Celtic manager expects a ‘good game against a good side’ tomorrow when third place Hibs visit Parkhead.
Hibs did their former manager a favour last weekend by taking a point from Rangers at Easter Road and Lennon is determined that the same fate will not befall the Hoops.
The Northern Irishman believes that Thursday’s Europa League win over Riga will give his players confidence, as they look to build on their winning domestic form but he is taking nothing for granted and well-understands the threat that Jack Ross’s side poses.
He told the Celtic website: “Sunday will be a tough game, and Hibs will be buoyed by a good performance and a very good result last weekend.
“They’ve made a great start to the season, they’re playing with a lot of confidence, and Sunday is a game that’s now at the forefront of our minds.
“It was our immediate focus after the Riga game and were looking at analysis on the plane on the way home from Latvia. It’ll be a tough game.
“We’re in the match rhythm now, we’ve freshened up the team as we’ve gone along, and that’s what we want, we wants the games. The players will do a second day recovery on Saturday, and then they’ll get ready for the game again on Sunday, and between times it’s about showing them the strengths and weaknesses of Hibs.
“Hibs are a huge threat, and they’re as good as any team in the division. I know a lot of the players, I know Boyle, the two strikers, Nesbit and Doidge – Doidge can be a goalscorer and Nesbit has hit the ground running in the SPFL very well. They’re a threat, there’s no question of that.
“I know some of the players very well, but I’ve been gone from there about 18 months now, they’ve got a new manager in and Jack’s putting his own stamp on the team and you can see that with their success. He’s a very good manager.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
