SCOTT BROWN has made it clear Sunday is huge for Celtic after their humiliating defeat on Thursday night. The Celtic captain with the rest of his team-mates put in a shocking performance which has left the supporters bereft of hope going forward.
After signs of life against Lille and Aberdeen, it looked as if we were getting our act together but Sparta Prague turning over a Celtic side 4-1 at Celtic Park when you consider they had seven players out with the virus is utterly unacceptable.
The performances haven’t been there, for the most part, this season. Neil Lennon can’t seem to get the best out of this group of players. Whether it be personnel or formation they can’t seem to find a rhythm or an identity.
This season could pass us by very quickly if we don’t take action now.
Scott Brown assured the fans that the players are fighting for the manager and the pressure should be on them and not Neil Lennon.
“We can’t have lapses now and then. We need to be focused and give everything on the park as a minimum.” Brown told SunSport.
“We just have to get together and work hard so everyone knows how good a Celtic team this is.
“We’ve not hit those standards yet for whatever reason but we need to make sure we do it quickly.
“This season is slowly going and we need to hit top form quickly.
“It wasn’t a team performance tonight. It was a group of individuals.
“It wasn’t good enough from start to finish and we got what we deserved.
“We started off not too bad. Then we lose a goal and I think everyone’s heads went down from there and we didn’t recover well.
“We didn’t play as well as we can do and we know it is our responsibility to bounce back now.
“We need to make sure we do that extremely quickly because we have a game on Sunday.
“I’m talking about today’s performance which wasn’t good enough. I’m not ranking it, just saying today’s wasn’t anywhere near where it should have been.
“That’s start to finish, throughout the whole team.
“Probably not one person got pass marks. We know it wasn’t good enough and now we need to bounce back really quickly.
“You look at the performance on Sunday. We were very good on Sunday but very sloppy today.
“I would love to put my finger on it and tell you what it was but we need to make sure we are better all over the park – we work harder, we fight more, we create more chances and defend better as a team.
“For us, today’s performance was nowhere near the standard set at this club and especially over the last 13 years I have been here. It’s not acceptable.”
The message to fans is we will fight and scratch to make sure we bounce back.
“Sunday is HUGE now and we need to make sure we put on a performance and get three points.
“It wasn’t a day we could say we gave supporters what they wanted.
“They’ve had a lot of fantastic times and we need to make sure they continue.
“We know that wasn’t the standard we accept at this club.
“The pressure should be on the players, not the manager.
“The manager has been fantastic for us from when he first came in.
“It’s about the players on the park and we need to take responsibility.”
