Chris Sutton has reminded a critical Neil Lennon that much of Celtic 's current strife is "on you".
The Parkhead legend countered the former manager's cutting criticism of the club with a rather frank analogy featuring "horse manure".
Lennon branded Celtic's defending "kamikaze" under Ange Postecoglou following Thursday night's 4-0 Europa League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.
Record Sport columnist Sutton accepts it's Lennon's job as a pundit to dissect matches but pointed out the damage from his old team-mates final season in charge is still being repaired.
Sutton told BT Sport's Scottish Football Extra: " Neil Lennon calling them kamikaze last night, I understand the criticism and we're here to analyse the style of play.
"But a lot of this mess was on Neil, and that's just the way it was.
"It's like somebody dumping a big lorryload of horse manure on your front garden, moving out next door and then complaining about the smell.
"That's the way it is.
"The bottom line is, this guy needs time. In a year, if Celtic are getting pumped in Europe with kamikaze defending then it's going to be an issue.
"At this moment in time, Ange Postecoglou needs backing."
