Lennon's exit gives Celtic a chance to reset that they dare not waste

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Awful recruitment and unrest from not selling key assets leave a big rebuilding job but also a chance to shape club’s future

For a number of months it has been more about how Celtic extricate themselves from such a dismal position than how they got there. As Ross County delivered a final blow to Neil Lennon on Sunday, it was pointed out that the struggling Dingwall club had replaced a manager in between bouncing Celtic out of the League Cup and this rather unsurprising Premiership result. The Celtic board were portrayed as dallying dunces.

Awful recruitment and an unhealthy focus on the all-consuming pursuit of 10 domestic titles in a row – so what? – ultimately led to Celtic’s behind-closed-door implosion. Celtic’s hierarchy should have sensed trouble when Ferencvaros dumped the team out of the Champions League, with subsequent decisions to stick with the management team limiting options for succession and eventually leaving Lennon in a dire position. Failure to win 11 of 30 league games thus far is extraordinary given the general paucity of opposition. An earlier refusal to sell key assets, in a departure from Celtic’s business model, was with a view to preserving domestic dominance but allowed unrest to fester.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/24/neil-lennon-exit-gives-celtic-a-chance-to-reset-that-they-dare-not-waste-recruitment-unrest

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