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Celtic Diary Sunday April 29: (Mis)Match Preview and Other Nonsense

Here we go again.

Four games to go, one win needed and arguably the best chance to secure the title comes today as a ragged “rangers ” roll up to Celtic Park.

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Here they are at Central Station this morning..

With little on the park to give encourage to their support, and the best they can hope for today being merely delaying the inevitable, their friends in the media have been in overdrive ahead of the game..

The ever dependable “Parody ” Forsyth in the Telegraph..

Steven Gerrard will be the next Rangers manager, providing three issues – so far unspecified – are resolved between the former England and Liverpool midfielder and the Ibrox board.

The Sunday Telegraph can disclose, however, that spending on players is not one of the outstanding matters and that Gerrard has been assured that he can make a case-by-case argument for cash to be released for preferred transfer targets.

The same arrangement permitted Mark Warburton to sign Joey Barton on exceptional terms and also for Pedro Caixinha, during his brief reign, to bring Carlos Pena and Bruno Alves to Ibrox for wages that were cited as necessary to add exceptional strength to the playing squad.

Gary McAllister, the former Leeds United, Liverpool and Scotland midfielder – who managed Coventry City, Leeds and, in a caretaker capacity, Aston Villa – will move to Ibrox as Gerrard’s assistant if the remaining issues are settled.  

The Sunday Mail ( Scott MacDermott ) dutifully reports..

Steven Gerrard is on the verge of saying yes to Rangers.

MailSport understands the club’s hierarchy has held “very positive” talks with the Liverpool legend.

Now Gerrard is within touching distance of the Ibrox hotseat and ready to seal a sensational move.

The Rangers board are hopeful that – if final details can be ironed out – they’ll be able to unveil Gerrard within days.

Three unspecified issues… but not the warchest. He’s fine with that…

If this is the case, then one of those issues will become the reason he won’t take the job.

Apart from anything else, we hear he has invested a lot of time and money into a new venture..

Radio Clyde covered their arses with this wonderfully worded tweet..

It’s being reported Steven Gerrard is on the verge of agreeing to become the next Rangers manager. 

but not by them….

 

Under fire, or about to be fired, manager Graeme Murty tried to remain optimistic..

Getting a win would alter the mindset, I believe, not only for the players, but possibly also for the fans as well.” 

Tricky, an absence of a mind being a characteristic of “rangers ” supporters of late, as the Gerrard story seems to indicate.

This week we also saw the news that Allan MacGregor, the former Rangers goalkeeper who refused to TUPE over to the new club, was on his way back to Ibrox, a story which kind of dropped off the pages when his current club, Hull City, expressed surprise at the move..

💬 | AC: “Contrary to reports, Allan McGregor wasn’t at Rangers yesterday and he hasn’t agreed terms with Rangers – he was here yesterday! The manager had a private conversation with him this morning and nothing happened with Rangers.”  

AC: “All we can do is say to Allan is say we want him to be part of it next year. This Club is lucky to have two quality goalkeepers. The private conversations with the manger and the Club will hopefully come to the conclusion that he is here next year.”

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Frankly, who gives a toss ?

 

Today is all about Celtic, and that second seven in a row.

Captain Scott Brown is feeling good about things..

Everyone was telling me I was finished a few years ago.

“But I just keep bouncing back and proving certain people wrong.

“That has definitely put a smile on my face and it’s probably made a few of them miserable too.

“Not a lot of things bother me in life. But I like putting a smile back on my face. I know I can still play 60 games a season at a top-quality standard. 

“I’ve been playing in the SPFL and Champions League for two seasons now, dominating games from start to finish. But people were saying my legs had gone and that I was finished at 30 years old.

“I’m fully fit again and I train every day. I’m still one of the fittest in the Celtic team.

“That’s what keeps me going and keeps me feeling as young as I do.

“A couple of years ago, we had a lot of games and I was playing with injuries.

“I played through it but that’s hard because you want to do the best you possible can.

“I was trying to help out my manager and team-mates at that time – but it didn’t look great on me.

“I continued to turn up because I’ll play through thick and thin for anybody. But in hindsight, I should probably have just taken six or seven weeks out to recover. Thankfully we still managed to win the league.

“Now, I’m in the most consistent form of my career. That has been the key for me this season. 

“I came to Celtic to be a winner. I got a wee taste of it at Hibs when we won the League Cup but I wanted more.

“I’ve won leagues, cups, Trebles but you just get greedy. I’m hungry to keep doing it and I’ve got the drive to win as many as possible before I call it a day.” 

In a nutshell, thats the attitude thats needed today, and in the cup final.

No more talk of complacency, no more taking the foot off the pedal, (no more cliches -Ed ) .

The Celtic support are talking in terms of making the “rangers ” support fully aware of where they are in the grand scheme of things, and want to see the hoops hit their city rivals for as many goals as possible, perhaps even with a few incidences of showboating thrown in for good measure.

Can we calm down a bit.

Lets just get the three points.

After the two recent defeats at Ibrox and Hampden, even Graeme Murty is professional enough to make sure that he does everything he can to prevent a humiliation.

Celtic win likely win 1-0 or 2-1, and it will be the dullest game ever with the ibrox side probably just hoofing the ball out of the stadium every time they get it to frustrate the Champions.

There’s no way they will go toe to toe, and there will be little confidence amongst their players to even try it.

Expect a game of shootie in,  and that is what will keep the score down as our forwards have yet to break the habit of aiming at the keeper.

There’s talk that Moussa Dembele is not fit for the game, and he will be replaced by Oddsone Edouard, which is a strange one, but then again, the “rangers ” defence is susceptible to a physical game.

Mikael Lustig has a broken toe, but should be okay if he just uses his other foot.

Speaking of feet..

Danger for Rangers will come from Celtic star Tom Rogic’s size 14s

The Sunday Post’s Danny Stewart…

BRENDAN RODGERS reckons Tom Rogic can add another chapter to his already illustrious Celtic career by shooting the Hoops to the title.

The Australian internationalist clinched the Treble for his team with his late winner against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Final last season.

And the perfect indication of his well-being this year is the fact he has already scored against today’s opponents, Rangers, on three separate occasions during this campaign.

Small wonder, then, that his manager fancies his chances of making an impact once again this afternoon. 

Tom is a really special talent, and the mark of the big players is the significant contributions they make in the big games,” he said

“He gives you that, and for that reason he will always be in the history books here at Celtic.

“I think he is the best player we have got at understanding where the space is on the football pitch.

“And that vision allows him to receive the ball better than anyone.

“His reception skills are amazing. He has the brain to find space.

“We see it in training every day and in the games. That’s why he’s so elusive.

“He’s difficult to pin down because he can find the space and from there, technically, he can score.

“Plus, of course, he is a technically highly-gifted and a great finisher.”

Rogic rarely performs for the full ninety minutes, and often can be accused of not doing a lot during a whole game, but by jingo what he does do he makes count.

Suffice to say that if it does finish 1-0 no one will be surprised if he is the man who scores the winning goal..

Those of you lucky enough to be going to the game and not building a bannister around the decking in your garden after a week of laying a new lawn might be interested in the arrangements to keep everyone safe..

There will be a special holding pen for the away support, which will be used to allow the home fans to celebrate the title should the result go our way…

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Wherever  you watch the game, be safe.

They’ll be hurting today, and although you’d think they’d be used to it by now, there are still some ground rules we need to follow.

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On Friday we showed you this picture..

I think this mirrors what we all thought at first…

Noelskytrot April 27, 2018 at 1:04 pm · Edit · Reply →

Caption…..Deary fucking me.  

today…

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by the way, any chance of Gerrard taking the “rangers ” job disappearred this mornin g when the story got the seal of approval from none other than former “rangers ” director Chris Graham..

 

Anyway,

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George Lazenbhoy
5 years ago

Caption: Gerrard – so that Dave King guy said the gap was only this big.
Brendan – nope that’s the chances of them being around next season.

Hail hail and let’s get number 7 done and dusted!

Pat Higney
5 years ago

Chris Graham’s logic exposed in that comment, instead of using reasoned thought….be a yes man!

jimmybee
5 years ago
jimmybee
5 years ago

Have a great day bhoys and ghirls
Stay safe and enjoy theese very very special times. Off to mass then the game prediction depends if Dembele makes it or not 5_1 if he does
But time for wee jamesy to break his duck against them he deserves it. So wee 5ver on him today 1st goal and anytime.
HH COYBIG

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

Jimmybee,
Say a wee prayer for Alfie Evans for me this morning comrade, and his family!

Hail Hail

Pat Higney
5 years ago

Caption: SG. “I swear down boss, I asked King how big he thought my brain was with that offer, King said’Hopefully this big!’”

James61
5 years ago

Caption
The GASL said the budget would be this big, wonder why he got angry when I laughed.
COYBIG
HH.

Monti
5 years ago

Caption: Brendan – ” So Stevie, what do you rate your chances of stopping ten in a row ”
Stevie- ” About this much boss “

Monti
5 years ago

Caption: Stevie G – ” Compared to your budget, glib said this is my warchest “

Monti
5 years ago

Seen some comments from huns, that suggest Celtic are worried about Steven Gerrard taking the job at the bigotdome.
Let me get this straight, Celtic have regular Champions league income, one of the brightest and best managers in Europe, the best playing squad in the country, 90mins away from SEVEN (7) league titles in a row, going for EIGHT (8) next season….( pause now to take that in )…..and they are offering the manafers job to a guy who puts cones out in under 18 games, no managerial experience and supports Celtic.

Farewell & adieu farewell spanish ladies….

Martin67
5 years ago

Caption: Brendan ‘aye Stevie the gap is that small’

Una
5 years ago

C’mon The Celtic 7 -1 is over due this season lets make it happen.

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Una

Morning Una,
Mon the Hoops!

5 years ago

Caption
I was this close to taking the job then the chairmen from Macclesfield called ….no contest really Brendan

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago

Declan John will be out injured with a broken wrist which means that the vermin only have Halliday or Hodson as options for that left back position. Both of them are spectacularly shite so I can see Jamesie or Paddy having a field day down that flank. Come on Celtic, get right into these hun bastards and humiliate them!

HH

Una
5 years ago

Caption: I seen that morelos miss at ipox he was
only that far out ffs.

Bognorbhoy
5 years ago

Caption..

If my studs were this long I would never have slipped…..

Tim Buffy
5 years ago

The Zombies won’t be content on just hoofing the ball out of the stadium – they’ll hoof a few of our players out of it too.

Puggy67
5 years ago

Caption: I was this close to taking the Sevco job then I realised May novenas were starting.

Big Sutton getting them fuming over chalices at Ibrox. Not under my radar big yin.

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago

Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Jeez that looks awfy like me, cough 20 years ago.

Well said Ralphy, let them worry about us, I always keep a wee bit back in reserve because, well anything can happen in a game of football, sometimes shit happens. Today I am as confidant as I have ever been, if we take our hunners of chances it could be a big score line. But as you say, its all about getting the job done, the league title number 7 in the bag. Number 7 is the second number of that unique, legendary, double number. Lets think back to our legendary players and hope that the currant Celtic players create their own history. COYBIG.

charlie
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

heers wan fur oor mikey

charlie
5 years ago
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Pensionerbhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Hi Mike,

Which goalie wis that? 🙂 🙂

H H – Happy Hoop

Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Pensionerbhoy

Pensionerbhoy, I was just thinking about you earlier, hoping that all was well with you and yours. That game today was the most enjoyable game I have watched this season, a veritable extravaganza of joyous celebration.
Hope you are well and continuing with your good works.
Take care and God Bless. 😉

charlie
5 years ago

5-0 to the champions griff hatrick if hees on fae the start COYBIG

Puggy67
5 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Hope you had a quid on

Monti
5 years ago

1999 will be fresh in my mind today, this is about the turning of the tables Celtic, this is about flexing our muscles, this is about showing them where their place is, that place is beneath our feet.
They are cheats, they are sectarian, they are racist, they are a new club with little history…..
Broony & the Bhoys…..fucking bury them!

God bless the Pope!

Monti
5 years ago

I predict an emphatic victory, 3,4, or 5 the margin of victory…
When it gets to three with 30 mins to go a least one Sevco player will see red.

I’m going for 5-0……and i hope it’s spikey railings when they fall!

Ooh Aah

Broxburnbhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Good call Monti

charlie
5 years ago

heers wan for awe the tims comin ower the watter

charlie
5 years ago
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charlie
5 years ago

catch yees later bhoys

charlie
5 years ago
Reply to  charlie

oops and ghirls

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago

Confirmed line up:

Gordon

Lustig Ajer Boyata Tierney

Brown Ntcham

Forrest Rogic McGregor

Edouard

Subs: Bain, Hendry, Simunovic, Koassi, Roberts, Sinclair, Griffiths

Mon the Hoops!!!

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Maybe. Not a bad looking team although I might have gone with Roberts on the right and Griffiths in the lone striker’s role.

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Nae bother C.S. I’ve never been to York actually 🙂

Yeah, aggression, variety and creativity. That’s the name of the game. No fucking about with the ball at the back with the goalie.

Mike
5 years ago

Eddy yah fucker, Forrest yah bastard… yyyyeeeessss.

Mike
5 years ago

Blew them awayyyy, What a first-half performance from the team, every single one of the players at the top, the very top of their game.
Absolutely brilliant. Hail Hail to the Champions!!

Monti
5 years ago

YYYYYYYYYÝYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Mike
5 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA WATCH THE LAVVIES, SAVE THE BOGS, ARE THEY STILL THEREEEE.

5 years ago

Forrest rogic McGregor tierney superb. Edouard ah fuck it everyone. What a goal from Forrest

Mike
5 years ago

STAND UP FUR THE CHAMPIONS, STAND UP FUR THE CHAMPIONS, FUR THE CHAMPIONS STAND UP, LOVE THE BHOYS IN GREEN.

Mike
5 years ago

FUR FUCKS SAKEEEE HAVBE THEY NO SUFFERED ENOUGH, HAHAHA. 4-0 ROGICICAL

Cartvale88
5 years ago

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, fucking haaaa

henkesdreadlocks
5 years ago

Well done bhoys, enjoy Tenerife.

Una
5 years ago

Mental performace could’ve been more i suppose 5 ain’t that bad. Xo Love u Brendan xo

Una
5 years ago

Caption

I been duped by dave he told me thats how big the gap is.

Una
5 years ago
Reply to  Una

I’ve

Una
5 years ago

Commentary from crocker 2 day” james will probably text his brother at half time boasting about that goal”. Ffs he could have text him when he was running through to score.

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago

Hail Hail to the Championees and what a performance for those first 60 minutes! Absolutely brilliant! Jamesie’s goal, Ntcham’s guile and graft, the big Aussie’s fancy footwork, Boyata’s solid presence at the heart of the defence, Broonie’s leadership and, last but not least, step forward Odsonne Edouard, hunskelper supreme. Sheer class, sign him up for FFS. More history has been made, this is the biggest winning margin over that mob that I’ve seen in my lifetime and I’m 50!!! Wow, senstational stuff, absolutely flying right now. Fiesta time.

BR (Brendan Rodgers) – thank you so much.

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Great performances from Calmac and KT as well.

Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

50 really 50, you kept that quiet Yoker… auld bhoy. Suddenly I feel young again!!

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

From now on I’ll call you ‘son’ then. 🙂

What a brilliant moment Mikey!!!

Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Naw, you can call me Al. Fantastic Yoker I really enjoyed that
I’m just about to open the bubbly that I spoke about, I will raise a glass and toast you and the team, who played so fantastically well from the off. One to savour as we look forward to the cup final. Have a great Sunday Yoker, stay well and enjoy your wine. AWRABEST. 😉

Yoker Bhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

You too Mikey, have a great one. I’ll be doing exactly the same with my Spanish vino later on. Here’s to you Mikey Bhoy and all the Celtic Family!!

Hail Hail

5 years ago

I’m always trumpeting rogic. Maybe too much but he was Masterclass today

BroxburnBhoy
5 years ago

One game away for the double treble! Very good thrashing today. If a point had to be made then it cenrtainly was. Well done Brendan and team for a wonderful way to the win the Championship. Three more to go!!

charlie
5 years ago

a zombie shouted across the road tae me ther he said yees never beat rangers today charlie yees beat sevco ha ha ha ha ha ha ha they know ye know

Monti
5 years ago

Big thank you to Brendan & all the players today, a champion performance from the players, faultless display from everyone.

7 IN A ROW!
MAGNIFICENT!

ROGIC MUST STAY!

charlie
5 years ago

the huns are talkin aboot bridget jones diary ha ha ha ha aint huns dumb

charlie
5 years ago
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charlie
5 years ago
Reply to  charlie

av got wan question aboot that video ………………..how did that lumpa wid get a wife

Honest Hoops
5 years ago

That was an awesome performance from the mighty Glasgow Celtic today , as I pour my vodka with a dash of 7up…

charlie
5 years ago

henke gei wee jamsie a cuddle fae me for that goal coybig

henkesdreadlocks
5 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Charlie, I sent him a text at half time to say ‘about time too’ and he sent one back after the game saying ‘I know, haha cheers’.

charlie
5 years ago

a wee dig at mike the fermer dont slag ma tipster skills again you know it makes sense ha ha ha ha

charlie
5 years ago
Iljas Baker
5 years ago

I think OE is our best lone striker, better in that role than Dembele. Must sign him. When the opposition presses high up the pitch you need someone like Odsonne.

charlie
5 years ago

ffs a thought the zombies were gonny invade the pitch tae protect thur players again ha ha ha ha

Iain in Alberta
5 years ago

Great game and congratulations to all the team and staff. Rogic ran the show absolutely Rogical. Odsonne great job, could have played Rogic through with a 10 yard pass but held onto it, still has a bit to learn. Whole team up for it today. Jamesy did well with his goal.
What’s the whole team daeing Tom, what’s the whole team daeing?
7IAR History made.
TR Tom Rogic

Mike
5 years ago

They’re greeting Iain, crying and signing “show me the way to go home,
i’m tired and I wanna go to bed, the Celtic skelped oor arse today
and i’m off to take my meds”. Enjoy your swally,

Mike
5 years ago

Thanks for the vid. Charles, old bean, if you know a plastic surgeon refer him to me, I have a big problem.. my face is sair, because I’m laughing so much. 😉

charlie
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

heers another wan mikey ya auld bean grower ye ha ha

charlie
5 years ago
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charlie
5 years ago
Reply to  charlie

heers another wan

charlie
5 years ago
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charlie
5 years ago
Reply to  charlie

god bless the green brigade

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