Source: FOOTYMAD
It was on the cards
Lennon felt this kind of result was just around the corner Neil Lennon claimed his side ''sent out a message'' to the rest of Scottish football with the 6-0 result over Inverness in their Co-operative Insurance Cup third-round tie at Parkhead last night. He said: ''I've felt this was coming. We have been creating chances in games and not putting them away. Any time you score six goals against any opposition it is very pleasing. I just want to send out a message. We have goalscorers in the team, goalscorers from midfield and I was pretty happy with the clean sheet. We looked a good team out there tonight. The confidence is good, the level of performance has been good but we put our chances away tonight. We are not getting carried away but the competition is healthy. The movement of the front three was very good and they will be a handful for any team. I was pleased with Hooper, it was a chance to get him 90 minutes. There wasn't a poor performance out there tonight, the application was good and the quality of the performance is very high. Samaras was excellent and that will give him a lift. He was in a different position tonight but the timing of his runs were very good as was his level of performance. His attitude pre-season was fantastic and hopefully we will talk to his representatives next month.'' The former Manchester City striker was reluctant to discuss a possible new contract, preferring to share the praise around with his team mates. He said: ''First of all, I am really pleased with my team and we played good football. It is always nice to score goals, I feel really well in myself and I hope we will build on this. We will talk about that (contract) later. You will know the details when the club and I am ready.''
