JOHN KENNEDY has told Celtic fans this team is hungry for success and they will do their best to land the Scottish Cup trophy when they enter the competition in April.
The timing between games will be quite short and momentum will be key for the Hoops. The biggest issue has been Celtic’s inconsistency this season when it comes to any side in the top six. So there’s no guarantee we get anywhere near the final unless there’s a massive improvement among the players.
John has the team more organised but looks to suffer from similar deficiencies as Neil Lennon when it comes to in-game management and personnel.
Speaking about the competition and his Celtic side’s chances, Kennedy was in a defiant mood.
“The Scottish Cup is important. We want to give our supporters are many trophies as possible. This is a hungry group.” Kennedy told RecordSport.
“There’s been a lot of doubts cast on this side this season. I think Sunday showed that, yes, we’ve underperformed at periods and lost the title, but we are still capable of being a dominant team that can go and win things.
“That’s important for us. You can talk about wholesale changes and smashing everything up after a successful period, but it takes time to rebuild.”
On the set piece problem, the interim Celtic boss said:
Kennedy said: “I think you have seen that (fragility) at times and it’s something we’ve tried address.
“When you get a set back it’s how you respond to it. That can be the bigger picture like dealing with losing a cup, or whether it’s in a game like conceding a goal.
“I think we saw on Sunday a team that quickly regrouped. We got hold of the ball again and control of the game.
“You could see we were quickly passing it about and getting that confidence back again.
“We felt our way back in to the match, whereas in the past we’ve maybe been caught thinking about it too much, looking nervy and agitated – and we’ve fallen to pieces a bit.
“But we brought a bit of calmness back to the play on Sunday. When you do that it’s about creating more chances and hopefully scoring goals.
“It’s something we’ve tried to address.
“I thought the players did that well to a large extent. In the three games, we were very good in the first half against Aberdeen, in the second, not so much, with a bit of stress in there.”
Celtic will find out this week whether they will take on Falkirk or Arbroath in the next round of the competition. If they bhoys were to be successful in the competition they would make another piece of history by retaining the trophy and winning it five years straight.
Let’s hope this team have won last trophy in them!
