MARK WILSON has backed up his old manager Neil Lennon after a weekend of more dropped points and just two ins in eight.

The SSB pundit came to the conclusion that the players are ‘soft’ and can’t take criticism when Neil dishes to ut either in the dressing room or in front of a camera.

The former defender spoke about Neil Lennon hammering him and his teammates after a rough game and they would all take it on the chin and move forward as a team. Wilson thinks the players aren’t responding in the same way and they don’t like the flak the manager is sending their way.

Speaking on SSB as cited by RecordSport, Wilson harkened back to his conversation with another former Celt, Paddy McCourt: “The thing that is quite alarming is that it’s not the first time Neil has come out after a game and mentioned about the players.

“Today it’s the attitude of the players, other times it’s just not good enough.

“I was speaking to Paddy McCourt the other day and he made a good point.

” Neil Lennon was often very vocal in his post-match assessment of us and would often hammer us but we took it on the chin and went out the next week and performed.”This team seem to be, and Neil mentioned it, soft.

“They don’t seem to deal with the criticism, whether it comes from outside or the manager, particularly well and that would be a concerning thing if you’re a Celtic fan.”

The concerning thing for the supporters is the manger looks bereft of a Plan A never mind B or C. If the players aren’t buying into what Lennon is putting down on the training field when the criticism comes, it’s likely to fall on deaf ears.

Players can take criticism and will be in that dressing room sharing the blame but the manager and his cronies in the media are simply protecting him. Had this been Ronny Deila, Wilson would be nowhere near that player analogy and would be all over the manager’s ability to get his team organised.

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