A lot of Celtic fans have reacted angrily to a post from Daily Record Sport on Twitter that contains a link to an article on their site with quotes from Kris Commons.
The former Celtic man speaking in his Daily Mail column claimed that Celtic were ‘laboured’ against Riga in the Europa League and that playing Ryan Christie as a striker ‘is doing no one any favours’ (Daily Mail via the Daily Record).
Commons then accused Neil Lennon of trying to fit Christie, Callum McGregor, Scott Brown, and Olivier Ntcham into the same team and that ‘it doesn’t work‘.
Finally, Commons stated that he finds watching Celtic a ‘struggle‘.
These comments have not gone down well with these Bhoys fans, who are not happy.
Do you agree with Commons?
No, he is talking nonsense
Yes, he makes a good point
Watching Celtic will never be as bad as watching Kris Commons on t.v even when not at our best
— Stevie Chalmers (@StevieChalmers2) September 28, 2020
Clearly didn’t watch yesterday. Lovely football. Stroll in park. No surprise Neil is Celtic manager and Kris is kicking about with small media gigs
— Kev Lynch (@IrishBanksy) September 28, 2020
Another negative story from Commons! When was the last time this guy said anything positive! That was a good performance yesterday against a decent side!
— Sean Gambino (@SeanSou98106433) September 28, 2020
I used too like him don’t know what his problem is
— janice Cochrane (@kericochrane568) September 28, 2020
Commons is grim ?
— MzGriff?? (@Campbell71Helen) September 28, 2020
GET THIS MAN AWAY FROM OUR CLUB. HE IS A ROTTEN & BITTER APPLE. #CANCELCOMMONS https://t.co/HjWEIEV49z
— Kammii (@KamraanSaleem) September 28, 2020
Hate this guy
— Jordan Gibson (@jorddddyyy) September 28, 2020
Commons made 227 appearances and scored 89 goals for Celtic, but now it seems he doesn’t enjoy watching his old side play, which has not gone down well with many Celtic fans.
However, a few agree with him and think that Lennon should change the formation.
Don’t agree with much he says but on this one hes right, weve been trying to accommodate Christie, Ntcham, Mcgregor and Brown for weeks and whole balance of the team has been off. Best we have been yesterday playing just the 3.
— Calum Hendrie (@hcalum10) September 28, 2020
@MarkMcAuley3 he’s actually spot on
— Jack Diamond (@JackDiamondDJ) September 28, 2020
In the Bhoys’ 1-0 win over Riga in the Europa League, Ntcham played as a striker, not Christie as Commons claims, but Celtic needed a late goal from Mohamed Elyounoussi to go through.
In the league, though, Celtic have played a variety of formations which have seen them win 5-0, 5-1, 3-0, and 3-2 as well as a few other wins.
So, that does not exactly seem that boring as they have been scoring a lot of goals in the Premiership, but we see Commons’ point about the Europa League.
However, it is clear that these comments have annoyed many Celtic fans.