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These really are strange times in Glasgow. There’s a cloud hanging over one half of the city while the bunting is out on the other.

But it’s the wrong way around.

Rangers are celebrating like they’ve won the World Cup when the reality is they have won sod all.

Last weekend’s victory against Celtic was the equivalent of a consolation goal yet we’ve seen all this nonsense about Glasgow being blue.

It’s embarrassing. I would be ashamed to hear that guff if I was part of a squad that failed to win the league and got bundled out of both cups.

Rangers won six games on the bounce when it didn’t matter and it was hardly a Herculean feat overcoming a Celtic side that was already over the line in the league and with precious little left in the tank.

I’ve never seen second place and no trophies celebrated in Glasgow.

The reaction has been way over the top – but not just from Rangers fans.

Celtic supporters have gone way too far the other way as well. This weekend they will be presented with the Premiership trophy and then it’s the Scottish Cup Final and the chance to become the first side to win a treble Treble.

Yet for some reason there is a huge swathe of negativity among some of them.

Neil Lennon was right to call it out the other day. He basically said there might be a generation of entitled supporters who are only used to success.

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To me, it seems like some are bored of winning.

Of course it’s disappointing to lose an Old Firm game but they should be enjoying these times for goodness sake.

The way some of them have reacted, you’d think Celtic chucked away the league last week.

It looks like there is a section who are hell-bent on making sure Lennon doesn’t get the job and it’s casting a shadow over everything.

Look, it’s fine not fancying him for the position. If a Rafa Benitez or Jose Mourinho comes in, however unlikely it is, then fair enough. It would be a slap in the face after completing a clean sweep in the circumstances but even Lennon would probably accept it.

But not wanting him to get the job on a permanent basis is one thing – the lack of respect he’s being shown from some is another.

Lennon is copping the flak for a stuttering end to the season but these people need to open their eyes.

This hasn’t just happened in recent months – the rot had set in more than a year ago.

Celtic already have more points than last season, so it’s not only this term. No one can deny Brendan Rodgers was an outstanding coach for Celtic and his success speaks for itself. You can’t argue with seven trophies on the spin.

But he also allowed the club to regress over the last 12 months and has left a total mess for whoever is in charge to mop up in the summer.

In fact, you could argue Celtic are in worse state now than when Rodgers came in on the back of Ronny Deila.

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There is an awful lot work required at the club but it’s extremely harsh to be aiming the negativity at Lennon.

He laid his credentials on the line earlier this week and while he was well within his rights to stand up for himself, he shouldn’t have needed to.

Who else would have put their neck on the line like he has? When he took charge at a minute’s notice back in February, the only thing he could do was mess it up.

Celtic had breezed through a gentle run of fixtures when Rodgers did a runner but since then he’s had to play 12 matches and all but two of them against teams in the top six.

Who is to say the team under Rodgers would have come through that period unscathed?

Lennon’s remit was to get the club over the line in the league and he has done that. He’s got them to the Cup Final as well with the Treble in sight.

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It’s gratitude he deserves from Celtic fans rather than criticism.

People will look at it and say, ‘Lenny’s your old pal,’ but I have been saying for a long time there are problems at Celtic Park that badly need addressed.

And they are not of his doing. I am not even saying he should definitely get the job. He has a strong case but it depends on who else is out there and how much money they will be given to rebuild.

These are all questions the Parkhead board will need to answer but in the meantime the doom-and-gloom merchants in the Celtic support need to lighten up.

Rangers fans could well one day look back in embarrassment at their over-reaction to winning a couple of games.

But Celtic supporters could also end up regretting not savouring success, because nothing in football last forever.