NEIL Lennon last night threatened to walk away from Celtic if the fans aren't happy with the job he is doing.
The Northern Irishman was involved in an altercation with two of his own supporters behind the dug-out late on in his side's 1-0 defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle yesterday, and said he was prepared to end his 12-year involvement at the club if that was what the fans wanted.
Although Celtic have dropped 17 SPL points already this season, the club still top the table with a game in hand and stand one match away from booking their place in the Champions League last 16.
"If fans make it clear that they are not happy and they want me out then it is OK, I will do the honourable thing," said Lennon.
"I understand that they [the fans in question] were frustrated, but I disagreed with them. I didn't like what they were saying about the team. If they want me to go then I will. I can't repeat what they said, but there were a lot of expletives in there and heavy criticism, which I didn't think was justified. If there was a lack of application and commitment I would be the first one criticising, but I didn't see that today.
"They pay their money and they are allowed to say anything they like. Sometimes I say my opinions as well. We are in four competitions, but I am not happy with the league form and it is my team so I will take responsibility for it. It is not for the want of trying to find the answers."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article