Lennon claims swings “not normal”

Funny how they've never had a lift on European nights in the last 10 years ,and don't forget how many titles would they have won if The Rangers were still playing ,gaurantee you not 9,total clown.
WATP
 
Badger81 said:
So he is saying they wouldn't have won the League last year if it continued BCD?

There would have been a big enough swing of points, Tommy Sherridan would have been proud of!
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This is a great point. Given their performances BCD this season, there is a huge question mark (and asterisk) as to whether they would have been able to hold off Rangers, had the league been completed last season, rather than being handed to them on a plate.
 
Modfella said:
He previously stated that they were the better side on the New Year OF game so he is clinging (pun intended) on to this as to why they are a better side than us and this is his justification for staying on as Manager.
This is nonsense they had to win the NY OF game, it was a must win for them so came out the blocks strong but after the first half they were burst and we came into it the game.
He dribbles some amount of pish and not even his own fan base are buying it anymore.
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He was still mentioning it last week how they played us off the park,if it was Gerrard saying the same you know Lennon would have some wise cracks to say in his interviews with all his cohorts laughing aimlessly at them.
 
The ramblings of a dying moron!
Their issue is the world will look in when steve Gerrard wins the legaue for the first time as a manager at senior level. They won’t be able to control the narrative and the English media will tell the truth about one horse races for the previous 9 years and no competition regardless of how sky have tried to dress it up. The media will talk about Gerrard and what he’s done in Europe with a small budget and will compare to that of a team that for 9 years done hee haw in Europe, took UEFA’s money and done nothing with it because they bigotry was their driving force ! Getting it up the Rangers rather than concentrating on progression and growing the brand, the quality of players being developed. But no, at every turn was about sticking the boot into Rangers. Yet Gerrard and his team have worked hard to create this season, to do well every year in Europe. That’s the story and that’s the one proper journalists will write. Not some pish stained trebles won with a Republican woman threatening thug at the helm. Nobody cares Neil. Nobody cares Liewell.
 
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Forsyth and lennon have been on a mutual love-in for 20 years.

Nothing the deranged lennon says will ever be challenged by his equally deranged pet writer/apologist.

File under "bat-shit crazy".
 
He's creeping towards not so subtle hints of cheating, another few negative results and we'll get there. His only tactic is to create a siege mentality, less useful of course when those inside are not your biggest fans anymore
 
Aye, the crowds lifted the team to another level whilst getting a 13-1 hammering from PSG ...Lie, deflect, repeat.
 
This piece is about trying to convince the "faithful" fans to renew because they are pure needed by the scum nothing else panic about boycott by their GFITW is starting as they have obviously privately conceded the title
 
He must have seen the photos of the 9 guys at Ibrox and thought it was unfair they only have Juan guay supporting them
 
I laughed when he said Man U weren't 30 points better (as that was the swing). They might not be, but they could be 15 points better with liverpool 15 points worse!
 
Swings and roundabouts spring to mind. For a man that's going to be sacked for failing to do his job he doesn't half have a high opinion of himself.
 
They keep telling us that their players can't perform so well when there are no fans in the ground.

They also constantly claim their players are so much better than every other team's.

If they're really as good as they claim, how come they can't perform in an empty stadium?
 
cambridgeblue said:
Lurgan bigot making digs at teams that have improved this season...


www.telegraph.co.uk

Celtic look to keep slim hopes of 10th consecutive title alive as bottom club Hamilton visit Celtic Park

Neil Lennon sees parallels between Celtic and Liverpool, who have suffered a 30 point swing to Premier League leaders Manchester United
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Celtic look to keep slim hopes of 10th consecutive title alive as bottom club Hamilton visit Celtic Park​

Neil Lennon sees parallels between Celtic and Liverpool, who have suffered a 30 point swing to Premier League leaders Manchester United


As Neil Lennon contemplated what have been the best and worst of times in his managerial career, he cited a tale of two cities by way of mitigation. The Celtic manager – whose players are at home to Hamilton tonight – supervised the completion of a fourth successive domestic treble by winning the deferred 2020 Scottish Cup final against Hearts last month, but defeat by Rangers in the New Year Old Firm derby eroded the already slim chance that the Hoops could achieve the 10th successive championship their supporters so ravenously desired.

The team’s subsequent warm-weather training trip to Dubai was rendered toxic by political point-scoring and the discovery that Christopher Jullien had tested positive for Covid-19, forcing Lennon, his assistant manager and 13 players to self-isolate during games against Hibs and Livingston, both of which were drawn. A further tied meeting with Livingston last week means that Celtic have yet to record a victory this year.

That said, the malaise affecting the team has been evident all season and Lennon suggested a parallel between events in the east end of Glasgow and at Liverpool, where the relationship between club and fans is regarded as similarly symbiotic. “I’m watching with interest how Liverpool are going,” Lennon said.
“There is a 30-point swing between them and Manchester United from this time last year. Now that’s not normal - it’s just not normal. Manchester United have improved but not to the extent of it being a 30-point swing.”

“Listen, I would not have enjoyed this season as a player. You thrive on the atmosphere. It brings the best out in you. We’ve talked for years of the European nights at Celtic Park where it lifted us to another level. The players have been bereft of that.”


“It’s not the total explanation but it is a part of it that there has been a flatness that comes from the lack of energy, atmosphere, rawness that normally the players would pick up on.”
Asked if that absence might have had the biggest effect on incoming players who have never experienced a full house on a high-octane occasion at Celtic Park, Lennon said: “The Celtic support is a huge selling point when you are bringing players in, especially players from a different environment, culture and way of playing football.

“They can’t go to a restaurant, can’t go for a coffee, be anywhere. It is just training ground or home. Some clubs have adapted better to it, some clubs haven’t and have clearly suffered and we are definitely one of those clubs that have.”

Without the allure and motivation of ravenous crowds and amidst a campaign that has unravelled for the defending champions, some Celtic players evidently had enough early in the proceedings, but Jeremie Frimpong was not believed to be amongst them until Tuesday, when it was revealed that the 20-year-old Dutch defender was abroad in talks - believed to be with Bayer Leverkusen - and that the Parkhead club had accepted a healthy offer for an individual who wanted out.
“This has been in the offing for the past couple of months,” Lennon said. “We offered the player talks for a new deal but he made it clear that he wanted to leave, despite our best efforts to keep him.”
“I feel a bit let down because we felt we could progress him further and we offered him a new deal which would have kept him here for another two or three years but it was down to the player’s personal ambition.”
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Neil the simple truth is you have a crap team and you are a crap manager.
 
The straw clutching continues and Lennon reminds you of a street salesman
flogging crap. Even the loonies have rumbled and they're not buying.
Enjoy the rest of your miserable existence ! Think of the money you have rinsed
from the hoards as a consolation.
 
Bitter Lemon saying Liverpool and Celtic missing their fans is causing their bad seasons ? Wow ...Liverpool are only 7pts off the top of a very competitive Premiership this season . Turn arounds happen in football ...Souness and O’Neill proved that in their very first seasons here !! Suck it up Neil , you made a rip roaring kunt of it while Gerrards got Rangers flying !!!
 
Utter tripe from the Lurgan Bigot. All clubs and incoming players have had to deal with exactly the same restrictions.

In fact you could say Celtic have had an advantage over others in the league as they were able to use thier influence to go on holiday for a week as a squad.
 
cambridgeblue said:
Lurgan bigot making digs at teams that have improved this season...


www.telegraph.co.uk

Celtic look to keep slim hopes of 10th consecutive title alive as bottom club Hamilton visit Celtic Park

Neil Lennon sees parallels between Celtic and Liverpool, who have suffered a 30 point swing to Premier League leaders Manchester United
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk


Celtic look to keep slim hopes of 10th consecutive title alive as bottom club Hamilton visit Celtic Park​

Neil Lennon sees parallels between Celtic and Liverpool, who have suffered a 30 point swing to Premier League leaders Manchester United


As Neil Lennon contemplated what have been the best and worst of times in his managerial career, he cited a tale of two cities by way of mitigation. The Celtic manager – whose players are at home to Hamilton tonight – supervised the completion of a fourth successive domestic treble by winning the deferred 2020 Scottish Cup final against Hearts last month, but defeat by Rangers in the New Year Old Firm derby eroded the already slim chance that the Hoops could achieve the 10th successive championship their supporters so ravenously desired.

The team’s subsequent warm-weather training trip to Dubai was rendered toxic by political point-scoring and the discovery that Christopher Jullien had tested positive for Covid-19, forcing Lennon, his assistant manager and 13 players to self-isolate during games against Hibs and Livingston, both of which were drawn. A further tied meeting with Livingston last week means that Celtic have yet to record a victory this year.

That said, the malaise affecting the team has been evident all season and Lennon suggested a parallel between events in the east end of Glasgow and at Liverpool, where the relationship between club and fans is regarded as similarly symbiotic. “I’m watching with interest how Liverpool are going,” Lennon said.
“There is a 30-point swing between them and Manchester United from this time last year. Now that’s not normal - it’s just not normal. Manchester United have improved but not to the extent of it being a 30-point swing.”

“Listen, I would not have enjoyed this season as a player. You thrive on the atmosphere. It brings the best out in you. We’ve talked for years of the European nights at Celtic Park where it lifted us to another level. The players have been bereft of that.”


“It’s not the total explanation but it is a part of it that there has been a flatness that comes from the lack of energy, atmosphere, rawness that normally the players would pick up on.”
Asked if that absence might have had the biggest effect on incoming players who have never experienced a full house on a high-octane occasion at Celtic Park, Lennon said: “The Celtic support is a huge selling point when you are bringing players in, especially players from a different environment, culture and way of playing football.

“They can’t go to a restaurant, can’t go for a coffee, be anywhere. It is just training ground or home. Some clubs have adapted better to it, some clubs haven’t and have clearly suffered and we are definitely one of those clubs that have.”

Without the allure and motivation of ravenous crowds and amidst a campaign that has unravelled for the defending champions, some Celtic players evidently had enough early in the proceedings, but Jeremie Frimpong was not believed to be amongst them until Tuesday, when it was revealed that the 20-year-old Dutch defender was abroad in talks - believed to be with Bayer Leverkusen - and that the Parkhead club had accepted a healthy offer for an individual who wanted out.
“This has been in the offing for the past couple of months,” Lennon said. “We offered the player talks for a new deal but he made it clear that he wanted to leave, despite our best efforts to keep him.”
“I feel a bit let down because we felt we could progress him further and we offered him a new deal which would have kept him here for another two or three years but it was down to the player’s personal ambition.”
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These swings are generally normal. There is a big article in The Times today (not the glasgow one) re the EPL it is amazing the swings seen throughout football history.
 
I encourage this, for as long as they are blaming the weather, referees, a change in carbon monoxide levels in the atmosphere etc etc they aren't facing up to the harsh reality that we are now a very well run club who've improved massively. Long may their demented attempts to say black is white continue.

A very special thanks to enablers like Forsyth for keeping the myth going. A non-intentional boost for a return to Rangers dominance.
 
Points swings require one team to really kick on and have a great season... and the other to utterly collapse.

The slump of Rangers in 2000/01 season and the lift that O’Neill brought to the Bheggars was a comparable scenario.
Lennon played in that Celtic team and well placed to make the comparison if he wasn’t determined to spin a, “poor me” line... again.

Edit: Just looked it up. Rangers 21 points ahead in 99/00 and then Celtic 15 ahead in 00/01... that’s a 36 point swing (unless I’m not understanding the point)... it happens when one team finds everything click into place and the other has a shocking season.
 
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Getting chucked into the bottom tier of football wasn't normal.
Taking 10 years to rebuild from top to bottom wasn't normal.
Rangers being top of the Scottish League?
Well, that's pretty normal actually.
They're not normally as sh1te as this season, that's their problem and nobody else's.
 
I love that he believes this. Their board must share the same view.

Their fans aren't buying his nonsense anymore and just sitting back watching it all is glorious.
 
Has anyone heard his responses to all journalists? Not just press conference, but pre match and post match to Clyde reporter, Radio Scotland reporter etc.

He sounds like he could snap and become violent any moment, and the pundits in studio laugh it off as "we know Lenny has passion!"
 
Does he actually think that his team are as good as the Liverpool team of last season ( or this season for that matter ) ? FFS

Of course the intrepid Roddy hasn't pulled him up on that one.

“Listen, I would not have enjoyed this season as a player. You thrive on the atmosphere. It brings the best out in you. We’ve talked for years of the European nights at Celtic Park where it lifted us to another level. The players have been bereft of that.”
The above paragraph appeared in quotation marks - Neic using words like bereft ??? Naawww
 
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