sheabo
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When does it usually go up? Can’t find it on BBC SoundsCheck the BBC Scotland Sportsound podcast for tonight. Started with the full interview and then slaughtered Lenton for the next 55 mins.
When does it usually go up? Can’t find it on BBC SoundsCheck the BBC Scotland Sportsound podcast for tonight. Started with the full interview and then slaughtered Lenton for the next 55 mins.
In a press conference that reached new heights in shambolic, rambling, pathetic and narcissism; this stood out as the highlight.We’ve come back and been absolutely decimated by these rules. I’m not convinced they’re a public health issue, it seems political in my opinion. Nobody has got Covid. Our protocols were perfect. We’ve been decimated the last two games.
Chunt,I've just splurged a lovely mouthful of rioja over the couch,fn brilliantl gazI think it's safe to say they're not washing their hands.
Such a brave man. Very, very brave.Hope this fire between Lennon and Lawell drags out a couple of weeks yet and they end up with Kennedy till the end of the season.
That part was comedy gold. Claims that the need to isolate was ludicrous, then is told that someone in isolation has tested positive. A great Jeremy Beadle moment.So in mid-conference the ground shifted beneath him when he was advised a second player who had been isolating had proved positive.
This of course makes a mockery of his claim that there was no need for 13 players to isolate. I suspect the reason he subsequently became so incoherent and rash during the conference is because his brain didn't want to process the implications of the 13 NOT isolating.
Another point- plenty in the media are not without blame. They've been condoning Lennon's disgraceful behaviour for years.
So brave so braveHope this fire between Lennon and Lawell drags out a couple of weeks yet and they end up with Kennedy till the end of the season.
William DafoeCan someone give me some back story to this pic please. Seen it a few times but no idea who the wee fella is that’s gone AWOL.
I'm saving this for later.You’ve talked about the protocols being perfect, would you concede they’ve not all been around the poolside and at the bar?
We were in our bubble. The players were sitting in a bar, they weren’t on top of one another. We were outside having a beer in our bubble for half an hour. This is being made out to be something it’s not. We weren’t doing a 20 man conga which was lauded by all and sundry because Scotland qualified for the Euros. Our players weren’t behaving like that at all. 80 per cent of them are teetotal so for anyone to call it a jolly is totally disrespectful to the professionalism and the way they conduct theirselves as men.
For me there was nothing wrong with the photographs, and by the way it’s illegal to take a photographs in Dubai without someone’s consent. However we weren’t hiding anything, we weren’t up to anything, we were out there sitting there on our day off having travelled all through the night. Again, that’s our problem and not anyone else’s, but it’s impossible to do any training the next day, so they were given some down time like they all were. This has been a stick to beat us with these photographs and it’s completely preposterous.
There should have been 2m social distancing, John Kennedy slip ups
Not everything was perfect but show me anyone who is doing the right things. For example, when we played Hibs we had to bus six players in two buses because we were told now that is the way it has to be. Three people on a 52 seater bus. That has not been going on throughout the season.
We have been going to away grounds where we are cramped in like sardines. Boxing Day at Hamilton there was no social distancing there, there was no physical distancing. It is inconsistent. Protocols of different clubs are inconsistent. We go to St Johnstone all crammed into a little dressing room. Inconsistent.
As soon as Celtic are deemed to do something wrong then bang. You are all wanting blood. It is absolutely scandalous.
It’s not so much a bloodlust
That’s your opinion? Not from where I’m sitting.
The chief exec has already apologised and you’ve said it’s warranted
I’m only apologising because unfortunately we had one player pick it up. We have to look at that and see what happened. My apology is to the fans because 13 players and 3 staff had to isolate for 10 days which is ludicrous. I’m not apologising for anything else. I’m not apologising for going out there and training for a week. I’m not apologising for the players having a day off.
Is there an apology due to a wider section than just the clubs fans?
To who?
To other clubs, to the population at large who had to stay behind here, to any reputational damage it’s done in the eyes of the government?
What reputational damage has it done? Compared to Raith Rovers, compared to Hamilton, compared to Kilmarnock, compared to Motherwell, compared to Aberdeen? What damage has it done?
Well the first minister and her deputy have said the trip shouldn’t happen?
Why didn’t they stop us from going then? We flew out on the Saturday, the country went into full lockdown on the Monday. You can’t tell me the government didn’t know that we were going into full lockdown before we flew out on the Saturday?
Was the risk going to outweigh the reward?
That’s alright in hindsight. At the time we felt it was worth it. You sit there pontificating to me like the rest of you all are. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. We did everything we possibly could do avoid any damage. But like I say, we’ve been held to a higher standard. There’s no leniency at all. We sent pictures of the plane, pictures of the bus, everything social distancing but it appears it wasn’t good enough for some government officials.
In terms of the review of your position, has it happened?
You need to ask the board that.
Reports you are to continue until the end of the season?
Well that’s great news for me then isn’t it.
That’s not correct, you’ve not heard that?
No.
Is the positive test from someone self-isolating?
It’s from someone self-isolating.
Are you disputing that you should have been without that many players?
Yes.
On the plane they were saying you had to isolate if you were two seats forward or two seats back, which wasn’t the case. We were told it was three metres.
Is it inaccurate?
I disagree with and I’m not convinced that was what we were led to believe. On the buses, the way we’ve been travelling and the way every team has been travelling up and down the country, now - the way the government has set out the protocols since we’ve come back, you can only have three on the bus out of a 52 seater.
We played Hibs and we had six players who couldn’t drive so we had to bus them. We couldn’t put all six on one bus. We had to get two busses to take six players. That would have meant in Dubai, we would needed 20 buses. If that’s the case, every team in the country is breaking protocols.
You feel as if the goalposts are moved?
100 percent.
Is there an issue with the guidelines?
We followed the protocols and it’s backfired on us, we’ve been punished for following the protocols so for me they’re a complete waste of time.
From this new positive, any worry of self-isolating?
Everyone is negative. The whole squad is negative, bar two players. That’s remarkable, and it totally blows out the water the way the trip has been portrayed in certain quarters of the media, by certain pundits and by certain government officials as well. We did not abuse any 'privilege', we did the right things, we were totally professional. We had a little drink in the afternoon on a day off, completely allowed, no law breaking. Yet we come back to this barrage of absolute hypocrisy."
Surely they could sack him for industrial misconduct if that interview wasn’t officially approved?I think that's been sorted out, Liewell will want him gone, especially after todays madness.
On tomorrow's episode of Soap.....has wanker walker hit back yet
How can they NOT sack him tomorrow? He has just told the country that social distancing rules are in his opinion a pile of pish and politically motivated! As well as the several incorrect statements, personal abuse of Walker etc etc....If Clerr was thinking of letting them off the hook she better think again.....I thought the small snippets were bad but my god, he's went full right wing conspiracy theorist. He's a few weeks from shouting fake news and making masks a political issue.
Every club in Scotland will be fuming right now and surely the Scottish government will actually have to go after him. He's making light of covid protocols and claiming they are politically motivated.
A defeat on Wednesday and I can see him paid off or on gardening leave.
I think his mum died suddenly when he was at Burnley. maybe had to return south for family reasons,wrong.
not a shred of truth in this, at all.
They won't f.ucking dare, they make up most of her party ffsWatch out for the “Sellick” minded MSP questioning herr Nicola tomorrow regarding Lennys statements about contradictions.
Even 2 metres can't be far away from 12 peopleI’m sure on video he said two metres
I think that's been sorted out, Liewell will want him gone, especially after todays madness.
Not got high hopes after Livi's last game away but who knows how they'll perform at home.Hopefully livingston go for the jugular on wednesday night
bang on mate.I think his mum died suddenly when he was at Burnley. maybe had to return south for family reasons,
They would be better off with Howard Hughes.Mark Hughes being mentioned? I never heard that one over the sound of the barrel being scraped.
Liewell will be f.ucking seething at that hungover performance today.All of a sudden they want fuk all to do with him.
Shaking like a battery henHis hangover this morning must have been epic, sat shaking like a shitting dug.
Funny how every mentally challenged and his dug, went on non stop about Neic's mental health over the years, and now we have a man, obviously not quite right, probably on the Don Revie, and he's on his own. Hypocritical poet rhats. Ps, hope he stays!Sounds as if he is absolutely shit-faced!!!
Possibly. He does know where a lot of the bodies ( or skeletons in cupboards, if you like ) are buried.The only thing stopping him being sacked must be money.
Cheers mateTranscript is from Glasgow Live:
Every word of Neil Lennon's Celtic press conference
Lennon was raging when he spoke to the media.www.glasgowlive.co.uk
Until i read this transcript, i seriously thought he'd said they had been "shat at" from all sides.we’ve been shot at from all sides
Hope this fire between Lennon and Lawell drags out a couple of weeks yet and they end up with Kennedy till the end of the season.
He really will be. A few days ago liewell is trying to draw a line and cover up the shit storm with a half hearted apology and today Neic comes out and goes on the rampage.Liewell will be f.ucking seething at that hungover performance today.
It's Celtic. They let a pedophile ring grow right under their noses and still claim it's nothing to do with them. They are a club like no other, shame and decency aren't really in their nature.How can they NOT sack him tomorrow? He has just told the country that social distancing rules are in his opinion a pile of pish and politically motivated! As well as the several incorrect statements, personal abuse of Walker etc etc....If Clerr was thinking of letting them off the hook she better think again.....