{"id":229576,"date":"2025-10-28T06:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/229576\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T06:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:22:06","slug":"celtic-fans-send-neil-lennon-a-strong-message-after-sky-sports-stand-off-with-chris-sutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/229576\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic fans send Neil Lennon a strong message after Sky Sports stand-off with Chris Sutton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Neil Lennon has upset a lot of Celtic supporters after his dispute with Chris Sutton about the Parkhead club\u2019s recruitment on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>The former Celtic boss refused to accept Sutton\u2019s view on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/chris-sutton-nails-neil-lennon-and-kris-boyd-over-celtics-summer-transfer-business\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic\u2019s summer transfer business<\/a> as Lennon rejected the notion that the players signed this season are simply not good enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/chris-sutton-rips-into-lennon-and-boyd-after-hearts-loss-vindicates-celtic-hero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sutton bit back<\/a> at his former Celtic teammate and Kris Boyd as the former Hoops hero was vindicated after the Bhoys lost 3-1 to Hearts.<\/p>\n<p>And after hearing what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/neil-lennon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lennon<\/a> said and looking at his conduct towards his ex-Hoops teammate, Celtic fans are extremely unhappy with the former Parkhead boss.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic fans accuse Neil Lennon of \u2018siding with the board\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/chris-sutton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sutton<\/a> appears to have garnered an almost unanimous verdict from the Celtic fans as it seems almost every single one backs him over Lennon after watching their Sky Sports argument at Tynecastle.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neil Lennon should get the same treatment as the Board anytime he\u2019s near Celtic Park and if you can\u2019t see that you are part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CaI (@caim67) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caim67\/status\/1982541504313995520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 26, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>@PaddyBhoy1965 took aim at Lenny and said, \u201cNeil Lennon teaming up with Kris Boyd on Sky to try to embarrass Chris Sutton was absolutely cringeworthy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLennon has now officially hit the bottom of the barrel. Siding with the board in a desperate attempt to keep in with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neil Lennon doing the board\u2019s work for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Cynic (@90MinuteCynic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/90MinuteCynic\/status\/1982406640159866918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 26, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>@bhoysviews was unequivocal in his view that Lennon is an admirer of the Celtic board, \u201cNo more evidence needed that Neil Lennon is and always has been one of the board\u2019s men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neil Lennon embarrassing comments today on Sky basically in full support of the Celtic board<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Lynch (@AdamLynch27) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLynch27\/status\/1982409130716586244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 26, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Celtic fan @canuseeusnow is dumbfounded at his transfer comments and said, \u201cNeil Lennon, the guy who has failed at every other team outside of Celtic and still couldn\u2019t get the 10. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he thinks the transfer business was a success then this shows he\u2019s a Championship manager at best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mentioned last week that NL was clearly still hoping for another gig at Celtic. <br \/>Certainly has his acolytes in the support. I ended up having to block 2 fellas. <br \/>Whether you\u2019re a fan or not, this conversation highlights just how far removed he is from normal fans. Board lackey\ud83e\udd26 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SKDmYTH9Kc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/SKDmYTH9Kc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Hughes (@yogijunior3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yogijunior3\/status\/1982582025447239886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 26, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>@oranstorrie99 was brutal and said, \u201cHe\u2019s deliberately pandering to the Celtic board because they gave him the job when he was totally out his depth. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll ask you this though, have you ever seen Neil Lennon at Celtic Park as a supporter and not when he\u2019s paid to be there as a pundit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t say we have. Celtic fan @Michell46580438 was very balanced in her opinion and said, \u201cI loved Neil Lennon. Everything he went through when he was manager. But he still came back when Brendan Rodgers did a moonlight flit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut between the covid season and his constant backing of the board, I feel he needs to give his head a wobble!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With almost 20,000 views, my own view on the matter went a wee bit viral.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jeezo, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chris_sutton73?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@chris_sutton73<\/a> needing to hand Neil Lennon his backside on Celtic&#8217;s recruitment is superb viewing. Lennon showing how out of touch he is with Celtic fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paddy Sinat (@PaddySinat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaddySinat\/status\/1982407497827909971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 26, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> What Chris Sutton actually said about Celtic\u2019s recruitment that cannot be denied<\/p>\n<p>So why has Sutton gotten almost every Celtic supporter on side? It\u2019s because what he said was bang on the money.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton said on Sky Sports, \u201cWhy do I think Brendan Rodgers is right? Well, it\u2019s not just me who thinks that, Kris, it\u2019s the whole fan base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it\u2019s everybody in Scotland bar you who doesn\u2019t actually see that it\u2019s the issue [recruitment]. It was the issue at the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrendan Rodgers talked about his dissatisfaction with the quality of player, which, they lost key players. Didn\u2019t get key players in. And that\u2019s where all the infighting is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you not did you not watch the Champions League qualifiers? Have you not watched Celtic in Europe? Have you not seen Celtic on a regular basis this season? If you think that is based on a successful transfer window, Neil, quite frankly, you\u2019re miles off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neil Lennon has upset a lot of Celtic supporters after his dispute with Chris Sutton about the Parkhead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[18666,218,53218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-229576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-chris-sutton","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-neil-lennon","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}