Celtic Diary Friday November 30

Yesterdays diary, one of the finest pieces of incisive, thought provoking prose ever written, was done on a phone, and didn’t survive the morning as my phone kept putting the wrong words in again. So the completed version didn’t make any sense, though how that differs from the normal drivel escapes me.

So apologies for that.

On Wednesday night a delighted Neil Lennon saw his charges turn in the performance he was looking for as Hearts were crushed 4-0 with a ruthless display of finishing (honest) and so the team got that confidence boost needed for the two upcoming cup games against Arbroath and spartak moscow  on Saturday and wednesday respectively.

On Wednesday man of the match went to charlie Mulgrew for his assists and all round contribution, but strange as it may seem for such a convincing win, Fraser Forster deserved it more, as he put in a display to rival his games against barcelona-you know, when we beat them, it was in all the papers-and in a game where Celtic didn’t get a corner until the 90th minute, the big keeper was just as instrumental in the result as the outfield players.

With such big games coming up, its time once again for the media to tout our top players down south, and former manager Martin O’Neill is the latest to show an interest in Gary Hooper, who has scored twelve times this season for the club. although it does seem less, for some reason.

On his former mentors interest in Hooper, Lennon said;

“That does not surprise me, but we are happy with what we’ve got. it will take a big offer, and I think Gary is really happy here and hopefully we can get his contract done.”

Another player likely to be hawked around the EPL by agents is Fraser Forster, on whom Lennon commented;

“I am sure that in the summer there were people saying to him Don’t go to Glasgow, you’ll only go backwards , but he has done the exact opposite.”

As opposed to alan Pardew, who will be looking for another job soon, if Newcastles current run of poor form continues. couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

Strangely enough, the Express, so often at the forefront of accurate reporting has Celtic actually looking at a player. Karim Ansarifard,a powerful 22 year old Iranian striker who plays for Persepolis with a view to buying him and then loaning him back to Persepolis for the rest of the season. Like we did with that Polish bloke who got injured.

Though it is in the Express, the sort of Etims rumour mill of the written media.

Speaking of Etims, there was another podcast recorded last night which discussed a number of topical items, and for the first time, I actually played it back and listened to it straight away. but it left me with a feeling that I’d heard it all before, which wasn’t surprising really. It is worth a listen ,though. but not twice.

Another wee thing that we are looking to do is to have a section for Celtic themed short stories, of which there seems to be a dearth lately, so if you’ve anything to offer let us know. If it takes off we can publish it, maybe giving proceeds to charity or to me, depending on who gets the money first, and how quickly I can disappear.

It was indeed the MacAdam brothers, Tom (good guy) and Colin (black sheep of the family) who faced each other in those old firm games, thankfully now consigned to history, and today, changing the theme a wee bit, think about the Celtic song, and where you might have heard the tune before. Where does the tune originate from?

And  on which very recent tv show did I find one of the characters singing the original lines of The Celtic Song?

Incidentally, point taken about the Bernard Manning type gag, but was it really neccessary for those jolly japesters at Etims to use that image for the podcast?

Anyway, Susan boyle has a new record out, and the launch gig seems interesting. Read about it at susanalbumparty.com.

which sounds like a fun night out. The people who write these web addresses should read them back to themselves , as my pal, who is a psychotherapist found out.