bennett Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, Drew Brees said: Sutton nails it again. Neil Lennon and Celtic haven’t been handed the title. They won it themselves on the pitch. Anyone who argues differently on that score basically doesn’t know that much about football or is choosing to ignore the truth. Celtic won 26 out of 30 league games. If they had been able to finish the season, the chances are they would have extended their lead to about 20 points never mind being hauled back and caught by a Rangers team who had fallen to bits. These are the facts. Comments to the contrary are just grandstanding. An asterisk? Don’t be so disrespectful to Lennon or downright silly. The Parkhead boss came back from Dubai under extreme pressure to deliver. Lennon and his players were being asked a serious question in the title race at that midway stage with just a two-point lead over Rangers with their rivals having a game in hand. His response was to regroup the squad, rip up the system and go for a new-look dynamic 3-5-2 set-up and trust his serial winners to do what they do. The result of doing these things delivered the response to the challenge. Twelve domestic victories and one draw from 13 games. That two-point lead was extended to a 13-point lead in a timescale of less than two months through some splendid form at the business end of the season when their rivals couldn’t cope with the heat. Be honest here. If Lennon had come back from Dubai and turned in the identical domestic results that Steven Gerrard produced across the city, he would have been fighting for his job. If Lennon had dropped 13 points in five games to Hearts, Hamilton, Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Aberdeen to fall 11 behind Rangers, he probably wouldn’t have survived. But the fact of the matter is he didn’t. He built on a strong first half to the season and ensured that the destination of the title was beyond doubt. Lennon’s team were absolutely flying at the time of the Covid-19 stoppage. If anyone has a reasoned argument on how Celtic were going to collapse and squander such a healthy lead because a wobbling Ibrox team also suddenly rediscovered their form and won nine straight games, I’d love to hear it. I have heard plenty of unreasonable ones so far but nothing which makes any sense. I’ve been speaking to a few of my old team-mates this week and we all agreed on one thing. If I was a Rangers player right now, I’d be absolutely raging. Not at the SPFL clubs or the decision to end the season but the fact they allowed Celtic to run away from them. I’m not sure any season could ever be null and voided after 30 games, regardless of the monetary aspects which make it an absolute no-go in any case. But this would have been far tougher for anyone to make a call upon had Rangers managed to stay in the race. Look at Holland. Ajax and AZ were level on points. It was going to be done on goal difference. You can understand how that would have been unfair on the losers there. But in France it was relatively simple. Paris Saint-Germain were 12 points clear and the whole nation knew they were the best team. It is the same situation in Scotland. If Rangers had been a couple of points behind still they’d have had a solid case. Instead, they were blown away. They fell apart as Celtic got stronger. Anyone suggesting to the contrary is blinded by bias. Celtic were posed a question and they came up with the goods. The big players produced big performances when they were required to put the issue to bed, while their nearest challengers lost their way. Europe was a mixed bag. The Champions League exit to Cluj was disappointing because that was a team that they really could and perhaps should have beaten and it was the same with the Europa League exit to Copenhagen. Yet in between Lennon’s men became the first to win a game in Italy as they topped a devilish group. It was ups and downs. As for the domestic cup competitions, unblemished. Through to the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup with the Betfred Cup already tucked in the cabinet for a fourth straight term. Having listened to the postscript over recent months and rhetoric coming from Ibrox, I realise it was the most one-sided game through Rangers domination since Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0. There’s just one problem with all of that talk. The trophy ended up leaving Hampden on the Celtic team bus headed back for the party at Parkhead. Cup ties are about winning, aren’t they? The Premiership though is the bread and butter,and Celtic stormed it. Two defeats in 30 games is worthy of any success and Lennon’s team were dynamic at times in the early and latter parts of the campaign, in particular. In winning those 26 out of 30 games, they hammered 89 goals. For context, last term when they won their eighth successive title, they only scored 77. And that was with the eight extra games. They proved on the park they are Scotland’s best team. And no one gave them their ninth-straight title. They won it. The celtic view? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 The celtic view?Probably most sane peoples view 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 18 hours ago, bennett said: The celtic view? So you disagree with what was said? Even your own manager came out slagging his own players after a series of games in which you couldn't beat Scottish opponents. To to be serious title contenders you need to do what Celtic do, then beat them as well, not just play well against Celtic twice a season. 17 hours ago, Drew Brees said: Probably most sane peoples view I'd go along with this. Celtic are the best team in Scotland by a mile. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 55 minutes ago, tree house tam said: So you disagree with what was said? Even your own manager came out slagging his own players after a series of games in which you couldn't beat Scottish opponents. To to be serious title contenders you need to do what Celtic do, then beat them as well, not just play well against Celtic twice a season. I'd go along with this. Celtic are the best team in Scotland by a mile. The second sentence " they won it themselves on the pitch", with 9 games still to play that's a rather silly thing to say as nothings been won or lost yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, bennett said: The second sentence " they won it themselves on the pitch", with 9 games still to play that's a rather silly thing to say as nothings been won or lost yet. Do you agree that Celtic are by far the best team in Scotland? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 hour ago, bennett said: The second sentence " they won it themselves on the pitch", with 9 games still to play that's a rather silly thing to say as nothings been won or lost yet. You asked if I agreed with the celtic views article, I pointed out an inaccuracy in the second sentence. They haven't won it. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmc80 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 You asked if I agreed with the celtic views article, I pointed out an inaccuracy in the second sentence. They haven't won it.Bennet, are you an member of parliament? If you are not then you should think about a career change. Your ability to avoid answering a question by any means possible is an artform. Its extremely impressive and horrendously irratating in equal measure. A strong torrie government needs more bullshiters like you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 I can see it now, next year Celtic on the cusp on the never before done 10 in a row and somewhere in a bedsit Bennett tries to create Covid 20 with tears streaming down his face. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Magnifique. [emoji632] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 14 hours ago, bennett said: The second sentence " they won it themselves on the pitch", with 9 games still to play that's a rather silly thing to say as nothings been won or lost yet. It will be tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I won't be celebrating anything until this title is confirmed by the advertising standards authority confirm it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 10 hours ago, kingjoey said: It will be tomorrow. They'll be gifted a title rather than winning a title. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie67 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 They'll be gifted a title rather than winning a title.Remember when your old club cheated to win 5 league titles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, bennett said: They'll be gifted a title rather than winning a title. That could Stevie G’s dressing room comments after just about every game this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressball Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, bennett said: They'll be gifted a title rather than winning a title. So you’re confident of overcoming a a 13 point and 25 goal head start over the course of 9 games? You’re requiring Celtic to lose 5 games to be able to go first, or to draw 7 of their remaining games whilst you win all 9 of yours. Celtic have lost 2 and drawn 2 from 30. Rangers have lost 4 and drawn 4 from 29. You have to be absolutely foaming at the mouth to cling to that. Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s ever going to happen. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco30 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Laps up the statements from the bears and shouts from the rooftops till hes blue in the face. Silly silly ***. They'll be gifted a title rather than winning a title. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 They'll be gifted a title rather than winning a title.They were gifted the title when Rangers failed to beat Accies at home.Amazing turnaround considering Rangers won the league in December. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky67 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Champions again, 9 in a row confirmed. Not a mention of an asterisk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastecoatwilly Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 For me winning in Italy was the best moment in the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Grudging congratulations to Celtic. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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