Celtic Diary Friday October 10: Something You Ought to Know

“It’s not easy at times, but that’s what happens, that’s what’s expected. 

“It’s about how we react and come out and fight for him and show that we’re united here and going to get a result in our next match. 

Er, we’ve sort of noticed how the players fight for him. You wouldn’t be asking them to be on your bus when four fifty two seaters full of Loyal fans of another club pull up next to you at the services. Not on current form anyway.

“That’s just the way it is and it’s part of the job so we need to come out fighting and show character now. 

About time. But Mulgrew , at least will show a bit of fight. Its some of the others we worry about.

“You know yourself when you get a bad result, you know what’s coming. You don’t even need to be told. It is how you react to that. 

“The next game is against Ross County. Sadly it didn’t come the very next day, as everybody would have liked that. It’s coming in a couple of weeks and we’ve all got to be ready for that, and get the result.

“The gaffer’s on the training field every day, he’s working hard. He’s always trying to make us into a better team. He wants performances as well as results. 

“I see him day in, day out, everything he does shows he’s definitely the man for the job and we’re all 100 per cent behind him. 

“There’s been a lot of talking but it’s up to us to get on the pitch and just do it.

“Things just don’t fall into place, you need to work at it, especially when a new manager has come in from abroad with different ideas.

“We’ve got to be ready and take responsibility as players. 

“A lot of the time the manager takes the flak but we have got to hold our hands up, and step up and be counted.

“It’s up to us at the end of the day, we are on the pitch and need to do our jobs.”

Mulgrew has missed Celtic’s last eight games after being forced onto the sidelines by a knee injury.

But he is now back in full training after having an injection in his knee and has targeted Celtic’s clash with the Dingwall side for his return.

He said: “I was carrying the injury in the background for five weeks and thought I had better get it sorted.

“Thankfully I got the injection and it has worked perfectly. It’s just good to get back.

“I’ve put in a full week of running and training this week so it’s feeling great and I’m delighted. It was a cortisone and steroid injection, two of them. 

“I was a bit wary because I hadn’t had one before and you don’t want to get them if there’s an underlying problem, but it was a top specialist who recommended that I have it.”

Like him or not, we’ve missed Mulgrew. He’s part of the furniture at Celtic, and his contribution to the team is immense. He might not be the worlds greates player, but when he takes a free kick in a dangerous position the seagulls know they’re usually pretty safe.

He never hides, and always puts in a shift. In fact, just adding him to the midfield in place of one of the wingers would make Celts at least joint favourites to get a result at Ross County next week.

Roy Keane hasn’t given up on being the Celtic boss just yet.

I think you have to be open-minded. 

Makes you wonder if moves have already been made to replace Deila… Or is Keane just attention seeking. More likely the latter…..

He’s got a new book out just now, and pretty much all of it has already appeared in the papers or on twitter.

Judging from the bits I’ve seen, it’s a sequel to his first book, “Everyones A Tosser ” , his second, which was “Everyones Still  A Tosser. ”

This ones caleed “I’m Telling You, Everyones a Tosser. ”

He’s even got someone to publicise it for him;

Which was a bit of a surprise, as I though this chap was no longer around anymore, having got himself into a bit of bother when he searched ETIM on his computer at work.

Keane reckons he was tenth choice to get the Celtic job last summer, but theres a reason for that. Lawwell didn’t have time to interview twenty candidates.

“With Celtic I was probably about 10th choice. I’ve heard on the grapevine that one or two other people turned the job down, which wasn’t an issue for me.

“At the time the negotiations didn’t go the way I’d hoped they would have gone but I’m not sitting around waiting for people to lose their jobs.” 

He’s dismissing it, and at the same time perpetuating speculation that he’s available.

 Which, on account of him already turning the job down, means we need to get right behind Deila. I’d have preferred Keane at the time, but like when a woman tells you no when you ask her out, you don’t ask them again.

 ( Joke about chloroform and rolled up carpets removed on legal advice, although innuendo isn’t a crime. If it was, you’d be going down.  -Ed ) 

Going down, you say ? 

“Court Dodging Rangers Liar ”

Its a good job they put his picture on the front page, or else I wouldn’t have known which one they were talking about.