A quick glance at the Newsnow website shows that the Daily Star have picked up on the interest in the Ajax squad member mentioned a couple of diaries ago.
As in the leader picture, sometimes these people need to check what they have written.
Celtic want to bring Temmu Pukki’s Iceland team-mate Kolbeinn Sigthorsson to ParkheadDaily Star 18:46 Thu, 26 Sep 2013
All they got wrong about Pukki was his name and nationality, which for the Star is a considerable improvement on their usual reportage.
Still, at least it shows that English papers can be equally as inept as their Scottish counterparts.
Speaking of the English media, the latest leg of their campaign to move Celtic boss Neil Lennon to their InternationalAll-Star Superleague, this time to perennial under achievers Sunderland, has floundered after the Celtic boss issued a denial.
” Look, I’m not remotely interested in any of the second rate clubs in that piss poor overrated feckin league. ”
Or something like that, but you get the jist. He’s happy at Celtic. And we are happy to have him. ( If you are reading this Neil, which is unlikely, we need one more ticket for the Barca game.. and we did name our club after you, and not the former Beatle. )
The Daily Star no doubt think Sunderland is one of the smaller countries given their independence after the break up of the USSR , and for younger readers, the USSR was a collection of republics who stopped the Americans from running rampant after the second world war. The biggest of these, Russia, is now trying its best to take on that mantle, as the mighty US war machine continues with its world policeman image, helping downtrodden countries to protect its oil from being used for the good of its own people. Scotland , seeking independence next year, can probably expect to see warships off the coast of Greenock about two hours after it becomes a nation again.
Just like in the old days, really.
I’ve decided in favour of independence, if only to keep the words “future ” and “optimism ” in general usage.
Incidentally, a report in the New Scientist magazine says that a “small nuclear war ” could reverse the effects of global warming , which , to be honest, sounds a damn sight easier than getting all the household rubbish into the correct recycling bins.
Sorry, I digress….
The Stars sister paper, the even less accurate Daily Express, took time off from its usual right wing xenophobia to tell its readers that Aiden McGeady has been linked with a January move to Everton, Fulham or Aston Villa.
The players agent, Jan Dreyer, said;
“My client has a contract with Spartak, which he will see out like a true professional.
“While he is totally focussed on Spartak, if he gets a really serious offer from England which is acceptable to the club we will consider it.
“To talk about anything at this stage is premature.”
The club are believed to want £6m, while the offers are supposedly around the £3.5m, while the word on the street is that the player has a young family now, plenty of money in the bank, and a desire to return to Glasgow…
A pre-contract in January with Celtic has been mentioned, but only by me.
A quick glance through the comments on yesterdays diary, and enel bhoy recommended a forward called Aaron Johansson, who is currently plying his trade at AZ Alkmaar. Later in the day, Voetbal International has us linked with him… Johansson was born in the USA, though not neccessarily in a dead mans town , where the first kick he took was when he hit the ground, and has opted to play for the US at U-21 level.
Well, I’ve never seen enel bhoy and John Park in the same room, and I’ll wager no-one else has, either…
Celtic travel down the M77 tomorrow to face Kilmarnock, and their manager Allan Johnston wants the little tiff between his clubs chairman and fans to end-and the way to do that is to beat Celtic;
“Ultimately we’ve got to get on with the business of playing football.
“It would be easy for me to talk about the other issues and use that as an excuse to explain our lack of a win.
“What has been going on is frustrating but I have to encourage the fans to come back and watch the team.
“That’s the challenge in front of me. We need to get them onside and they need to give us their backing. After all, everything the players and management are trying to do is for Kilmarnock Football Club.”
Johnston has had a nightmare in Ayrshire since leaving Queen of the South to join Kilmarnock. They haven’t won in the league, and were put out of the League Cup by Hamilton, which isn’t all that embarassing, compared to what happened to some clubs.
“It would have been easy to stay where I was but I played for Kilmarnock and I know they’re still a big club.
“I know the problems that confront us and I want to turn the club round.”
“It would be a massive lift for everybody if we could beat Celtic. It would be the kind of
result that would propel us forward as a club. ”
He added afterwards something about testicles on a female relative that would, in fact mean she was a male relative.
Ah, but if no-one is there to see it, did you really win ?
Speaking of testicles, anyone going to the game tomorrow will no doubt say a big hello to Killies star striker, Kris Boyd, who now plies his trade at Rugby Park. Boyd, who has a phenomenal scoring record, ( though not against big clubs ) will enjoy the banter, I’m sure. We hear he has renegotiated his contract with the chairman..
Those of you who like a bet should put money on an early couple of Celtic goals, followed by long periods of inactivity, until the home side pull one back. 2-1 or 3-1 to Celtic looks a good bet, with Teemu Pukki as first goalscorer.
Well, you might as well take my tips as anyone else, and there are plenty of people who claim to make money off betting, like the Daily Record tipster, below.
Meanwhile, over on a website that serves supporters of the new entity in Scottish football, the natives are becoming restless…..
“” Anyone else come across this? I fear this is the most realistic conclusion…
________________
Just supporting team at mo waiting for no accounts and the inevitable 2nd Admin then I will try and come up with a way to UNITE a large group of supporters to get organised for a CVA offer with the McColl Team as this is likely Rangers ONLY chance Rangers will get rid of the crooks forever.
Also can people who care enough about Rangers get along to Craig’s meeting at Swallow Hotel.
Craig it might be an idea to remove the condition of Board must go as a lot of people are seeing that the wrong way and we need all the support we can get.
Clarity on accounts and transparency by board at AGM will lead to them going on a close vote BUT sadly I feel not enough Rangers fans realise the depth of trouble we are in, right now we have approximately £4.2million left of the 2 x Seasons £20 million and the share issue £22million a defecit of £37. 8MILLION pounds.
This is a total financial disaster and a 2nd Admin is unavoidable short of them selling Ibrox and Murray Park to stave this off another few months.
I am up a few times from now till November and am trying like F**K to get more info on Ellis Scam set up with Whyte and also any info on current board to I hope STOP sale of Ibrox by revealing it when it happens in hope THAT FINALLY gets the fans awake to what is going on
BEARS NOTE IF YOU READ MY FLYER OLD FIRM LONG FIRM EVERYTHING IS STILL GOING SAME WAY. DELAYS TO DRAW OUT AGM/EGM TILL ALL MONEY GONE AND ZERO TRANSPARENCY. NO APPOINTMENTS OTHER THAN A 2ND EASDALE ON BOARD yeh! NOT
Things are bad very bad we are heading to Admin for certain
Yours in Rangers. george “”
Which prompted this reply..
” Green, Mather, Stockbridge, Whyte, Ellis and god knows who else transfer the assets e.g Ibrox and Murray Park into the name of another company and put figureheads in charge of them. They then lease them back to Rangers, probably something like a 25 year lease so we are technically paying them a fee every month/year. They’ll make money of us for years.
It’s Asset stripping. It’s all this has ever been about. Might tie in with the Leggat article the other day that the fraud squad are all over it because it is totally illegal. ”
It took them a while, but they seem to finally have woken up, but is it too late ?
Lets hope so. Its not just us who want rid of them.
Finally, thoughts and prayers go out to Allan Moore, the Morton manager , who is mourning the loss of his brother Steven, who died suddenly on Wednesday during a holiday in Turkey.
May he rest in peace.
The story of the O’Neill king, who cut off his hand and flung it ashore in order to win a swimming race, an attitude that seems to be sadly lacking in todays sportsmen,combined with Willie, the token Scot in the Simpsons, was the correct and full answer for the arriving at Willie O’Neill in the quiz
Today, who is this, and why ?
Henrik Larsson
king of kings?
Could be another great valentines day if only 4.2 million left. Shares in nardini’s and walls about to rocket
Juarez.
On the basis hez’s a sulky Lady boy called Effie McClumfie now.
Hen (as Isa would say) Rik (Mayal) Larsson. (Steig Larsson authored The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the third image is from the Hollywood film of that book.
Ralph
First of all may I add my condolences to the Moore family. R.I.P.
Great diary today again. “Scotland , seeking independence next year, can probably expect to see warships off the coast of Greenock about two hours after it becomes a nation again.” That was a beaut!
The player rumour mill and the lingering suicide pact are something I decided to pay little, in fact no attention to. However, when coated in your humorous prose, it makes for a good read. Could there be a nightmare before Christmas in the bears’ den? Or will the SPFL & SFA delay Armageddon for a second time. The Angel of Death must be getting anxious as the scythe is getting rusty waiting. But they say all good things…or summit! By the way, I’d have loved that guy for an English teacher. I’d be speaking in tongues by now.
Also, you got one on me with that picture on the bench. I thought you only took ones of my wife with your hidden camera.
Quiz: HL. I got the first two Hen & Rick but I have no idea about the lady, I presume, in on the bottom – that sounds like a “star” headline. I do not do sultry or is it sour? My ladies are all smiles!!
H H
I see Kenny Dalgleish came out with the comment today “Celtics double header against Ajax COULD prove crucial to their hopes of Champions League progression”.
Thank god we have these insightful pearls of wisdom from the great thinkers from the game of football. Eh.
It’s Dalglish…sorry for being a pedant.
I love it. A nuclear war easier than getting the recycling correct. I nearly coughed up a lung! Great diary as always! COYBIG!
Condolences first to Alan Moore and family.
Very good read. I stole your pics fo f b. I hope you don’t mind.
I’m not the fella above.
But I agree
I believe der hun have around 2 days to publish audited accounts befire they fall foul of sfa regulation.
And I fully expect the sfa to come down on them lime a tonne of bricks
Aye right!!!!!!
Paddy McCourts looking well
Brilliant! Recycling bit made me laugh out loud.
See commons opening his mouth again saying what we’re going to do with Barcelona how many times has he opened his gub and it’s come back to take a big chunk out of his arse.
Do your talking on the park starting with Kilmarnock we haven’t done anything this season to brag about anything beating a team that’s ranked below queen of the south & getting beat by a half a team in Ac Milan didn’t go with all the crap how we played them of the park.