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Neil Lennon insists any talk of Celtic\u2019s title demise is premature as the second half of their Ladbrokes Premiership campaign begins against Kilmarnock.<\/p>\nNeil Lennon insists any talk of Celtic\u2019s title demise is premature as the second half of their Ladbrokes Premiership campaign begins against Kilmarnock.<\/p>\n
The Parkhead club have won the last 10 trophies available in Scotland and are going for nine league wins in a row this season while hoping to clinch a domestic quadruple treble.<\/p>\n
However, Rangers\u2019 2-1 win at Parkhead at the end of last year took Steven Gerrard\u2019s side to within two points of the champions with a game in hand, giving added hope to the Ibrox side of ending the domination of their Old Firm rivals.<\/p>\n
Asked if he thought suggestions that a changing of the guard might be hasty, the Celtic boss said: \u201cI think it is very premature, yes.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking at the league table I think we are still top of the league even though they have a game in hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won the (Betfred Cup) and up until then (the defeat to Rangers) we had won 11 (league) games in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we are very positive about the second half of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo look, I can\u2019t control what other people think.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect it sometimes off the back of a defeat but a lot of people over the years have been proven wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lennon expects his squad\u2019s winning mentality to play its part over the run-in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat experience might stand them in good stead but every season is different,\u201d said the former Celtic captain, who revealed that Ivorian midfielder Ismaila Soro is undergoing a medical in Israel as he waits for a visa to be sorted to confirm his move from Bnei Yehuda .<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a good, strong, core of players in there who are winners and they won\u2019t want to give anything up lightly as we have seen already.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the second half of the season should be exciting.<\/p>\n
\u201cKillie are a tough nut to crack. There has been a change of manager twice and I think Alex Dyer might go back to the way they played previously.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are away from home, we know the venue is tough, we know the artificial surface isn\u2019t always conducive to playing the style of football that we like but we are aware of that so it will be difficult but it is one we are looking forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n