Jay Emmanuel Thomas gave Livingston an equaliser out of nowhere as Celtic’s defence frailties were exposed once again. Ryan Christie lost a 50/50 before a cross in front of the face of goal allowed the unmarked JET to tap the ball in.
Shane Duffy slid across the turf in anticipation of the earlier shot but by doing so he allowed Emmanuel Thomas a tap-in at the back post.
Celtic went ahead through Nir Bitton after Moi Elyounoussi restored parity as Celtic were forced to come from 1-0 down. The first Livi goal also came from some poor Celtic defending.
Ten in a row can still be done – ten games in a row dropping points.
Why the hell do Lennon and Lawwell not act responsibly?
Well done to Sky Sports for the unbiased, slick, professional commentary on tonight’s match. It sounded like they hired a couple of the ball boys from Livingston FC.
Livingston were lucky not to be 4-1 down at halftime. For me it was a penalty against Duffy in the first half and Ajer should have scored. In addition I don’t think there was much in it when Scot Brown was sent off. Maybe the snow impaired Mr Collum’s view. I could hardly see the ball and couldn’t see any of the lines on the substandard plastic pitch. I’ve stuck by Neil Lennon all the way and still do. I think he’s had absolutely no luck this season. I think the player’s have let him down on several occasions. I think the board (i.e. Peter Lawell) and Nicky Hammond for the most part have let him down with recruitment.
Let’s face it, the “powers that be” have decided that there’s no way Celtic are getting 10 in a row. The Sevco fans and the Masonic lodge members would start a civil war if we did and I knew that before a ball was kicked this season.
I don’t think that even with the customery collapse at Sevco which I’m sure will come and there’s already been signs of their bottle crashing that they won’t win their first ever Premier League title now.
We’ve been spoiled with success upon success for the last nine years and I don’t think the witch hunt against Neil Lennon is justified.
Don’t blame Neil Lennon, blame the board and make your point by not renewing your season ticket (and your Sky Sports subscription).
In addition I think Neil Lennon was right to talk about the hipocracy of the Scottish Government and the media.
Have we all forgotten that two of their high ranking members had to be removed from office for breaching lockdown laws. These people held senior positions in public office and should be setting an example.
However, on the first instance Nicola Sturgeon tried to defend the two time offender and only did a U turn and sacked her after bowing to public pressure. I think they learned their lesson when then second one committed more serious/dangerous multiple offences. Were all the people they could have infected successfully tracked/traced.?How John Swinney can be “lost for words” shows what a short/selective memory politicians have.
Hipocracy is it not? You bet it is?. You are 100% correct Neil absolutely 100% correct and anyone who says that it’s not is a liar plain and simple.
I have been a long time SNP voter but if any other socialist party leader (i.e. Labour) appoint a leader that is for independence I would be torn between them because I think Nicola Sturgeon has done a good job in difficult circumstances to manage the pandemic in Scotland despite being unable to control her own employees who should know better than anyone.
Celtic have in general shown great professionalism in setting and following protocols. The Bolingoli fiasco was dealt with quickly and appropriately. No-one at Celtic defended his actions and he was shipped out. Neil Lennon was rightly livid with what he had done and the problems he has caused the team in this important season.
The trip to Dubai was ill advised perhaps but Neil Lennon could not take his squad to Dubai without Peter Lawell’s authorisation and they did so with the Scottish Government’s consent. So it was right that he should be the one apologizing if one was needed. The photos may show small lapses in social distancing but there has been no social distancing in every single game of football played since the pandemic hit us. Taking goal celebrations and dressing room sizes out of the equation, players are still coming into contact with other players constantly throughout every game. No masks ….nothing.
Neil Lennon is right to use the Scotland squad’s celebration conga as an example and call it hipocracy because that’s what it is. Again 100% accurate. He’s simply telling the truth.
On the team’s performance this season there have been many things that have worked against our manager who is a Celtic legend as a player and a manager (younger less knowledgeable spoiled Celtic fans take note). The three main problems for me Iis that several players heads have been turned by transfer speculation. I have no doubt that Neil Lennon would have been quick to point this out to the board who should have been well aware anyway and in turn have failed him by not recruiting the right talent to provide competition and/or fill in for these positions. I’m talking about defence and attack. When was last time Eduoard had a decent game. How does Neil Lennon deal with that? Play an unfit overweight Griffiths, an unfit/injured Ajeti or Klimala who couldn’t hit a barn door? In defence Ajer is constantly linked with other clubs but has not been the worst offender and has not suddenly stopped playing like others have and Julien is now out with a long term injury. Duffy has shown he’s not all what he was cracked up to be. Elhamed is out and Bitton can be a bit of a liability. The only good signings gave been Sorro (well done) and Turbull who was an absolute no brainer as he was right in front of their noses as was McGinn who loves Celtic and wanted to play for us but we missed out on him big time because of Peter Lawell’s penny pinching tactics. Perhaps if he had let Rogers get his man then he might still be our manager. Perhaps Rogers is deliberately trying to unsettle a number of our players this season as an act of revenge knowing how much this season means to every Celtic fan including those who immediately turned on him and couldn’t see the bigger picture. Leicester haven’t actually put an offer on the table for any of the players linked with a move to his new club who are currently top of the English Premiership.
Perhaps and more likely it’s just the media causing trouble to get a few headlines. Maybe it’s both.
No matter what it is Peter Lawell and Nicky Hammond haven’t done their job to have a strong contingency plan in place. They should have seen this coming and dealt with it. I’m sure Neil warned them about it.
Finally it’s us!
I mean the “fans” who have turned on Lennon and dragged our club down. Baying for blood from the first result that didn’t go our way. What happened to the Celtic “supporters” who would get behind our team and lift our players. Granted we haven’t been able to get into the games this year but we’ve committed the basic mistake of turning on our manager and the players from the start and have kept doing it day in day out. We used to mock Sevco at the way they have imploded over the last few seasons after the fans got on their backs.
Who’s laughing now?
We have all but lost the dream of 10 in a row and gifted Sevco their first ever league title/cup for all the above reasons and more. But the fickle, spoiled, loudmouth fans who think they are the experts and have turned on our club have put the cherry on top.
If Lawell and his cronies take a single penny in bonuses this year we should boycott Celtic in every way until he and his cronies are sacked.
They should go now and apologize to the fans and stop treating us like mug punters who are there purely to pay for his bonus. Neill Lennon is not the problem. Peter Lawell is the ongoing and persistent, consistent offender.