To have done what he has against a team who are more expensively assembled than our entire squad (and we all know how big both squads are) and with a large number of deadwood within our squad who make little or no contribution to the team (Loovens for example who may play but offers nothing) is nothing short of remarkable.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Our opponents are not the skint little souls they are made out to be. The evil Llloyds bank allowed them a 8 million pound spend this summer (for the first time partly based on their income from 2 transfers not the get now pay later schemes they have operated under for decades).<\/p>\n
Their Strikeforce is more expensive than ours (albeit Lafferty is a big walking, lumbering cretin)
Their midfield is more experienced and cost more than ours.
Their defence is the same – cost more than ours.
Go player for player and do the Math.
Only Scott Brown cost any money in the Celtic team of any note.<\/p>\n
We bought cheap and have more value in our squad but the truth is their spending has enabled them to beat the SPL dross more effectively than our live within our means spending.<\/p>\n
But it is only one season for Neil Lennon and to lose 5 games and some people want to give him stick simply doesn\u2019t wash for me. He made mistakes by selecting Maloney and being too lightweight against the tractor boys who don\u2019t play football, they are hoof and hope but this is Scotland and that is what works \u2013 but his hand was forced \u2013 Ledley is out and that caused the problem \u2013 that is why the wee waste of space was back in and make no mistake, that wee guy should be booted out of the club \u2013 another present from the Strachan regime \u2013 a waste of money on a guy who had one good season and whose real name is sicknote.<\/p>\n
I said this last night and I\u2019ll say it again. In cleaning up Mowbray\u2019s mess, Lennon has shown that he can very quickly identify weak links and dispose of them from the team. WE are still paying for January 09 and the disaster of Mowbray. We have had no closure and we need this cup to give Neil and the team the springboard to the new season.<\/p>\n
Neil\u2019s job from here on in contains the following requirements:<\/p>\n
1. Go until the last game with the team and see what happens
2. WIN THAT BLOODY CUP AT ALL COSTS against another wee rat faced cheat whose team lay down and will not lie down next Sunday proving what we all knew and know \u2013 animal protection society in operation
3. Remove ALL of the following players from the Squad<\/p>\n
Cervi \u2013 never going to do
Zaluszka \u2013 time come and gone
Hinkel \u2013 for wages alone and he is off anyway
Cha \u2013 first half decent offer
J. Thompson \u2013 will never cut it
Loovens \u2013 anywhere please God
Hooiveld \u2013 Copenhagen willing to pay 1.5M
McGinn \u2013 some championship team \u2013 500,000
Maloney \u2013 tear his contract up \u2013 never fit long enough and too cowardly
Rasmussen \u2013 some club in Denmark \u2013 1.2M
Murphy \u2013 3 goals and little else \u2013 move on to somewhere in England 500,000 or less
Samaras \u2013 first decent offer
Ki \u2013 generate funds \u2013 2M \u2013 get our money back<\/p>\n
Now that\u2019s 13 players and they need to go from the wage bill and from that they will generate decent money.<\/p>\n
4. Retain Kayal at any cost unless a bid of 15 million comes in.<\/p>\n
5. Retain Izzaguirre if possible, if not sell for a huge profit \u2013 remember he may only be a one season wonder.<\/p>\n
6. Fix the defence and get a real keeper not a chicken like Forster (don\u2019t go to Newcastle for keepers \u2013 that is daft). Also get height and pace into the defence.<\/p>\n
7. 1 midfield play maker required.<\/p>\n
8. 1 powerful striker who can head the ball and hold up play required with height.<\/p>\n
9. Get us through Euro qualifiers for the Europa League (more likely than CL either way).<\/p>\n
10. Do not quit.<\/p>\n
Be under no illusions, Neil has done a great job cleaning up other people\u2019s messes and has brought us closer than we were last season and for that, we must stick with him and see it through. He has made mistakes but he done more things right than wrong.<\/p>\n
He is one of us, we are the same as he is. We all share his feelings for the club and we will be back. WE just can\u2019t get enough and we know it. No matter how much we complain, we won\u2019t leave the club we love alone for very long.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not feeding anyone garbage here, just being realistic.<\/p>\n
We have seen how Scottish football acts towards us \u2013 with extreme hostility and we are stronger for it.<\/p>\n
We may not win the league but we can and I believe will win this cup and we need to for all our sakes. Come on Neil and come on Celtic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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