Complacency will not be an issue for Neil Lennon’s Celtic

Neil Lennon has brushed off suggestions that complacency is now Celtics greatest enemy, insisting his hungry squad are looking to stretch their 10-point lead even further as they march towards another title.The Hoops took full advantage of Rangers slip-up at Kilmarnock on Wednesday night with a 5-0 pasting of Hearts to put them firmly on course for nine-in-a-row.But even with such a healthy lead, the Northern Irishman says there is little chance his team will be happy to cruise towards the finish line.Are the boys going to get complacent? he asked. I doubt it very much.They will maybe want to try to increase (the lead) if they can. I think thats the mode of thinking here no complacency, dont take anything for granted.Youre fresh, youre fit, you look hungry, lets stay that way.Parkhead erupted with joy when news of Killies late winner filtered its way up the M77 from Rugby Park to Glasgows east end.Lennon refused to lend his voice to those celebrations, quickly making it clear after the Jambos dismantling that there is work to be done for his side to see off Steven Gerrards team and clinch their latest crown.It is the same kind of level-headed thinking that saw the Celtic boss refuse to over-react when his side were stunned at home by Rangers in the final game before the winter break.But he admits it does help having perennial winners such as skipper Scott Brown, Callum McGregor and James Forrest in the dressing room to ensure eyes do not wander off the prize.Its about keeping an even keel because there will be peaks and troughs as they go along, he said.Theres more difficult games to come and then weve got the split, so theres a lot of football still to go.(To continue winning year after year) is a hard habit to develop with people asking questions of you all the time.Motivation is high so its a good habit to have and very pleasing obviously.It shows they are still not willing to give anything up and want to take on all challengers. The desire in the team is really impressive.The willingness to keep going right to the final whistle and score more goals was fantastic last night. We even had Kris Ajer galloping down the wing right to the end.Were in a good place at the minute but were not getting carried away. Its just one game at a time.Its just good having those players who have been there and done it many, many times.Sometimes you think they will come off it. They have done everything that they want to do but theres a deep rooted motivation to keep going and going.Thats to their credit. It brings out the best in the rest of them as well.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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