Scottish Communities League Cup: Sir Alex Ferguson pep talk puts spring in Neil Lennon's step I have huge admiration for him. He's a great individual and the way he spoke at Sean Fallon's eulogy was very impressive as well. He came in and spoke to us for 30-40 minutes on football - but he didn't put any bids in. Ferguson also discussed Celtic's prospects of progression in the Champions League. "Yes we talked about Juventus but not in any great detail," said Lennon. We asked about Paul Pogba, who is now at Juve and whom he had at United. He gave us a few steers on that. I won't go into any more of what he said as that will lead you to write he's tipped us or he's tipped Juventus: he thinks it's pretty even. He didn't speak about Victor [Wanyama]: he spoke about Gary [Hooper]. He said he was well looked after in the centre-forward area, but he was very impressed with his performance. Lennon completed the treble in just five months after signing from Leicester City for £6 million in December 2000. In the 12 years since then that feat has been emulated only once, by Alex McLeish's Rangers side a decade ago. Lennon is well aware of the significance of such an achievement. "We've come close a couple of times," he said. When you are going well in all the competitions, the talks starts about the treble. But it's a very difficult thing to do and I know that from experience as a player and the last two seasons as a manager. I think we have been two games away from it and that is testament to our consistency and quality over a nine-month period. Lennon was particularly disappointed not to have hoarded all three trophies in his sophomore season. We got to the League Cup final and, for some reason, everyone criticised the performance but we didn't do a lot wrong that day apart from not score. We had great chances, three or four of them clear-cut, and could have put the game well beyond Kilmarnock. And in the semi-final against Hearts, Ki [Sung-yueng] has hit the post twice and could have won it before they got the penalty decision. Celtic have won their last eight meetings with St Mirren (aggregate score 22-0) but Lennon Insists that his squad will not suffer from complacency on Sunday. "There is no over-confidence," he said. I am always wary of semi finals, particularly at Hampden when it can be a bit of a surreal atmosphere at times with the crowd being so far away from the pitch and probably inclement weather conditions, which can make the game a bit more of a leveller as well. You just have to look at the semi finals this week. Would you have envisaged Bradford and Swansea being in the final? That's the unpredictability of it. But the players are in good focus and have played really well in the last two games so I am hoping they can carry that on into Sunday. Lennon also revealed that he would prefer to strengthen his squad during this transfer window rather than wait until the close season. "We want to bring people in because the [Champions League] qualifiers start really early in July and it would be difficult to bring someone in during the summer and expect them to hit the ground running three or four weeks later," he said. If we can bring players in and bed them in over the next three months, then they know what is coming for the start of next season.