I wrote here some time ago that the only thing that could stop Celtic prevailing in the 10 IAR season was the Parkhead club itself.
The events of the last couple of days would seem to validate that theory.
Like any disaster scenario, certain things have to come into alignment before the calamity unfolds.
The hinge factor in this appears to have been the decision by the management team to give the players two days off after the first match of the season.
Was there a sports science reason for this call?
After the match against Kilmarnock Neil Lennon stated that his players lacked match sharpness.
Therefore, the decision to give them a 48-hour pass seems strange.
Today his anger towards his player was palpable.
However, the manager created the scenario for this shambles to happen.
It might not just be the AWOL defender who has questions to answer on this fiasco.
What Boli Bolingoli did was inescusable.
However, the two day holiday in AUGUST does appear to be inexplicable.
Since the Covid19 crisis unfolded, Celtic have been a centre of excellence for how an elite sports organisation deals with the challenges of the pandemic.
However, this is an embarrassing stain on an otherwise impeccably run club.
The Celtic statement was clear and unequivocal, and it is difficult to see a way back for the defender now.
I’m told that both Celtic Park and Lennoxtown were deep cleaned yesterday and that everyone in the club, including no football staff, has been tested since this story broke.
Most contracts of employment have a gross misconduct clause.
If this unauthorised trip to Spain does not come under that, then the Belgian’s contract was badly drafted.
The response of the Scottish Government has been measured and evidence-based.
Another infraction by any player in any club will not be tolerated.
On the football front, Celtic will not now be in league action again until Saturday 22nd August.
By then they could well be trailing in the league.
One possible scenario is that Celtic will still be playing catch up when there is a second serious spike in Covid19 cases in the winter.
Should that happen early next year, then Scotland might have to go into lockdown again.
Of course, it doesn’t require an upsurge in Coronavirus cases for football to be stopped.
All it would take is one player from any SPFL club doing what Boli Bolingoli did.
Just one.
Of course, there is precedence for calling league early based on matches played and points per game.
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To Charlie Gunn,in what way was he” stitched up”?, to bring his skin color into it is a cheap and unacceptable shot imo,he,and he alone, made his choice.
The biggest culprit here is Doncaster and the SPFL/SFA boards. The corrupt cabal knew the rules laid down to get the game started, and should have written rules stating the punishment for players and clubs should there be any indiscretion. The total lack of leadership from the minute they abandoned last season to how they have handled the Covid crisis shows they are not fit for purpose.
All games should have been forfeit and points awarded to the opposition who have followed the rules.
To simply postpone these games means there is NO punishment. Don’t forget this could have had a huge impact on getting games played and has set back getting fans in by a long way. The fact those running the league have not thought this through and laid out what would happen should players or clubs default, how can they sit there coining in huge wages to simple claim they are following instruction from clubs? Time to disband this useless mob and start again with clear rules and regs. Board members voted in every four years and they must show some leadership in times of crisis.
On my earlier point regarding who’s to blame in regard to bolingolis actions,it’s not enough to exonerate the ADULT who chose to go to Spain,despite his employers instructions,some people want to lay the blame at my clubs door,if those of that mindset would be so kind as to explain where the club failed in their duty I would appreciate it. In my opinion,he,and he alone is to blame and he should be banished.
Spot on.
It is what it is
At least it gives us the chance to get a couple of players signed
Four things I’d like to say…
1)…Bolingoli should be sacked.
2) ..Celtic FC is guilty of nothing here…NOTHING.
3) The Government’s decision is unsound…and our Club should challenge it…Why do we remain silent on these matters…?
4) Phil’s final paragraph is simplistically chilling.
I must confess to being surprised at anyone defending Bolingolis actions,do the people taking his side really believe he didn’t know he was breaking the rules?,I read arguments where it’s pointed out” he’s a young man and wasn’t thinking”,can’t say I buy that whatsoever,he’s 25 years of age,if he doesn’t know by now,how to behave during this very trying time,he never will,taking that a small step farther,if he really hasn’t grasped how serious Covid19 is yet,he may well decide to hop over to Spain again in the future.I really can’t see anyway he can be kept at the club,whether he’s sacked under employment law or paid off in full,either way,he shouldn’t be allowed near Celtic football club again.
You want him out because he is perceived as a poor player and a wage burden. If it was Kieran Tierney you’d be jumping to his defence.
It’s a scorpion move here. Left claw, Humza Yousef Justice Minister, tweets him by name (utterly indefensible) Creating public opinion and pitchfork mob. Right Claw, Police charge him and fine him. The big tail sting will be CELTIC or SPFL/SFA sacking him out the game.
A young foreign black guy in Scotland, stitched up proper. Humza a Celtic supporter too, wouldn’t be treating Keiran Tierney the same.
Ah! He’s black! So that makes it all right does it? The Griffallo is white so let’s make HIM rhe fall guy. Black? White? The only colour question here is simple. What the fuck is the colour of the sky on your planet??
This has NOTHING whatsoever to do with race, colour or creed. It’s about a grown man taking responsibility for his actions and the effects his actions could yet have on the lives of countless others. Of every colour, race and creed. For ANYONE to even think about playing the racist card on this is absolutely appalling.
Bolingoli, THE MAN, should be fired right out of the door. Along with Griffiths, THE MAN!!
Utter nonsense.
His ethnicity has absolutely nothing to do with the fact he’s a halfwit who deserves to be sacked.
The fact he’s also a poor Footballer nowhere near the standard required of a Celtic player has nothing to do with the fact he took it upon himself to break the rules and put the entire Season in Jeopardy for both Celtic and Scottish Football.
25……All the man he’s ever going to be.
It is just incredible that he gave the players two days off at the start of a season.
Last night I heard it said that the wolves manager gave his players four days off after finishing the season and then had them in every day for the europa games. One is a total professional the other is not. The players “lacked match sharpness”, now go home and rest. FFS!!! We are playing with fire with this manager in my opinion.
The SNP have a long history of disdain for football and football supporters.this is just more ammo to that animus.Told not to leave Glasgow but Bolingoli obviously thought that didnt matter.IMO he should be binned immediately.If I were a teammate I would leave him with no illlusions to his position at Celtic IE GTF.
Sturgeon puts Scottish football on its last warning.
An entire industry threatened with lockdown due to a few individuals being selfish and breaking rules.
This demonstrates how knee jerk, ill thought through and pathetic SNP is.
I know of dozens, there’s probably hundreds or thousands of offshore and onshore workers in the oil and gas industry who went to Spain and elsewhere with pals or family, have returned and went offshore or back to office. No self isolation.
Also businessmen in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Is she going to lockdown the Oil industry?
Is she going to shutdown the construction industry and others due to these businessmen?
Why is the lunatic threatening to shutdown the football industry solely????
Good Squirrel to distract from education?
Good call mate. The pub the Aberdeen players frequented is regularly filled with office people from Oil companies in Aberdeen and offshore guys before their flight the next morning to platforms.
Is she threatening shutting down oil companies in Aberdeen or offshore platforms? Or is it just football being picked on?
Bollingoli did not knowingly break rules. He didn’t know. Folks told him he could go to Spain on holiday, it was ok. The rules changed regarding Spain. I don’t even know now? Is it 14 days or ten days isolation after Spain?
He’s a very young lad, from a foreign country and doesn’t speak or read English well.
He is a well meaning victim.
Humza Youssef‘s tweet above is a disgrace. The Police charging him is a disgrace. He has been targeted and picked out. Police taking Youssef’s hint?
Was everyone on his flight audited for self isolating or did they go back to work? And the hundreds of other flights? They’re all going back to work and earning. He is being singled out!
It smacks of constructive dismissal too.
Bollingoli needs a lawyer, this criminal offence needs deleted. It is unsound.
There are few occupations where you CAN’T socially distance. Professional football is NOT one of them. That makes it different.
That should actually probably read, “professional football IS one of them. You CAN’T socially distance on a football park.
I canny believe some of you guys are sticking up for Lennon. After the Kilmarnock game he claimed Julianne was a ‘slow starter’ but still saw fit to give him to give him 2 days off in the run up to Sunday…that disnae even make sense he should be giving ‘slow starters’ 2 extra sessions. Also why did guys like Bolingoli get 2 days off when THEY PLAYED NO PART in the game against Hamilton except to warm the subs bench…were they knackered watching Edouard running aboot? I think a wee bit of arrogance was at play here with the manager “hey guys take a couple of days off we’re only playing Kilmarnock next week”. Utterly amateurish.
And here’s food for thought on how tough this season was already going to be. Last season, if we had reached the split, the randall and hopkirks would have been due to play the other 5 top 6 teams away…this season if the top 6 pans out the same way they will have them at home whereas we’ll have to play away to those teams.
I say, call the league now, be good to see Hibs as champions 😉
Wee Nicola with all her words of wisdom, is not one to criticise anyone.
We will have to wait to see the results of her handling of covid 19.
Bolingoli did a stupid thing,but so have most people,and let’s say that not everyone has adhered to lockdown rules.Bolingoli is a young man,as are the Aberdeen players,so let’s not be to judgmental.
The Scottish MSM are all over this,but ask them to do don’t real depicting on Scottish football, and they have a problem.Celtic supporters are known for giving players support,so let’s cut the young man some slack,remember we were all young at one time.
Words fail me! What bit of, “Don’t leave Glasgow.” is difficult to understand?
There is only one man to blame and that is Bolingoli. Having said that, I think Celtic should be looking at an alternative to Lennon should they go, say, 15 points behind because of the postponements and slip ups. purely for the boost a new manager can bring. What about sounding out Sarri, albeit he has just been sacked, on a two year megadeal contract? It would cost circa £10,000,000 plus but small potatoes to save the season.
I would just like to add that should Sevco be something like 15 points ahead there will be a great cry to have the season stopped early and…
Celtic were 15 points behind Rangers in the season of 2011/12 but by Christmas they went 1pt clear. The manager was Neil Lennon. The pressure on Gerrard will be immense as he is now expected to win the league given the suspension of 2 Celtic games and the possibility of being 11 clear by the time they are back. Can he handle it?
Yes, but they had Ally McCoist as manager.
You’ve hit the nail firmly and squarely on the head there.
Step forward, Typhoid Billy
Oh so you are a sports scientist now? Celtic’s medical professionals and the manager’s opinion are a bit ‘strange’. Is that an evidence based opinion or just your medically illiterate opinion?
Neil Lennon exonerated julliens awful decision making in giving away the penalty on not yet being up to speed – what more proof do you need ?
Amazed that Bolingoli is still a Celtic player this morning.
I would have thought that Bolingoli`s agents would have been more careful looking after the duck that lays the golden eggs for them. Surely they must have known what he was up to. I refuse to believe he went alone. There are always plenty of representatives around when palming off dumplings like him to gullabillies like Lennon.
And what possessed Lennon to play him for the last couple of minutes on Sunday?
The failure here is the Club’s and theirs alone !
For all the good work they apparently have done on Covid response in the stadium etc they failed to very clearly spell out the DOs and DONTs with consequences to their players
Eg Forget wee Nicola’s rules and assuming the players will comply …did they publish a set of special rules for Celtic players eg You guys are Celtic and this is very specifically what you can and can’t do in this year of all years
I suspect they did not do that
Every one of us makes mistakes and the Covid rules are very confusing especially for not very clever football players . I would forgive Griffiths and bolongoli and get them to apologise to their teammates and the fans , accept we have a mountain to climb with TRFC likely to have 11 points of a start and the Masonic cohort at Hampden waiting to pounce At our every minor discretion And ignore the TRFC crimes as we have seen already even this pre -season
Lawwel et al now must spend Everything possible they can to strengthen as best we can and then It’s ..we are where we are and all hunker down and fight to the death for 10iar
Neil Lennon in his press conference made it abundantly clear that Bolingoli defied club rules not to leave Glasgow. What more would you like him to say to help you understand that the fault is Bolingoli’s and his alone?
Utter nonsense! Did you not listen to Neil Lennon at the press conference? “We made it clear to the players they weren’t to leave Glasgow”. What part of that is so hard for you to understand that you arbitrarily decide it’s the club’s fault? Are they to provide chaperones for all playing staff now? While some of the players may well have eschewed academia in favour of a sporting career, they are, nevertheless adults and capable of understanding both what is going on nationally and internationally with regard to the Covid virus. This was a calculated and wilful act by a lone individual for his own, unknown ends. The fault is Bolingoli’s and his alone!
Nonsense? Oh dear!
Sorry but you are dreaming and Naive in the extreme
Wake up and smell the coffee!
The CEO of every organisation is responsible ultimately for the actions of his staff and organisation And having processes in place to ensure an act like this can’t happen
This is 100% the club’s fault
These are impressionable young boys
I get it that Bolingoli went rogue but it very clearly wasn’t spelt out well enough out that you book in every couple of hours From a Glasgow post code Etc or you lose your job and various other checks and balances
The club controls simply weren’t good enough and the core blame here is upstairs whatever way you cut this
We probably have better processes than All the others but in this year of all years those guys needed to know In this pandemic they behave as angels or they are gone
Law well and Lennon will deflect this on to bolongoli alone and probably fire him to deflect from their failing and you and others are sadly taking Phils famous deludamol tablets usually the preserve of the other mob
As PMG pointed out CFC did this To ourselves not bolingoli who is a young guy only in the door 10 minutes. And I’ll say with certainty As others have the rocks wouldn’t getting be tossed at Odsonne were he One of the Half wits
I’m as pissed as anyone about bolingoli but he ain’t where the bullets should be aimed
Utter, utter nonsense. You’re viewing an alternative version of reality that is getting worse, not better. I am neither dreaming nor naive. You’re the dreamer that has come up with this fantasy foolproof plan that shouldn’t be required of adults following a VERY simple instruction (that every other single player managed to follow apart from Bolingoli). Well that stable door doesn’t require bolting – the horse has already left the stable, if not the country! You are desperately trying to twist circumstances to suit your narrative that the club is at fault and I’m seriously wondering to what end? “Having processes in place to ensure an act like this can’t happen” – who are you, the player’s agent or something? You are the one who’s deflecting; defending the indefensible. I’d credit the rest of the players with the common sense they deserve (apart from Griff). Neither are they “impressionable young boys” – Bolingoli is a 25 year old man who has played professional football at home in Belgium, Austria and now Scotland. The life of a professional footballer requires a lot of discipline and he will have seen that discipline in his various clubs. It was a calculated and wilful disregard for club instructions, nothing more and nothing less. Your attempts at excusing Bolingoli’s conduct can effectively be stripped down to, “Bolingoli is a man child and the club should have held his hand to ensure he did nothing stupid”. Yeah, because real life is like that…
No point in me posting a reply to that brain dead dick. You’ve pretty much covered it there. As I posted somewhere else at 25 he’s all the man he’s ever going to be.
Phil,
I cant agree their is a problem giving the players 2 days off. They normally have a day off anyway after a game. Plenty of time to get the tactics right for Kilmarnock – Lennon simply got it wrong at Kilmarnock.
Lets talk however about the 1st ministers statement;
Ms Sturgeon said that “as a minimum, you should not be expecting to see Aberdeen or Celtic play in the coming week.”
She added: “Consider today the yellow card. The next time it will be the red card because you will leave us with absolutely no choice.”
This was simply a punishment and a statement by rh government to pressure the SFA who immeidately folded. – no players at Celtic have actually tested positive in the two recent tests they have had since Boli returned from Spain – If it wasnt simply a punishment why havent Kilmarnocks next games been cancelled. There was no need to cancel any fixtures.
I thought it was against FIFA/UEFA rules for governments to interfere in football association matters? The SFA have had both arms twisted and both feet held over the fire with this yellow/red card nonsense from NS. Again I say why havent Kilmarnocks fixtures been postphoned.
Thanks,
Allan
The prep. in general for this season has been abysmal. We now have two self-inflicted wounds to contend with. The short answer is this could be a major problem. The Polish striker is mediocre at best. He aint got it. Elyonoussi gives the ball away too often. We needed a 10 million striker, and a 10 million no.10. Instead of dripping mediocrity which soon accumulates to reach these sorts of figures anyway. Pray for a good season out of Rogic.
I know it’s radical…. but I’d prefer to give Europe a swerve this season and get the postponed games done ASAP and on track for the league…
I know it’s points we can still win but this season if all seasons we need maximum points won and matches played at any point in time.
The Glasgow Derby’s (first two anyway) will be critical to our season.
Europe keeps CFC players at a higher tempo and better. Without it we draw with Kilmarnock.
That is an arrogant comment. The implication is that if we’re playing in Europe no one can touch us. We were playing in Europe last season when we lost every point bar two.
ANYONE in the league is capable of beating us if we don’t turn up on the day. This season of all seasons we do NOT need the fixture pile up that Europe will cause.
There should be one target only this season and we ALL know what it is!
SnR
Not like sevco. Their Castores make them better players.
You berate Lennon for giving players 2 days off. When I still worked, 2 days off in 7 was the accepted normal.
We must remain calm. The BBC’s loaded “ineligible player” question had to be qualified by Neil Lennon (in the presser), such is the desire to see anything with us to be discredited. Derek McInnes in this press conference was not subject to anywhere near the amount of questions NFL was. While I want to see Celtic win everything, game management of a squad this season is paramount.
The First Elven should play: League and Champions League, and the Balance of the SC from 19/20
The second eleven regardless of how inexperienced should be in the Betfred, and Scottish Cup. Complete rotation 1-11.
We were light on Left back and Centre Half. We require another couple of creative options and definitely 2 centre forwards, one of whom should be a battering ram John Hartson type for this days we are going have to grind it out like Kille on Sunday. It was like watching the month of December last season. – This time there is no winter break and we must keep going.
The support, the club and the players, must be as one. We are all Neil Francis Lennon. He is the best candidate to handle any turbulence this season.
We can only defeat ourselves. They have everything on, ended the season early as top of the league, someone should ask them about the fact they played a match without an incomplete set of results. Celtic should free up Boli’s wages, give them to Hickey at Hearts and we move on united.
Aye. Well said. Something came back to me there when you mentioned Hartson. I was listening to 5live on the way home from work a lot of years ago. Barcelona had just gone out of the CL after 90 minutes of trying to thread their way through a packed defence. A guy, who said he was a locksmith to trade, phoned in and said they needed an old fashioned battering ram center forward to take off the bench in such situations.
His analogy was simple. He occasionally got called out to try to pick a lock when someone had locked themself out. Sometimes, he said, you get to a point where you just know that picking the lock isn’t going to work. The only answer is to batter down the door.
If a fixture cannot take place due to misconduct by a specific club – whether the misconduct is by a player, a group of players, the manager or administrators – that club should lose the three points or cup tie.
I would have argued that a week ago and believe the same today.
The whole episode suggests that Celtic is not being well run.
My Thoughts Exactly , any club found foul of rules forfeit matches until it deemed fit to play again . Only way to avoid lockdown of football again .
How can Celtic be held responsible for the actions of a player BREAKING PROCEDURES in his own time?
Nonsense.
He’s a Footballer not a serving member of the armed forces bound by rules and regulations 24/7.
I think that horse bolted with the dead club. Unless of course you’re an easy target like Brechin.
One thing we should also remember is that the performance against Killie was absolutely dire. Kille set themselves up to play a frustrating game, we should have the squad and the ability to get past that. We didn’t.
We have to fave facts, Lennon really isn’t the man for the job. The fact he continued with Bolingoli anyway speaks volumes. He is tactically naive and not able to convey format in changes quickly enough. Change now before it’s too late
Are you forgetting Rodgers losing at the same ground. And Rodgers couldn’t change the set up after coming up against same tactics. Remember this was the guy who brought in musonda who was brought on to change the game offering very little. And let’s be honest the ground has caused problems to many a celtic manager in the past.
This jump on the blame lennon bandwagon evertime we drop 2 points, but say nothing when hes blowing away french and italian europa league opposition is a sure sign of 10 in a row glory hunter supporters
Aye. It’s appalling the way he’s treated at times. I’m convinced there are so-called Celtic fans out there who would happily not care if we DON’T do the ten. They won’t give him any credit for winning it but will immediately jump on the “told you so” bandwagon if we don’t.
Well I’ve been a Celtic supporter for 46 years now so I think I’m past the ‘glory hunter’ tag. I’ve seen managers come and go when I said at the beginning of this his 2nd tenure that it was the wrong decision.
I also have a good friend who formerly wore the hoops himself and was also amazed that Lennie got the job again.
Is your friend involved with or has been involved in managing team,big deal he played football,so did Bobby Charlton a genius on the park but unable to manage players
5 League Titles as a Celtic player
4 Scottish Cups
2 League Cups
1 European Final
5 League Titles as a Celtic Manager
3 Scottish Cups
1 League Cup
Years of abuse,death treats and Sectarian violence both on and off the Park.
I’d say that there was actually no one more qualified to take a Celtic forward after King rat deserted the ship mid Season.
I didn’t hear too many complaints on the opening day of the Season?
The levels of entitlement have reached almost Man Utd levels within some of our own over these past 9 years.
Cyan. I don’t think ANYONE could have summed it up better. In every year he has been involved with Celtic as either player or manager, they have either won the league, usually with points to spare, or lost it on the last day of the season.
His record stands comparison with anyone.
His record as a player is beyond question, his managerial record is in question. Another ex player I worked with a few years ago said that amongst the players, Lenny was well-regarded as reliable and solid. The abuse he has had to stand is outrageous and should have been dealt with properly by authorities, but wasn’t.
This season will be a fight, make no mistake. He is being hamstrung by a biscuit tin mentality (remember those years?), and whilst it would be foolish to throw millions on players who in reality will play on a cold Tuesday in Paisley, we do need quality. We have a chance to make real history because at present all we’ve done is equal what we and they have done before. 10 is different!
Over 70% win ratio as a Celtic Manager.
Only Stein and O’Neill have over 70% win ratios at Celtic.
He’s in great company.
Name me a team who don’t have a few stinkers EVERY season. We had several in the invincible season and got away with them.
If it was Ed who broke the Govt guideline would folk be suggesting he is sacked. Need consistency. If the Govt says no travel from UK to Spain and other countries why are we letting the airlines fly there?
Nicola doing a great job imo but she should be letting the SFA deal with these rule breaks.
Frankly the SFA/SPFL have NO rules on covid. They don’t enforce proof of testing (as we saw with sevco) or frequency of testing.. They have no rules on calling games off if x number of players are in lockdown or positive. Players socialise away from football so anyone can pick it up and go to training next day, does the club shut down for 14 days? Does the team they played earlier do the same?
The Glasgow based players are most at risk of virus pick up as it is the most densely populate region, going by lockdown rules Celtic and Sevco could be in one lockdown after another impossible to catch up. Could easily happen.
SFA/SPFL should have established this season as an asterisk season, keeping football going but discounting the season until we are out of pandemic, restart the season’t competitions hopefully later next year when we are over the virus impact.
Until there is tried and tested vaccine the game’s a bogey.
There might NEVER be a vaccine.
“He created the scenario for this shambles to happen?” Are you serious????
He could’ve given them 5 days off and Lennon would still have had absolutely ZERO input to this “scenario.”
Bolingoli is a grown-up (supposedly) and the fault in this lies nowhere other than squarely on his shoulders.
After Griffiths had his party there wouldn’t be a player in the squad left in any doubt as to where he should be going and what he should be doing after training. To even hint at a suggestion this could be a blame apportioning event is utterly farcical.
If it were represented in a pie-chart fashion then it would contain one large Bolingoli sized portion.
I don’t think it is unreasonable for the players to have a couple of days off after training on a Saturday and playing on a Sunday and then four days prep for the next game. Can’t blame Lennon for that particularly as players would know the protocol for the time off. The player deliberately broke that protocol for his own personal gain ,whatever that was. The point you make for an early league call is a concern. Although we joke about the pre-season cup , Rangers have shown a desire for the challenge ahead and a recognition of its importance. Whether that is the PR battle or signing players , and I have yet to see a similar desire from Celtic. Time to wake up and rise to the occasion.
Well put.
If Sevco and not Hibs sat at the top of the league the media would be crying out to end the season now, for safety reasons of course, and award the the trophy.
Rank amateur from the Lurgan Flopp. This is what happens when you go with the cheapest available option in the manager and the calibre of player we wasted money on because lets be perfectly honest…Bolingoli is arguably the worst player in scottish football…why was he even in the squad?
You know you’re being run by a clueless bunch when Tom Rogic can’t get a game but bolingoli can.
Robocall is injured.
Since when? I thought he was in the squad on the opening day
Leave the thinking to the adults
He was in the squad on the opening day!
We could easily be 11 points behind before we play our next league match. In addition, players will have missed valuable “game time” and therefore be behind in “match play condition”. With European ties and potentially 2 Scottish cup ties it is a nightmare scenario with the season just started. Slap in the face for fans who have splashed out on season tickets and demonstrated their loyalty. Ten in a row in jeopardy because footballers showing no respect, responsibility or social responsibility. We won’t even mention professionalism. Beggars belief.
With peoples lives at risk travelling to Spain should never have been allowed this year for anyone.
75% b4 awarding league. It then goes to a vote too.
Who would give a perennial insolvent club the title? Should never happen. Rewarding FFP Rule breakers. Yes that’s you Sevco, trying to buy success with money u don’t have. You can take part but you’re not winning anything.
The 75% bit is shite and the powers that be in Scotland would happily award the title to sevco if no games were played.
At this moment in time , I am absolutely livid with Lennon , He seems to try and still be one of the bhoys , when he is the blooming manager , we are in a serious danger of the scottish government telling us to pack up our toys and stop the season , It looks as if we may now have to play in a neutral ground for the upcoming champions league ties , as for bolingoli I expect him to be sacked for breach of contract , If Lennon doesnt do a managers job and make an example of the sheer idiocy in the ranks , then he should resign I normaly toe the line and believe the management and trust in them, but jings Its 10IAR Season ! We can finaly stick the metaphorical finger up to the establishment and get our place back in the history books again. begining to lose trust in lennie
What the actual feck. This is in no way Neil Lennons fault. There is absolutely nothing you can blame on Lennon here, you must be one of them people who want Lennon to do wrong so you can instantly jump in and validate your ill feeling towards him.
This is Bolingoli fault and absolutely no one else’s.
The players had 2 days off after thier first high intensity match in 5months, in their only free midweek for many months to come. How in any way can you blame this on Lennon?
Bang on.
I lost trust in him when we went out to Copenhagen. The disaster against Cluj was forgivable, the pish performance when we lost to the sevconites was just forgivable and no more but when we lose a 3rd huge game at home i think everyone should have been asking if the Lennon was the right man for the job….
Behave man
Like we have a devine right to win every game. What colour is the sky on your planet?
Divine right.
I’m not sure if you’re being deliberately obtuse.
75% of the league games have to be played for the league to be “called”.
Neil giving the players one extra day off ahead of a very busy schedule is not exactly a free pass.
No they don’t, you just made that up. There is nothing anywhere that says 75% of games have to be played.
Yes it is, it’s entirety a free pass and only an idiot would have done so. Absolutely no need for two days off, none, they’ve been off for months basically. Just look at the pish performance against Killie in how it’s affected the whole team. Even light training would have sufficed.
These guys get paid an awful lot of money, I’m a ST holder and I’m raging with the club, two games whereby the huns could get us in deep water playing catch up.
Idiot move by Lennon in my opinion.
Hope your boss made you work at least 6 days a week after lockdown. Just because they are football players doesn’t mean they don’t have employment rights.
What would.you suggest, get the full squad and all the staff taking over a hotel and staying there until there’s a vaccine. Driven to training and games , then straight back to the hotel. Or is that too cushy.
Get off your moral high horse. The players were given 2 days off and told not to travel. Boli thought he would do as he wanted and then never told anyone. He will be dealt with by the club. He’s been fined of the police.
That’s not the story you want to paint though.
Well after the showing on the plastic pitch I would disagree ! there has been no football since March !! plenty time for chilling I know its the start of the season , but there is an expected second wave looming on the horizon , we should not have started the league at least until october or mid september then . Neil is not a great man manager this is his problem , I have been in a situation where I was managing my mates at work , they dont like it when you swap hats all the time It makes us look like amateurs
Sorry, but where do you get 75% of league games must be played before awarding the title. I don’t recall seeing that in SPFL rules.
Haven’t read the rules for this season but that was certainly NOT the case last season.