Ex-Celtic midfielder says Neil Lennon deserves respect for his work
Previous Celtic midfielder Murdo MacLeod trusts Neil Lennon's heritage will be perceived emphatically in time as he reprimanded the players as far as it matters for them in an appalling season.
The 49-year-old coach stepped down on Wednesday as the Celts are 18 points behind Gerrard's Rangers at the top of the
Scottish Premiershiptable.
Previous Celtic skipper Lennon got at the team's helm for the second time in February 2019 and drove the Hoops to two league titles, two Scottish Cups and one Betfred Cup.
In any case, the looming inability to win a record-breaking ten progressive titles left numerous fans irate.
MacLeod, who was number two to Wim Jansen when Celtic halted Rangers from making it ten consecutive titles in 1998, thinks it isn't an ideal moment to pass judgment on Lennon.
He told the Celtic Huddle podcast:
"Obviously this was to be an historic year for Celtic and it has not happened and Neil has been part of it, he was the manager and he didn't win 10 in a row.
"So all the Celtic fans are not happy about it, just now they are very angry and the next couple of matches when Rangers eventually win the league, then that's it, they have won the league and stopped 10 in a row.
"But Neil Lennon (as a player) won a lot of trophies and similarly in his first time in management and then he comes back to the club again and wins a treble.
"Neil has been a fantastic person for Celtic Football Club and this is the wrong time to judge him.
"Obviously everybody is gutted for the 10 in a row but he has done so much for the club.
"I think the players have got to take so much responsibility because I have never seen a Celtic team play as poorly as this.
"The manager is doing his job and he is fighting as much as he can to get things going but the players – every Celtic supporter has been sitting, shouting at the television about the way players have been playing, the way they have defended.
"Looking at Celtic's defence every game, there is always something happening in a game.
"Teams that should have no chances against Celtic and Celtic are giving them chances all the time and things like that have happened all season.
"You are looking at (Christopher) Jullien, (Shane) Duffy, (Kristoffer) Ajer, all these big guys at six foot five and they are not defending well enough."
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