John Hartson has claimed that 99% of Celtic supporters want to see a change in manager.
Neil Lennon has been in charge for almost two years but the initial success has proven to be fickle with Celtic fans enduring the worst season in 20 years.
Since Hartson joined Celtic in 2001 they have either been champions or a very strong, challenging second but never trailing by double digits never mind 23 points.
That is the reality that his former team-mate is facing on the back of a horrendous run that saw Celtic lose four consecutive home matches and knocked out of three cup competitions before the end of November.
It has made for uncomfortable and unpleasant times for many fans with Hartson explaining his own dilemma in an interview with Football Pass.
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Well I’ve been Neil’s biggest supporters all season. I’ve backed him, I’ve made contact with him and everybody knows that to my own detriment I was getting a lot of stick for sticking up for my mate or my pal as people keep telling me.
I genuinely thought up until four or five weeks ago going into the second Rangers and Celtic game at Ibrox. Celtic got beat but played very well. They went 19 points behind but had three games in hand. When they came back from Dubai I thought to myself if they win those three games in hand it’s back to 10, but they dropped six points.
They drew them three games and then I looked at it and thought I think Celtic have to make a change. For as much as I’ve played with Neil and supported him, I just think it needs a freshness about it, and I think 99% of the supporters are with me on that but the club has shown their backing to Neil Lennon, that’s their prerogative of course
At the start of December the Celtic board announced that there would be a managerial review in the new year but after 28 days there has been no further comment from the club.
