
Buzz mate you know i really admire you, but i need to disagree with you today. that was total rubbish today and truth be told it has been all season. we are struggling at every position in the team. they are in total disarray, not because they are bad players but because they do not know what lennon wants. i am really lost for words without losing it big time and getting barred from the site. LENNON if you love celtic as you claim, then walk away and don't be remembered for the manager that blew 10iar.

21 Nov 2020 21:18:30
Spot on Mally.

Ajeti and Griffiths will always need another striker up top with them to get the best from them.

21 Nov 2020 21:22:03
We need to kick on now, i can't see Rangers dropping points looking at the fixtures until they next play us. We need to win every game till we play them, beat them at Ibrox and then Sevconians next 2 games are aberdeen and motherwell away hopefully they will hit a bad patch then and we recover the difference.

21 Nov 2020 21:42:28
Rob
I’m not giving up on the league with 25 games to go.
I agree with what your saying.
Celtic have been poor all season and I’m open to a change of manager.
My first choice would be Eddie Howe.
I also think we have the players but it’s just not happening with the manager.
If Lenny is still the manager,
I would prefer a formation change to 3-5-2 or 4-4-2.
Rob I also think now is a good time to change the manager.

21 Nov 2020 22:16:20
i am an agent of a manager i heard you are looking for a new one my ciient has a great c/ v as a player won a lot of medals too few to mention. as a manager he about four league titles a few cups just now he is going for four in four he was the one who started a record ten. just know his team are only second top of their league with a chance of winning it but the fan want him out. so i say if you can find one with a better c/ v take him on i bet you do'nt stick with what you have got because right now you wont.

21 Nov 2020 22:47:57
This season is probably the worst football to watch since Mowbray. Deila took pelters week in week out but even his style was more enjoyable than this and the players was much fitter and organized yet Sutton says nothing untoward his pal Lennon.

22 Nov 2020 00:18:11
Is that you Neil?

21 Nov 2020 19:08:51
How much longer are these results going to be allowed to continue? I've a few things that bother me, firstly ( and I'm not just talking about today's result or performance) , why did we sign barkas? A £5 million keeper to play second fiddle to barkas? That's absurd. Next why did lennon feel the need to bring in a sports physiologist to a team of serial winners? Would it not suit him better to bring in a quality defensive coach to teach the basics of defending given the absolute dross goals we're giving away He sticks with ajeti as a lone striker, he's never a loan striker. Signings? Serious serious questions need asked and answered on our signings the past two years.

21 Nov 2020 19:32:40
There's a lot of questions that need to be answered Garryc1977. Keeping the status quo, for me, is lunacy.

I'm not sure if list of available manager's exists, but if it does, I'd be shocked if the bhoys on here couldn't pick at least one option we think would get far more from this squad of players.

21 Nov 2020 19:33:21
Totally agree, on bench Barkas, Taylor, Klimala, Duffy (rightly) Turnbull would have been, Soro not even on bench. Signings of late have been shambolic. Despite JF spliting support we clearly miss him, a natural outlet on wing. Wee Frim is neither a RB or winger.

21 Nov 2020 21:54:53
Totally Chink Frimpong is mince.

21 Nov 2020 18:43:14
Ed007 and fellow fans. Looking for a yes or no answer.

Do you think we will win the league?

21 Nov 2020 19:02:12
Del Bhoy, I believe if NL stays we've thrown away the 10 BUT If we bring in an experienced head coach (I don't know who) and give him the backing in the January window we can still turn this around. HH.

21 Nov 2020 19:03:33
Not at the moment no. All depends on if Lennon stays. If he does then no we won't win the league. If we bring someone else in, yes we will. We have the best squad.

21 Nov 2020 19:12:41
Dont post often lads but if u look bavk on all my posts I havd been saying it for about 6 weeks now Lennon must go. His pist match press conference is evidence that he does not know how to fix this.

LENNON OUT.

21 Nov 2020 19:21:55
I have said it for a year and a half Lenny is not the man for the job never has been before the start of the season I said we will not get 10iar with him as manager I sincerely wish I was wrong but it was clear then and it's clear now GET HIM AND THE BACK ROOM out now before we can't rectify this.

21 Nov 2020 19:22:48
Lennylad
I have been saying since Lennon came back that he would stop us winning the 10.
When I said it right at the start I was laughed at and called a Sevco supporter, he was never the made to get us there.
He Was a cheap option and he has no clue on how to man manage players.

21 Nov 2020 20:16:24
Totally agree Jonbhoy most supporters on here have blinkers on please wake up bhoys brfore its too late.

21 Nov 2020 20:24:13
Lennon will not win us the league! And more damage will be done over the next month or so when they do what we all know they will and keep him on! We’ll go into the next Glasgow derby trailing them by double digits in points and goal difference! We are soft as rubbish and every team who plays us knows it!

21 Nov 2020 20:59:51
Agreed Dannyh14. 'Powderpuff' as my father-in-law used to say.

21 Nov 2020 21:42:54
no chance we are winning this league.

21 Nov 2020 22:08:22
we will not win the league.

21 Nov 2020 23:01:02
Lennon wasn't even good enough for Hibs! Yet here we are with him! In our most important season of the last decade and he's doing exactly what most of the fans expected of him when he was appointed. failing.

22 Nov 2020 00:11:47
I would put money in us not winning the league this season. We are shambolic and need the back room changed if we are to have much chance next yr. I never thought losing Duff as coach would be so bad but Strachan obviously isn't working.

21 Nov 2020 17:32:22
Been thinking (and hoping) week-by-week, since the Ferencvaros shocker, that things will improve and players will reproduce their best form and - on we go!
So here we are; It's nearly December and am still waiting.
OK we've had CV issues and consequences, injuries, most of the squad plucked away on several International interruptions and well documented player unrest?
However, we can balance some of that up, with having the most resources, biggest budget, best facilities, largest and most expensive squad and all the experience that comes with nearly ten years of dominant success;
but honestly; I am really starting to have serious doubt, that this manager or current crop of players are up for the challenges ahead?

21 Nov 2020 17:50:43
Celtic supporters of a certain vintage are used to making excuses based on the team the Manager the board the weather the referees the SFA and now the farcical end of World virus.
Perhaps it has been ingrained that dissent of any kind is un Celtic in some way I don't know but what I do know is that I was here the first time we had 10 in a row in our grasp and I remember well the total capitulation of a team 10 times better than the one we have now.
Mark my words, the League may well already be done but the only hope Celtic have this season is if Neil Lennon is not Celtic manager next week.

21 Nov 2020 17:50:55
Nothing will change with Lennon as boss, we won’t catch Sevco now - it would be a surprise if we beat them once but now we must win all 3 as far as I’m concerned and Gerrard has Lennon’s number

Supposed to be our biggest season and it’s nothing but shambolic.

21 Nov 2020 17:52:27
The only way we have a chance of turning this around is a new manager and coaching team. Has to happen immediately.

21 Nov 2020 17:57:50
Agree with all above posts. When NL publicly hangs his captain out to dry (rightly or wrongly) u know his time is well and truly up. After Sevco shambles he should have been out. Too late now, no chance of making up that gap with this team.

21 Nov 2020 18:01:43
Lennon should have been gone weeks ago! Take your pick after what pathetic performance or result! Ferencvaros at home sevco at home Sparta Prague at home! Zero shots on goal in a derby,4 goals going on 8 against Sparta reserves! This will continue to get worse lads, make no mistake about that! We’ve made a rite can't of this season and it’s time for change now! Bring a new man in and give him time to have a good look at things going into next season!

21 Nov 2020 20:14:54
the fans on here are all in a panic that is why they all say sack lennon if we do who comes in think about it if the one they want is aready out of a job he can not be any better than lennon and if he is in a job and doing well he will not want to come to celtic and anybody whose team are doing badly who will want them. it is along way to go get behind the team like real celtic fan the last thing is to change horses in midstream it is not even mid season we will come good hh.

21 Nov 2020 10:49:09
Cmon the hoops hard shift today we need to win every ball every second ball don't give em a chance to breath. time for the players to earn a bit of praise know its going to be tough but get in about them hh🍀🍀🍀.

21 Nov 2020 14:20:30
It’s time to start going through the gears.
Celtic should win if we stop inviting pressure on ourselves by constantly giving away set pieces.

21 Nov 2020 15:23:06
It's been so long since I enjoyed watching us play a full 90 minutes of the type of football we enjoyed last season; it's well overdue!

21 Nov 2020 07:39:06
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