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Celtic Diary Sunday March 11: Part One..Before The Game

As you are probably aware, at noon today, Celtic make the short trip across the city to face “rangers “.

Its been in all the papers.

But before we have a look at that, here’s a few words from Celtic supporters liaiason officer, the bold John Paul Taylor..

Info for Sun, the host Club has asked that Celtic fans refrain from hanging banners from the top tier which covers advertising following requests from their sponsors 

And if we could keep the noise down as well, that would be splendid.

The Ibrox club have also hinted that they’d much rather that we stayed off the drink as well, but admit they cannot offer tea or coffee as an alternative as all the cups are at Celtic Park.

Celtic will have more or less a full squad to choose from, which is around about forty players.

“rangers ” will have their asembled bunch of loannees, journeymen and that bloke Tavernier who is rated quite highly by some..

James Tavernier is better than Manchester United and Chelsea right backs insists Celtic daft Scots boss Steve Evans

Evans, of course, brought himself to our attention when he said he wants to be the next Celtic manager. If, by some astonishing chaoin of events that does happen, then we’ll have to hope he brings someone with him who has at least a working knowledge of football.

The papers are going a little overboard with the hype, but thats to be expected. After all, with convincing wins over Ayr United, Falkirk and some other teams in recent weeks, you could be fooled into thinking that after years of telling us they were coming, the new all action total football “rangers ” are finally here.

There’s very little evidence to suggest that this lot are any different from the last lot, but there is a hugher level of organisation and perhaps enthusiasm than of late.

The game kicks off at noon, and reality should have bitten a massive chunk out of their arses by about quarter past.

For some, it will probably be a bigger chunk than others.

Gordon “Ibrox ” Parks at the Sunday Mail isn’t someone who will go on to have a great career in sports jourbalism, but he really ought to try his hand at comedy…

Celtic skipper Scott Brown is poster boy for Scottish football’s mediocrity and Greg Docherty can get the better of him – Gordon Parks

Of all the matters of intrigue about to unfold this afternoon there’s one burning question about to be answered.

Is Greg Docherty capable of a change of the Old Firm guard when it comes to midfield enforcers?

 

For too long, Celtic’s Scott Brown has had it all his own way, over 10 years of swagger and coasting through these games with sheer power of personality.

That unchallenged status shows the poverty of genuine hardmen during Scottish 
football’s declining last decade.

 

If he’s allowed to take ownership of Ibrox in similar 
fashion, the game will all but be decided in the champions’ favour.

Now, I’ve no idea how good this Docherty chap is, i do know that “rangers 2 spent , by their standards, an awful lot of money on him, or will do when the season book money comes in, i think they’ve got him on a sort of try before you buy deal.

He might well be the next big thing, and lets face it, there have been a lot of next big things to ply their trade at Ibrox in the last few years, so they would know.

But to suddenly have discovered the ability to run a midfield in a high profile if not high quality encounter ?

I could turn out to be wrong, but the fact that Gordon Parks thinks its possible means it isn’t.

Now, in the past, i’ve noticed that quotes in the media can be taken out of context to allow the writer to make or emphasise a point, but i’ve never seen this before, where a writer uses a quote by someone else about someone else and infers that he was talking about someone else…

But Docherty has it in him to be an identikit to the Hoops star. Both play with a fire and have been tarred by the accusation of having technical limitations.

There’s a quote from Neil Lennon who was involved in an on-field duel with Brown during his Hibs days when the pair clashed at Easter Road.

 

He said: “I played against him a few times and he was like me, he was a gobby little f*****!

“He was as gallus as they come, you know? He still has a brilliant engine and when he was 19/20, he had phenomenal running ability. He could handle the ball, he’d like a tackle and liked giving it out.”

Lennon could have been talking about Docherty, the expletive part being the only exception. 

He wasn’t talking about Docherty. He’s never played against Docherty. Probably never even spoken to him, and somehow we make the leap from Lennon to Brown to Docherty as though its some sort of natural progression..

In other news, the Sunday Mail is losing readers faster than the value of Alfredo Morelas is rising…

Oh, Morelas, or Cumming , or whichever of their bright young things is going to lead the line.

They will make chances.

Possibly.

They might even score.

But the team they are facing has a massive psychological hold over that club, and its support, especially at Ibrox.

Two quick goals and the tube station at Kinning Park will be full to overflowing.

And thats how I think it will pan out.

The experts are expecting “rangers ” to come out swinging, as they say, as they actually think they can win this game.

If I was a betting man, I’d be looking to have James forrest and Tom Rogic to score in the first twenty minutes.

And probably Dembele and Sinclair as well, as the relatively inexperienced “rangers ” back line is likely to concede a penalty early on.

We haven’t had our 7-0 this season yet, and with rodgers admitting privately he’s been a little hurt by criticism over the last few months, today is the start of a three parter that will get all the fans back onside.

Two convincing wins in the league, and one in the cup will put smiles back on our faces, and put down a marker for next season, which we believe will see the club move up a level on the big stage.

 

But for now, lets concentrate on putting billy back in his box.

Even if they are called Sean and Declan these days….

 

 

Some time after the game, I’ll try to put together one of those post match report thingies, a Diary Part Two.

Though it has to be said, watching on telly isn’t the best way to analyse a game.

In fact, I’m not a fan of the telly full stop. It can lie..

Last night, I was watching Crufts, as my dogs like to suss out the competition, and when i went to get a cigarrette and another drink, my wife turned over and put on something called Take Me Out, and i swear it took me fifteen minutes to notice she’d turned over.

 

there’s still a couple of hours before kick off, and as responsible citizens please stay safe, please be mature about how you go about your day.

It really is only a football match.

And if you are bored, do not click on this link….

RHFRGK8

which is a survey of some sort…

 

 

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6 years ago

Let’s smash the fash!

Monti
6 years ago

It was far across tbe sea when the devil got a hold of me, he kept me soul for ransom…
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

HERE WE GO AGAIN WE’RE ON THE ROAD AGAIN……

henkesdreadlocks
6 years ago

When can we see the results of the survey? Bwahahahaha!!

Puggy67
6 years ago

Let’s grind them and their Blackshirts to dust.

6 years ago

Just a thought – can their advertising hoardings be hacked? If we are not allowed to hang banners over them, why don’t we use them as banners instead? The banners could be stored something as small as a smartphone, and by hooking it up via a USB cable or something, we take control of what is displayed on their hoardings. No need to post anything offensive on them – just flash up messages such as BOW DOWN TO YOUR CHAMPIONS, or run a kind of tickertape announcement like they do on the NYSE, with the valuation of their players fluctuating with each touch of the ball. Imagine More Los receives a pass, we could shoot his value up to £20 million, then when he fucus up the pass, we drop his value down to around £80 thousand. Same applies with the rest of their players. That would pass these funders right off!

6 years ago

Oops! Spellchecker went haywire there!

Monti
6 years ago

🙂
Excellent idea!!
I would suggest advertising the names of all the creditors they stiffed….

SJM
6 years ago

Please – is the match shown on Celtic tv with two hour delay? I cannot see answer on the website

Mike
6 years ago

Is Bain gonna start? if so…yabbadabbadooo. Smash the Trash.

Noelskytrot
6 years ago

Ah, just a typical Sunday morning in Glasgow and it’s approaching showtime, weans and missus shouting about mothers day, fuck off, it’s derby day, get oot the lot of yous, don’t phone or text me. To the weans, tell yer pals not to come to the door looking for you. Rebs on full tilt, my madness is at fever pitch. I’ve had to give my neighbour apologies in advance, bein from Zimbabwe she’s no idea what i’m on about. Just a typical routine when we play the vermin. Get intae them Celtic 2-1

Monti
6 years ago

Well that’s Mothers day morning sorted, her indoors had a long lie, i got up sorted her gifts from the kids, cards put in envelopes and made her breakfast in bed……

Now fuck off…..there’s a game on 🙂

Chris Bhoy
6 years ago

Ralp,Your comments on “the assmbled bunch of loanees, journeymen and that bloke Tavernier” is spot on. However what cannot be disputed today is that they are the second best team in Scotland.
What does that say for the rest. The quality of football in the SPFL is awful. We play week in and week out in this league and will slowly fall back to their levels.
The board will never invest in a team to seriously challenge in Europe (forget £30M in the bank, that wouldnt buy a 1/2 a decnt European standard player)
And why would they invest to beat the dross in the SPFL (no need)
Atlantic League?

6 years ago

Bain in goal. I don’t think that is necessarily a bad thing, unless the fella does a Theo Snelders and fills his shorts in the tunnel. Always played well against celtic in the past . Good luck to the bloke. And the other ten. Could be the making of him or… being a born pessimist an image of Ian Andrews has just flashed into my head. Any other goalies made their debut against them. Tony Warner?

Mike
6 years ago

Sinclair on the bench with Eddy….

Bain.

Ajer, Sumo, Boyata,

Forrest K.T.

Brown, Ntcham, Rogic

McGregor Dembelle.

Mike
6 years ago

Bain always played well at Dundee, he was once talked about as a possible Celtic target, I have said since he came in that I preferred him over Devries, so….Go on my son, make a good name for yourself, your time has come.

Mike
6 years ago

What a bench…Roberts, Sinclair, Armstrong, Edouard. Hunskelpers Utd.

Cartvale88
6 years ago

We are the peepul, what a shower of morons up to their necks in hatred. The media are almost lunatic in the urine they are printing about the Queens eleven.

No one is concerned about their sectarian bile, or the Union Bears, what other country would accept this.

COYBG HH

Mike
6 years ago

Go on Celtic they are fucked go and win it, win it just win it.

Mike
6 years ago

13 against 10 Boyata GTF. and take that fuck up Collum with you.

jimmybee
6 years ago

Lustig badly missed at right back.
Collum is a fucker terrible challenges being allowed if rogic doent jump its a leg breaker.
More goals to come from both teams.

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Told you we better be up for this.No use calling them journeymen,loanies etc.We are in a real dog fight here.Boyata obviously not match fit,Brown doesn’t have the legs on a heavy,well watered pitch.Compper? Injured in “training”,again? We can always nick goals but our “tactics” at corners are garbage…..C’mon Celtic time to step it up!….

Cartvale88
6 years ago

Gollum and the Queens eleven linesman makes it 13against Celtic, Boyata makes it 14.
With Moussa scoring, the natural order should return.
COYBG

Mike
6 years ago

Get Eddy on FFS.

highseastim
6 years ago

That scumbag fuck of a linesman, my wanker Tory mp, horrible cunt of a man.

Mike
6 years ago

YYEESSS Eddy ya fuckin beauty.

Mike
6 years ago

Bain ya beauty what a save….. Go on my sonnnnsss.

Mike
6 years ago

HAHAHA Cheating cunts GIRUY.

Mike
6 years ago

YEESSSS CCCEEELLLTTTIICC 3 cheating cunts fucked aggasaaiiinn.

Stevie D
6 years ago

Morelos’ value’s GOT TO BE right off the radar now eh? Get in there Celtic!!! In their own midden anaw! Sending aff Jozo for that? Booking Ncham when the free kick’s deliberately kicked at him? After that catalogue of unpunished persistent fouling in the first half? Huns skelped despite that tit Collum.

Yoker Bhoy
6 years ago

YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

portpower
6 years ago

Outstanding Bhoys,outstanding.

henkesdreadlocks
6 years ago

FuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnYeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Get it up ye ya dobs.

Mike
6 years ago

Celtic on 67 points Broony LEGEND!!

Cartvale88
6 years ago

Sad Bastards, cheating is the answer.
Never mind the natural order has returned.
HH

Mike
6 years ago

Sign Scott Bain, sign…Edouard, we have the means.

henkesdreadlocks
6 years ago

Fucking tory cunt linesman needs sorted out. Little fascist cunt.
10 men, make that 9 as Boyata shouldn’t have been near a jersey today fucked the zombies and the three cunts in black shirts. Don’t know whether to smash somethin up or laugh myself to death.

BJF
6 years ago

10 Men win the league at Ibrox!

Yoker Bhoy
6 years ago

Despite the massive efforts of the masonic bastards in black we’ve done it. Three brilliant goals did the job in what was a memorable game. This is the day when our 8 in a row has been sealed with only 10 men at the midden. Any negative comments about Boyata’s defending etc can be left for another day. God bless the Celtic!!!

SB (Scott Brown)

Yoker Bhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Correction: 7 in a row – It sure seems like 8 though!! 🙂

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Yeees,Marchin Huns 2- Ten man Fenian Bhoys 3……Collum? You want to take a long hard look at yourself,cheat……Sevco?Abysmal in second half…even Murty(RC) was trying to urge their scum support to ramp up the noise…..Gunniess for your dad Eddie tonight?…

Yoker Bhoy
6 years ago

Monti
6 years ago

” Our dressing room is not cheering today ” G.Murty

BJF
6 years ago

Scott Brown; “We do our talking on the park.” Exactly who was talking about a challenge? The media and a few more unhinged Sevco fans, Morelos didn’t miss he did what he intended to do, good Celtic man! Murty says they didn’t do the basics well, he is a bit hard on his team they did their best for the level they are at.

6 years ago

Made it far more difficult than it should have been. But it should shut them up for a bit. That’s as good as they can be

BroxburnBhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  ralph malph

Ralph Sevco played at thetop of their limited game – it’s the best they can do

Monti
6 years ago

Oh and erm…….YYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAFFFFUUUUCCCKKKKIIIINNNNNG BBBBBBEEEEAAAAUUUUTTTTYYYYYYYYY!

OOH AAH

Monti
6 years ago

Scott Bain?
Take a bow son!

BroxburnBhoy
6 years ago

Well I wonder if they cheered that in the dressing room. Morales worth 30m eh hahahahahhaha. The new club despite the best efforts of the officials who were dire today aren’t title challengers after all – surprise surprise. Back to business Celtic and another great game from Broony!

Iljas Baker
6 years ago

First a great win.
Great substitutions from BR but the match showed up in colours his weak spot – he can’t get a team to defend really well and with confidence. I don’t think Boyota or Simonovich can be trusted and our German guy wasn’t even on the bench. What is going on there? He really needs help in that area. Celtic can’t rely on him.

Noelskytrot
6 years ago

GIRUY, ya filthy hun bastards, 10 men do it again. I’ll take total delight knowing theres thousands of vermin crying. It’s fecking great knowing this.

BroxburnBhoy
6 years ago

I hope that it settles in on the Sevco hordes and MSM that 10 men beat them today. Beating them at home with one hand tied behind our backs. They were still unable to even get a draw.

Honest hoops
6 years ago

I love the result but the officials tried to spoil it by reducing us to 10 men,cheer that result you bunch of knuckle draggers…This is what it’s like to be Celtic….

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