Neil Lennon believes Falkirk's name might be on the trophy ahead of Celtic's Scottish League Cup semi-final against the Bairns on Sunday.
Boss knows upset is a possibility
Neil Lennon believes Falkirk's name might be on the trophy ahead of Celtic's Scottish League Cup semi-final against the Bairns on Sunday.
Steven Pressley's First Division outfit have already seen off both Rangers and Dundee United on their way to Hampden.
The Celtic manager knows upsets can happen - highlighting the Hoops' shock Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by First Division side Ross County in 2010, when he was interim boss.
"They have been excellent," said the Northern Irishman.
"You look at that sort of run and you think their name might be on the cup this year. They have beaten two SPL teams, two cup specialists in Rangers and Dundee United, which were two terrific results.
"And they have been pretty consistent of late in the league.
Scalp
"Obviously to beat Rangers is a huge scalp and we don't want to be the third one. They are a young team but they play with no fear and I'm sure that will be the case on Sunday.
"We know we have 90 minutes or 120 minutes and maybe penalties in front of us.
"You don't want to make the same mistakes as we did against Ross County a year or so or any other cup shocks the media keep throwing up at me - I always get reminded of it on these occasions so I thought I would get my retaliation in first.
"It shows the dangers that are there if you take your eyes off the ball."
But Lennon feels his Celtic side of 2012 is a different proposition.
"We have come a long, long way since then," he said.
"We had a pretty good season last season. We won a trophy, got to the final of another and lost the league by a point.
"We are on a good consistent run, we are now top of the league for the first time in a while and we have made gradual improvements in Europe, so step by step we have improved."
