The return of the Diary to the world wide web has raised a few eyebrows, a few smiles and a few what could loosely be called more honest comments
a steaming pile of shite to compliment yesterday’s steaming pile of shite.
Happily, for this reader, we think we’ve managed to retain a level of consistency today.
ITV have I’m a Celebrity and Love Island, the BBC have Strictly Come Dancing on Ice and the Apprentice as mainstays of their output, and Celtic FC have their Find Me A Manager franchise.
The latest is that betting has been suspended on Brendan Rodgers getting a seond stint in charge. Dermot Desmond wants him, which usually means that’s that, though the rest of the board are split.
Some think he’s a bloody liar who can’t be trusted, and the rest think he’s worse than that.
Rodgers apparently ruled himself out of the running the other day, and now it seems he hasn’t.
I think we can safely say he hasn’t changed one bit.
Anyway, we did get a draft of his acceptance speech………
At least we’d know what we’re getting with Brendan, and it would save us bothering with any emotional attachment.
Any time he said anything we could just nod and smile.
There’s no further word from the ranch, and they still think it’ll be Maresco, whichever way we spell it.
One interesting line taken by our intrepid mainstream media is, or at least will be, is that should Brendan return on his white charger, he’ll have Moussa Demebele riding behind him.
Dembele has left Lyon and is out of contract, and whilst we seem to forget that when a player is out of contract it’s becuase no one has given him one, there will no doubt be calls for him to be snapped up.
Speaking of out of contract players, Jack Butland has joined “rangers ” as part of their drive to field eleven players next season.
Beale is delighted to have snapped him up, though when the hordes see this video, of him singing along to the Calum MacGregor song with Joe Hart, they’ll probably just want him snapped.
He’s singing, not signing , of course. I asked You Tube to spell it that way to fit in with the style of the Diary.
Over at Ibrox they don;t have much to cheer them up, but with West Ham winning the European conference Cup, and Mark Warburton…remember him?….on the coaching staff, you’d think they would at least send congratulations…but nope.
When did they sign a rabbi ? Truly they are for anyone and everyone.
We , of course, offer our congratulations to Davie Moyes, the West Ham manager, and hope he has many, many years of success in London.
Back at the ranch and it’s gone quiet after a flurry of activity, which usually means there is about to be white smoke coming from one of the chimneys.
Clearly Celtic won’t want this to drag on any longer than neccesary, it took months to appoint that fat bloke, and there won;t be any hanging around this time.
Presumably they will now offer a three year deal, knowing whoever gets the job will be away after two.
Then again, perhaps there’s a better way.
Instead of hiring a manager, let’s just get someone in to the the press conferences. Someone who can keep the hacks amused with a jolly jape and perhaps a song and dance routine.
As for the players, let them sort out between themselves who can play and who can have the day off.
It might not be successful, and we might not win another treble, but at least no one will buy our players, no one will poach our manager, and it will add a sort of unpredictability to the match day experience.
We could offset the transfer income by simply charging fans an extra tenner to be added to the substitutes bench, a pre match draw would ensure we’d all be in the ground well ahead of kick off and not in the tavern or the vaults.
Frankly, that’s a far better idea than asking Rodgers to come back, who has already shown he still has an aversion to telling the truth.
On a more serious note, and to take your mind off the crap we’re going to see in the media over the next few days, or weeks, or, given that our board can be slower than a night in the cells, keep an eye out for this……
Paramount+ announced today the five-part original soccer documentary series DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS will premiere exclusively in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 6, giving fans an opportunity to catch up on all the UEFA Champions League season’s pulsating action before the final on Saturday, June 10. In DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS, award-winning soccer journalist and CBS Sports analyst Guillem Balagué, through his months-long travels crisscrossing Europe, offers an exclusive and intimate look at the world’s most prestigious annual soccer tournament, the UEFA Champions League. The first four episodes of DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS will premiere on Tuesday, June 6, with the final fifth episode premiering in the weeks following the UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday, June 10, airing on the CBS Television Network and streaming live on Paramount+. Beginning with September’s season-opening kickoff, Balagué travels tens of thousands of miles, from Scotland to Israel to Finland to Georgia as well as all the powerhouse cathedrals of the game. Whether pitch side, in family homes or meeting local heroes in the places that define their towns and fandom, Balagué takes viewers on a unique journey with all of Europe buzzing on UEFA Champions League match nights. DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS is a travelogue covering a passion play unlike any other. It provides viewers with unique access and insight to the scenes, the people and the players that provide the genius, drama and thrills that make the UEFA Champions League a must-see destination for every football fan in the world. DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS is a Paramount+ Original and the latest installment from STORIES FROM THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, Paramount+’s expanding soccer documentary collection that also includes THE ONLY and Paramount+ Exclusives such as SIR ALEX FERGUSON: NEVER GIVE IN and BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES: THE JUVENTUS STORY.
Celtic are featured, although I believe they couldn’t add the bit that shows fans reaction when we win a game……
And now, the return of a former staple….. well, it’s still a staple.
And so is the caption competition…..just the one between you today…..
Brazil saying Pep will sit on the interview panel ergo Maresco is a shoe in
Why will Pep sit on the interview panel for a Celtic manager?
Are Celtic part of the City Group now and they just forgot to tell us?
I can only agree and hope that Moyes has many more years at WHU ,after watching the game last night I don’t fancy moving from Angeball to Bootball in one season.
Moyes is a practical and successful manager given the resources at his disposal.
Given the overwhelming domination we have then I’m sure he’d play a more expansive game.
I’d imagine, after last night, he’ll be staying at the poor little Hammers.
Caption: Oh the diary is back, must be why Speak No Evil isn’t here. (But seriously 3 days running it’s good to have you back).
ye’ve jist gaun n’ bliddy jinxed it.
“Now you see what I’ve heard about Brendan coming back. Wonder what our mate would say about it?
So once Ange has taken the backroom staff and half the team, who are we left with?
Peter & Dermot!
Hurrah!
So much for Celtic having ‘turned a corner’ as some have been claiming for months on end.
Caption “Ralph trying to spell Maresca”
Caption : ‘So that’s why he’s been missing for ages, he’s written a book”.
Will be a bit controversial but to be honest I couldn´t care less if the manager ups and leaves after 2 years if he had done what Ange had done and delivered trophies. I couldn´t care less if he “gets it” or told us he had a “Celtic Subbuteo team” when he was a kid.. no I want a manager who is professional and even if they use us as a stepping stone but bring the success that Rodgers and Ange brought. We had the alternative with Neil and we all know how that turned out .. they got their ONLY title in the past TWELVE years. And lets face it we were all expecting him to go next year anyway .. the shelf life of a manager these days is around 2-3 years, unless they are hopeless and no one wants them , and if that was the case then why would WE want them ? Just because they were a “Cellic Man” and they “Get it” ???
Agree with everything you say, but would add, don’t go thumping your chest/ kissing the badge, and doing and saying stuff that that anyone would take to mean you are invested in the club at least in the medium term.
Be up front and cut out the posturing, and leading both your employer and fans on. If it’s only business then act as such, and don’t have your team spending a fortune on stuff you have no intention of using. In other words, just be straight with people, your colleagues and fans, not much to ask.
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“Now remember to say, big big club, fantastic history and right at the end, say ….we arra peepil”.
Alright bubbles, Peter and Dermott have giving us a list to pick a manager, ooh ooh ooh aahh !!!! Ahhhh!!!!!
Caption: “It says here ‘I came to praise Caesar, not to bury him’. That’s not what I typed.”
Always good to read the diary.
Great diary today chaps the Brendan gag had me spitting coffee very funny. Let’s see what happens regarding a man to lead the team and let the green brigade take care of fan engagement.
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New Celtic manager preps for his first media conference by reading “Gullible fans bumper book of bullshit quotes”
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Monkey A Have I to read out all of that ?
Monkey B Yeah
Monkey A “I’m happy to sign for rangers and play in a magnificent stadium”
“We are the people”
Clean out yer lugs Brendan. This is how you play Angeball…
Crerand, Macari, Hay, Nicholas, Tierney and probably plenty of others.
All from a traditional Celtic background and all left at the earliest opportunity, hell some left before their boyhood plooks left them.
When players/managers beat their chest, kiss the badge etc, it merely symbolises their bond with us at that particular moment in time, not a symbol of undying love.
If Rodgers is the best option then he should be appointed and I’d be surprised if the majority of fans don’t accept it as such.
Sure, the media will talk of mass protests, dissatisfaction etc but, by and large, the fans don’t fall for their crap.
Those that don’t are probably the ones who thought they were on a promise of a fumble in wee Betty’s knickers and never got over when she swanned of with the plooky, rich kid.
I get its an emotional game but a wee dose of reality doesn’t go amiss, now and again.
Caption “That’s the Shakespearian Tragedy and Comedy written for Celtic, is there anything else?”
Then when Brendan ups sticks after 2 year we can bring Ange back!
“NO NO NO NO NO! For the last time! Repeat after me, fifty five, two, three, four, five, six…”
in 2123 Monkey A – it says here that in 2023 the Celtic fans were concerned that the end of the world was nigh – they are now at 101 titles in a row
Monkey B – humans are odd
Caption – I don’t know why we said we would join the literary society, I would rather be in the science labs smoking all those new cigarette things!
waiting approval, really?
From KDS forum via VideoCelts:
“The club have spoken with BR representatives. The comment was ‘It’s fair to say there is some way to go.’ Some of the frustrations that he had last time would need to be worked through. The other worry is fan reaction.”
If it’s Brendan returning I’ve no problem with that at all. His record with us was just about PERFECT. It was said at the time that the then CEO (now Chairman) had a part to play in Brendan’s jumping ship. It’s doubtful we’ll EVER know the truth when Brendan left nor the whole truth behind Ange going. It’s often better the ‘devil you know’ in life and for me, I’d have Brendan back tomorrow, hunskelper supreme.
It’s up to the Board to get the contract details right, that’s what they get paid for!
desmond and peter go through mark’s contacts book
cheapest options first of course
Caption: Lawwell and Desmond dot the i’s and cross the t’s on the new manager’s bumper contract.
Hail Hail.
I don’t know if my previous post was deleted because the censor felt personally crituvised but I will make the point again. The criticism of Ange is out of all proportion-to common sense. Some of us invite the badge kissing in players and pretend professionals are really fans on the pitch. Total nonsense.
Will introduction Day for Brendan Rodgers attract over 12000 supporters, and will a drunken fan run on the pitch to welcome him or batter him?
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(Just out of picture DD).
Let John join him ffs ,I asked him to get two cappuccinos…
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This doesn’t say anything about us turning into humans.
Thank feck, they’re all daft.