We’ve gone from proper football at the proper time, 3pm on a Saturday, to the all new tv inspired football at 5.55 on a Thursday.
Yeah, I’ve only just noticed.
Not only is it a ridiculous tome for anyone to try to get to a game, unless its an away game and you’re on a three day break, its virtually impossible to get hom from work in time to watch it.
Still, it keeps those gamblers happy…because I can;t think of anyone else who would be pleased about the kick off time.
Its even affected the players.
Leigh Griffiths is ill. James Forrest got himself sent off to avoid it. Tom Rogic fell over and hurt himself when he found out. Even Scott Brown reckons he can’t go without his tea as at his age the meals have to be taken at a certain time.
We’re down four key players already, and Filip Benkovic and Jozo Simunovic haven’t had their moan yet.
A difficult game has just been made , well, difficulter.
Craig Gordon tried to sound optimistic.
We’d like to have everybody available but that’s always going to happen at different points during the season,”
“It gives the other players in the squad a good opportunity to come in and show what they can do on one of the biggest stages in European football.
“That’s part and parcel of being at a big club. You play so many games and at certain times in the season that’s going to happen so we’ll just have to deal with it.
“The players who have come in have been waiting a long time. They’ve had to wait for their chance and here it is against top quality opposition.
“There’s no better place to show how good you are than in Europe. They’ll be looking forward to that. We have a lot of quality in the squad.
“We have a big squad and the ones who have come in are more than capable of playing at this level. It’s a great opportunity for them. We trust in everybody in our squad and we’re looking forward to this game. ”
The guys that can’t get a game every week can now show us why….
But then again, it does kind of remove a lot of the pressure.
And if these guys who aren’t regulars can do enough to stake a place in the team, then oit could turn in our favour…
The manager tried to remain optimistic…
“We have a few injuries. Scott will probably be out for two to three weeks which of course is disappointing. It’s a low grade calf strain.
“We have a few other players. Leigh hasn’t returned to training and Tom Rogic hasn’t travelled – he has an issue with his knee. We’re managing Filip Benkovic so we’ll see how he is over the next 24 hours.
Ah, right, he’s moaning again.
“We have one or two issues but it’s okay, we have a number of young players who have been training very hard and working hard to have the opportunity to play. So we look forward to seeing them.
“Naturally, over the couple of games it’s important to get results. After the last time in Salzburg, okay we lost the game but I want to see a better performance.
“It’s key coming into these games that we think about performing well. When we play to that quality and players play with confidence then we have a much greater chance of getting a result.
It’s about going and performing and taking that confidence of going to play and not being frightened to make mistakes.
“We’re playing against one of the top teams in Germany but we still have to show our way of playing and when we do that we know we can cause problems. That’s what we’re looking to do, perform well and then look at getting a result from that.”
The best chance we have of causing problems is if we let the team bus break down on the way to the ground and block the roads off.
As you can see , i’m not overly confident for this one, which means Celtic will win 2-1.
Or 1-0, like we used to do.
Rodgers also took time out to clarify the Marvin Comperr situation, afte the defender had a moan during the week in a German magazine…
“Who ?
Oh him….
“Unfortunately, he had been injured for a lot of the six months of first arriving.
“In the summer I said to him that his game time was very limited and if he wanted to play regular football in his remaining years he would probably have to move. He decided to stay and I respect that decision.
“I was open and clear with him that in that time a lot of players had come in and have jumped ahead of him in the queue at centre-half so his game time has been and probably will be very limited.”
The last three lines are verbatim. The first two probably are.
So, with all the call offs, how do Celtic line up tonight ?
Gordon, Lustig, Tierney, Boyata, Hendry, MacGregor, Ntcham, Mulumbu, Sinclair, Edouard, Johnston.
Though I wouldn’t be surprised to see Kouassi in there, for a laugh. If i was to make a real out of the field prediction, I’d say Ryan Christie , either from the start or from the bench, will be the guy we’re talking about tomorrow.
Elsewhere, and Dave king has lost another court case, and despite all the lies he has told his supporters, they still can;t see through him.
In fact, they are going to take matters into their own paws…
Oddly enough, they don’t seem to have noticed that smell around their club…
With guys like that leading the rebellion, its a wonder their club ever died..
He’s not the only one…
Bears with restricted mobility ? Isn’t that nearly all of them ?
Notice in that picture they can’t even look at the fruit, let alone buy it. And that lettuce is probably for someone else.
Though there was some good news for them, and for other top clubs.. from the Sun
PREMIERSHIP clubs will receive a mammoth cash injection into their accounts from Uefa today — courtesy of Brendan Rodgers.
Relegated Partick Thistle and Ross County plus Aberdeen, Rangers, Hibs, Kilmarnock, Hearts, Motherwell, St Johnstone, Dundee and Hamilton will split £4million between them — £370,000 each.
Newly-promoted St Mirren and Livingston are not entitled to a bonus, having both been in the Championship at the time.
The same amount was paid out when the Hoops reached the group stage in 2016.
The windfall is more than three times what the Parkhead club earned in prize money (£114,000) for winning the Scottish Cup in May.
I await the big public thank you from the other clubs, or even the organisation that represents them.
However, the report hinted that next season the clubs will probably blame Rodgers for what they will call a cash shortfall…
Rodgers guided Celts to group stage last season but couldn’t manage same feat this year
Can’t help themselves, can they ?
Then again, we’ve known for a while about their agenda…look at this from the Daily Record hotline…
An honest opinion from a Celtic fan ?
Probably not.
At least we’re honest about the shite we write.
Yesterday, we had this to peruse…
Caption: A member of the autoerotic asphyxiation society gets an outfit for a big night in.
today..
Which reminds me…we have three tickets and six seats available for the game at Murrayfield. Seats on the bus, that is. Ideal for chunkies if they want to join us, or for anyone who fancies giving the driving a miss to sample the atmosphere of the greates little CSC of all.
We’ll pick up anywhere along the M6 from Stoke upwards, but preferably at a junction.
