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Celtic Diary Tuesday September 1: Anti Social Media

The long running “when will he sign ” saga of Shane Duffy joining Celtic for a few months gained a twist yesterday when his brother put a picture on his instagram account;

 

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Everyone connected with Duffy, his family, his pals and the whole town of Derry seems excited about having one of their own in the hoops, even if its just for a short while, but it’s really what the man himself thinks that matters.

 

He’s going to Bulgaria after signing, where he will be with the Ireland international squad, with Stephen McGowan of the Mail claiming he might have his medical there. Which is odd, though McGowan says he’ll sign by email if thats the case.

 

Which is about as close to the 21st century things get under the current management.

 

Vakoun Bayo raised a few eyebrows when he scored twice for Toulouse at the weekend, but it has to be said it is division two football and therefore the fitness level won’t be so high. Bayo was judged not to be as fit as he should or could have been, but then again, there was this “not match fit ” issue to consider, which seems to mean there is a problem with the training, as lets face it, none of them have looked match fit in recent games.

 

International breaks.

 

Marvellous.

 

Scotland play Israel, in a game that hopefully both will lose. With the SFA still doing what they do, there’s no interest from this quarter whatsoever in the national team, and frankly I should have called it a day when Willie Ormond refused to bring on Jimmy Johnstone against Yugoslavia in the 1974 World Cup.

 

Johnstone had terrorised England shortly before the tournament, and famously destroyed Red Star Belgrade single handedly just a few years before…the Slavs were delighted that he stayed on the bench, as you’d expect, and when Ormond dropped Kenny Dalglish so he couldn;t match George Youngs consecutive appearances record we should have known then that international football wasn’t for us.

There is also the scandal of the number of caps Celtic players received during arguably the clubs greatest spell, but that could also be down to Jock Stein manipulating the injury reports to save his players for Celtic games.

 

Doesn’t explain how Jimmy McGrory missed out though…

 

 

The BBC are going to ban left wing comedy, according to some reports, which is a surprise to those of us who thought they’d ditched comedy altogether several years ago.

 

Shame, really, as I’d had an idea for a show , using the Spitting image idea of puppets, to make a satirical point about Scottish football.

 

I’ve done some drawings of the puppets, which include Peter Lawwell…

 

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David Murray

 

 

Traynor unveiled as Rangers' Head of Communications but history cannot be  rewritten | Scotzine

 

and , of course, the Scottish media….

 

 

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Over at Ibrox, the nedia are still at their beck and call as they desperately try to offload Alfredo Morelos so that there’s some sandwiches left for the other players….

 

Alfredo Morelos ‘targeted’ by Porto as Portuguese giants join race for Rangers striker

Porto were impressed with Morelos during their two games against Rangers last season and want to bring the Colombian to Portugal.  

 

 

They won’t be impressed of they have him in for a chat, as his physical frame is now probably too large to pass through the door frame.

 

Mark MacDougall, another hack from the Ibrox stable, claimed;

 

Portuguese giants Porto have joined the race to sign Alfredo Morelos – according to a report. 

Race ?

The Rangers frontman looks to be on his way out of the club after having his head turned by offers on the table from French side Lille. 

Offer ?

The Ligue 1 outfit had an offer of £16million pound rejected by Rangers, who are holding out for the £20m they want for the Colombian striker. 

Thought it was £10m ?

And now Porto want to bring him to Liga Nos after he impressed against them in last season’s Europa League. 

No, they really don’t.

 

MacDougall is working his way through the alphabet, which means that after Porto it’ll be Queens Park Rangers next, althugh there is a danger there that Mark Warburton, himself once a Traynor puppet and now QPR manager, will come out and say it’s bollocks.

 

Then it’s on to R for Real Madrid, S for Sampdoria , T for Tottenham and U for useless fat bastard, which os something about Morelos that they leave out of the reports.

 

 

Mind you, they’re not much better when it comes to Celtic players leaving, or wanting to leave. Olivier Ntcham and Kris Ajer have both been linked with Southampton, which has to be the laziest journalism since the days of David Murray, when hacks used to pick up their reports from the dinner table as they munched on their lamb.

 

Although these days soup is also a favourite, and someone must have told Kris Commons that it will make him taller and wiser if he ate it all up.

 

Commons has a column in the Daily Mail, and he uses it regularly to criticise Celtic, which is odd, consodering they gave him a club to go to when he was ran out of town after his out of hours shennanigans at Derby, only to find his nemesis now in charge at “rangers “, which might explain a few of his rantings…. such as this one..

 

“I’m not convinced at all by Vasilis Barkas.

“He’s a Greek international goalkeeper, but the jury is still very much out on him.

“Hatem Abd Elhamed took a lot of stick for the second Ferencvaros goal last week, but Barkas wasn’t much better.

“A top goalkeeper – one like Fraser Forster, let’s say – would have saved that all day long. 

 

Fraser Forster fucked off, and Celtic cannot possibly be blamed for that. Forstyer is like that, being so tall his head spends a lot of time in the clouds, and he keeps seeing things that aren’t really there, like his ability.

 

 

Bitter ? Yes please.

 

The Mail should give a column to someone like Tom Boyd, who would talk much more sense than Commons, or perhasp even to his wife, who at least is nice to look at, and a damn sight more honest and Celtic minded than Commons,

 

Celtic wag Lisa Hague has inspiring message for teen girls on body image -  Daily Record

 

 

Still, Charlie Nicholas has lost his gig at Sky sports…we asked him for a comment but couldn’t make any sense of it.

 

 

Anyhoo, yesterday we had this…

 

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jrw
 21 hours ago

Caption: St Kilda CSC No.1 finally decide to evacuate the island given the unreliability of the boat to Glasgow in the winter months.

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3 years ago

And Theres yir Disco Lights

Man in Denial
3 years ago

caption

John Brown continued to search for ra deeds even after the Liquidation of The Rangers* in 2021

alzyerpal
3 years ago

***Exclusive***

Celtic fan caught in the act of attempting to place an IED on Alfredo Morelos’ air conditioner unit. (DAILY RECORD)

Tyrone9
3 years ago

CAPTION
Health & Safety Officer has concerns that the wrong protective clothing is being worn.

Sonofcelts
3 years ago

At least one player’s bum out of the window following new fitness test, say reports

Bognorbhoy
3 years ago

Caption …
Fur fuks said Sammy just go to supersaver fur hair conditioner that’s an air conditioner

Monti
3 years ago

Caption: ” If you say they are a new club, you can come back in “

Monti
3 years ago

Ralph,
The spitting image Scottish football thing had me laughing there, i had a vision of Craig Whyte prancing into the blue room with a big pound coin to give to Murray.

Luke Warmwater
3 years ago

More reliable electric fans ‘draughted’ in

Warriorthruandthru
3 years ago

During the international break the modernisation and upgrade at ibrox continues apace.

Cartvale88
3 years ago

Caption

Alfredo its not that bad!

Dziekanowski's nightclub child
3 years ago

Caption: ‘Alfredo, don’t jump, we might still get 20 quid for you!’

Puggy67
3 years ago

Caption: Hope these jeans are quality enough to hawd you Billy?
Canny mind whit they are whit does the label say?
Eh C-A-S-T-O….
Get me in get me in!

BornCelt!
3 years ago

Caption – Not a chance Duffy, you will finish the game agin’ Bulgaria afore ye sign for celtic!

Uibh fhaili
3 years ago

They were wondering if you could fix the wifi too before you leave and they’ll give us a Castore too each

Whitearra
3 years ago

Caption : ‘Wait, before you let him go, I’ll have my jersey back’.

henkesdreadlocks
3 years ago

Caption……….

Awww cmon tae fvck guys, get me back in before the shit starts hitting the fan.

Cesar
3 years ago

Listen, jumpin oot the windaes at 7-1 wiz hilarious but honestly I’d settle fur 1-0 as long as they jump and there’s spiky railings.

3 years ago

Workman screams at H&S enforcers, “Ah don’t need steel toecaps oan, Ah’ve got plastic feet!”

George Lazenbhoy
3 years ago

Caption : I’m letting go if he farts again

R.St.Parsley
3 years ago

Yesterday’s caption:
Word spreads that St Kilda’s only brothel has a new sheep.

Today’s caption:
‘Don’t jump, Paddy, turns oot Bolingoli’s no’ in the team efter aw!’

Finbar Muldoon
3 years ago

If league was called now due to covid, Celts would be 10inarow Champions, based on average points per game and goal difference. Not as bad a start as some make out. HH

The Cha
3 years ago
Reply to  Finbar Muldoon

No we wouldn’t.

Have you got a degree in Sevconomics?

Paddybhoy67
3 years ago

Caption: What ever ye dae, dinnae fart!

edward joseph bell
3 years ago

caption the morelos ” save me from my rangers hell” saga take s a serious and deadly change fo direction

Una
3 years ago

Caption

Ac engineer agrees to service the unit for two kit kats

3 years ago

Caption pic looks like one guy trying to save a man, the guy on the left as we look at it is trying to steal his wallet he must be the hun

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