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Lennon answers his Celtic critics

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Neil Lennon has sent a firm message to his critics in the Celtic support on the eve of the Scottish Cup Final.

With each passing match it seems that this season under Brendan Rodgers was some sort of golden era of free flowing decisive football.

Lennon has heard all the criticism, the style of play, the tactics and getting slammed for letting the players enjoy a couple of nights in Dublin after winning the title.

During the first half of the season Celtic lost four times in the SPFL as well as being knocked out of the Champions League at the third qualifying round.

Lennon has lost just once match since taking over as caretaker, just as importantly he has a 100% record in reaching the group stage of the Champions League through the qualifying process.

Previewing an interview tonight with Michael Stewart the BBC report:

If I had gone in there and changed things and it hadn’t worked, then I would’ve been making a huge mistake. It was important to get the players over the line, win the league. The training, everything, we kept the same. You’ve got to put the players first. It’s an important piece of the club’s history that they could achieve here.

Going forward, the style of play I think can be a little bit different. Teams are starting to work out the way we play. We need to be more flexible in our style.

I was a bit shocked that Brendan had left, just the timing of it, but it’s understandable because it’s a professional decision at the end of the day and he’s back in the Premier League with a great club that I know of.

When the inevitable happened, then I was ready to ask the question of myself and thought, ‘Yeah, I’m going to do this, I want to do this’.”

On Monday Lennon will take a short break in Marbella with the Celtic board expected to announce the name of their new manager next week.

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