The Man Who Made Us Smile Again
31st May 2016.
By The Holy Poet
My story begins in Glasgow’s east end
In the city’s own sweet Paradise
We had players with style who brought laughter and smiles
But lately, we’d tears in our eyes
We were bitter, dejected, and as fans, felt neglected,
But we always stayed faithful and true
All big buying was barred when we were linked with the stars,
They thought second class players would do.
They first tried to please us then tried to appease us
But a silence roared loud in our stands
With each sermon spoken, our hearts they were broken
Every tear was so carefully planned
We saw loan after loan bring in groan after groan
And what we saw on the park was a mess
We were flat we poor like some rich bitch’s whore
This was Desmond’s and Lawwell’s success!
We’ve seen players fatigued in this inferior league
Are we happy with just Scottish success?
Will the board finally pay to play The Celtic Way?
All their failures they must now redress,
We need players with heart who are skilled in the art,
Who can deliver that magical ten
But if Europe’s our aim we need much bigger names
If Parkhead’s to be a fortress again.
We’ve seen glory on glory but it can’t tell the story
How the fans have been starved and deprived
Week after week our future looked bleak
Now it looks like our hope’s been revived
The board brought in a man who’s a real Celtic fan
A man from the Emerald Isle
Brendan Rodgers’, his name, and football’s his game
And today he made Paradise smile.
As he spoke of ambitions citing our Club’s traditions
Ten thousand filed into the stands
We felt this man’s pride and the love he can’t hide
For the Club that he’s loved bhoy and man
He says he is honoured and will take our Club forward
Back to where Celtic belongs
He’s our number one choice and we’ll lend him our voice
Will he lend his and join in our songs?
We’re all buzzing, excited, with the fans all united
Let Celtic’s new era unfold
We’ve a manager here who is no puppeteer
A man whose heart can’t be sold
He is living the dream, in charge of a team
A tale that could be from Bhoy’s Own
He’ll pack out the stands and be backed by the fans
We can’t let this man walk alone.
Take it easy! It could all be very different by the middle of August. Never good to put too much hope in to one person. Yes, the feel goofd factor is welcome but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. In recent years we have been too quick to laud new eras and individual games and results and far too quick to start calling for the managers head because we are not winning 5-0 every week. A wee bit of balance is required.
What a pessimist. Just waiting for things to start going wrong. Take yer told ya so’s and…. OUT!
It could well be tits up by Christmas but this is the first time in two years I’ve looked forward to the beginning of a season, I mean really looked forward to it. I am hoping, like us all, that we will be able to go forward, maybe even buy a couple of decent players and get into the group stages of the CL. If not, at least I have a smile on my face HH
Holy Poet, well-done. And there’s nothing wrong with some optimism and enthusiasm. As Celtic fans, we’ll handle anything that comes our way.
Your poem and sentiments are spot on. Good stuff. I was never excited by Ronny Deila but supported him until we all ran out of steam. We lost our confidence in him. Brendan Rodgers isn’t the finished article but he has got the support on his side which will make a big difference when Celtic Park is full. Hail, hail.
My feelings entirely Devoy and thanks for the comment, much appreciated HH
Fantastic again Holy,you are my inspiration.
Looking back Brendan to when we first met,
We hope you never escape,
We ken that you are the one,
You will turn us on,
You can make us smile again.(with able assistance from the atomic Kittens.HA.HA,thats how difficult it is to be a poet,
A holy poet,bet he disny ken it.BUT HE SURE IS.
Brilliant Mike hahaha, howling here HH
the first signing will tell a lot.
It certainly will Fred HH
Good stuff Holy Poet,
It is a new era and I feel nothing but optimism and pride, the spring is back in my step.
Negativity out!
Snap Monti and it feels great doesn’t it? I hope to make it up to the ETims get together in July and hopefully meet up with you all. Thanks for your comment, as always, HH
Holy Poet
Thoroughly cheering! Chirpy, chirpy, cheep, cheep! I am happy to count my chickens just now. The hatching can come later. We desperately needed this smile and it will see us through what could be a traumatic summer – Res12. After that “que sera, sera…..” I have a dream though. Yea, I have a dream and it’s full of good things right now so keep poeting in the same vein 🙂
H H
Thanks as always PB, I couldn’t stop smiling when it was announced and I hope all your dreams come true…..still smiling HH
Thanks ETims for all your backing, support and encouragement and to all the guys on here. Hope to see you all in Glasgow Hail Hail
This is the best I’ve felt regarding the team for a long time.
Rodgers appointment ,and the timing of the announcement was brilliant.
Great stuff again from the holy poet,keep up the good work.