It’s the board, not the players, who should carry can for Euro KO
As anniversaries go, it was like should have come with a forgetting the date and rolling sigh of relief – not a blow on up for dinner at the last minute the bugle. The players knew with a bunch of flowers from the another Copenhagen goal local garage. would have torpedoed them
Getting turfed out of the completely so it required Europa League a year after Neil nerve and patience. Not a Lennon’s return as boss by bang blooming cavalry charge. average Copenhagen was the Lennon was right not to Spag Bol and silent treatment. rip into his side. They’ve won
But like most bum nights out three trophies under him with the missus, it soon gets and only lost six games in 12 forgotten when it’s back to the months. When you lose so bog standard, taking out of the few matches, inevitably the bins or trips to Aldi. ones you do lose are looked
All will be forgiven for Lennon at forensically and fans start and his men if they keep the to question selections and domestic duties ticking over tactics. and lift another couple of shiny It’s nonsense. Thursday trinkets. was down to personal and
That hasn’t stopped some collectively mentality. punters taking the huff. In the winter break Lennon
In fairness, they are in the said he wanted two more minority. Large eexperienced ppI chunks of the Celtic players on board. support see Europe It wasn’t making ddo as a bonus. The nine demands, he was and 10 is all that only stating what matters and that’s he felt he needed up to them. t to get the job dda a
You can’t say they done at home and are not in sync with abroad. the club’s board. He ended up wwu u
That’s all they seem with two doerto care about at the uppers in Patryk KKI Is moment as well. Klimala and
Which is why the Ismaila Soro. rest of them – the The fact Celtic ones who can r returned from the bba see the bigger break with such picture – shouldn’t a bang meant it wwb be pointing the wasn’t an issue finger of blame for but it became one the Copenhagen t the other night. collapse at Lennon, The 3-5-2 that Jozo Simunovic or anyone else has worked a treat has been pitchside on Thursday. every bit borne out of
Lennon was remarkably cool necessity as invention. after the game. Impressively so. Simunovic making a mess
Lenny Mark 1 would have of the backpass at the opener filleted his team. He would have wasn’t down to his fitness been driving the bus never mind struggles – but the response throwing individuals under it to it was. He should have been after his side lost the plot. busting a gut to make amends
It still boggles the mind how but he didn’t have the horsethey contrived to make such power to get back in. a mess of the tie. After halfThat’s the difference at that an-hour in the first leg, Celtic level. Celtic have been going should have had the cigars out. great guns and they could still At half-time in the return they go on to claim an incredible were comfortable. fourth Treble on the bounce.
Going behind in Benny Hill But in terms of Europe
Show style wasn’t part of the they’ve let one slip. plan but even then they should It was a missed opportunity have had enough. but in January rather than
Odsonne Edouard’s leveller Thursday night.