Aren’t we lucky ?

This morning Celtic will reveal a new line of merchandise….at least according to this little teaser from the club’s official Twitter feed. (I know it’s called X these days, but I’m a stickler for the old ways, apart from when it’s a tax dodging rule breaking basket of assets. )

https://x.com/i/status/1930323792884109333

Just in case the link doesn’t work, and given my own lack of competence when it comes to this sort of thing, it probably won’t, it’s a four second clip of a camera rolling over what appears to be an Adidas training shoe, white with three green stripes in the style of the old Adidas Samba, which was fairly popular in the Seventies.

It apparently fell out of favour as new, improved footwear, specifically designed to help people run faster, jump higher or jog longer came onto the market. Fashion, of course, is the only thing that bloody awful that they have to change it every few months.

Ironically, that type of trainer would have been useful for those who actually caused the downfall of the samba. Those cheeky little scamps who would walk into Woolworths, take off their tattered old sannies, and replace them with the Samba lookalikes made by Winfield, who were Woolworth’s own brand.

It never ceases to amaze me that no one suspected kids who had food down their shirts, the arse hanging out of their trousers and a brand new pair of trainers every six weeks were may well have been a little on the wrong side of honesty.

Though I think Woolworths are partly to blame for making it so easy. Allegedly.

On the new product, an Adidas spokesman said

“these daft bastards will buy anything “, before realising his microphone was switched on.

Celtic could sign Matt O’Riley 2.0 in swoop for “unplayable” star

Social media has kind of lowered it’s standards of late , presumably in a bid not to be outdone by the mainstream. In order to generate revenue for sites, headlines need to attract attention, and the story must not be summarised in those few, eye catching words.

That way the unsuspecting reader can then wade through a plethora of adverts to try to ascertain what the fuck the writer is on about.

The one above is a random example, and I didn;t bother clicking. What’s the point of Celtic signing someone who is unplayable ?

He’d just take up a seat on the bus.

Over in the mainstream, the Record decided that five Celts face an uncertain summer, clearly showing that they don’t actually have a clue.

One on their list is Dazen Maeda, who is about to sign a new deal. Greg Taylor is on there as well, and although they may have got that right, it sort of depends on whether or not there’s anything in the whispers, slurred whispers, that Andy Robertson may be looking to come back to Glasgow, and Keiran Tierney will move into central defence….which would help his hip problems.

Reo Hatate, Nicolas Kuhn and Auston Trusty make up the rest of the quintet, and let’s be honest, guessing that other clubs might be interested in the former two isn’t exactly incisive investigative journalism, and as far as Trusty is concerned, it’s a little unfair of the hack to remind manager Brendan Rodgers he’s still at the club, which will probably prompt a sale.

Meanwhile, Luke McCowan has shown he’s one of the good guys by returning to his old school, Notre Dame High (It’s French, it means Our Dame High. )  to encourage the under 14 football team ahead of a cup final…. (Greenock Telegraph )

The Greenock footballer returned to Notre Dame High School today to give the youngsters some tips before their big Scottish Cup match.

On their Facebook page the school said: “Luke was so generous with his time and inspired our young footballers with his humility and integrity.”  

To be fair, there’s not much else to do in Greenock.

Though it is a contrast to the way the media have reminded Adam Idah he went on the piss a few months ago. (Daily Mail )

Celtic striker Adam Idah has fired back at critics who questioned his off-field conduct towards the end of last season.

A video was circulated on social media back in April which appeared to show Idah looking worse for wear and vomiting in the back of a taxi.

Idah, who was on a day off at the time, immediately sought to explain himself to Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers in the aftermath. 

Rodgers was quick to defend the Republic of Ireland striker, who was signed for £9million from Norwich City last summer. 

“He was pissed. We’ve all done it. ” explained the Celtic boss, before realising his microphone was still switched on.

Idah continued;

‘I was out on a day off, that was that. The manager understood. I was off, I went out with the boys, and that was that.

‘There was no problem with the manager – he spoke about it really well.

‘I will be video-taped, but at the end of the day, I am a human being. I go out. I’m not a robot where I have to stay inside all the time.

‘It’s hard when people are videoing you. It can be quite upsetting, especially when the story is made out to be what it is not.

‘It can be tough, but like I said, I am human and I’m going to carry on with my life.’ 

Quite right as well.

Everyone needs to relax every now and again, even if it means being relaxed to the point of vomiting.

We’ve all done it. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone… which , oddly enough, was something Jesus never said in front of his mother.

Elsewhere, and “rangers ” are set to announce this season’s manager in Russell Martin, who seems a little less than enthusiastic , having taken a little bit longer to sign on the line than the Ibrox board had hoped.

It seems he wanted certain guarantees and caveats in place, and the delay was caused by board members deciding who would give him their word. Presumably it was whichever one is next to be out the door in their reshuffle.

Incidentally, one of our urine drenched informers claims the argument is over whether or not James Tavernier will remain as captain. It appears the new man is less than convinced by Captain Disappointed’s claim that he always wins things in his eleventh season, and wants to bring in his own on field lieutenant, some defender from Swansea, we believe.

The new owners aren’t bothered. Their plan to raise money is quite cynical, and I await with glee complaints from the hordes about rising matchday costs in the next few months…

Martin joins a list of illustrious names , such as Warburton, Beale, Clement and latterly Ferguson who have given supporters enormous enjoyment from their tenures.

Not “rangers ” supporters, obviously, but the rest of us look forward to him carrying on that fine tradition.

Speaking of traditions, did you know there have now been more Etims diaries this week than the plucky , cash strapped newcomers have trophies in their entire existence ? By the slender margin of 4-3, but at least we know there’ll be more diaries….

Yesterday, we had this…

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