Seriously. We can’t. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n “But they deserve it and we are still looking forward to the remainder of the season, where I am looking for six wins if we can.<\/p>\n “We might change the shape of the team as we go along as well, I will look at different aspects of the way we want to play. I want a bit more vibrancy in the next six games.”<\/p>\n Lennon was able to give a debut to 18-year-old defender Eoghan O’Connell while 17-year-old Liam Henderson made his fifth appearance.<\/p>\n The former Celtic skipper said: “Eoghan did very well and grew into the game and got better and better so I was very pleased with his contribution, and Liam as well.<\/p>\n “It was his fifth appearance and he played with great maturity for someone of his age.<\/p>\n “I am excited about the likes of Liam and Eoghan coming through, but I would like to finish the season on a high and we will do that ”<\/p>\n Regarding the youngsters, he can’t play too many of them, a defeat would set their development back months-maybe even terminally, but the senior players need to be helping them, and they ought to remember they were rookies once. Just like the lad learning to drive who gets all nervous and blocks the road after a stall, its important for the first team squad to \u00a0remember that they were that lad once…<\/p>\n Unless he runs over a bus shelter full of kids. Then a ticking off would be in order.<\/p>\n Anyway, we’ve all forgotten about Ross County, who needed points to avoid the relegation play off place. They weren’t here for the party, and showed it. In fact, Derek Adams was disappointed..<\/p>\n “I thought we were better than Celtic today, that’s the way I look at it,” he said.<\/p>\n “You’ve got to be happy coming here and taking a point, it’s a difficult place, but you become greedy at times.<\/p>\n “I’d have taken a point before the game, but after it I’m disappointed we haven’t come away with three points.<\/p>\n “I thought we played really well, created good chances and were unlucky not to score another goal with Graham Carey’s drive off the post.<\/p>\n “Celtic didn’t really create much, they had a lot of possession, but I thought we should’ve won the game.”<\/p>\n The limbo between winning the title and collecting the trophy, which is a complete nonsense designed to make sure that supporters keep going to games and tv doesn’t lose interest either, is a horrible time. For Celtic fans, theres little else to look forward to now until the Champions League starts, and then it will be three high octane nervous breakdowns until the group stages are reached.<\/p>\n Except watching and encouraging youngsters to break through.<\/p>\n Except enjoying football without your jacket, scarf hat and hot water bottle.<\/p>\n Except introducing the kids and grandkids to football where you won’t have to explain to the wife why they have blue lips and icicles hanging from their eyebrows. and if you find a pub with a playground the little ones might even want to come again.<\/p>\n Just as the team is building for next season, so should the support. Get your mate to come along-you know, the one who sits on the forum telling everyone the atmosphere is shite.<\/p>\n Or the guy who watches the English league on sky. Drag him to the game. He might even enjoy it, but you will have to explain to him that in the stadium there is no -one actually doing the commentary.<\/p>\n Theres about a half dozen games left. Try to take someone with you to at least one of them.<\/p>\n Manager Neil Lennon is going to sit down with Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond next week, and discuss a new five year plan, which will involve massive investment in roads, railways , factories and agriculture. Oh, wait, that was Stalin. Or Roosevelt, or both.<\/p>\n Its certainly not Cameron…..<\/p>\n Sorry. Bit of satire there.. I’m here all week.<\/p>\n By the way, did you notice Gay marriage is now legal in England and Wales. For anyone who is confused about how that works, think of a traditional marriage but with more arguments about who left the toilet seat up.<\/p>\n Alright. I’ll stop now.<\/p>\n Gordon Waddell, in the sunday Mail , covered the new plan;<\/p>\n ” FIVE year plan to be drawn up by Lennon, Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawell to work towards 10 in a row and better showings in Europe<\/p>\n NEIL LENNON will sit down with Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell this week to plot a decade of dominance for Celtic.<\/p>\n But he insists he wants some of the budget spent now.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Now they\u2019re drawing up a new five-year plan which they hope will take them to Eight in a Row then build an empire to endure beyond.<\/p>\n Bloody hell. Get on with it. Repetition is the policy for old Rangers fans, usually to allow lies to appear as truths.. We don’t need such infantile reporting…<\/em><\/p>\n Lennon will also ask Hoops chief executive Lawwell and majority shareholder Desmond for more immediate investment in his team as he bids to prevent another Champions League collapse.<\/p>\n Collapse ? We got knocked out, sure, but it was hardly a collapse, bearing in mind the sides we were grouped with. Only the away Barcelona game was a collapse, and that was a meaningless game for both sides.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He said: \u201cI\u2019m meeting Peter and Dermot here next week and we\u2019ll go over the budget and what the next five years hold.<\/p>\n \u201cBasically the board work that way, a five-year strategy. We\u2019re getting round to that again.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have frank and open discussions and it\u2019s always pretty healthy.<\/p>\n \u201cDermot\u2019s satisfied with the way things are going and has his finger on the pulse of the club.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re on the same lines. Don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s not about my elevation \u2013 it\u2019s about me elevating Celtic.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re the same. It\u2019s not about Dermot\u2019s elevation, Peter\u2019s reputation or anything like that, it\u2019s about the security and the future of the club.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have all the information in front of them and that\u2019s the way they lead the club.<\/p>\n Lennon acknowledges the Euro superpowers battling out the last eight of the Champions League are out of Celtic\u2019s reach and will give his board a reason to rein in any spending.<\/p>\n That makes no sense. Is Waddell hinting that we are never going to do any better, so we should just give up and shut up shop ?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n But he feels the squad still deserves some investment to allow them to do themselves justice in the groups. The Celtic boss said: \u201cIt\u2019s \u00a3250m at that level \u2013 Man City can\u2019t do it, they\u2019ve only made the last 16 once.<\/p>\n Don’t say that in the meeting Neil, Man city are not exactly a side with enormous European pedigree. ~In fact, they aren’t a side with enormous English pedigree.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cLooking at the latter half of our Champions League campaign this year, we need a bit of extra investment in the squad in terms of quality.<\/p>\n \u201cI want Champions League football every year and to do that we need to bring players in.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a good core here that I\u2019m very happy with. I just need to add a bit of quality, a few faces.<\/p>\n \u201cWill they throw me a bone? They might. That would be nice.<\/p>\n They might even let him sit on the couch.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhether you think the board are pragmatic or not, they are very smart. They will go about it the right way and I will be involved in those talks.\u201d<\/p>\n Or they might just take him for a walk…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Lennon , equally, is smart. He knows that two, maybe three experienced quality players are needed. And thats before the annual campaign to sell our best players.<\/p>\n Good luck, Neil, we’re all counting on you.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Sydney Morning Herald is talking about Tom Rogic again, presumably because like the acting profession over there, there aren’t very many professionals.<\/p>\n Rogic has been left out of the squad for the upcoming Asian Champions League game against Shunsuke Nakamuras Yokohama .<\/p>\n Michael Lynch reports;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ” Muscat is not one to criticise \u00a0his players in public, but it\u2019s fair to say there is some disappointment in the Victory camp about Rogic\u2019s contribution since he arrived, with much fanfare, on a loan deal from Celtic in January.<\/p>\n No one doubts the midfielder\u2019s ability, but there are some at AAMI Park who doubt his commitment to the cause, especially now at the business end of the season. There is speculation about just how desperate he might be to put his body on the line to help the club finish as high on the ladder as it can.<\/p>\n With the benefit of hindsight Rogic\u2019s arrival may not have been the best thing for \u00a0the club. It was more about his, and Socceroo coach Ange Postecoglou\u2019s, desire for him to play regularly in the lead-up to the World Cup. ”<\/p>\n Bring him home and give him Kris Commons place in the team for the rest of the season. Kris gets a nice break, he’s earned it, and we get a chance to see what this lad can do. Because he isn’t getting that chance in Australia.<\/p>\n Another caption competition today, “Oh George haven’t you grown ?- I’m sure we can do better<\/p>\n That dog doesn’t look in the least bit uncomfortable, does it ? The black one, that is. 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