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Celtic Diary Sunday September 16: Time To Switch On

Heart of Midlothian moved five points clear at the top of the league yesterday, showing a focus and drive similar to what Celtic used to show, before they lost the eye of the tiger.

Are they a serious challenger ?

Okay, let me repeat that bit above…

Against St Mirren, only Scott Brown showed the desire to actually win the game, and with Olivier Ntcham playing his own version of the game, he received little support. Yousseff mulumba would have known while watching from the bench that he might yet not be a squad player.

The simple fact of the matter is that other clubs know how to deal with Celtic, and Celtic don’t know how to deal with other clubs.

Ahead of the opening Europa League game against Rosenborg on Thursday, manager Brendan Rodgers said his team need to refocus.

Thats part of the problem, but if the other Scottish sides have learned how to play against his charges, then you can rest assured that Rosenborg will also be familiar with that knowledge as well.

There is a lackadaisical approach to matches that has been apparent for a while now, and Rodgers isn;t doing anything about it.

The players seem to have already won the league and cups in their heads, but haven’t got around to doing it on the pitch.

Theres seems to be a recurring theme of ach…we’ll do it next week.

But week after week, the same old failings are on show.

Celtic are not scoring goals. Moravcik 67 on twitter pointed something out that should set alarm bells ringing..

We’re off to our worst scoring start in the league since the 1993/94 season. In the first 5 games 1993/94 – 4 goals 2018/19 – 5 goals The next worst seasons, in comparison, was Burns’ 1995 team (8 goals) 

BR’s 1st season:

~2.8 goals/game –

2018 so far: 1.42 goals/game

The average goals/game scored since the turn of the year are about half of what we scored in season 16/17.

Over the course of a full season that drop is equivalent to 52 goals.

In graph form..

Celtic are showing any inventiveness. As a result, Celtic are not scoring goals.

Celtic, to put it simply, are going through the motions.

A short sharp shock is required, otherwise we’re going to end up at Christmas out of two tournaments and with a hill to climb in the league.

Two up front. Two wing backs. Three supporting midfielders.

There is no need for two defensive midfielders, domestically, at least.

Celtic have taken their eyes off the prize. But its not too late to look back at it.

 

Glasgow City council’s stadium safety group say that they have been re assured by both the Police and Celtic football club that there will be no re-occurrence of the chaos that took place outside Celtic Park ahead of the game with “rangers “.

“Both Police Scotland and Celtic have provided assurances that appropriate measures will be put in place to ensure spectator safety is protected at all times. 

Presumably the police have said they’ll stay away from future matches…

The SSG routinely review and monitor safety arrangements at the stadium on an on-going basis and spectator safety remains the absolute focus of the group.

“We will be writing directly to two people who complained directly to GCC Licensing.

“The stadium’s current safety certificate is valid until July 30, 2019. Certificate holders are ultimately responsible for safety in their stadium.”

A police spokesman said: “There is an independent inquiry ongoing and we are engaging with this inquiry.”

Celtic and Fairhurst did not respond to requests for comment. 

Has the investigation already been completed?

Do the Police and Celtic therefore know what went wrong and are just finding the right words to put in the reports summary and conclusions ?

To be able to ensure that mistakes will not be repeated means that those mistakes have been uncovered …

Or did they know all along ?

 

With Resolution 12 back in the news-well, not news, like the lamestream media are going to tackle that one, and allegations of incompetence or collusion being leveleed at the SFA cartel, it was refreshing to see at least one journalist comment… albeit on twitter, and not his phone in show…

Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it infamy! It’s the only line that first this week’s headlines. Carry On Up The Corruption! Marvellous!!  

Of course, if he wants to take it seriously, instead of acting like a fucking four year old, I’m more than ready to offer up the evidence that perhaps shows that the SFa are indeed corrupt…

In fact, I told him so..

I’m quite happy to go on your show with evidence accumulated over several years that points toward corruption.

I’ll even make an attempt to remain monosyllabic in order for his colleagues to understand what it all means.

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And I’ll talk very slowly for the benefit of the core audience…

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Mind you, on a show where even the presenters wear headphones so they don’t have to listen to each other, it won’t be easy …one of them in particular will probably be in need of a defibrillator when he’s forced to face the truth.

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With other clubs now finally beginning to publicly argue with the SFa, its time for Celtic to throw in their tuppence worth.

Then there can be no doubting that the Resolution 12 issue is not Celtic against “rangers “, and we can show that its actually honesty against institutional dishonesty.

Institutional dishonesty as outlined in this piece, from Scottish Football Monitor

JPP Perverting justice

The wheels are turning again, and this time, there are more people on the bus…

 

Interestingly, Kilmarnock fans are setting up a fund to pay any fines or fees Steve Clark gets for his outburst of honesty against the SFA, who frown on that sort of thing.

Any surplus will go to charity.

And its an excellent chance for all fans of all clubs to show whose side they are on…

 

 

The Celtic Musical is doing another run just now, and is earning a lot of rave reviews. By all accounts, its what theatre critics would call a “Must See “, and as a result, those talented chaps on the other side of the river feel that they , too, should celebrate their own heritage.

To be fair, there is more than enough material surrounding the old Rangers and its bastard offspring to put together a production that would rival anything that Broadway could offer.

I’m kind of gutted that i didn’t think of it first.

But the title, “Rally Roon The Rangers ” ?

If only they’d adopted that as a slogan six years ago when their good ship plunged into the dire straits of somewhat choppy seas…

And I’m quite sure each performance will feature only the non racist, non sectarian and non bile inducing versions of the said songs…

Still, there is help for their support available with a new community project in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow.

And the locals have expressed their support..

 

That poor, much maligned support have come up with another great idea…

I suspect  that dressing in the way suggested by the last line for the day will not be an entirely new experience for most of them…

 

By the way, concerns that the SFA really don’t care who sees their anti Celtic stance were raised when this picture was released after the St Mirren game..

However, we’d just like to clarify that this is in fact a steward, and not the linesman.

 

Yesterday, we showed this picture and invited analysis..

The Cha September 15, 2018 at 1:33 pm · Edit · Reply →

 

Bear “Haw mister, got any bog roll? I’ve just done a shite in the woods” 

Today..

1908-london-olympics-beatrice-hill-lowe-bronze-medal-winner-womens-archery

Oh, by the way, wish me luck for later, as I’ve gone back into coaching.

My team, the Musketeers are doing well.

Three wins and a draw.

All 4-1 and one 4 all.

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Daziekanowski's nightclub child
5 years ago

Caption: are those arrows between your legs or do you just have a hardon?

Mike Annis
5 years ago

Caption: Rught boys, you just keep playing tappy stuff. I’ll get the Collum fella.

henkesdreadlocks
5 years ago

Caption…….

Crossdresser Georgios Samaras makes a comeback

Noel Skytrot
5 years ago

Caption…suffragette named Belle Bow stars in the Victorian Bullseye, wins a chastity belt and four candles.

Noel Skytrot
5 years ago
Reply to  Noel Skytrot

Hahaaaaa.

Spudscave
5 years ago

Caption Sir Jeffery anyone seen my wife lady Archer

alzyerpal
5 years ago

Caption : As the 1909 Old Firm Scottish Cup Final replay descended into a riot, the Daughters of the Somme bravely shielded their players from being forced into converting to Catholicism.

Spudscave
5 years ago

Caption Sevco bring in new security measures to stop Griff from tying his scarf roon the post

FredDDobbs
5 years ago

caption. Theres a wee indian guy in here licking me off

Noel Skytrot
5 years ago
Reply to  FredDDobbs

You never missed the target with that comment Fred. Lol

FredDDobbs
5 years ago
Reply to  Noel Skytrot

its no the winner but I think its funny

FredDDobbs
5 years ago

Mowbray asked broonie to fins a new club. That guy really is the benchmark. There have been none shite-r

FredDDobbs
5 years ago

bruce getting it up the chocky. maybe mcginn will be comin

The Cha
5 years ago

Caption: Getting some practice in before The Rangers Full Kit Wanker Day.

puggy67
5 years ago

Caption: Question: What’s long, hard and dangerous when thrust between a woman’s thighs?

Holysmokes
5 years ago

You point out our scoring rate has been much worse since the turn of the year. I would suggest Scott Sinclair has been off the boil since then. Coincidence?
His dynamism and spark was frightening at first but Celtic seem extremely flat without it.

Uralius
5 years ago

Caption Unhappy at not being allowed to aim at the front of the targets Teresa May’s granny shoots every one in the back.

FredDDobbs
5 years ago

7 days in entebbe

what a great movie. They bad guys get it up the shitter. Who can argue with anyone siding with amin. Thats not possible, is it?

Tom
5 years ago

Is it just me or are Celtic boring to watch?.
The only game that Celtic have turned up this season is against the huns. Carry on playing this way we won’t win the league.

FredDDobbs
5 years ago
Reply to  Tom

1 up front vs stmirren for fuck sake. Every team in Europe has abandoned this shite. how many draws against shite (and st minging are shite) will it take?

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Tom

Tom,
It’s because of the slow build up & sideways passing, we need to go direct at times & pick up the pieces from where the ball drops.
How many games do we see Celtic dominating the ball, dominating possession yet the opposiion goalkeeper hasn’t had a save to make?

D'Fhinnein Mick
5 years ago
Reply to  Tom
Puggy67
5 years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/16/united-ireland-brexit-irish-unification-back-on-agenda

I don’t get into this area too much. But if true this is fascinating. What will they have left when this day dawns? And more to the point will Lanarkshire and Ayrshire need to accommodate the detritus?

FredDDobbs
5 years ago

marine le pen. what a burd, a bit lefty for my liking but hey.

Noel Skytrot
5 years ago
Reply to  FredDDobbs

Her family were probably part of the Vichy collaborative, absolute midden.

Mike
5 years ago

“I hate Friday’s”.

Fighting back my tears,
I go out without my slippers,
Trying to stave off advancing years,
Going out with Henke to watch some nubile strippers.

I once was young, cocky and loud,
Now I’m blind, deaf and somewhat auld,
Ambitious, strong and very proud,
Now, eyesight’s gone wrinkled and bauld.

But Fuckitt, let the fightback begin,
Stand up tall, your far from deed,
Hold yer head up high and take it on the chin,
There’s always time to sow more seed.

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Mike,
Good evening old bhoy, how’s it hanging old bhoy? Ken….

Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Hello, Hello, We are the silly bhoys, Hello, Hello you’le knows us by our tortoise, we are up to our knees in muck and glower, stinking and sweaty till we take a shower, for we are the silly, silly bhoy’s.

Tits and bums and jammy dodgers, we all love wee Brendan Rodgers.
Good moaning wee Monti.

To anyone else that I may have offended, GWT IT RIGHT UP YEZ. Ken.

Devoy45
5 years ago

Ralph,excellent. We’re just no scoring and that was much of last year as well. Having wingbacks means we are already up the pitch with the ball, with Forrest and McGregor to overlap. Rogic and Edouard could also take the long ball from time to time.
We might do something like this:
Gordon
Lustig/Boyata/Ajer
Forrest/Brown/Mulumba/McGregor/Tierney
Edouard/Sinclair
using Benkovic, Christie, Izzy, Griff, Rogic, Ntcham, etc as needed.
Something needs to change. With our clean sheets (4 in a row in the league)that should give our attackers more confidence. I would like to see us scoring 3 or 4 against teams like Hamilton and St. Mirren. I think we also need to choose Griffiths as our first choice striker and get him into goal-scoring fitness.
We need to win the league in order to get into the CL and we need to do this in style.
I don’t expect any challenges this season except from Sevco whose fans fear our 10 in a row and that fear has transferred to the new club and its Uncle Tim manager. Hearts, Aberdeen, etc will falter then fall.
Let’s get crackin’.

5 years ago

http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/dembele-shaped-hole/

With goals drying up I look at attacking chance quality in the seasons so far.

Rob O'Keeffe
5 years ago

I thought JF was up for it against St.Mirren.
I hope the alleged arsonist that has been busy around Sauchiehall St recently,has noticed what is cumming to the Pavilion next July around the 24th,here’s hoping.
Grado is a prize prick and Purdon is a wee tosser and River Titty is crap…..confession coming up but I’m not sorry so it’ll not count…It’s ok,I agree anyway….Signed Ghod….

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Rob O'Keeffe

🙂

Honest hoops
5 years ago

Try the young guns with experience players, Christie, Johnson and Morgan when fit as the current system is predictable by the opposition, so much so they probably don’t have to look at footage anymore of recent games…

Uralius
5 years ago

I agree with Monti, but it’s not just one thing.
Dear backroom staff at Celtic…
1. What Monti said about direct passing.
2. Don’t ALWAYS press the ball so far up the park. They well never get out of their box if we keep winning the ball back in their half.
3. Don’t ALWAYS cut in. See my comments yesterday.
4. Mix and match strengths on the park. Don’t ALWAYS fill the team with the same type of players.
5. Replace Armstrong he was almost 2 footed and was our most unpredictable player.
6. Stop banging on about strength and explosive pace! Scottish defenders are generally very brave, strong and because we never let them out of their box (see #2) they don’t need pace they are already where they need to be. Making your millions spent on strength and pace pointless.
7. Stop wearing that stupid 3rd strip nobody wants it.
8. Rosenberg know how to beat us. So does everyone else because we are too predictable… What’s plan B? “Making plan A work.” Putting more sideways/backwards passers on the park does not constitute a plan B. HH

Uralius
5 years ago
Reply to  Uralius

9. Nobody fucking cares about who the DJ is or who has the best quiff. Our Bhoys are not in a fucking boy band they are Celtic and we want to watch tackles, assists and bloody goals during half time!

Monti
5 years ago

Uralius i think we need to go back to a 3-5-2

Gordon

Lustig
Boyata
Benkovic

Forrest rwb

Brown
Ntcham

Tierney lwb

McGregor/Rogic

Edouard
Griffiths

Uralius
5 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Monti, Think with that set up I’d start McGregor and ask Edouard to play a little deeper. Then take Edouard off put on Christie and bring in Rogic. That would give us the right blend of strength, guile, pace and technical abilities at all times.

Monti
5 years ago

Erling Braut Håland is a lad we should be buying in January.
Congerton if you are looking in……just trust me.

Uralius
5 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Monti he’s agreed a deal with RB Salzburg in Jan for €3.9M. I guess someone there played FIFA 18.

Monti
5 years ago
Reply to  Uralius

Has he? A steal at that price, i think the lad has some future.

Monti
5 years ago

Maybe it’s time to introduce Karamoko Dembele into the first team….

Uralius
5 years ago
Reply to  Monti

I recall when MON hadn’t had a break through he would bring in Beattie, Maloney and that lad who ended up at Aberdeen (keep wanting to say Miller, but I think that’s wrong). Those players just ran their hearts out for 25 minutes and you could almost hear the groans of the defenders when the board went up.

Monti
5 years ago

At this point in time i am struggling to find any interest in the Europa league, honestly i couldn’t give a fuck.

Bognorbhoy
5 years ago

CAPTION

Woman rejected from the people for having to long arras

Does my arrras look big in this ?

Mike
5 years ago

He may be weary, Good bhoys do get weary,
singing the same auld song.. yeah,
but when he does get tired and weary,
He gives us a laugh and makes us.. chearie,
laughing at his words and pros.. yeah.

Mrs Dales Diary, he may be drunk but wirey,
stating those same auld facts.. yeah,
but show him a little tenderness. yeah,
A little tenderness….

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