The Jarrow and Hebburn Gazette quotes Martin O’Neill as not having spoken to Neil Lennon about Efe Ambrose, and also rubbishes claims that Sunderland are interested in James Forrest.
“Its been news to me” said the former Celtic boss.
The Metro, a Mersey based rag, has Liverpool closely monitoring the defender, and ready to make a big money move, which will suit his agent, and maybe even the player. Although the accuracy of their report can be decided by the fact that they want the “midfielder to add some steel to their engine room.”
Lenon is hopeful that Ambroses season won’t be remembered for just one game, “Efe has been fantastic, ” he said, placing a recently extracted tooth under his pillow in expectation of a shiny ten bob bit.
And heres me finding it hard enough to find something to write about, no wonder the hacks just make stuff up.
Celtic host Dundee on Sunday, in front of the Sky cameras, which is an ideal opportunity for the Green Brigade to highlight their cause against enthusiastic policing. Which no doubt they have already thought of, and it will be interesting to see what banner they produce. If they are allowed in with it.
Lennon is expected to freshen up the side again, but with the U-20s playing a Youth Cup game it will probably be the fringe players rather than youngsters. Which means the football should be quite entertaining.
Dundee will have Ray Farningham in charge, as the supporters desperately hope there is nothing in the story that John brown, the former Rangers man turned public speaker is favourite for the job, which should also upset Jimmy “Gizzajob” Calderwood.
One rumour doing the rounds is that Brown went quiet after his “title deeds ” speech when Charles Green threatened to send the boys round, which is laughable in itself. Just ask Dave Basset, who when sacked as Sheffield Utd boss under Green, found that discussions over his compensation would be “settled on the car park”.
Theres no news on whether or not Scott Brown will face surgery yet, it is still under investigation, which makes one wonder if it will happen once the Champions League campaign is definitely over.
Alex Thomson, who for some reason has allowed himself to be interviewed by Bill McMurdo, a sort of sober David Leggat, had a unique insight into the minds of those who used to follow Rangers. In an interview publishd on a Rangers website, Thomson listens politely to McMurdo, who wants to know why he isn’t investigating the Celtic Boys Club scandal, and the fact that Celtic fans call Rangrs fans “Daleks”, which can only be a reference to the Ibrox disaster.
I’ve been around for a while, and have never heard this term,-nor has anyone I know- so congratulations to McMurdo for coming up with that one, and well done to Thomson for sitting through fifty two minutes of a discussion which borders on surrealism.
Sill on the newclub, chairman Malcolm Murray has decided to stay until Rangers publish their accounts, which , like everything else associated with the dodgy club, is expected in a couple of weeks. So thats him with a job for life then.
As Green has issued the “Me or him” ultimatum, does that pave the way for his exit? Surely not before his bonus is due? Or could he be fibbing again, this straight talking Yorkhire chap?
No doubt the press will get to the bottom of it. Woah, back with the tooth fairy there..
Rangers have paid £400,000 to Hearts , due for the purchase of Lee Wallace-well, less than what was due, but Hearts need the money, as they are on the brink again.
Rangers, Hearts, Dundee, Motherwell…. these clubs do have a link, I’m sure , but can’t think what it is.
On a totally different subject, Campbell Ogilivie, who was high up at the first two of these clubs, is still at the SFA. Theres a pair of safe hands…
Meanwhile, you know that moment when you go shopping, and see the very thing you’ve been looking for….
There just aren’t words to describe it, so I am not going to try.
Graeme Souness did inded shorten the pitch dimensions at Ibrox before a European game, and strangely enough the Scottish MSM didn’t call that cheating. In fact, it may have set a precedent for not calling anything the deceased club did cheating.
Celtic play Dundee on Sunday, why are Dundee listed in Celtic records?
are Dundee the club to whom Celticfootballclub1888 administered a record number of goals scored in one game ?…..shot in the dark.
Was it our record win 11-0, or record defeat 8-0?
If I recall was it not 11-2 our record victory. ? I am sure that Pensionerbhoy and Estadio were there – albeit as ballbhoys ! Sometime in 1890’s or early 1900’s ?
Listen you, I bloody well played! Can’t mind the score, though and the Craven A at half time was lousy. I remember we had a good bevy afterwards though – then I woke up – to some record or other!
H H
I missed that bleedin game as the missus was giving birth to our fourteenth and I had to take her place on the backshift down the mine.
Hail Hail
is it not wonderful to see the bunz in complete disarray,does your heart good to see the jambos wi; one foot in the grave and another on a banana skin,bye bye ye sons of bunnery
Well done McMurdo for using the tragedy of the Ibrox disaster to make up a sick-joke term in order to gain some sort of ‘advantage’. Absolute scumbag.
That scarf – can that lot get ANY more cringy? What does he think the purpose of it is?? Deary, dearth me.
Ralph/Desi
How are you from a galaxy far, far away. Why? I am searching for my b***y comment, that’s why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
H H
The bill for finger ware is on its way.
Twas in the darkness of a sunlit day,
I sat there silent with lots to say
No pen in hand I scrawled my thoughts
Whys and wherefores, hows and whats
Finished long before I scrawled
Secretly I loudly called
Look what I’ve writ but no-one came
As changes made it stayed the same
He’s at the bevvy I hear you think
He really needs to stop the drink
But I like butter on my toast
Pensionerbhoy just wants to post.
Get it sorted or write more keech like this!
…..or I’LL write more keech like this…..:-(
If it was not for you, man, I would remain spaced out 🙂
H H
you two Auld yins should from a double act – But what would you call yourselves ?
I have trouble remembering my real name as it is!! So I’d go for ‘me and him’. Or ‘him and me’if he got precious about the billin!
Mind you would he then call himself ‘him’ when he meant me, and would he call me me when he meant him!
God, nothin’s easy is it!
Hail Hail
S M
I posted a reply but it has gone to the great blue yonder again. Neil Armstrong must have some amount of emails piling up. Talk about space junk and orbital debris!
How about Two Lost Bhoys!
H H (Him and Him)
I have no idea what Bill McMurdo is on about with this Daleks nonsense.
Personally, I have never called a hun anything other than a hun.
Self-extermination is no recommendation!
Hail Hail (note I never use just HH in case my reader thinks my name is Hiram Holiday)
Yup I’ve been a celtic supporter for over 40 years and never heard of us calling them daleks, completely made up nonsense, although the Daleks catch phrase was/is “exterminate” and as their club has been exterminated maybe appropriate!!
Yes Dundee were subjected to our highest victory of 11-0 or 11-1. In fact I’ve just goin & checked celtic wiki & it was in 1895 (11-0) which was also the year we suffered our record home defeat in the league to the diet buns 5-0, some season that must have been!!
steveo
Dalek: An automaton that cannot negotiate the stairs.
Pensionerbhoy: An automaton that cannot negotiate the stairs. Is PB a Dalek?
For God’s sake don’t tell McMurdo, he will accuse me of being an EBT (Exceptionally Blue Tadhg ) when I am really only singing the blues.
H H
Ralph
No Saturday blog? Or have you joined Estadio and I in the outer stratosphere?
H H
Ralph
Please say you were not on a day out at Berwick singing. I live not far away and about 3pm there was a blue stinking smog descended for about an hour. When it lifted there was a big ESPN cloud in a sunny sky. Being Northumberland, you all know the last bit about the sun and sky is poetic licence.
H H