DELIVERY
PREDICTION: CELTIC 2 RANGERS 2
TIME and time again.
Neil Lennon’s response was short, sharp and straight to the point. The Celtic manager is in charge of a group who have won 11 straight domestic trophies and yet, at times, their abilities are still questioned. Lennon said after the first Old Firm fixture of last season that his team were an afterthought in the build-up to the clash they won at Ibrox. When they lost to Rangers at Parkhead last December, fingers were pointed. Critics again said their domination was over. Now it’s happening again. Plunged into chaos by losing key men due to the Covid-19 crisis and also having crucial personnel injured or making their way back from knocks going into the first derby of this term, they are being put under the microscope. Lennon doesn’t listen. He isn’t interested in what people outside of Lennoxtown think. All he knows is that, when it really comes down to the crunch, his team delivers. “Time and time again,” stated the manager. It’s why Lennon has such belief in his group. It’s why he has taken the setbacks of the past fortnight and the mood music heading into today’s clash with Rangers and binned them. The Parkhead gaf fer emerged from the final training session before the big one