Player Fitness

TyroneCelt

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Can anyone remember when Celtic players looked as unfit as the current squad? What the hell goes on in training? I’ll say this for The Rat - he kept himself in shape, and the players also looked fitter under his management. But if I have to look at Lennon bursting out of that tracksuit and coat one more time I will scream. Does he sleep in that gear? He looks an absolute state. It just personifies the shambling, lethargic, half-assed culture that seems to have taken hold under Lenny.
 
Can anyone remember when Celtic players looked as unfit as the current squad? What the hell goes on in training? I’ll say this for The Rat - he kept himself in shape, and the players also looked fitter under his management. But if I have to look at Lennon bursting out of that tracksuit and coat one more time I will scream. Does he sleep in that gear? He looks an absolute state. It just personifies the shambling, lethargic, half-assed culture that seems to have taken hold under Lenny.
Fair points about the fitness of the players, but Jesus suffering........play the ball, not the fucking man, bud.

Question his management, tactics and formations, but for the sake of a fuck - you don't have to be so personal, chief.
 
Hang on, if Lenny was pacing up and down the sideline screaming instructions and motivating players I wouldn’t care if he was wearing a green and white striped mankini. But he just sits there, docile, passive, resigned and, seemingly, disinterested. His appearance REALLY is an important issue here. Why would the players try harder, risk injury etc when they look across and see Lennon sitting there absolutely zoned out?
 
Hang on, if Lenny was pacing up and down the sideline screaming instructions and motivating players I wouldn’t care if he was wearing a green and white striped mankini. But he just sits there, docile, passive, resigned and, seemingly, disinterested. His appearance REALLY is an important issue here. Why would the players try harder, risk injury etc when they look across and see Lennon sitting there absolutely zoned out?
I've got genuine concerns for the man at the moment. I think there's more to his current malaise than meets the eye.

I'm not entirely sure that personal attacks are going to be very productive for Lenny and, consequently, the team.

Sympathy for his plight won't win us trophies, but neither will kicking the man while he's down!
 
Can anyone remember when Celtic players looked as unfit as the current squad? What the hell goes on in training? I’ll say this for The Rat - he kept himself in shape, and the players also looked fitter under his management. But if I have to look at Lennon bursting out of that tracksuit and coat one more time I will scream. Does he sleep in that gear? He looks an absolute state. It just personifies the shambling, lethargic, half-assed culture that seems to have taken hold under Lenny.

Welcome to the noise TC, how long you been waiting to jump in mate? How lenny looks is the least of our problems in my opinion. If its true what the celtic bloggers are saying then a few of the players have down tools due to training regime and diets at celtic Park....
 
Thanks SP for your post there. I cannot imagine the pressure that is on his shoulders. I mean I know the 10 is important but can everybody please remember there is a human being in there and stop the personal attacks. We are Celtic and What would Brother Walfrid have thought about all this. HH
 
I can see what TyroneCelt is getting at but I also think SP is right in that, if NL is not finding life easy, he is likely to be putting his condition to the bottom of the priority list while he tries to get on an even keel.

That said, he may get a benefit from getting some exercise into his routine since he is more used to being fit than not.

If he is not taking training and is leaving it to Kennedy and Strachan, it's maybe less important that he looks like a footballer but he could do with getting onto the touchline and geeing the players up a lot more.
 
Lennon has been very open about his health issues in the past. He deserves respect for that. But if he is aware that his health situation is directly affecting his ability to manage the team then he should stand aside.
TC, that black dog is an unnerving creature.

Someone may not know they are being bitten until the wound turns septic. Experience still doesn't prepare folk for the next attack and no one knows the catalyst or cause.
 
Welcome to the noise TC, how long you been waiting to jump in mate? How lenny looks is the least of our problems in my opinion. If its true what the celtic bloggers are saying then a few of the players have down tools due to training regime and diets at celtic Park....
There’s an actual training ‘regime’?! There’s a diet?!
Lennon is so out of date he probably thinks monitoring player diets is some kind of new-fangled hocus pocus.
I bet right now Lennon has no idea who, on paper, is the fittest in his squad - or the most unfit, for that matter.
 
Can anyone remember when Celtic players looked as unfit as the current squad? What the hell goes on in training? I’ll say this for The Rat - he kept himself in shape, and the players also looked fitter under his management. But if I have to look at Lennon bursting out of that tracksuit and coat one more time I will scream. Does he sleep in that gear? He looks an absolute state. It just personifies the shambling, lethargic, half-assed culture that seems to have taken hold under Lenny.
Is it about Lennys fitness, maybe give the guy a phone and tell him he is putting the beef on. Thing is with that comment is, a manger is not on the park to play football, and yes the rat looked fitter, but he also ditched his wife to go off and get married again, so give me a manager whpo loves his club regardless of what he looks like to some than a snake who workouts to keep up his inferiority complex and his fucking about. Not really about Celtic this post of yours more about Neil Lennon and another digger, bet you sang like fuck when the treble treble was won, or maybe not, ,aybe watch the goal McGregor scored and see if you think they look unfit, did not see the Aberdeen red wall stopping the free flowing movement, also the goal v Milan the lead up to the goal was end to end, maybe you need to get out a bit this shielding and typing from home can be a bit of a burden on the old mental health.
 
There’s an actual training ‘regime’?! There’s a diet?!
Lennon is so out of date he probably thinks monitoring player diets is some kind of new-fangled hocus pocus.
I bet right now Lennon has no idea who, on paper, is the fittest in his squad - or the most unfit, for that matter.

Not to sure. We can only speculate and read what has been written. Not what the SMSM are saying obviously but our own bloggers. That's not to say most of their blogs aren't just guess work. But have gone from a team, under brendan, who could run for 90 minutes to a squad of players just now who seem to be blowing out their arses by the hour mark. Unfortunately, IMO, that is what sets the scum apart from everyone at the moment. Their players seem fitter. Slippy has come from the same environment as brendan, they understand how important fitness is, while lenny grow up and played in scotland where, lets be fair, fitness and 100% isn't high on the agenda. Kris boyd being and example.....
 
Is it about Lennys fitness, maybe give the guy a phone and tell him he is putting the beef on. Thing is with that comment is, a manger is not on the park to play football, and yes the rat looked fitter, but he also ditched his wife to go off and get married again, so give me a manager whpo loves his club regardless of what he looks like to some than a snake who workouts to keep up his inferiority complex and his fucking about. Not really about Celtic this post of yours more about Neil Lennon and another digger, bet you sang like fuck when the treble treble was won, or maybe not, ,aybe watch the goal McGregor scored and see if you think they look unfit, did not see the Aberdeen red wall stopping the free flowing movement, also the goal v Milan the lead up to the goal was end to end, maybe you need to get out a bit this shielding and typing from home can be a bit of a burden on the old mental health.
What an ignorant reply
 
a lot of our games under brendan were won due to our superior fitness. Games where we werent quite at the races. And even at the beginning of lennons 2nd spell we saw it. 1st half maybe we would go in 1 or 2 goals up but we all knew 2nd half as the other team tired we would smash in 3 or 4 more and we did....but now, when we all expect us to kick on in the 2nd half we don't seem to be able to..
 
There’s an actual training ‘regime’?! There’s a diet?!
Lennon is so out of date he probably thinks monitoring player diets is some kind of new-fangled hocus pocus.
I bet right now Lennon has no idea who, on paper, is the fittest in his squad - or the most unfit, for that matter.
Defo all about Lennon maybe you should use the Sun like all the tims on here for arse wiping.
 
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