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Celtic Diary Friday December 1: Motherwell Steal “rangers ” Headlines

Anyone would think it was all organised between them.

The Motherwell whinging has defelcted from any criticism of an Ibrox AGM, nit, of course, that there was any criticism of the Ibrox AGM….

Motherwell, still moaning about the penalty that saved Celtics unbeaten run, issued a statement that had exactly the same structure as those we have come to look forward to seeing from Ibrox..

 Clearly the siege mentality will attract supporters for a while, and that may be the reason for the prolonged assualt on everyones common sense, but why the statement ?

Why approach the head of refereeing to complain about an incident where you have rejected  the opportunity to appeal ? That seems a little unusual to me .

Then there’s the damage to seats, toilets and anything else they can think of in the meantime.

Of course, if you look deeper, you will find out why Mptherwel have gone all “rangers “…

Grant Russell, the man who flaunted a doctored copy of the Traverso letter, is in charge of communications and media down at Fir Park, and this, it seems, is why they hired him.

Both incidents were penalties, both incidents can be shown to be penalties.

Motherwell are at it, but we have to ask why.

It could be an attempt to boost crowds down there, to keep the club on the back pages. Which is commendable, but there are ways to do that without making yourself, and your employers, look ridiculous.

Grant is new to the job, so he’s learning. no doubt he either looks up to or consults the Fat Controller over at Level % PR, because this statement looks as though its been released after the same editor has had a look at it.

One wonders if there will be an investigation, or punishment for the actions of Motherwell fans, who threw various objects at Celtic players…which would explain Motherwell going on the offensive-any fine would make a serious hole in their account- or if they’ll all agree to move on again.

The missile throwing incidents have made the back pages…but its only the Sun, so no one will see it.

 Although the story is played for laughs here, it is quite serious. Look at the size of that chewit. We’re talking serious head trauma if it connects.

We’ll see what happens next, and again we have to congratulate Motherwell, because everyone will be watching what happens at Celtic Park tomorrow, when the trilogy concludes.

 

While all that was going on, serious questions were being asked of Dave King, the man who says he is in charge of “rangers ” . Extra security was drafted in as organisers expected the pasionate and staunch support to be asking some searching questions, and the threat of violence hung over the event should they not receive answers…

Astonishingly, king was asked what school he went to, and if he would cut the away allocation when Celtic come to visit.

The impending financial cold shoulder facing him, an therefore the club, was routinely ignored.

And then, of course, that gave the fat controller the chance to unleash the hounds…sorry, I meant poodles.

Rangers are still on road to recovery but Dave King leads the way with impressive showing – Gary Ralston’s AGM verdict

The AGM didn’t produce much in the way of talking points but it was a sign Rangers are starting to be run properly. 

If you don’t count having no money, no manager, and no chance of getting either to a decent level.

Rangers moved out of the Clyde Auditorium yesterday just as Jools Holland prepared to move in for a two-night residency.

Talk about Up The Junction.

The former Squeeze pianist and the Light Blues may have become adept in recent years at singing the blues, but the Gers faithful were comforted by a commitment to ensure they’ll soon be hosting a Hootenanny of their own again at Ibrox.

Rangers chairman Dave King, who struck the right tone between assured and apologetic, isn’t always a natural communicator but played his audience as comfortably as Holland tinkles the ivories on a Steinway. 

King murmured a few bars of soulful regret – we mismanaged Barrie McKay’s departure from the club and sold him on the cheap, he lamented.

There were a couple of torch songs of defiance as he insisted they are on top of the recruitment process for a new manager, which could be finalised next week, and dismissed claims they’ve been asleep on the job.

He even threw in a revenge number, hitting out at the Easdales for dobbing him in
to the Takeover Panel, an
 allegation angrily denied by the McGill’s bus bosses.

The 1200 supporters inside the Armadillo joined in on a sing-along of an old fan favourite, slagging off Celtic fans and demanded their ticket allocation for Ibrox be reduced. 

They treat us and our players with contempt,” warbled one shareholder soloist, who surely wasn’t reaching for the mic in the days when his team put four and five past the Parkhead club. Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson makes a rotten Freddie Mercury. He ruined the harmonious buzz from the audience when he pointed out Celtic would operate a quid pro quo policy in return, before promising to continue dialogue.

The loud murmurs of dissent from the floor let it be known they would happily give up their seats in a corner wedge of
 Parkhead in order to see the Broomloan Stand painted in a sea of blue on Old Firm matchday.

King’s encore, broadcast later on Rangers TV, was another popular number, promising continued investment until the club are back and ready challenge Celtic for Scottish football’s
ultimate bragging rights. 

He said: “The only way we can be self reliant is to have continued success in Europe. It’s not enough to qualify and be knocked out at the early stages.

“It will only happen when we feel we’re sufficiently resourced to be reasonably sure we can get to the Europa League, its knock-out stages and occasionally the Champions League.

“At that level we can be self sufficient, but we’re probably still two or three years away from that.”

Observers expecting a rowdy reception for the board in light of the time it has taken to appoint a successor to Pedro Caixinha, allied to recent underwhelming results, were disappointed. 

The spirited performance little more than 12 hours before as they knocked three past Aberdeen without reply took some of the sting from the occasion.

Historically, Rangers shareholders have been reluctant to wash dirty linen in public, albeit they made an exception for the Easdales and chairman David Somers two years ago with shouts of “rats” and “spivs” as they sat huddled in a cheap marquee at the corner of the Govan Stand.

In his chairman’s address, King read from a prepared statement in which he revealed the club were bound by a confidentiality clause from revealing a pay-off to Sports Direct for £3million to end their controversial retail deal.

He also frankly admitted he and the Three Bears cannot dip into their pockets forever, which makes their return to profitability sooner rather than later all the more pressing. 

He added: “So far the board has been successful in securing the cash resources that have been required – often at short-notice – but we can’t take future funding for granted if there is no end in sight to the company’s losses, or if we take on excessive risk during this intervening period.

“It is the responsibility of your board to ensure that this does not happen.”

On several occasions, shareholders stepped forward to thank King and his directors for
ultimately rescuing their club from the grip of Charles Green and various other money-
grabbers, but praise was also tempered with valid criticism.

A representative of Club 1872 took the club to task over the delay in appointing a successor to Caixinha and claimed it had cost Rangers reputational harm, as well as progress in the league.

King replied: “I don’t accept the comment. It can take me three months to appoint an
 executive in South Africa. It’s a very, very important position. 

We are aware this is going to be a three to three-and-a-half year contract and in doing proper analysis of who the person should be, the fact we lose to Dundee, Aberdeen or Hamilton doesn’t change who that person should be.” Director Alistair Johnston admitted they had to act and fire Caixinha because “the players weren’t all on the same page” while King made the surprising admission his board are finding it difficult to budget.

In offering an explanation, he also suggested director of football Mark Allen may have a more significant role at the club than previously imagined.

King said: “If we’d gone to Pedro and said, ‘Here’s your budget and it’s fixed’ then the director of football says he has to change the manager, that’s not in the budget and requires compensation.”

In the absence of a manager, Allen represented the football department and was asked to outline the key attributes for the new manager. 

He said: “There must be
continuity to the football club, from the academy to the first team. A big consideration is someone who sees the bigger picture. We’ve invested in our academy and you can see shoots such as Ross McCrorie coming through.

“However, the manager will always have the say on the players he picks, team selection and the decision over tactics.”

Shareholders are expected to pass Resolution 11, which will give the board the chance to offer new shares to new investors but King is unlikely to invest,
technically speaking.

Asked about his ongoing battle with the Takeover Panel, he said: “I invest through one of my trust companies, New Oasis Asset Ltd. It is not my intention to hold shares in my personal name.”

A mention of Oasis in the shadow of The Hydro. The Gallagher brothers have no plans for a big time comeback soon, but King and Rangers? On the evidence of yesterday, Definitely Maybe.

That was pretty much the gist of several articles that appeared yesterday. Other acolytes such as Chris Jack added their tuppence worth on the same theme. 

We’ve seen it all before. We’re seeing it again, a complete refusal for the Scottish media to question anything that convicted fraudster Dave King tells the Ibrox support, who are again being fattened up for the fleecing. 

When king disappears, and he will have to, what will their excuse be this time ? 

And what will they do when the blue pound can no longer be relied upon to balance their books ? 

Despite an impressive track record, even that lot cannot fall for all of this again. 

Can they ? 

Image result for without doubt the dumbest fans on the planet

Meanwhile, the laptop loyal have collaborated on this book, which tells of their encounters with David murray, during his ill fated time at Ibrox

It’s Friday, and of course that means its time for us to announce the Etims

Knob of the Week 

Again, we have seen a number of excellent candidates, and the statement released by Motherwell almost secured another award for Grant Russell, but if you consider that his job is to keep the club in the headlines, then he’s doing rather well.

So we have to look further afield, and we return to an old favourite, someone who really should get a lifetime award…

Image result for stewart regan

 

It’s the SFA chief Stewart Regan, who yesterday , amidst a mere puff of publicity, opened  their big convention..

On Thursday (30 November), the Scottish FA Convention will take place for the fourth consecutive year at Hampden Park.

The Convention offers all Scottish FA member clubs a forum to share best practice, discuss current trends and participate in workshops geared towards improving the game.

It is the centrepiece of the Scottish FA Congress, a forum that is now fully representative of the Scottish football family with the incorporation of PFA Scotland, Coaches’ and Managers’ Association, sportscotland, Scottish Senior Football Referees’ Association and Scottish Football Writers’ Association.

The day will be hosted by Richard Gordon and Eilidh Barbour and an array of speakers will take to the stage to educate attendees and provide food for thought on how they can further develop their own clubs.

Maurice Tollenaar of UEFA and David Elleray of IFAB will consider how technology will change football as they talk about new trends in media rights and the use of video technology respectively.

Omar Chaudhuri from the 21st Club will tackle the subject of recruiting the right people and challenge participants to think differently around bringing new people into their organisation.

In the afternoon three workshops will take place.

Alyson Evans of the Scottish FA will discuss children’s wellbeing and Kerry Keenan from Celtic FC will explain how the club celebrated the 50th year anniversary of the Lisbon Lions conquering Europe.

Members of the Scottish FA Youth Ambassador programme will also lead a workshop reflecting on the work they have done within the organisation following a year of being paired up with Scottish FA staff.

All attendees will also hear from Southampton FC’s Director of Football Operations Ross Wilson who will focus on club and player development before the day is rounded off with Malky Mackay. 

The Scottish FA Performance Director will be joined by Scotland Women’s head coach Shelley Kerr along with former Scotland midfielder Murdo MacLeod for a panel discussion on what it takes to be a winner.

Live updates of the Scottish FA Convention will be tweeted from the Scottish FA Twitter account.

Scottish FA Chief Executive Stewart Regan said: “The football calendar can be relentless but the Convention on Thursday will allow us all to draw breath, share ideas and discuss ways to deal with the challenges that we are all facing. 

“The programme for the day has been designed bearing that in mind with a variety of speakers lined up to educate those in attendance.

“The Convention is now in it’s fourth year and provides a relaxed environment for all our member clubs and the football family to learn more about a number of different areas in the game and think differently about how they approach situations in the future.” 

He really doesn’t get it, does he ?

Not only did hardly anyone know about the convention, real and relevant issues were ignored, which is the SFA way.

Regan is the

Knob of the Week 

but perhaps we should all get an honourable mention for allowing this clown to remain on office..

 

Yesterday, we had this charming image..

PeteCon November 30, 2017 at 12:28 pm · Edit · Reply →

Caption: “Bear refuses to join the 21st century.” 

Today…

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Dziekanowski’s nightclub child
6 years ago

Caption: i didn’t realise you could fit 2 in there, so that’s why you want to marry her!

Puggy67
6 years ago

Caption: Dashed clever these ejector seats – one couldn’t have one fitted on a throne, could one?

6 years ago

Caption
Fucksake Meghan keep your head down and carry on with the half decent gobble you are giving me. The press will have a field day

Alzyerpal
6 years ago

Caption: Ironically, Prince Harry is seated in the cockpit of the fighter plane which will, later, accidentally shoot down his Honeymoon flight.

mike
6 years ago

Brilliant again. Chewitt he used to play for Aberdeen.

trixie
6 years ago

I don’t recall Motherwell issuing a letter about the horrendous refereeing decision at Fir Park when Pierre van Hooijdonk, ‘scored’ and the ball was deemed not to have crossed the line denying Celtic victory in a crucial league run-in

alan ryan
6 years ago

“Ya, thats why we call it the Cock-pit !”

portpower
6 years ago

Caption:
Thanks for the weekender Francis.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  portpower

Port, tough WC group Australia in, whut yi reckon?

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Murderwell are correct on two counts.They have captured the imagination,of psychos(on the pitch) and Hun like supporters off it.Also,disgrace,Celtic getting one penalty in the League,even though it was one,still not acceptable.Know your place Tims.
Could I point out that the AGM was for R.ng.rs International Football Club PLC yesterday (who?).Surely a case for trade description offences on a couple of words in the title?GF67,that’s 6 or 7 tomorrow just to see Robinson whining,what a t.sser…..

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Caption: So Harry,you’re ginger,balding,thick as mince,are a kid on “Royal”,like to dress up as a Nazi and have plenty of cash.What did a not very good,divorced,actress find attractive about you?……

mike
6 years ago

67 two simple yet iconic numbers that combined means so much.

Our Invincibles knocking on the door of sixty seven,
fantastic memories and achievements, made in heaven,
legends from the past, enjoying our teams great achievements,
while we supporters nod and smile in complete agreement.

Records broken then and now,
players with talent, skill and know how,
these players names are no mystery,
their legacy left, “if you know your history”.

Celtic a magical club with lots of famous players,
founded for charity always in our prayers,
our memories are blessed with players sublime,
of players past and through to this present time.

Playing so well this current Celtic team,
achieving things of which we dream,
game after game there relentless pursuit,
the talents that they share are beyond dispute.

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

poetry of the highest order maestro

GuigsyBhoy
6 years ago

Caption:

Luke Skywalker: “Yes I also couldn’t believe who my REAL father was!”

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  GuigsyBhoy

🙂

6 years ago

Caption: Your first mission is to take out Ibrox with a 1000lb cluster bomb, your first impression might be that someone’s beaten you to it, but don’t be confused, that’s how it alwaalways looks…Good Luck….

CarlJungleBhoy
6 years ago

Hey Ralph! Not that I care a proverbial flying one but its just struck me that the pic of Grant Russell above came from my Twitter a/c (@carljunglebhoy for anyone that wants to sift through tons of shite for roughly 1 snippet vaguely interesting tweet every other month that might raise a hint of something resembling a smile or smirk)

If you look really closely, you’ll see that it’s not actually a pic at all, but a screenshot from my laptop at home – It has some default links on the toolbar on top to – for example – “Mijn ING” “9292ov” (public transport) “VU Net” (Vrije University, Amsterdam).. not to mention a couple of recipe links from my daughter. I’m just mightily relieved I removed the Gay Boys In Bondage, S & M for Dummies & Horny Hun Hermaphrodite Live links last night. 🙂

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  CarlJungleBhoy

Bondage Brian?

CarllJungleBhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

🙂

Gamriestu
6 years ago
Reply to  CarlJungleBhoy

Pmsl I honestly laughed at your comment bud. I’m on my way back home after 3 weeks without much humour and you made my day.

CarllJungleBhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  CarlJungleBhoy

I refuse to comment on the grounds that it might incriminate Bondage Brian

mike
6 years ago

that’s got to be a first, now share that….Porn.

Damian Green, nae wonder he is humphy backed.

"TonyB
6 years ago

OK Meghan time to salute the head of communications.

Arise Sir Nob.

portpower
6 years ago

DEAD SET:
Unique sevco Development Squad `R` to play in the SPFL.
Kenny Miller`s group chat `R` to journey through Europe.

CarlJungleBhoy
6 years ago

Caption: During a royal visit, Prince Harry ascends to the very top of the “iconic” glass staircase at Ibrokes, where he joins a hirsute & slightly disguised Sir Craigy Whyte in laughing at the state of the roof.

Mike Annis
6 years ago

Caption: You can pull whatever you like in there but you will still be a parasite.

Dave Mooney
6 years ago

Caption – “Look, who is your Father?”

bawsman
6 years ago

See that new wondrkid that is Ross McCrorie? Anyone else think he would need to improve massively to become shite?

portpower
6 years ago

Has there been any word from Derek Buford Johnstone about the sombitch sevco AGM?

Celticfan1888
6 years ago

young Hewitt almost flew it

Puggy67
6 years ago

Caption: My real dad drove a tank.

Monti
6 years ago

Much as i would love to see a real hammering handed out to Motherwell on Saturday, there is something quite appealing about a last minute penalty,that Scott Sinclair scores the winner from 🙂

It would be just funny.

john young
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Nobody mentions that we should have been coasting Monti,nobody mentions the blatant offside for the hundos third goal,they are at the point of mass suicide at the thought of us going on and on.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  john young

Correct!

Monti
6 years ago

Caption: Buzz Hewitt…” To the Polo field & beyond “.

Devoy45
6 years ago

Caption: A capital modern way to up my quota of grouse so as to impress grand-pater! What?
Caption: One way to combat republican sentiment in Scotland…
Caption: New on the job training for unemployed ex-squaddies.
Caption:Do you do the same model…with, cough, cough…a few twisted crosses and such like?
Caption: Private transport? Do you think the public will pay for it? Of course, Harry. They’ll do anything you say, especially in England.
Caption: A wedding gift from the grateful austere British public.
Caption: A wedding gift from the British tabloid press.

Rebus67
6 years ago

Ralph,

Good choice for Knob of the Week. Regan….the absentee CEO. Even when you can see him, he is still missing.

What a shambles ….I mean the SFA.

Rebus

Devoy45
6 years ago

Saturday will be the right time to prove that real football always triumphs in the end. Brendan should put out a side that will quickly dominate and will ratchet up a good scoreline. Motherwell has yet to respect us at our very best and tomorrow they ought to see that. We will prove to them that we don’t need penalties or poor officials or anything else.
I would advise security being aware of stadium damage and who commits it. Likewise, they might want some CCTV backup as evidence of coin throwing. On the pitch, we need to put them to the sword. In two consecutive matches they have yet to score against us without the benefit of an own goal. Now, we need to show them how goal scoring is really done. C’mon bhoys, give us 3-0 or more and send them home maybe to have a think and a greet. Above all, it will shut them up.

rebus67
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

Devoy,

Kind of agree with you up to a point. I’d like to see a lesson handed out, but the priority has to be the CL game. If that means resting players, and/or easing up on the park to conserve energy, so be it.

The long game is the one that matters.

Rebus

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

It’s gonny be 4-0 Devo. Tellin yi. MON THE HOOPS !!!

Devoy45
6 years ago

Caption: A wedding gift from a grateful BBC.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

….OK, here’s your flight path to the Bermuda Triangle. ..

San Miguel
6 years ago

Caption :

Luke Skywalker -This was the same plane that your Granny’s cousins used to bomb Clydeside after the traitors at Celtic Park left the floodlights on as a guide to allow them to bomb the shiptyards .

Harry – Really ?

Luke Skywalker- Don’t be fecking stupid Hewitt, that’s where all the Rangers playesr where hiding !

rebus67
6 years ago

I wonder about the wisdom of the Celtic Board. There have been a number of attacks on both the integrity of the players and upon their physical well being……..yet the Board chooses to remain silent(in public).
In domestic football, things are going well for the club……..the unbeaten run, one trophy in the bag, with the League sure to follow. So, perhaps the strategy is not to rock a boat that is sailing in correct course.
However, the more negative comments that are left unchallenged , the likelihood of even harsher rebukes becomes higher.
Perhaps, it is time for the CEO to put a marker down by drawing a line in the sand. For example, drawing attention to the number of penalties awarded to our nearest rivals compared to the ONE that we have received.
When is enough, enough?

Rebus

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  rebus67

Board are taking a leaf oot ma book by simply blankin eejits. 67+. HAIL HAIL N aw that!!

Cartvale88
6 years ago

Caption
With the backdrop it’ll look like your in a war zone.

Ah the media a pile of poo. Every decision that goes Celtics way is cheating, every decision that is given for the Rankers a wee mistake as the offside on Wednesday.
King and his merry band of spice will take more off these stupid stupid Huns, stating that there will be a new gleaming Crumbledome for the next anniversary, that could be the next liquidation.
These WATP must be the thickest in the known Universe

Monti
6 years ago

Naw, he dodges everything by looking straight at it!

6 years ago

I remember when Celtic legitimately complained against woeful refereeing a few years ago and the snowflake refs went on strike. Not one club supported Celtic instead they criticised the club with the usual ‘paranoid Timmies’. All it took was a couple of penalties and dreadful, nothing football clubs like Motherwell are squealing like stuck pigs. Celtic should fully support Motherwell and request that the SPFL/SFA etc sack every referee in Scotland and start a retraining scheme for a few of them and for replacements. For the next two years foreign refs could be drafted in and should be welcome to apply for jobs as full time refs. Any Scottish ref should have to declare a personal bias, team supported as a youth and be able to prove it. Any membership of secret organisations would also have to be declared. I am all for fairness in this but I have a feeling one club would suffer and it would not be Celtic. I hope the team are fired up for tomorrow and take 6 off these clowns. However, this unbeaten run seems to have taken precedence over everything else. We have dropped as many points after 14 games as we did in 38 last season. The team look stale and lack imagination. Armstrong and Sinclair should be nowhere near the first team at the moment. Others can come in and freshen things up. What about Henderson? I don’t think the unbeaten run is going to last that much lomger but let’s hope it is Lenny that ends it not low life like Motherwell or god forbid Sevco.

SteveNaive
6 years ago

Sky:::”I think we can assume Belgium will qualify with England….”. Started already.

Devoy45
6 years ago

John, very good post. Referees in Scotland should be non-partisan, fully trained, well-paid, and assisted by technology. American baseball is an excellent example of how technology can be used. Same for tennis. In football: offside goals, goal line decisions, handball, penalties, fouls, red cards, etc. Against Motherwell, technology would have proved us right.
C’mon Panama. Tunisia, hail…hail.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

No for me the sterile clinical approach tirefereeing, aye OK some very bad designs happen but that’s fitbaw, win some lose some. Fortunately we play football the Glasgow Celtic way. As big Jockland said: score more than them then the refund doesn’t matter. HAIL HAIL!!!

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

Predictive text can be a right bastard eh.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

Could you watch your language please?
Some folks daughters read this……

Signed,
Stefan Van der graaft ( Amsterdam police force )

SteveNaive
6 years ago

Wait there…they’ve just mapped a route to the final via France to meet Germany!,,

BroxburnBhoy
6 years ago

I wonder whatever happened to the “penalty awards and poor decisions even out over time” media line when Celtic were being denied obvious penalties or other egregious piss poor decisions were being awarded against Celtic. Oh that’s right its only a line for Celtic. Everybody else can write notes to the SFA and bleat like wee lambs when they feel aggrieved even when the actual two decisions awarded to Celtic were indeed penalty kicks by any measure. The hypocrisy is of the highest and most detestable order. Also spare a thought for leather trouze wearing pundit and ex Arsenal flop Charlie Nicholas having yet another go at Celtic and Brendan. Charlie you are no longer relevent despite your best efforts to be “Controversial”. You should have joined Liverpool and that lack of judgement all those years ago is reflected today in your piss poor anti Celtic punditry. What’s your view of the UK’s biggest sporting scandal and the whole saga of old Rangers and new “rangers”. What do you have to say about that?

mike
6 years ago

There’s got to be a time when player fatigue kicks in, has that time arrived? There’s got to be a time when team’s need refreshed, is that time now?
A lotta lotta games, to many perhaps, add early season starts due to C.L. qualifiers and further add Internationals. Some player look as if they could do with a few weeks of, they are not machines, this three Motherwell games in 6.5 days, nine, yes nine games in December is a complete joke. We keep on asking the players who are playing a massive amount of games and wonder how their form dips, they are only human, they make mistakes due to tiredness and then might lose form. Add to the mix added pressure due to the keeping the unbeaten run going, its a hell of an ask to the players. The thing is the players on the edge of the squad cannot be brought up to game speed because….we must win. I would never, ever like Celtic to get beaten, however after 67 will the slump continue, yes, yes, yes.
Given the size of the club, can we not compete in the media stakes, its a joke that our club is trashed in the media and the only one or two standing up for the club is big Sutty and Broonie, people are being paid in our so called media department, its high time they earned their money or we got someone in more professional to rebuff the mince from the press. Stand up and be counted FFS.

mike
6 years ago

£375,000 pounds this year from our C.L qualifiers 2016 and more to come next year from the 2017 C.L. qualifiers for EVERY team in the SPFL. and still all you hear is bleating, eye bleeding, ear ringing shite. Thanks for that you bunch of cretins, you spit in our faces and continue with your racist and bigoted shite, time to say….bye if only we could. 2017 the bleet goes on.
So mibbee time to highlight and remind everyone of what we bring to the Fitba. table of Scotland and not just on the park either, the very many good causes that Celtic supporters support with food or goods or contributions. Celtic the all year Santa Clause !!

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Good post Mike.

Devoy45
6 years ago

Celtic has always had poor public and press relations. We should hire someone from industry or the legal profession who does this kind of thing all the time. The Motherwell bullshit could/should have been nipped in the bud. Same with all the penalty bullshit. That being our first league penalty should have come out immediately.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

Ralph and Dessi they would do a brilliant job and a good looking secretary with long dark hair, olive skin, long legs…..and me! 😉

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Sooky sooky…..

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Oops
..wrong site 🙂

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

That Dessi…He’s got some imagination, when you look at that AGM thingy with Applejack King, mustve taken him ooors to come up with that, his poor misses.
“HAW Desi..what are you doin, common we have to go buy Christmas presents fur the wean.”
OK honeybum I’ve just got to finnish this article fur the dafties! Be doon in a tic. “Hurry fuckin up then!
Aye ok hunybum, i’m comin.

Puggy67
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

Celtic have had a professional PR team for at least 10 years. Problem is, and with no apologies for my choice of language we are house niggers. We get to talk to Massa and even look him in the eye and give him some lip, we even get seats at the big table. But when Massa’s hillbilly good old boys come to town we’re back in the kitchen. To a certain extent I believe it’s part of our Irish DNA. Our grandfather’s ran the risk of coming here and getting lynched. So they played it cute working hard, getting on but never challenging the status quo. That was right for their era but not mine.Tiocfaidh ár lá is for the Irish but not for me. I’m Scottish and Celtic. My day is now.

6 years ago

Agree completely Mike. Tiredness, loss of form and just being a bit jaded has crept into the first team, possibly since the start of the season. Not many high spots in the league this season so far, except Aberdeen away. Even at Ibrox despite a good win I felt we played very much within ourselves, as they say. And beating the record was a millstone round our neck and has definitely saw Celtic under perform due to nerves in many games. We have the players to make changes. Bring in Ntcham, Henderson, Johnstone, Miller, Ajer and others tomorrow. Is Ralston still injured? Give the young guys a chance. Keep Brown , Tierney, Lustig, Griffiths and Forrest in. Really go for it against them. Go for another 7. As for the media. Why do Celtic need to allow any press to cover the games or do intyerviews. Stop dealing with the TV and with the newspapers. Do it all via Celtic TV. Although some improvements to this would need to be made. Also improvements to the View with two or three pages dedicated to actual news and a couple of pages rubbishing the lies in the papers. Stop dealing with them . Look at the Huns. They ban the BBC and get treated with kid gloves. Don’t allow them to write anything. Make a Celtic news channel available via Celtic TV for a fiver a month. Supporters will subscribe. Latest Celtic news via phones and laptops make it good quality ensuring that the fans hear news directly from the club not rumours and lies from the rags.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  john

John get past 67 tomorrow and after the game against Anderlecht bring in the squad players until the holidays, but only if the senior players agree, time to give some of the senior players a well deserved rest, would the support back that…mibbee if they were kept informed. Our media department is a joke, we should be shouting from the rooftops what the club is doing for the Country. Benjamin a poster just the other day from across the pond was echoing your thoughts, it seemed that he new the business and was really well informed, surely it could be done.

mike
6 years ago

RRROOAAARRR, GNAW, GNAW RROOOAAARRR Look out theirs a Dinosaur coming,
run, run for your lives, the monster is coming….RROOAAARR, its eating everything in its path…RROOOAAARRRR its the end of civilisation as we know it…GNAW GGGNNAWWW come back Chuck ppplleeaase. The monster is eating everything in its path.
Chewitts even chewier than a 15 storey block of flats.

Strawberry Chewitts mmmnnn tasty, very, very tasty. yumyum.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

🙂

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

I’m in your field knawing on your lambs…..mmmmmm nom nom

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

At least i think it’s a lamb 🙂

mike
6 years ago

RRROOOAAAARRR GET OOT OF MY FIELDS or the dinosaur will get you,

Strawberry chewitts mmmmm.

mike
6 years ago

Its time to go to bed Andy Pandy, oh aye ok but let go of my strings,
time to go home, time to go home, Sooty..get back in yer box FFS.
Weed…Weed whits rang….Oh someone’s put Glyphomate on my feet, WHAT
THEY HAVE PUT WEEDKILLER DOON, the scaby bassers, wait till I get my hands oan them, i’le ring their f…g necks.

Night night Andy….boy, night, night oh I hiv some gas some British gas its coming oot the back….burp burp and front.

portpower
6 years ago

Denmark,France & Peru…

Such is Life.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  portpower

All ranked in top 12 in world.Ah Member Cubilas (sp?) Some player in 78. Canny see Australia getting oot the group. Guss Hiddink for manager? Anyhoo am only looking for 4-0 the night.

portpower
6 years ago

The Tic to slump onto the 67IAR.

8-0.

portpower
6 years ago

Is this TRUE?

The riskier bloo borrower Barry Ferguson,has had to ask permission from his missus if he could run up her stairs to put on his rangers(IL) strip and boots.

Is not life Grand!

Devoy45
6 years ago

John, once more an excellent post. Much more positive. I’m not a happy clappy type myself but because we get so much negativity against Celtic, Celtic fans, anti-Catholic and anti-Irish sentiment it’s good not too get too much from our own fan base. Trouble is, we haven’t really pulled away from the pack and need to, as well as keep our European hopes alive. You’ve made a good case. As Mike says, once we get Anderlecht out of the way, we need to keep refreshing our squad and believe we have the players to do so and still win. Do any of you think our unbeaten streak has become a kind of Albatross like I do? It puts a lot of pressure on the bhoys and maybe too much caution. We have reliable players who aren’t seeing much playing time:
Ajer, Bitton, Miller,Ralston when fit, Henderson, Kouassi, Benyu, Hayes, Edouardo. We need to keep a core of fit ‘veterans’ in the lineup to help out. We haven’t hit our stride yet but I think that’s because we have had some key injuries. We have now dropped as many points as we did all last year. It will be great to see this team really hit their stride now. A good win over Motherwell would kick start this. Good posting guys.

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