LEIGH GRIFFITHS has hit out at the Celtic critics following the hugely disappointing exit from the Champions League against a bang average AEK Athens side on Tuesday night, which followed on from the defeat at Tynecastle last weekend.
“It does say it all about the standards set here,” the Celtic number 9 observed.
“People will jump on that bandwagon that Celtic’s in crisis, blah, blah, blah. But it’s been two losses on the bounce for the first time since the manager took charge.
“That’s over two years now. As disappointed as we are to be going out of the Champions League, that’s not bad, is it?
“Does that not say it all about us as a squad? Yes, people might jump on it and say the squad’s not good enough and everything else.
“But it’s still the bulk of the squad that won the double treble which is an incredible feat.
“We’ve not had this kind of disappointment in a while and it’s hard to take.
“Given circumstances, the things surrounding the club at the moment, everyone seems to be saying there’s a bad spirit with the manager and the board and everything else.
“But all I can say is that everyone is still together. We’re fighting for the same cause.
“Yes, we’ve had two bad results. But we need to pick ourselves up. As players, we need to stick together, get back on the training pitch, work hard and recover well. We’ve got a busy couple of weeks coming up.”
And on the Boyata situation, Griffiths gave the collective view, as already given by Craig Gordon this morning.
Meanwhile Griffiths’ fellow Celtic striker Moussa Dembele could be the subject of a bid from French side Marseille over the next 48 hours, although the sums quoted are unlikely to be acceptable to Celtic – you would think! Read about that HERE.
