{"id":27117,"date":"2019-02-27T10:55:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T09:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/?p=27117"},"modified":"2019-02-27T10:55:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T09:55:37","slug":"lennon-i-want-to-win-more-trophies-with-celtic-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/lennon-i-want-to-win-more-trophies-with-celtic-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Lennon: I want to win more trophies with Celtic squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upon his return to Paradise, Neil Lennon has praised the squad he has <\/strong>inherited, but emphasised that he and his players cannot and will never take success for granted in their pursuit of more silverware.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having already secured this season\u2019s League Cup, the Hoops now aim to defend both the Scottish Cup and the Premiership title.<\/p>\n

The manager said that he re-joins the Scottish champions more experienced, and is keen to lean on prominent club figures such as John Kennedy to ensure a smooth and swift transitionary period.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a stellar squad, and since the turn of the year they\u2019ve been magnificent,\u201d said Neil Lennon in an exclusive interview with Celtic TV. \u201cThey\u2019ve put in performance after performance, and I thought they were so unlucky in Valencia as well.<\/p>\n

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“For 40 minutes, they put in an outstanding European performance that was only spoiled by a really poor refereeing decision. They\u2019re on great form, and I don\u2019t want this disrupting that flow. The players have a job to do and they know what\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing in, I obviously know the club, but I\u2019ve been away for four or five years, so I don\u2019t necessarily know the machinations of the way things are right now. I already know some of the players, and obviously want to get to know the ones I\u2019m less familiar with. But a few days, that\u2019s all I need. Maybe the players will need a few days to adjust to me, too, but there won\u2019t be sweeping changes, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having left the club as manager in 2014 after three successful years, Neil Lennon said he\u2019s grateful the club has again showed confidence in him, and he hopes to repay that faith from the outset.<\/p>\n

Neil Lennon continued: \u201cWhen an opportunity like this comes knocking you can\u2019t say no. There are tough games ahead, and it\u2019s the business end of the season. Looking at the mentality of the players, they look really focused. The situation has scope to disrupt them a little, but I\u2019ve got to manage that for them and make sure that they stay fully-focused.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upon his return to Paradise, Neil Lennon has praised the squad he has inherited, but emphasised that he and his players cannot and will never take success for granted in their pursuit of more silverware. Having already secured this season\u2019s League Cup, the Hoops now aim to defend both the Scottish Cup and the Premiership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":13165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[84,3],"tags":[1685,94,3104],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Celtic-players-celebrating.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd18y-73n","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportingtribune.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}