No doubt I am in a minority here. However I have just read the James Forrest ( apparently a life long Celt) anti Lawwell diatribes and urging supporters to boycott and withdraw from the home cup ticket scheme. ( why you would join in the first place beats me)
I am not getting into a numbers debate though I could but Ffs we lost a game. We might even lose against Stockholm and them. We are all disappointed but you can be dead sure the more we kick our own the greater the glee in Govan. I have seen it already first hand. They smell blood.
I can understand the upset but to pick Lawwell and Lennon but ignore DD is ludicrous.
I said previously that the end of the window will give us a gauge for the next two seasons
Green Brigade ,if you are there , do the crowd contrary thing and show our fans what it is to support this treble treble club and send Mr Forrest away with his tail between his legs.
Again let's not beat ourselves, please. We will all regret it! It is our club, support it now of all times when we are on the verge of history.
HH
We didn't just lose a game though did we, we lost a crack at CL football and the £30m that goes with it yet again and what is this '
apparently a life long Celt' dig? Whit so because Forrest has had a rant his authenticity as a 'life long Celt' gets called into question? Is this where we're at now, if you don't toe the party line then your credentials as a Celtic fan are under suspicion and you become a legitimate target to be hounded and intimidated like we're living under some sort of oppressive regime ffs? Does that go for the rest of us who want to see the serious issues at the club addressed?
For the record there is plenty I disagree with Forrest on and I couldn't disagree more with his call for a boycott, why should the team be punished for the failings of those above them after all, but you don't 'bring everyone together' by sending out a clarion call for Celtic fans to turn their guns on fellow Tims because they don't bow to your wishes of moving on and you certainly don't bring them together by calling on the Green Brigade to '
show our fans what it is to support this treble treble club' either, like the rest of us who don't sit in the North Curve are somehow lesser fans who need to be shown what a true supporter is! I've been going to games since I was a wean, I've been a season ticket holder since the days of Fergus, I've put thousands of my hard earned into this club and I'm there rain hail or shine including those freezing winter days and nights so should my Celtic supporter credentials be called into question? Do I need to be shown what it is to be a supporter?
You've got one thing right though it isn't just Lennon and Lawell who should be in the firing line DD and the rest of the board should be right there with them. In fact scratch that because as much as Lenny was culpable for Tuesday night's defeat the problems were there long before he stepped back in to the managerial hotseat so while he may have tactically shat the bed on Tuesday night he's not responsible for the deeper issues that exist at the club. I'm not interested in seeing anyone get the sack or Lawell and the board being run out of town all I'm interested in is seeing this club be all that it can be and for those at the helm to do all they can to achieve that and that's not what I'm seeing, what I am seeing is wilful neglect by a board who try to get by doing the bare minimum.
You talk about 'beating ourselves' well that goes for those running the club too because while I sympathise with the idea of circling the wagons I also recognise that by doing so we let those at the top off the hook for their failings yet again. Nothing is gained by burying our heads in the sand and pretending that everything is rosy because it's not, I'll leave that to the horde across the city who have completely turned reality on it's head and attack anyone who doesn't fall into line just so it doesn't have to face up to it's own problems and some uncomfortable truths! Neither will I be emotionally blackmailed by having my love for Celtic crassly used to manipulate me into silence, for as long as the criticism is valid then every Celtic supporter should have the right to voice them without being made to feel like they're being disloyal or less of a supporter or worse still like they're somehow aiding and abetting the Sevvies in bringing us down! No, that's not who we are our strength has always been in our willingness to speak up even when it's not easy and what's being said is difficult for others to hear!
Will I still be roaring on Lenny and the team? You're damn right I will be! Will I be shutting up and falling into line? Not a chance! Nothing personal but if this was supposed to be some sort of rallying call then you've seriously misstepped.
HH.
