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There\u2019s a ton of wisdom out there on the concept of \u201cperspective\u201d. A quick google will pull up tons of quotes, articles and methods via which an individual can gain perspective, alter his or her perspective or indeed simply appreciate the world around them. We don\u2019t see things as they are, we see things as we are. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change etc etc. In context we\u2019ve landed on an exceptional week based on our acceptance of exceptional circumstances as normal. And that\u2019s grinding the pure fcuk out of my gears right now.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re in a \u201cdifficult moment\u201d to borrow a modern football bullshit-bingo banality. We\u2019ve picked up one point from a possible nine, across two competitions. In a week. Which isn\u2019t great by any stretch but is toxic in the context of Celtic, and more potently toxic in the context of Celtic in the last two decades. On the face of it we have a stuttering engine, no clear system of play, we\u2019re in poor form, our structures are all over the place, we have misfiring forwards, supported by confidence fcked and injured defenders and a midfield that\u2019s neither a clattering bunch of thugs nor a bunch of artistes. In fact folk would have you believe we\u2019re barely functional as a unit. Yet, in context, what are we really?<\/p>\n
Win a game in hand and we\u2019re 3 points off the pace. We have myriad positions impacted by players being unavailable. We\u2019ve had COVID societally fcuk us right up. We\u2019ve had Boli the clown followed by the grandstanding of Sturgeon. We haven\u2019t had a settled team since March. We have new signings still getting up to speed. Fitness still eludes many as a result of the mentions of above. Our talisman is out due to COVD and soon to return. Our backup and dependable defenders in Bitton and El Hamed are COVID victims yet soon to return. Forrest is now seen as the vehicle he really is \u2013 totally critical to our forward play. Jullien is now seen as the vehicle he is – dominant and while no Van Dijk, a decent ball playing centre-half. I could go on but the point is, context is the only thing that matters.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve won 11 out of the last 11 trophies up for grabs. Comfortably (we nicked one admittedly last year but that\u2019s to be expected). We\u2019ve won 9 titles in a row. We continuously sell our best players yet continue to win titles. We\u2019re running at a loss like the rest of football but we\u2019re OK, have \u00a318M in the bank and another \u00a313M facility if needs be. The board backed the manager this summer through all the madness. And, based on the above, why would they not?<\/p>\n
Ya see, what\u2019s grinding my gears even more is the moany snowflake Canada Goose jaiket wearing wee snides among our support. \u201cLenny get tae fcuk\u201d. \u201cAnnounce Lennon out now\u201d \u2013 podcasts, comments, threads, message boards, twitter replies on social media to our financial statements. What the actual fcuk are we becoming???<\/p>\n
Know one thing in context. Neil Francis Lennon has given Celtic the best part of his career and life. He’s been a constant in our success of the last decades. He\u2019s endured more than most of us ever will. All for Celtic. You don’t just throw that out into the skip because things aren’t top notch all of a sudden. There are problems. Yes. But really? And before the pigeon hole attempt comes battering the door down creating pro-Lenny and Lenny-out camps; to fcuk with rear view sentiment too by the way. Neil Lennon is a well-paid man, paid well to do his job. And if he fcuks it he lives with the consequences. But, with no small amount of irony, we’re all ingrained in his \u201cfcuking it\u201d or not. Bizarrely if he fails, we the support have failed too. The interwoven tapestry that is Celtic Football Club over the past decades has allowed us to get fat and lazy and fall asleep at the wheel. To become complacent. To take success \u2013 unprecedented success in the history of Scottish football – for granted. To behave like a bunch of entitled charlatans.<\/p>\n
We all want success. We crave, demand and are hooked on it, this year of all years.<\/p>\n
But what we don’t do is throw one of our own in front of a bus at the first sign of pressure. Fcuk that. And fcuk those who do. And for the moany aul bastard to the spoilt millennial and beyond wanks among us, clambering like the hordes across the city for a man\u2019s sacking, go back and ask yer Da about the 1990\u2019s pre-Fergus. Ask him what Jansen\u2019s season really felt like and what it meant. Ask him about the pressure of it. Ask him about Luigi Macari, Carl Muggleton, Wayne Biggins, Stuart Slater, Tony Cascarino, Liam Brady et al.<\/p>\n
Then take a long hard look at yourself and have some perspective.<\/p>\n
Hemingway wrote you should never write about a place until you\u2019re away from it, as being away from it gives perspective. I miss Celtic Park. I miss the pre-COVID thing that was enjoying us getting to NIAR. In context, and with perspective though, I\u2019ve never felt more determined to support our club. This level of dominance won\u2019t ever happen again in our game, possibly in our lifetimes. Appreciate what you have. Warts and all.<\/p>\n
We are all Neil Lennon. I\u2019m behind the man 100%. I think you should be too, no matter what the next few weeks bring.<\/p>\n
No league title was ever handed out in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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