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CHRIS SUTTON

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CELTIC LEGEND WRITESEXCL­USIVELYFOR­YOU EVERY WEEK is awful but it would have been even pal for the position. This is a worse if he’d taken John Kennedy and manager who has the credential­s Steve Woods with him as well. to succeed.

He doesn’t seem to be looking back He says he’ll need to finish off the but he can do his old club a favour by Treble to get the job full-time but I taking Lee Congerton with him right don’t think that’s fair. He could have away. The buck stops with the a man sent off in the first minute at manager when it comes to signings Easter Road tonight and the Scottish but the head of recruitmen­t hasn’t Cup is down the drain. produced the goods so has to follow The league, and access to the Rodgers to the exit door. Champions League, is the be all and end all and the closer he gets to completing the target the more obvious it will be he should be allowed to continue.

Make no mistake, Wednesday’s win at Tynecastle was a monumental step on the way. You could say Celtic were lucky but Lennon’s changes made a positive impact in the game and they earned their good fortune.

Hearts are a bloody awkward side at home and I was very impressed by them. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for Celtic to make a move for Uche Ikpeazu as well as the big striker must be an absolute nightmare to play

I have no doubt he’ll be gone by the end of the season but Celtic can’t afford to let him see out his time.

If Lennon is the man for now he is also the man for the future so let him get to business and allow him to get on the phone to talent spotter John Park. This is the guy who made the club fortunes by sourcing Virgil van Dijk, Victor Wanyama, Fraser Forster and Moussa Dembele. Of course there were a few stinkers but the hits more than made up for the misses.

Let Lennon put the tried and trusted group back together. This is not just an old team-mate touting his

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IN AND SCOUT Park, centre, got van Dijk, right, to Celtic and should replace Congleton HERE TO STAY Lennon is the man for the future at Celtic, not just this season

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