Well, very nearly .
Barring a collapse of such a magnitude that would compare with Enron and Woolworths, Celtic are champions for the fifth successive season after a convincing 3-1 win at Tynecastle over a more than decent Hearts side.
Despite the best efforts of Alan Muir, sent in by a desperate SPFL to try to help stem the gren and white tide, goals from Colin Kazim Richards, Patrick Roberts and the reliable Leigh Griffiths meant a nine point lead going into the last three games.
The goal difference suggests that even the recall of Efe Ambrose to action won’t be enough for Aberdeen to come back and claim the title, so its time now to get the support back on side after what has been a less than inspiring , although still championship winning , season.
We celbrated in Stoke with such vigour that I managed a full eighteen hour nap after getting home on Saturday evening, and so can look ahead now to seeing how the club deals with one or two issues that they may have neglected during the run in.
Scott Brown started the ball rolling when he let fly at Andy Walker, one of the television pundits who has been less than kind to the club this term…
“We haven’t got over the finishing line yet but, at the end of the day, people are going to criticise.
“Andy Walker is one that goes out there and manages to do it but he has never had a manager’s job or know what it’s like to be coming in here day in, day out.
“He’s pretty much a poor man’s Gary Neville.
“It’s every day, he does my f***ing box in.
“I’m sure he would say when he was playing so many years ago that there were so many coming out and slaughtering people but you think people are bigger than that and better than that and maybe stick up for the club and manager a bit more.
“At the end of the day, who cares. It’s only him.
“It’s the manager that has got it more than anyone else and it’s easy for him [Walker] sitting up there saying things, anybody could do that.
“But he [Walker] walks out the tunnel and doesn’t even look in anyone’s eyes and puts his head down.
“So he obviously knows he has done something wrong.
“But, yet again, the fans were exceptional [at Tynecastle] and they don’t believe what he says.
“He knows he has been in this situation before and he didn’t win that much when he was here.
“Sometimes you’ve got to take it on the chin but, maybe, he is just jealous.”
“Just Jealous “, a thinly disguised euphanism for “just a knob ”
Brown will now sit out the remaining games as he has ( surprise surprise ) been carrying an injury, a touch of tendonitis in his hamstrings.
“I think that’s me done and dusted now.
“I need to close down for a few weeks and just concentrate on my fitness and try to get back because I’ve been struggling to get around the park.
“I’ve been sitting in front of the back four the past few weeks and I’ve been struggling to do that.
“You could see in the last few minutes [against Hearts] I wasn’t moving very well.
“It’s football and people play through injuries, there are a lot of players who have done that this season.
No shit.
Not the best way to run a railroad, and players carrying injuries risking further damage is not clever, and may even explain why we’ve used around a dozen defenders this term.
And a dozen midfielders. And Carlton Cole.
Still, its bye the bye now, and we can start looking ahead.
With Brown coming out and defending the club, maybe its time for Peter Lawwell to rebuild his image…
Did you see the nick of his coupon at full time on Saturday ?
He looked like a man who had lost the proverbial tenner and found a pound.
He’s got a lot of work to do in the coming weeks, and could make a start by sticking up for the supporters who were refused admission to Tynecastle for turning up late… this from the Record…
A GROUP of Celtic fans have claimed police refused them entry to yesterday’s match with Hearts at Tynecastle … because they were LATE.
A video posted on Twitter shows a police officer at the gates of Tynecastle’s Roseburn Stand telling supporters: ‘You’re not getting in. If you want a refund get a hold of John Paul Taylor’ (Celtic’s supporter liaison officer).
The supporter who posted the video claims they were told the stand capacity had reached its limits and it was for their own safety, but goes on to claim the seats they had tickets for lay empty.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said the force refuted claims that Celtic fans were refused entry for turning up late.
She added: “The stand was at its capacity and was closed by the club in the interests of the safety of the fans in the ground.”
I remember Rugby Park back in 2003 and a similar problem. and we know when too many fans get in, there can be catastrophic results.
thats why we have the police, and stewards there to ensure safety, and to ensure that problems are kept to a minimum.
Thats also why Lawwell should be demanding an explanantion and clarification of what actually went on, and why.
Celtic supporters need to see him taking a hands on position in looking after their interests and the interests of the club.
Scott Brown has led the way, its up to others to follow.
Meanwhile, Leigh Griffiths and Keiran Tierney repeatd their player of the year triumphs at the club on a national scale, but the wonder with the magic hat , Mark Warburton, scooped the manager of the year award.
No, I can’t figure that one out either.
Still, it’ll give him something to remember Scottish football by as he ponders his escape route ahead of the more strenuous season ahead against the top sides in the country.
The flow of bad news continued with Keiran Tierney now linked with Arsenal, Liverpoo, Man city and anyone else you care to think of.
Again, the club needs a good strong PR to counter this, and not leave the club such an easy target any more.
A new manager is coming in, and he will want to get on with the football side of things.
The press can arguably lay claim to helping Deila feel like he’d rather be somewhere else, the club must not let it happen again.
And the new manager ? Look, we keep telling you…
And Paul Lambert ?
Its not the same club any more, oh , sorry, see what you mean.
The papers haven’t got a clue, and are just dragging names out of a hat. At least here at Etims, using the Paul foot method of waiting until enough people tell us something and then jazzing it up a bit, you know we sometimes sort of believe what we publish, but that lot in the mainstream are constantly willing a suspension of disbelief.
Due to , er, another lost weekend, I will thank everyone for their superb captions on Saturdays diary, and say quite rightly you are all winners
(He’s a lazy bastard -Ed )
And today, ponder this picture of , well, you tell me.
And to see why its quite apt today, whats the connection between the chap in the picture and the weekend we just enjoyed ?
Caption: Andy Walker prepares for Scott Brown interview
Caption:Kris Commons breaks the Internet and poses nude for FHM
Caption: Derk Boerrigter and Durex unveil new Ribbed Body Armour
Why is Sally McCoist polluting this page?
Connection is the gardener and the agricultural methods used against us on Saturday.
Michelin man is known as Bibendum.
What we would have been doing at the weekend if we were celebrating in Rome.
Amazing thing,this Google…
Caption….Peter Kay has aged well.
Caption: Andy Goram waits patiently for a ride on Charlie Saiz on Blackpool beach.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
🙂
Monti you think far too much about riding Charlie saiz
Statistically speaking? 🙂
Caption
Paulthetim models the new official Carlton Cole trackie
Caption:
Mark Warburton’s incontinence suit for next season!
Ralphy, I am seriously worried,what are we gonny do,when Ronny leaves and is replaced by the real deal.
All the moans and groans will disep
pear replaced by a bunch of happy clappers,it will be boak inducing.
The last diary especially at the end was great,the auld antagonists were at it again,you ken the ones i mean,CS,Andybhoy and Monti,slaggin one another just like auld times.
The guid posters like masell and Pensionerbhoy,who have mutual love and respect,will try to keep things civil.
One last time for auld times sake,
Deilla,Collins and Kennedy oot.
PS hope the new manager is shite in awe.
Caption Lawwell faces the Res guys.
Caption, Monti grants pensionerbhoys request for a picture.
…of a Dundonian Peh artist!
Naw its no, its Andybhoy with his new waterproof running gear on,Step one two,Step one two.
is that a doughnut or a meringue.
Neither, it’s Mike, a year into his Forfar bridie diet!
Ken.
Now, now Minty wee both ken that it is Maryhill,gettin ready to post mair pish.
Mair pish
HA.HA.HA 🙂
3 hail maryhills and an ows yer faither.
And the fish took the bait.:)
Ffs Ally put some clothes on!
Caption: lawell reveals new hoops aamerican football crossover away kit for US market
Have to say, efe was a class act on Saturday. Won everything and his passing was good. Hail hail
happy that we won against hearts and to more or less have 5 in a row but i will be happy to see the back of this season and i hope our board start putting all the wrongs right and they can start by appointing a good manager who will excite us fans
Caption: The real reason for Ronny Deila leaving is finally discovered as picture of his training methods are leaked to the press!
Another go
Yes I read Scott’s comments with interest. I fully agree with this part of his statement:
“He’s pretty much a poor man’s Gary Neville. It’s every day, he does my f***ing box in.
I’m sure he would say when he was playing so many years ago that there were so many coming out and slaughtering people but you think people are bigger than that and better than that and maybe stick up for the club and manager a bit more.
At the end of the day, who cares. It’s only him.”
I was a bit surprised about this bit that further convinced me that maybe Ronny wasn’t picking the team after all, who knows ?
“I think that’s me done and dusted now. I need to close down for a few weeks and just concentrate on my fitness and try to get back because I’ve been struggling to get around the park. I’ve been sitting in front of the back four the past few weeks and I’ve been struggling to do that. You could see in the last few minutes [against Hearts] I wasn’t moving very well. It’s football and people play through injuries, there are a lot of players who have done that this season.”
Anyone else detect an Ulster accent from the cop in the video? Maybe he had an agenda all of his own! HH
Caption .
Scott Brown has decided that he will be ready to play the last 3 games of the season .
Broony explaining today why hes been off form , the fitness coach who told us players must be 24 hour a day athletes letting brown play with an injury, him and others this season apparently! No wonder weve been shite , made all the more gauling when you think of the amount of players not able to get a sniff. Brown says hes struggled playing in front of the back four, a better player for that role would be jackson irvine who has done it superbly for county , hes only 22 and should never have been let go, can spray the ball all ovrr the park and unlike brown hardly misplaces a pass. I remember watching him up against gerrard at parkhead and you would have thought it was irvine who was the superstar.
Caption,
Mrs. Ralph dresses you up for an interview at her place of work
is that a method of smuggling hash sausages only for the brightest huns
test
Caption
New manager brings in his own nutritionist
Is the connection that the guy in the photo, like the rest of us, is a bit “tyred” of this season.
Caption: “Monti test models his new XBox ‘protective coating'”
Caption:”Devoy, after eating lots of humble pie this season.”
Caption:”Diego Maradona a few seasons ago…”
Caption: “Michelin Man joins the lastest media list for new Celtic manager, having eaten both MON and Keane.”
Caption: “Seven stone man eats surplus Celtic midfield…”
Devoy, common tae feck,is it no time for your pension collection,some of us would like a wee go in awe.
Caption, Devoy Devours Dainty Deilia During Decembers Danish
Dating Debacle.
Caption
The second coming has four billion Christians thoroughly disappointed.
Agree with Ralph, Celtic must demand a full investigation into the reasons that ticket holding supporters were denied access by the Police. They have a duty to prove that the stand was over capacity ( somehow without some ticket holders ) and what safety was being compromised? Who made the decision and how was it communicated to the police on the gates? At what time was the decision made? Outside of that the glib dismissive attitude of these supposedly public servants is very concerning on a general scale. Celtic please make this an issue. They are filming us, arresting us for singing and generally making life unpleasant because we are Celtic Supporters! Back us up mate!
Wondering where you got a picture of the wife? 🙂
Caption After broony was filmed in his bra,Kris commons shows off the new balance full underwear range for next season.
Hail Hail
Mike, priceless. The ‘prize’ is yours!Dinnae spend it aa at once. First prize,a week in Aiberdeen. Second prize, two weeks in Aiberdeen!
Devoy, theres only one Devoy.:)
Magic,Ive got ma wellies packed :0
Shag a sheepy,shag a sheepy shag a sheepy when your there.
I see Celtic have announced a major ‘ deal ‘ with gaming and betting firm Dafabet?
Not sure how I feel about that or indeed, what Brother Wilfrid would have thought about this.
Personally I would rather see UNICEF on our shirts!
OOOOOO,personnally i would rather have a Forfar Bridie on mine.69.
But seriously Peter,Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers,
needs to keep his bonus.
M, do you think we’re a feckin charity or something??
😉
I have to say I feel the same way on this Monti but with a reported £10m coming our way over the next 4 years (more if we qualify for the Champions League apparently) it should allow us to strengthen again this Summer.
Charlie Saiz,
I don’t care about the money mate!
Peter does and Peter runs the show Monti.
Right on Monty.
2 sponsor’s on the shirt next year… must be to pay the PLs bonus due to no players being worth the annual 10m sale fee.
Two too many in my opinion.
The most iconic strip in football,is being trashed by the money men.
We stood strong for as long as we could with numbers on the shorts,till the sfa finally pulled the plug on that why? What’s the fuckin difference.
The hoops are being tarnished by the money men. The sight of the hoops being led on to the pitch in Lisbon by a gladiator,is the most iconic image in European club football bar none. Our strip against Inters,Ajax Barca,Real ,Leeds, and Panathanikos. The most iconic and best strips ever.
Time to change fuck the money men give us back our hoops.
Couldn’t keep one f-ckin sponsor on my jersey this season. They both buggered off after three washes. Hh
Monti, me old mucker, me old China. We are in total agreement on this. “Oxfam” or “Unicef” the same as Barca for the same reasons. I know we are a business in a cut-throat world but, wouldn’t it make us all more proud to let the world know what we stood for once and can do again? We would pay the sponsor to advertise them on our shirts and we get the money back by trimming our squad and doing contracts that oblige players to tithe something to our ‘sponsor’. I’m no businessman but I bet almost everybody on this site has some connection to An Gorta Mor/An Gorta Beag. Fighting famine is in our DNA and it would actually bring us good publicity and goodwill internationally. There are lots of worldwide famine relief organisations. Why not Amnesty International? It would set us apart and make us ‘more than a football club’ once again.I think more than any other thing, our charitable roots is what I’m most proud of, not ten in a row, or nearly 50 championships.
Celtic Football Club @celticfc 7m7 minutes ago
Brave play by Wardrop as he meets Hendry’s cross amid a ruck of defenders and powers a header home. The Bhoys are level!! [1-1]
Mark my words we have another Tierney in Wardrop at Right Back.
Strong in the tackle,good engine and creates opportunities in attack.
Celtic Football Club @celticfc
FT ABERDEEN 1-1 CELTIC The young Hoops fight back to maintain their unbeaten league record with just one match remaining in the season.
Well done to the young yins,congratulations.
Wardrops name has been mentioned before along with Nesbitt and others,it would be great to see more of the youngsters play a role eventually in the first team,that could save the clib a lot of money.
Hertz led the way with this in Scotland,the budgie has to be congratulated for that,previously there jersey was logod by
Wonga i think,so it can be done.
We lead charitable works through our Foundation,which in overall terms i would guess represents a fraction of this sponsorship deal.Montis plea for this is understandable,but would a Board whos main aim is to raise money to keep the club out of harms way,sympathieze with this i very much doubt.
Ralph
First of all, may I add my congratulations to Leigh Griffiths and Keiran Tierney. Both well at least deserving of the honours, especially young Kieran who could quite easily have been awarded both. He has been the one player who gives some hope for the future and he is from our development squad not from the reject or “maybe” stock pile we have been spending hard earned money on of late. What we badly need is that brashness, inventiveness and free expressiveness that comes with youth and a certain level of naivety. That is the whole point of playing young talent. Of course there is a need for mature players to be alongside them on the field to keep them reined in, to encourage when things go wrong and to control the nerves and adrenalin rushes on big occasions. That does not take fourteen out of the fifteen on the bench and certainly not just midfield players mash. Perhaps the exemplar par excellence was Big Jock, proof the older player does not need to be the most skilled or creative, but to have sufficient experience and the know how to nurture the younger ones. I genuinely believe we have the potential in the current development squad to form a solid team whose ambition to wear the green and white stripes, combined with a modicum of talent, would provide the spark and the entertainment we have been begging for over the last several years as well as continuing to win leagues and lift trophies. It has been a joy to watch young Kieran’s carefree attitude, his unreserved commitment and outstanding talent. Someone once said he was the best right back since a certain Daniel McGrain. I would say he has the potential to be at least his equal.
As for other award winners, I am sure Mr. Warburton of economic fame had no part to play in the manager of the year fix. I do not put a great deal of store by these awards anyway as I have seen many “predictable” winners over the years – not unlike Scotland team selections. However, I was quite taken aback when Mr. D. McInnes did not lift the “coveted” trophy. But then, the media are astute at marketing red herrings in order to deflect the potential flak from the ultimate inexplicable reality. I suppose the trophy will sit well on his desk wherever he advances his managerial abilities down south. He must be overwhelmed by the rise in his stock over the last twelve months. I fear he may get a rude awakening should he re-ply his trade in the English football market.
It is interesting that a certain Mr. Lambert would appear to be taking the opposite approach. Perhaps his English experiences have made him realise there may be worse things to contend with than bias and bigotry. I have no quibble with U-turns. After all, they have been made by the best and the worst of humanity. Even those who are adamant they will not make them, find themselves on one-way streets with either no alternative or a head-on crash. As for the rest of the media nominees, I have neither faith in their predictions nor desire any of their proposals so far. To save the inevitable nerves and disappointments, I will wait then claim I guessed right all along.
If Mr. Lawwell remains at the helm, only a fool would place good money after bad on a bet on the future direction of the club on and off the field. I doubt even the God who sees all things has any idea what the bold Pierre will come up with. The one constant in his plans, however, would seem to be the steady increase in his bonus no matter the year’s outcomes. If only we were all in such a happy position. Imagine me dictating my own pension increases. It would not just be an executive box, but lambs-wool covers on my chaise longue. Of course, any waiting time for the match to start would be offset by succulent lamb (no, not a media interview) and a nice Bordeaux like La Petite Lune. Mind you, I would need enough income to install a lift to get up to the box in the first place. Ach, the aul armchair canny be beaten. Well, it’s a laugh having dreams. I see mike quoted the old song “To dream the impossible dream”. The story of my life except for the missus.
Caption: “A very casual approach to the Battle of the Bulge”
Right! That’s the mirrors smashed in our house after seeing that. I thought the wife was normal.
H H
Ralph
I know people on here don’t want me to win the caption competition. I am beginning to feel like a slice of a Warburton loaf – blue-molded and unwanted:)
But could you please let the guys read my intelligent comment.
H H
Noo Pensionerbhoy,you ken that isny quite troo,you are never like a slice of Warburton loaf-blue moulded and unwanted.I always think of yoo leaning towards the Green -mould,but certainly mucho wanted.
I look forward to reading your posts and caption entries,you set a high,a very high bar,which we have to try to reach, so carry on,carrying on.
Caption,Pensionerbhoy tries out his new rubber incontinent suit and roller blades (he fecked up Mrs Pensionerbhoys car)and somebody has to get the messages.H.H.
mike
Having a final brows before joining Mrs. Dunlop in bed. It’s a king size so full of promise but nothing happens. The roller skates are for a quick burst to the toilet to empty that incontinence suit when I’m slopping out. The cigar is just to prove I am still breathing. By the way, that parked car hit me. I just never saw it coming. Well, that’s what I told the insurance. When they heard I was a Celtic man, they knew I was honest and accepted the parked car was at fault :). Sleep well and, hopefully, my comment will be here for you to read dans la matinée – Dundonian for ra morra mornin’ 🙂
Bon nuit to you an Mrs. mike
H H
HA.HA.HA. Pure dead (no pun intended) brilliant.
You never ever let me down with your wit,good humour and well your skill with the pros (naw pun intended)
Kiss your wee darlin wife,snuggle up close and you never ken what might happen.Its amazin what a few kind words will do.Mind if she skelps you, dinny blame me.
Bulldozer Driver my erchie,if you never went to Uni.it must have been because you were called up or you had to assist your family in some way.Thats what must have happened in those dark times.H.H.Pensionerbhoy.
Post gone back to bed,its maby age tired.
Well done Leicester on their title. Now that’s how you manage a team.
Unbelievable full credit to them.
Leicesters prize for winning the EPL 2016 =£100million.
Celtics prize for winning the SPFL 2016 = £1million.
Who said that the world was fair? and i suppose that would be a major reason for the Sponsorship deal we have announced today,going towards a betting and drink co instead of Monti and Devoys plea for ethical sponsorship.
However its not soley about cash more about a mind set.
100 million eh and if you get relegated ?
Also Liverpool could let all their fans in free of charge due to the TVs deal. So could almost everyone. Imagine that ?
Every home natch covered by a to deal,season books are a bonus. Unbeleavable.
Tv deal even every home match,every fan free.
Don’t think it will be taken up though.
150 million next season Mike
Jimmybee, How can we compete with that amount of obscene cash,it is hard enough to try to compete with the cheats in our bigoted wee country.
What is the solution, i havent got a clue,we just have to try and do the best we can.
Imagine if Scotia got its Independence,the next thing you would see was as before all companies,close there Scottish bases and move down south.You would know more about that than i.
Maybe we are ungratefull about the way the club is being run,but you know that they are trying there best.At least that is your hope.
If your Alan Stubbs do you play to win your way into the premier league,or do you hedge and win the cup and get European football. I know what I would do. But I am not a bitter man.
Comparisons, Sir Charles Green,sells BHS to a known fraudster for a pound,he then buys 2 boats and a helicopter and takes 1.5mill.out of the company before being forced to hand it back.Meanwhile Green pays his wife £400mill. keeps some of the best company assets and leaves £546 mill.black hole in the pension fund.
Who does that echo,well we both know,why in gods name do they continually get away with this.
Answer,Goverments allow them to do so.
Solution, Shoot all polititions and let wee Mikey run the country,mair fairly. Want a job?
the cash on offer in the EPL is IMO buken not only obscene, its vulgar. The worlds gon buken mad.
Anyhoo…lamberts ruled himself oot the Tic job. For that am pleased.
Gary Lineker get’s paid £2m a year to present the MOTD highlights programme for the BBC.
A 5 year contract.
The BBC pay Scottish Football £1m per Season for the entire highlights for the season plus live games.
Bearing in mind that Lineker was on a reduced package which enabled him to also front BT Sport as well.
Pathetic.