Derek Johnstone, who has a column in the Evening Times where readers are invited to ask him his opinion as though it matters, has given his tuppence worth on Lee Mccullochs assault on Beram Kayal, which had the Israeli describing the delicate McCulloch as “not the worlds cleanest player ”
The former Rangers forward, remember him ?
What is it about that team and the unique hairstyle known as “Bugger grips ” in the prison world ?
Surely it was only their club that got raped by crooks ?
Anyway, Johnstone was asked ..
Is Lee McCulloch ‘not the world’s cleanest player’?
No. It was a real cheap shot by Beram Kayal this week to say that he was.
I couldn’t remember the tackle the Celtic player was talking about. And bad challenges tend to stick in the mind.
Anyone who saw the game will remember the challenge. Except Johnstone and McCoist. Who, in fairness have difficulty remembering a lot of things. such as the death of their club, or in McCoists case, his agreement to take a reduced salary. Or the names of the people on that panel, or … thats enough-Ed.
Having seen it again on television, it is just a 50/50 challenge where Lee’s momentum has carried him into the opposition player.
In the same way that the momentum of the tanks carried the German army into Poland in 1939.
Kayal has rubbished Scottish football and said he wants to leave Celtic. Fair enough. Tatty-bye Beram!
He’s rubbished Scottish football ? The bastard. Isn’t that the medias job ? Or the SFA ?
Frankly, the picture and caption accompanying the piece is at best misleading and at worse downright revisionism.
Lee McCulloch and Beram Kayal lie injured after a 50/50 challenge during an Old Firm match in 2011
The papers editor probably realised a wee bit too late how absurd that article sounded, and rushed to former Celtic player and manager Davie Hay to put a wee bit of common sense in its pages.
“It happened so long ago but it was a harsh challenge.
“It is probably sourness from him now because his career hasn’t developed the way he thought it would have and might have done.
“That injury set him back and he never imposed himself the way he did prior to it.
“I am sure that will be a frustration for Beram and he has reacted this week.
“He was progressing well but, after that injury, he did not devleop into the player we thought he would do.
“If he had been playing regularly, he wouldn’t have made the comments he did about Scottish football.
“It is down to frustration that he has not done what he thought he would do at Celtic.”
Which is probably about right.
Efe Ambrose will be one of the busier Celtic players this summer, with a seat on the plane to Brazil already booked for the big Nigerian, but he doesn’t need rest….
( Unless we are playing Juventus… and he’s just got off a plane )
“I don’t think I need a break or a rest,” he said. “I just like playing football because I enjoy it.
“When you start playing for the national team you don’t really get a break. At the end of the season you’re be involved with the national team and then, before you know it, you have to come back for pre-season so it’s been like that for the past four or five years.
“For me, I don’t think I need a week off. I always prefer to play.”
However, from now on others will be the judge of that. his attitude, though, is tremendous
“Because I’m Efe.”
Effin stupid ?
The defender looked ahead to the Scotland -Nigeria game next month which is being held in Fulham, nowhere near Nigeria and a long walk from Scotland.
“It’s going to be a tough game because Scotland are a good team now,” the Nigerian defender said. “They’ve got some good players coming into the squad now and they’re playing well. I’ve been watching them for the past five games and they’ve done well.
“Nigeria has a good squad as well, so it’s going to be a tough game, and the best team will win on the day.
“I’ve had discussions with Browny about it. It will be hard playing against him because he’s a player who motivates the team and he has great qualities as a leader, so he will help Scotland, but we will put the fact that we’re Celtic team-mates aside for this game. I’m really looking forward to it, and I think we’ll win.”
Theres no doubting the players strength and commitment, but he can be his own worst enemy sometimes. On and off the park.
He did add his thoughts on Beram Kayals opinion of the Scottish league , though..
“That is Beram, that is his own opinion.
“For me, the league is getting better day-by-day. So many teams are coming up now, believing that they can win the title.
“Day by day people want to know what is happening in the Scottish league. In Africa everybody knows Celtic, and all around the world, because we always play in the Champions League.
“For me, it’s a brilliant league, and I’m becoming a better player and they are helping me become a better player than what I was in Israel.”
When Stuart Pearce was at Manchester city, one of his signings was Georgios Samaras, so its only fitting that the big Greek should be linked with a move to Nottingham Forest.
From Football Direct News;
A source close to the club told FDN that Pearce is a long-term admirer of Samaras, who he signed for Manchester City in 2006, in a £6million move from Dutch side Heerenveen.
According to the Forest source, their chances of luring him back to England will increase significantly if they achieve promotion to the top-flight via the play-offs.
No shit !
The Holy Sea, in yesterdays comments, mentioned this guy as a possible blue chip signing in the summer;
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PERFORMANCE DATA OF CURRENT SEASON
| Competition | Matches |  |
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| Champions League Qualification | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 180 | |
| Europa League | 9 | 11 | 4 | – | 6 | 716 | |
| Bundesliga | 22 | 26 | 14 | – | 3 | 1879 | |
| ÖFB-Cup | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 90 | |
| Total: | 34 | 41 | 20 | – | 9 | 2865 | |
Probability: ?
Es el capitán del equipo y lleva 14 goles en lo que va de temporada. Anderlecht y Celtic se interesaron por sus servicios, llegando a ofrecer los escoceses 10 millones por sus goles
Las evoluciones de Soriano no han pasado desapercibidas. Varios equipos de la Liga (Celta, Rayo, Málaga) trataron de seducirle con la posibilidad de regresar a España. Descartado. Lo mismo, aunque con más dinero, sucedió desde Bélgica y Escocia. Los ojeadores del Anderlecht y Celtic entregaron informes inmejorables de Jonathan Soriano, aunque los ejecutivos del Red Bull contestaron de manera negativa y ante ala avalancha de ofertas que se les acercaba decidieron que era el momento de blindar al jugador, capitán del equipo y uno de los máximos goleadores del concierto europeo actual.
“The boys took a massive lift from the performance and you saw that when you looked at the results on the back of it,” he added. “They went six or seven games scoring a lot of goals and winning matches.”
Fancy meeting a couple of the players ?
The defenders will be signing Champions t-shirts, flags and scarves bought in store on the day.
This is a FREE ticketed event, and tickets can be collected in advance from Argyle Street, Sauchiehall Street and the Superstore at Celtic Park on a first come, first served basis..
The players will be signing the merchandise at the Argyle Street store on Tuesday, April 8, between 2pm -3pm
Jan Venegoor of Hesselink
And you should be ashamed of the of bit ya bassa
you try finding a picture to represent it lol
An “off” switch Ralph?
😉
Good humorous diary.
Heavy-hole Johnstone is Sevco’s mouthpiece.
Kayal’s time is up.His fellow Israeli countryman Biton will more than adequately replace him.
Dundee utd’s big grudge game is next week.How sweet would it be, for Jackie to put them out at Ibrokes,and by so doing,
making administration inevitable by Easter.
I don’t want an admin event until the summer, otherwise they receive no penalty in real terms.
Cant wait to see how your represent our latest East European transfer target ‘Buga Merigid’
Is that the guy with the permanent look of surprise on his face ?
He’s a tit.And as much use as Pukki.
Elbows has no footballing talent and makes up for that by being a dirty bar steward
Apart from my good self, has anybody told the Huns that if they win ( fnar fnar lol) the Scottish cup, they CANNOT play in Europe next season?
If they are the ‘same’ lol club, why is this European ban in place?
Bowl anyone? 🙂
Who says they can’t play in Europe nxt season?
Well, that would be a question of Club licensing. So and this is where it gets tricky, what kind of license do they have? PL knows the answer to that one as do all the willing participants of the 5 Way Agreement. I don’t know the answer for sure and I’m not sure I want to know.
Dont you need 3 years audited accounts to play in Europe?
Have they got 3 pages of audited accounts?
The SFA are entitled to make an appeal to UEFA on behalf of the manky mob. Which you would imagine would be thrown out, only if you hadn’t being paying attention over the past three years.
Remember, the SFA handed them a license whilst trading insolvent. Many have brought this to UEFA’s attention and well, we are where we are……
” I was one of the first players to accept the 75% wage cut, in an attempt to help the ORIGINAL rangers” – Steven Naismith.
” Original rangers “? Hmmmm what ever did you mean Steven? 🙂
PMSL
54 & Counting my Arse 🙂
Remember derek playing for St Francis boys club in dundee back in the early seventies in the green & white hoops, quite a good player actually but strange he never mentions this early part of his development in the media.
Jimmy Vinegar of Castlemilk
Looks like mccoist has been forgetting that he had lunch.
Ralph
Good laugh today. Och, stop greetin’, a better laugh then.
It takes an elbow to know one and the Govan derrick or is it the derrick from Govan – no matter! they are both massive contraptions – was up there with his modern counterpart. When he went up for a header – not everyone would call it up, flounder is probably the proper description (ask your wife if she is the one with the English. You being the Double dutch speaker) but you know what I mean – Don Quixote would appear ready to charge at his sails. With all the wind coming out of him these days, it seems he can quite easily turn the sails all by himself to grind the corn he produces in his column.
As an ardent advocate of youth I am right behind the photos. Come on, we have all seen similar scenes from our senior squad. That is why Beram wants away. He is a goat and is fed up of running around like a sheep. By the way, is that the Hearts squad for next season?
The quiz lacks a bit of salt today especially when he is a chip off the old block. Either he goes well with fish and chips or he is the jolly eager bear-ded missing links – bears for short. I think I’ll get the wife to visit that guy to cheer him up. If she fails, not to worry, she will have cheered me no end by going out for a few hours. By the way, we speak two languages as well, yell and shout – fluently!
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TURNBULL (shit) HUTTON,IS A WANKER