NEIL LENNON has come in and had his favourites since February. The Celtic manager has wielded the axe on some of the lads who were untouchable under Brendan Rodgers – brought in his own players but also used some of Rodgers fringe men.
One of these lads is Jonny Hayes. Now before anyone gets on their high horse, I’m by no means picking on Jonny or blaming him for any particular result. The Irishman is a good hard working professional and he will give you his best when he is on the field.
However, his goal at Ibrox as gave Neil Lennon the impression he can come on and change a game when our back are against the wall. Jonny is a good player but from a technical standpoint he lags behind most of the Celtic team. For the record, I was delighted when he bagged a goal at Ibrox and thought he deserved a moment like that in a Celtic shirt.
Coming on against Hibs and Livingston the player has been ineffective with Neil Lennon trying to inject pace into the team. It’s hard to let him loose when there’re 10 men behind the ball for the last two minutes stifling any sort of runs down the flank.
When we’re in need of a little bit of magic – as much I’d want Jonny to be the guy who comes on and does it for us, I just don’t see it. There are players not getting onto the bench right now because Neil wants Jonny in his squad constantly, something he might want to asses.
He is there because he covers a lot of options for change, most folk can see that, Celtic fans moan when we drop points,I am not happy but it’s a time for everyone to get behind the manager and the team.
The manager has learned nothing in playing a defensive team, just like his side kick in john kennedy. teaching defenders there roll in football, why the fuck would you allow 4 defenders up past the 40 yards mark, away from your keeper is baffling to me and most . all this does is encourage scot brown to play back passing and nothing going forward,and no one going into the mix , they both have 11 men yet we look like the weakest of all under attack. As the middle of the park is riddled with weak work shy dodgers just to add McGregor can find a new club as he is finding passing the ball straight a problem
I’ve been watching Celtic for over 50 years, every manager has their favourites, who never seem to get dropped no matter how many mistakes they make, Bolongoli gave the ball away 3 times in the first 10 minutes, and has made errors every time I see him, why doesn’t anyone in the coaching staff see this, Greg Taylor must get a chance, Joe