Neil Lennon predicts Rangers clash v Celtic in Scottish Cup semi-final
Neil Lennon unsurprisingly predicts Celtic will beat Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park on Sunday afternoon.
Michael Beale lost his first non-Old Firm game as Gers manager on Sunday with Aberdeen beating his team 2-0 at Pittodrie in the Scottish Premiership.
The Ibrox manager is yet to win against Celtic too, losing two and drawing one of his three Old Firm matches.
Ex-Bhoys boss Lennon believes it’ll be more of the same this weekend in the Scottish Cup semi-finals at Hampden.
“I just think Celtic are superior and will win by a couple of goals,” Lennon told PLZ Soccer, as transcribed by the Daily Record on Wednesday (26 April).
Probably right
We’ve got little faith in Rangers being able to win this game.
Obviously we want them to more than anything after the title race was all but confirmed to be won by Celtic at the weekend.
However, Beale’s yet to really prove himself as the Gers manager and we don’t think he’ll be getting the upper hand on Ange Postecoglou any time soon.
It’s all well and good beating the fodder of the Scottish Premiership but losing to Aberdeen is pathetic and failing to win in three Old Firm games is unacceptable.
If the Gers lose this and then lose their remaining league match against Celtic, questions will no doubt be asked of Beale.
He was a Ross Wilson hire because Ross Wilson couldn’t be bothered to think outside the box and just opted for a manager who’d previously been at Ibrox as a coach rather than bring in someone with plenty of experience.
Sure, Beale knew the players. But they are the players that need to go, on the most part, in the summer transfer window.
In other Rangers news, the club may now approach a sporting director who built a Champions League-winning team and they can hire him for free.