ian1964 10,440 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) NEIL LENNON claimed last night’s hammering by Ajax would HELP Celtic’s bid to qualify for the Champions League group stages. The Hoops boss saw his SPL champions ripped apart by the dominant Dutch. Lenny, though, believes the heavy defeat shows his players what they need to do to beat HJK Helsinki in the crucial qualifier. He said: “You learn a lot about a team in defeat. You pick a lot up and we’re not demoralised by any manner or means. “We do know there are a lot of improvements to make. There were glimpses of forward play we want to see but we’re trying to get up to speed. “We’re looking for a formation that suits us so that’s something we need to do more work on. “We’ve already learned a lot from Ajax. It’s a marker for where we are and where we need to be for the Champions League. “We’re still in pre-season mode but now we really need to knuckle down ahead of the Norwich and Inter Milan games.” Celtic were pulled apart after Lennon opted to field an experimental 3-5-2 formation. The Hoops also had Charlie Mulgrew sent off for handball which led to Ajax’s fourth from the penalty spot. Lennon added: “I’m not going to criticise the players. I’ll take the rap for the first half because I decided to change things about. “I took a gamble with the back three but you might as well try it just now. I’ll take the rap for that. “But we gifted the second and third goals to them. We weren’t creating enough going forward but the second half was better. “It’s obvious we’re behind the likes of Ajax in terms of their movement. They looked a bit sharper and fitter than us.” Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4442884/Neil-Lennon-This-4-0-thrashing-by-Ajax-will-make-us-better.html#ixzz21LK9VGvi Highlights: http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/ajax-4-celtic-0-pre-season-friendly-july-21-2012/ Edited July 22, 2012 by ian1964 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Tenner on Hearts to win the SPL now. They are absolute shite. All it takes is 1 half decent side and they get shown up. Pete are Ajax any good at the moment? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Lennon added: “I’m not going to criticise the players. I’ll take the rap for the first half because I decided to change things about. “I took a gamble with the back three but you might as well try it just now. I’ll take the rap for that. Bet it won't be too long until he's saying the opposite. What a fanny. Edited July 22, 2012 by 54andcounting sphelling 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears 0 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Why is this on here? Bears complain about ******** being obsessed with us yet....... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,440 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Why is this on here? Bears complain about ******** being obsessed with us yet....... Because I wanted it to be,is that ok? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Why is this on here? Bears complain about ******** being obsessed with us yet....... Football chat springs to mind. Cant be naive to think posting anything about Celtic isnt a allowed on a forum. If it was Ajax 0-4 Mhanks then Id be chopping Ians fingers off myself 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Tenner on Hearts to win the SPL now. They are absolute shite. All it takes is 1 half decent side and they get shown up. Pete are Ajax any good at the moment? They just won the Eridivise. What is it about septic and Dutch teams, another 4-0 drubbing, gald to see he's taking the blame as it's all his doing. Never mind Greek and Turkish teams, Helsinki will be hell for nell. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy dewhurst 0 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 ajax was allways good for scouring out the filth 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,440 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 ajax was allways good for scouring out the filth HA!,I get you 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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