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title: "Celtic: Fans demand more game-time for Leigh Griffiths after praise from Neil Lennon"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
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published: "2020-01-18T08:30:18Z"
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# Celtic: Fans demand more game-time for Leigh Griffiths after praise from Neil Lennon

**Plenty of Celtic fans have been reacting to comments made by manager Neil Lennon on Friday about striker Leigh Griffiths, which were shared by the club’s official Twitter channel [@CelticFC](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1218177007768539136).**

https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1218177007768539136

Speaking ahead of Saturday evening’s [Scottish Cup fourth round clash away to Partick Thistle](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/spielplandatum/verein/371), Lennon said that the 29-year-old “had a good week” at the first team’s mid-season training camp in Dubai recently, adding that “he’s hungry and he wants to play”.

Despite scoring [107 goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leigh-griffiths/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/45611) during his [six years](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leigh-griffiths/transfers/spieler/45611) at Celtic, Griffiths has found game-time difficult to come by this season, with only [524 minutes](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leigh-griffiths/leistungsdaten/spieler/45611) played in all competitions and just [one Premiership start](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leigh-griffiths/leistungsdaten/spieler/45611) so far in 2019/20. That [came against Motherwell](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leigh-griffiths/leistungsdaten/spieler/45611) back in August, when he also [scored the last of his three goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leigh-griffiths/leistungsdaten/spieler/45611) for the campaign to date.

The Scotland international now faces further centre-forward competition at Parkhead after the signing of Patryk Klimala for a reported £3.5m (as per [The Scottish Sun](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/5163857/celtic-transfer-news-patryk-klimala-complete/)) on Tuesday. On the day that the transfer was confirmed, Griffiths tweeted a GIF of him putting his fingers to his ears (via [@Leighgriff09](https://twitter.com/Leighgriff09/status/1217145892911964160)), sparking an [angry reaction from some Celtic fans](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/scottish-premier/celtic/celtic-fans-critical-of-leigh-griffiths-after-response-to-patryk-klimala-signing/) about his attitude.

However, following Lennon’s praise of the 29-year-old on Friday, these Hoops fans on Twitter called on the manager to utilise the striker more regularly, with some drawing upon the “hungry” comment:

> Get him something to eat then and give him a game 😂
>
> — joseph (@morrisonjoseph8) [January 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/morrisonjoseph8/status/1218177278783512576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Gee him a teacake and and a start against partick then and get him some game time up along with the new bhoy
>
> — robert sneddon (@rabsneddon89) [January 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/rabsneddon89/status/1218184544777637901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Give him some food if he’s hungry.
>
> — 🇮🇪ˢᶜ32ᴵᴱ🇮🇪 (@sc32ie) [January 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/sc32ie/status/1218177975088271360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Well then get him playing!
>
> — Rab (@CelticDa) [January 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/CelticDa/status/1218179781352665091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Get him started the mora.
>
> — Paul Sutherland (@PaulSuth) [January 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/PaulSuth/status/1218177192041091072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Let’s hope he gets more game time guys a natural goal scorer 👍🏻☘ [pic.twitter.com/heqzgHLKtZ](https://t.co/heqzgHLKtZ)
>
> — LUCKY\_SEV7EN (@LUCKY\_SEV7EN) [January 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/LUCKY_SEV7EN/status/1218178896274907137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Do you think Griffiths has been under-utilised by Lennon at Celtic this season? What did you make of the manager’s remarks about the 29-year-old? Have your say by commenting below!***