The Celtic fans have been protesting all season long, and their latest actions have caused a bit of a stir.
Just as Celtic kicked off against VfB Stuttgart on Thursday night in the Europa League, supporters threw tennis balls onto the pitch in protest against the club board.
But Gabby Agbonlahor thinks the Celtic players will be ‘frustrated’ by it all because it isn’t helping their cause as they play a first-leg playoff Europa League encounter.
Martin O’Neill criticised the protests, which further proved the dividing opinion these actions are having on how people feel about it all.
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Celtic players ‘frustrated’ with fan protests against VfB Stuttgart
Agbonlahor worked under O’Neill at Aston Villa, and he stated that it ‘takes a lot’ for the Irishman ‘to be that frustrated’, as he was post-match against Stuttgart.
Whilst the former Villa striker understands Celtic fans’ gripe with the powers that be, he suggested that such actions wouldn’t sit well with the players because they are trying to get up for such a huge game, as he told talkSPORT.
“I look at it from a player’s perspective, you are probably frustrated,” said Agbonlahor.
“You get yourself up for a big European game, and then you have to deal with that protest. Who is it helping? I get why they are doing it. You know the problems with the board.
“It does take a lot for Martin O’Neill to be that frustrated. I know him very well, and he was very angry after the game. It doesn’t help.
“Teams have come to Celtic in the past and been quite nervous. It’s a tough atmosphere. It’s a hard place to go and play. Stuttgart, it was a bit of a training game, wasn’t it?”
Celtic players are a bigger problem than fan protests
Three different men have taken to the Celtic Park dugout this season – Brendan Rodgers, Wilfried Nancy and now O’Neill.
Yet, time and time again, the proven stars, the senior players, have produced abject performance after abject performance.
That is a bigger problem than what the fans are doing in the stands because they let themselves and the club down all season long.
Regardless of whether Celtic win trophies at the end of this season or not, several have to leave when the transfer window re-opens.
- Kasper Schmeichel
- Reo Hatate
- Daizen Maeda
- Auston Trusty
- Hyunjun Yang
- Arne Engels
- Johnny Kenny
- Paulo Bernardo
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