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Celtic Diary Tuesday July 3: Celts In Shock Move For McGinn

In a surprising twist Celtic have made a bid for Hibernian midfielder John McGinn.

Thats if the word “surprising ” can be defined as “we’ve been telling you this for months ”

Those who follow etims on twitter will note that we actually mentioned that it would happen this week, and, of course, the surprising thing is we were right.

As we were with Rogic signing on again, and Edoaurd signing permanently.

All we do is repeat what we hear…

What we can deduce from all of this is that Celtic have actually got a fairly decent system in place. Players are watched for quite some time these days, hence the McGinn move taking so long, as opposed to a manager waking up one morning, catching some football on the telly and phoning up a club offering millions of pounds for a player and demanding an answer after he comes back from taking the kids to school.

What we can also deduce from this is that Rod Petrie has failed in his bid to garner support at the SFA from Peter Lawwell. Which was what was holding the deal up.

Transfer wise, there will still be mistakes, but overall, when Celtic get it right, they really do get it right.

But, one wonders if the injuries picked up over in Austria have moved the deal forward.

As of yet, we don’t know who has been hurt, and we’re not expecting the club to go public.

I’d keep an eye on who lines up against Sparta Prague, however….

 

Which brings me back to the intense training methods of the last week or so.

This time last year it backfired as several key players picked up knocks, and you’d think the coaches and manager would have learned from this. We were under the impression they had, but the noises-mostly moans and groans -eminating from the squad in Austria can be heard as far away as Stoke on Trent…

We’re a week away from an eight week run of matches that will determine our season, so please tell me we are ready….

The team for the behind closed doors match with Linz has been announced..

Starting XI v BW Linz: Bain, Ralston, Welsh, Compper, Miller, Kouassi, Allan, Johnston, Christie, Sinclair, Griffiths. Subs: Doohan, Hendry, Henderson, McInroy 

 

The exit door should be well used over the next couple of weeks, Dorus Des Vries has been told he can find a new club, and there will be a few others going out on loan.

The real fear is that Keiran Tierney will be the subject of greater bids than the one from Everton, and as the initial shock wears off, there may be some serious sounding out from bigger clubs waving bigger fees.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t the manager and the player have the same agent these days ?

That doesn’t sit comfortably with me, although it should, and it would have all been done with the best of intentions for all concerned.

I’m waiting for Brendan to emulate the attitude of Davie Hay, when the board back then wanted to sell Roy Aitken, and Hay told them they’d have to use the money for a new stand as the supporters would tear down the one in place…

And for Keiran to tell us that Keiran Tierney of Everton just doesn’t sound right…

Someone else used to think like that, and we always need players like that, players who set an example to the fans and remind us that there is something special about the club that cannot be found anywhere else..

From the Celtic Wiki…

In the summer of 1928 he turned down an offer from Arsenal to become the highest paid footballer in Britain because he could not bear to leave Parkhead. It latterly turned out that the Celtic board were banking on McGrory’s departure as a way of boosting the club’s bank account and so riled were they by his refusal of Arsenal’s offer (£10,0000 transfer) that they secretly paid him less than his team mates for the rest of his career. When he later discovered this dastardly deed McGrory simply said: 

Well it was worth it just to pull on those Green and White Hoops.

Times have changed, and not always for the better, but the one constant in most of our lives is Celtic.

When a player comes along who thinks the same, he is elevated to almost god like status, and it would be wonderful if we had another McGrory, McGrain or McStay who lives the dream and is proud to do so.

 

The third kit, the one designed for the kids, may well have been leaked..

It could be worse.

No wait, it couldn’t.

Image result for pink celtic top

Alright, it could.

And to be fair, with three kits a year the norm now, they’re probably running out of colours.

 

The world cup trundles on and the last matches of the round of 16 take place tonight.

Mikael Lustig will be in action for Sweden, who face Switzerland, and the English play Colombia, who will be without Scott Sinclair, who is on club duty, and Paddy Roberts , who is apparently in Glasgow….which is odd, as Brendan is in Austria.

We keep hearing that he wants to come back, but there’s nothing concrete yet.

I suppose it depends on who is injured…

 

Yesterday in the world cup, Brazilian forward Neymar surpassed himself as he rolled around the floor after someone moved a ball away from him.

A great player, but a horrible man. Sure, he gets kicked a bit, but he’s the sort of player you’d want to kick, and maybe he does need more protection than most..

He’s a pisstaker, pure and simple, and it cannot be long before some big baby eating defender launches him into orbit, which will be the highlight of the World cup for me.

How long would it have taken for him to get those tattoos done if every time the needle touched his skin he slipped off the chair and rolled around the room screaming ?

He must have had a general anaesthetic.

As for Belguim, they almost paid the penalty for dropping Deydrick “Beckenbauer ” Boyata when they fell 2-0 behind to Japan.

You didn’t take Denayer, and it clearly matters cos you dropped Boyata 🎶

 

However, the big man did a Messi, and took control from the sidelines, engineering an eventual 3-2 win.

They will now face Neymar and Brazil, and Dedryck, you know what to do….

Japan lost to a late winner, and boy did they take it out on the dressing room afterwards…

Image result for japan dressing room after the Belgium game

They cleaned it up.

My ghast has been flabbered again.

 

The warm weather has brought people outside, and many of them are visiting pubs again, a custom which has been kept alive only by a few enthusiasts in recent years..but the pubs are fighting back, with humour !

Yesterday, we hoped for an inspiring winning caption

Image result for kieran tierney and a celtic fan

And it was one of those hardy enthusiasts who spends a lot of his spare time, with me, trying to keep the pub trade alive who provided it..

VooDude July 2, 2018 at 10:48 am · Edit · Reply →

Come on, come and try and take it!

 

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5 years ago

A wee tip: if you’re using an Android device with the data-saver feature switched on, switch it off to avoid the ERROR 508 message.

I reckon we’ll have McGinn within the next 48-72 hours. Petrie is just being an arse (nothing new there, eh?).

When Bombscare Bogota comes up against Brazil, he has my permission to do a Bobo on that wee shite, Naeluck Jnr. The penny has yet to drop with the Fragile One that he’s been booed by celtic fans at least twice in recent years for his Academy Award-winning performances, whereas the likes of Messi, Iniesta, etc get applauded off the park by our fans because we appreciate skill and sportsmanship. I reckon last season, young Ralston should have clumped that little Brazilian prick, in full view of the TV cameras!

5 years ago
Reply to  Steven R

..BOYATA

George Lazenbhoy
5 years ago

Caption : just when you thought you couldn’t be bombed anymore by racists one of them photo bombs you too

jpm 88
5 years ago

surely time there was a statue of McGrory alongside the other three ; he almost would deserve one for the “Arsenal” thing alone 🙂 but as our greatest ever goalscorer and lifetime servant he definitely deserves it .
It’s also important as a way of keeping his name and memory relevant to the younger generations ; actually it’s astounding that such a “great” hasn’t been recognised as yet ( statue , named stand ? ).

Words on the statue should simply say McGRORY OF THE CELTIC

” McGrory of the Arsenal just wouldn’t have sounded the same ” James McGrory

henkesdreadlocks
5 years ago

Caption…………

Saudi Arabia under 12s tackle their landlady.

D J Smyth
5 years ago

The penny has yet to drop for those with little intelligence , if you treat a player like shite & abuse him on forums or from stands ,out
the players confidence goes & he becomes shite.
Shite in Shite
Build confidence ,Confident performance given

Mike
5 years ago

Sign McGinn on a pre-nuptial, We get what we want and he gets the hoose and the kids and the granny. The only constant in a sunny Scotland (the two things I never ever expected to say… sunny Scotland).

Mrs. Dale and her daily diary, enjoyable, humorous and always cough accurate, what would we do without it….

Noel Skytrot
5 years ago

Caption….Katie Hopkins shows how she like the oul “halal” meat.

rebus67
5 years ago

While I think that BR is the best manager we have had since…….well, since a long time, I fail to understand his transfer strategy. There have been successes Dembele, Ntcham, Edouard, for example, but there have also been large question marks, e.g. De Vries, Kouassi, Hendry, Hayes. Not to mention, the enigma that was Musonda.
Sure, the transfer market is a lottery and there will always be surprises, both good and bad. My problem is with the rationale behind individual signings. Why sign Kouassi as a backup for Brown and hardly play him? Why attempt to sign another player to replace Brown/Kouassi, i.e. McGinn? If we need McGinn now, why let Celtic daft Liam Henderson go less than a year ago? I do not think that Series A are interested in McGinn!
If Roberts is a target why sign Morgan? Why sign Morgan at all, when we have the high potential twins, Johnston and Henderson(Ewan)?
Would I be wrong in concluding that nothing much has changed in our transfer strategy under BR? We still pad the squad out with mediocre players who cannot make the grade at the club and only take up space and salary. We then move them on for a fraction of what we paid after a couple of years…or, worse, pay them off. Although, to be fair, we have splashed out on Edouard. So, perhaps, the truth is that we have simply grafted on the addition of a coule of real stars to the old system of plugging the squad with mediocrity.

Rebus

rebus67
5 years ago

Post gone missing, but entry to the blog is difficult anyway.

Rebus

Glen Driscoll
5 years ago

Gordon
Hendry Ajer Simunovic Tierney
Brown Ntcham McGregor
Forrest Dembele Edouard

Not sure who could be injured when looking at the 2 lineups today

Alzyerpal
5 years ago

Caption:
“We could get this done quicker if some of us did her gub”

“Aye,d’ye think so? My tadger is going nowhere near THAT filthy hole”

Mike
5 years ago

The defence is mince, oh really as two Celtic defenders reach the quarters of the World Cup, where are the forwards, we demand to know? none of them are at the World cup, damn another duff fairystory.

As big Moussa scores one and shoulda coulda had a penalty if the ref. wore his specs. MON the Celtic, the cuddly toys.

Noel Skytrot
5 years ago

Mon the Colombians, please wipe the floor with the England team and shut the smug commentators up and make my summer a more enjoyable one.

Una
5 years ago

I reckon the club will take the 25mil to make up for not qualifying for the champs league

BroxburnBhoy
5 years ago

Unimpressed by Columbia – the usual South American parade of gamesmanship and niggle. They should try to play some football

Una
5 years ago
Reply to  BroxburnBhoy

Maybe you were looking at your gary barlow calendar. Cough

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  BroxburnBhoy

Weered,
Farlow?
Could be Una’s moustache?

Noel Skytrot
5 years ago

1st 15 lots of Engerlund possession but the Narcos are still in it.

Mon the Colombians

Glen Hoddle waffles a total load of shite

jimmybee
5 years ago

Wouldnt mind the young centre back minah seemingly barca might be off loading. Looks a good yin.

jimmybee
5 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

I know a good yin when i see one 🙂

BroxburnBhoy
5 years ago

Inevitable

BroxburnBhoy
5 years ago

Honestly Columbia are like a bunch of Neymar’s without the footballing ability. Good nigglers

BroxburnBhoy
5 years ago

At some point they will have to actually try and play to beat England

jimmybee
5 years ago

Caption: Just a normal day doon the lodge as their sister makes an arrival

You say how, English bottoms are collapsed Si.

Bgbhoy
5 years ago

Looks like mr ‘superfan here for 10 In a row’ is actually going to go, wee fud if true

Bgbhoy
5 years ago

I couldn’t care less about his career after Celtic. Why does he need to have a career after Celtic? The club won’t turn the money down but he doesn’t have to go?

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Bgbhoy

Bgbhoy,
Can’t call KT a fud m8….mon noo

D J Smyth
5 years ago

Charlie , after you agreeing with me about how wrong it is to boo our players , I feel I shouldn’t disagree with you about K Tierney . Thanks Charlie First of all I don’t think there is a chance in hell that he will leave Celtic before we win 10 in a row . Media is making a mountain out of a molehill regarding facts of him leaving .
However if he did leave Celtic any time soon , I would hate him with all the venom I could build up . I cannot accept all this I love Celtic , Celtic fan since 6 year old & then turn his back on us at nearly his first real chance . Don’t tell me it’s about money, he will never spend the money he earns at Celtic & if he wants to make money his goal , he can go at 25 & earn the millions upon millions he doesn’t need .
At the end of his career he may remember more ex EPL players have gone bankrupt every year than any other league in Western Europe

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  D J Smyth

DJ Smith,
Why don’t you fuck off and haunt a graveyard?

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  D J Smyth

Dick Jockey Smith,
” I’d hate him with all the venom i could build up “?
You should swap venom for cum because you are full of that!

Honestly man, a bit of speculation & you’re talking about HATING Kieran Tierney?

You are a cock!

Monti
5 years ago

Those who are having a go at KT are fucking out of order btw, the lad hasn’t put a foot wrong at Celtic since he first stepped onto the park for us.
KT bursts his gut for Celtic and if we are going to start criticising this guy then the game is well and truly fucked.

Every player in the world has his price, are we supposed to be immune from that?
No one should leave Celtic?
Fucking nonsense!

Personally speaking i don’t see Kieran going anywhere yet, at least i hope not, but if he does go & the fee is £30m + multiple add ons, then he goes with my blessing.

God bless you KT no matter what you do!

HH

BroxburnBhoy
5 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Spot on Monti well said

Monti
5 years ago

…No Thatcher

Mike
5 years ago

“well said Monti”,

Who could begrudge a Celtic supporter from his toes to his hair, one who is living the dream the opportunity of his young life, the chance to make a fortune for himself and his family, not me that’s for sure. K.T. would go, if that is what he decides with grateful thanks from the bottom of my heart and with all my love and best wishes. This great club will survive, we have seen old hero’s go and new ones will take their place, its the club that is the most important, not one single player.

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Mike,
Spot on!

Mike
5 years ago

That “morose” feeling, when your heart is hurting and your eyes are moist, a feeling like when your son is leaving home for the first time
your chin is wobbling and your holding it together…. just.

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Mike,
Some of us have more than one chin 🙂

Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Monti

😉

Monti
5 years ago

KIERAN TIERNEY IS HERE FOR 10 IN A ROW!

Monti
5 years ago

BREAKING NEWS: Celtic have announced a 1pm press conference, where catering & entertainment manager, Craig Whyte, will announce that KT will be here for 10 in a row.

Bowl anyone?

Mike
5 years ago

Alternatively, The stars align in the night time sky as the Emerald green forces for good unite together and go for the throat of putrid Petrie and the dark forces of the SFA. United together for truth, justice, openness and integrity. The Celtic Supporters Association, The Celtic Trust, The Bloggers, everyone of us united to…
# Clear out the cheats.

Doc
5 years ago

I said this before but, at the start of last season, I made a bet with a sevconian ‘in the know’, he said that Tierney would be playing in EPL at the start of this season, he even said the price would be 25-30 – I thought my money was safe.

If Tierney goes I will be very disappointed and it wouldn’t surprise me if he was sold on for at least three times the fees quoted.

That hotel won’t build itself.

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