Source: Team_Talk
Lennon expecting hot reception
eil Lennon looks forward to a typically "spicy" encounter when Celtic travel to Hearts on Sunday for the final SPL game of the season.[LNB] The Hoops' interim boss will look for his eighth successive win in the SPL to bolster his hopes of getting the job on a permanent basis but he remembers when, as Celtic captain, he was a less than popular figure at Tynecastle.[LNB]However, the Northern Irishman thrived in the hostile Gorgie atmosphere when he was a player and hopes for more of the same on Sunday.[LNB]"Spicy? Yes, I'm sure I will get as good a reception as I did as a player," Lennon said. "But I had some good fun there and some cracking games as well.[LNB]"Tynecastle is a throwback. The fans are right on top and the noise is tremendous.[LNB]"It's one of my favourite away venues actually in terms of atmosphere and in 2006 Hearts had a good go at it and finished second in the table.[LNB]"There was always a bit of an edge to the games.[LNB]"I'm sure Sunday will be no different and I'm sure Jim Jefferies will have them stoked up."[LNB]He added: "I want to finish the season as well as we can. The players can play with a bit of freedom. The shackles are off.[LNB]"We will have a big support and the players owe it to the fans to finish with a win.[LNB]"The players will go there with a real positive frame of mind."[LNB]Parkhead defender Darren O'Dea is expecting a tough encounter with the Tynecastle side despite it being the last game of the season.[LNB]"It's always a battle there," the Irishman said. "The atmosphere can be hostile at times which is good, but it will be a very tough game and we will need to do well to get something from it."[LNB]Celtic fans could get another glimpse of teenage striker James Forrest, who scored a debut goal against Motherwell at Parkhead last Saturday.[LNB]Lennon said: "There will be kids in the squad, there is no doubt about that.[LNB]"I want them to be in and around after the season some of them have had.[LNB]"Forrest will definitely come into the equation.[LNB]"Ritchie Towell and James Keatings will travel with the squad. Whether they make the bench or not is another thing.[LNB]"The starting XI will probably be as strong as we can put out."[LNB]
