Ranger’s supporters have finally been given the news that they had been waiting to hear. Yes Celtic Manager Neil Lennon has confirmed that he has banned himself from talking about the only show in town: Rangers. In an interview with the Scottish Daily Record, he has stated that he is so fed up answering questions on Ibrox issues that he has put a gagging order on himself.
This is of course is the same Neil Lennon who before the outcome of the First Tier Tax case which cleared Rangers of any financial doping could not stop tweeting like a budgie.
“A journalist recently used the expression ‘financial doping’ (in reference to Rangers) and, for me, doping is a sporting term for cheating,’ Neil Lennon said.
“And, in athletics, if you are caught doping, you are banned. Alberto Contador got stripped of his Tour de France win in 2010, so there are precedents there”. Daily Mail 17th February 2012.
Neil Lennon of course is no stranger to tax avoidance schemes having had a few alleged financial disasters himself.
Lennon made his point clear on having to deal with future issues. He added:
“From here on in I am not going to answer any more questions on Rangers because they are not on our radar.”
“If we play them in a Cup competition then I will be quite happy to answer any questions on the football aspect of things.”
“As regards all this stuff off the field, I have no comment to make on it whatsoever.”
The Rangers support will be hoping that they have finally heard the last from the Celtic manager. And one can only hope that the rest of the Celtic support takes a leaf out of their manager’s book and concentrate their energies on supporting their own team instead of obsessing over Rangers.
Only time will tell if Neill Lennon is serious about not talking about Rangers. Lennon likes to get the last word in an argument and we shall wait and see if he can hold his tongue. Dignified silences were never his strong point. What is clear in his statement is that he has told the press not ask him about Rangers, and they will fall in line like they always do.
However, if Neil Lennon does have one last word to say on Rangers then that word should be “Sorry”. If he is as principled and sporting as he would like us to believe, then he should man up and admit he was wrong. Rangers were not guilty of financial doping and for Neil to infer that this was the case is playing to the lowest common denominator amongst the Celtic support.
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This is futbol???????????????
better calling it “this is a bitter rangers supporter”..
Baaaaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaahaaaa that is all.
Or maybe Neil’s silence has been brought on by the fact that he’s sick to the back teeth of being asked about a club that he has no connection to and knowing that every answer he provides will give fanatics the opportunity to berate him and tell him it’s none of his business? He can’t win in this situation so being the smart guy he is has decided to say nothing more on the subject. Just for the record, Neil Lennon is asked every day in every interview a question about Rangers and has declined answers for the same reason so to say he’s fond of tweeting about your club is wrong. He’s been pretty much silent about the whole saga (and god hasn’t this been one sorry saga from start to finish. (whenever that may be as we all know there’s a lot left to play out in this one!!) Neil Lennon is quick-witted enough and has a sense of humour and he could have put the boot into Rangers every single day in every interview, but he hasn’t. He has a lot more intelligence and class than to open his gob, state the obvious and kick someone when they’re down just to appeal to the knuckle-dragging element. There’s a few that could learn some lessons from him!…
WHY WHY r u bovvd, the rest of scottish football arent bout zombie fc..if ur a “journo” stop tickin the same old boxes, mibbes u should replace jabba but anyhoo..
Maybe the sevco fans should say sorry to all the people they threatened to kill , just a thought.
Maybe the Saans should do the same and apologise to Nacho Novo, Neil McCann, Maurice Johnston, Kyle Lafferty and all those referees whos home they attacked.
Maybe they should also apologise to the 2,000 people killed by the IRA and their off shoots.
Better still, Why do they not apologise to those kids that they allowed to be sexually abused for over 2 decades @ the Big Jock Newco
Just saying likes
And while were at it lets get the protestant loyalist terrorist to appoligise for taken innocent woman from loyalist drinking dens in belfast torturing them murdering them,sexualy assulting them with pool ques then dumping there naked brutalised bodies in the back streets of protestant belfast you insidious swine just saying like no matter how bad the ira was or how many poor people the ira killed they will never be as vile and blood thirsty as loyalist in the north of ireland but vermin like you see nothing wrong with the murders comitted by loyalist drug dealing filth
Thats a rather strange assumption you make there Eoin, But don’t let facts destroy your abusive rant. I have never once said that I support any loyalist group, But if you assume you make an ass of yourself.
Since you are a fan of Kiddyfiddler FC I can safely assume, that like the rest of the mutants you support the genocidal murdering terrorists who commited such sectarian attrocities as Kingsmill, Tullyvallen, Darkley, Le Mon, Enniskillen and many others. What you listed above pails into insignificance when you look at the history of Celtic supporters like Ian Brady, Fred West, Peter Manual and Peter Tobin.
Do you notice a pattern Bheast bhoy ?
Dont be a snake like fat sally we know what type you are mr man you would love to wade knee deep in other peoples blood or burn 3 kids to death in there beds in the dark of night all because you cant walk down a road and rub peoples noses in it over a battle won by a dutch gay lord be gone you filthy subhuman animal 8 )
Nope no time for terrorist of any kind whether there islamic loyalist or republican veriety scum like you like to point out the crimes of the ira yet revel in the murder of catholics by protestant terrorist and lets not forget who killed the first people in the mordern irish troubles.
Im sure your poor daughters find some relief when you spend some time online as it means your not raping them you filthy animal poor kids
Ahhahahahahaha.
If Lenny doesn’t mention u lot then it’s only gonna be the rankings of fat Sally or the crazy talk Chico green that’ll get u any publicity! Nobody even takes notice of Sevco hahahaha
No one takes notice haha. You n yer horrible support are obsessed. It’s laughable
This is a blog written by a Rangers fan about the Celtic manager NOT talking about Rangers. And.you talk about us being obsessed?
Mr Lennon disnae want tae waste his time talking about a DEID club, George Galloway should be awarded a Papal knighthood for skelpin the SEVCO in parliament,even the British army top brass are embarrassed by the behaviour of the SEVCO circus on remembrance day,bring on the title stripping, the straw that will break the camels back! HAW HAW
Doesn’t want te say anythin incase he makes a cunt of himself, haw haw you a donkey?
Cyberted – you are clearly a deluded fool in denial.
Keep taking the tablets son…
Hahaha you want the man yous tried to kill to apologise ? There is more chance of Chico making a profit this year ! Now where did that £22 million go ? Debt free club brings in £22 million but has no profit !!! Hahahahaha adidas deal bwaahahaha Dallas cowboys hehehehe central coast mariners hohohohoho increased capacity at the stadium formerly know as ibrox. sevconians crack me up !
Neil Lennon is just showing respect to rangers…after all its very rude to talk ill about the dead
GBNL
GBTP
GIRUY
We’re not sevco fans, we’re Rangers fans. Maybe Stokes’s old man should apologise for sending lenny those bullets? Just a thought…WATP.
No, no no no . You ARE sevco fans.God bless anthony stokes.
As usual the fans of savco are here to talk about Rangers, oh when the Saints go marching in 🙂
A precedent’s been set with Contador Eh Neil? Would we all agree that there’s been a precedent set with Penn State in the US? People in glass houses Neil.
5 Responses so far, all tims. We are the only show in town. The scotsman published an article about rangers yesterday, 430 odd comments, at least 400 from tims! You lot are obsessed, where are the comments from aberdeen, inverness, hibs, and dundee utd supporters? Maybe better worrying about your own sh*te-house team. How did you get on today again? pmsl.
What did the paper have to say on a team 6 months old? If the press had the balls to be honest u lot would be fucked, inbred scum
How did we get on today, Ladyboy?..we lost to the better team on the day, and good luck to them in the final. You do understand, that negative results for Celtic, are all that the fans of your dead club cling onto? Get yourself along to Sports Direct for a Juventus scarf, although like the quality of the rest of the stock associated with that store, will be ruined after one wash…should last you a lifetime then! HH
Where’s your treble gone…..bouncy bouncy!
It hasn’t gone anywhere, we just can’t win it til the end of the season. 🙂
I totally agree with this article. I recently researched the comments referred to dated 18/02/12 and an apology is long overdue. He should have gagged himself long ago and kept his petty opinion to himself way back then. Andy Walker uttered similar nonsense on Clyde One in his solemn slow monotone analytical manner calling for punishment on or shortly after 14/02/12 and has also been slow forthcoming with an apology.
Cyberted
Why are you obsessed with Neil. Lennon?
Sevco running at a loss, I would be interested to read your article on that one.
What a loser you are, talk about the media lisening to him as if he rules them? What about your legend Murray who killed your club and his media friends? Or what about now no hard questions for green to answer and they just hang on to his every word to make the masses happy(or what is going to be left with your legend manager and thier great playing eh). You keep hating while nl and Celtic grow to new hieghts while you keep sinking to the lowest of lows. Enjoy it while you still have a club
How about your clown of an owner stops talking about the hoops. As lenny said you aint on our radar. You ar a supporter of the worlds most bigoted club, who didnt sign catholics for the majority of your existence fact.
Looks like the offended ones are all over this already.
To put it bluntly Neil Lennon is a horrible little scrote,
A coward who pretended he was head butted by a fellow professional in order to have him sent off. (Juanjo)
A coward who started a fight in Ashton lane and then soiled his own under cacks after taking a second prize.
PS Good result for the Scottish team at Hampden today and it appears the treble has went up in smoke. lots and lots of empty seats once again.
Gary Pooper and Vistor Wankyame looked every inch £100,000 players.
NO SURRENDER from THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN
Who did Montrose get in the last 16 of the Champions League?
Class
Montrose don’t play against teams who SYTEMATICALLY SEXUALLY ABUSED YOUNG VULNERABLE CHILDREN FOR OVER 2 DECADES.
The Penn State type enquiry is still to happen yet my imbred, monobrowed, hate filled, hair lipped, dole scrounging, scurge on society BHEAST !
Pedophilia obsessed Sevco fan obsessed with pedophile Rangers fan shocker!
Charlie its such a shame you are not obsessed by spelling and grammar. 7
Paedophilia is a vile and disgusting crime in the eyes of most civilised people. It should never be swept under the carpet and the perpetrators should be exposed and punished with the full force of the law.
but in your deranged, warped and twisted mind it should be hushed up and an evil, disgusting, vile club like Penn State Celtic, (The Bheasts from the East) should go unpunished.
The goings on at this despicable club should be investigated. Titles and trophies should be stripped, Bans and fines should be imposed and the Paedodome should be closed for good.
Scotland will be a much better place and safer for children.
“but in your deranged, warped and twisted mind it should be hushed”
If this is what you took from my post then I take it back, you’re not just obsessed, you’re a deluded fuckwit to boot.
So you agree with sweeping systematic child abuse under the carpet then, Charlie.
Hugs and kisses boytoucher , from someone who does not follow Penn State Glasgow at The Jimmy Saville Glitterdome.
reformation.com/ spread the word piglit we dont want all that abuse of poor defenceless protestant kids to go unheard there stories must be heard as the pedophilia infested britidh goverment and msm refuse to inform the public of these thousands of crimes against protestant children what say you piglit.
Greets from a rag free belfast city hall mr zombie swine talking about people who hit the deck like theve been gunned down By loyalist terrorist in a typical yellow loyalist drive by see kylelaugh at me and that rat loovenkrands lol you insidious inbred vermin just saying like
You seem to be a rather sectarian and racist bigot Eoin, Is you Daddy still asking you to play that game the whole family can play, Liam Adams played it with his kids, as did Mr Cahill, Do you notice a pattern.
How does it feel to be British, mutant boy ?
Did you ever visit big richards house when you were a young piglit ? Or maybe murder and sexualy abuse innocent women like your vermin loyalist heroes,does your obsession with sexual abuse steem from you.being molested by the reverend Cecil reformation.com/ that is all you insidious vermin 🙂
British me certainly not irish passport and all just saying like you inbred bottom feeding zombie swine.
Who’s bums are you loyalist sex offenders gona lick when Alba gets independence,hows it gona feel to be an unwanted brit lol
No surrender but still no rag on OUR city hall still no walk down.the garvaghy road or ormou road you poor sex offending murdering terrorist loyalist brethern are in there final days the orange state long gone poor wee mopes lolol