{"id":10899,"date":"2017-02-20T10:56:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=10899"},"modified":"2017-02-20T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T10:56:54","slug":"celtic-diary-monday-february-20-dangerous-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=10899","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Monday February 20: Dangerous Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weekends football action saw the final league table begin to take shape, or at least it seemed to point in the way that the rest of the games will go.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic won, despite an enthusiastic attempt by family club Motherwell to gain something from the match. I quite like the idea of Scott Brown telling the referee to take action before his players do. At this rate, we can almost guarantee being without one or more key players for the European qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Unbeaten ? Six in A row ? Treble ?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d take a clean bill of health and no career ending injuries ahead of all of them. We&#8217;re building something much bigger, and we could do without some thug literally kicking away the foundations.<\/p>\n<p>Keiran Tierney, the victim of the premier assault on Saturday said he had received an apology from Ryan Bowman, so thats all right then.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><em>\u201cIt was a bad tackle. He just said sorry to me after it. I didn\u2019t say much back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><em>\u201cI thought straight away it was a red card.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><em>\u201cIf you look at my knee just now, and the fact he caught me with his studs that high, then you\u2019d think it would be, but that\u2019s not my decision.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Its all very well to be sporting, but if you get kicked, you kick back twice as hard. Then they won&#8217;t kick you again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quotemaster.org\/images\/b5\/b5db7158c5e133c03634d6948227636e.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for fighting back quotes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aberdeen showed fighting spirit to overcome an improved Kilmarnock-improvement in this context is purely relative- winning 2-1 with two goals in the last five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Lindsay, the Evening Times football guru, knows why&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>IT was a sad indictment of just how one-sided the Scottish title race has now become when\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: 600; font-style: inherit; color: #14497f;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/search\/?search=Celtic&amp;topic_id=8739\" target=\"_self\">Celtic<\/a>\u00a0agreed to loan Ryan Christie to\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: 600; font-style: inherit; color: #14497f;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/search\/?search=Aberdeen&amp;topic_id=8763\" target=\"_self\">Aberdeen<\/a>\u00a0until the end of the season during the January transfer window.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Has any football club in history given one of the closest clubs to them in the table, not to mention their main rival in the previous two campaigns, a player midway through a campaign before? It is very hard to think of another instance of it happening anywhere in the game.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have vague memories of Rangers loaning someone to Dundee many years ago, after which loans between top division clubs were banned-this lasted up until 2014..<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>At its meeting yesterday (Monday 13 January), the SPFL Board agreed that the SPFL\u2019s Temporary Transfer Regulations should be adjusted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>It will now be permitted for an SPFL club to lend a maximum of two players to another SPFL club, so long as the receiving club plays in a different division (higher or lower division).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Loans between SPFL clubs in the same division continue to be restricted to one player from any one club.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The overall quotas in respect of how many players any club can receive on loan remain unaltered.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster said: &#8220;It is very pleasing to be able to announce this adjustment to the SPFL\u2019s loan rules today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cMember clubs had asked us to look at this rule which we acted on immediately and I\u2019m very grateful to the SPFL Board for responding so quickly and effectively.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cBy making this rule adjustment while the transfer window is open it allows our clubs to consider all options open to them and plan accordingly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maybe someone can help me-and poor Matt-clear that one up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aberdeen do seem to have finally found their feet, and Ryan Christie is getting game time. Everyones a winner. Had Aberdeen failed to win, would Lindsay have blamed the loan of Kristoffer Ajer to Kilmarnock ?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever way you look at it, Lindsay is saying that without christie, the Dons would not be ahead of &#8220;rangers &#8220;, yet another excuse in a long line as to why Scotlands second biggest club isn&#8217;t going for the 55 like they said they would.<\/p>\n<p>The real truth is much simpler. We&#8217;re now into the third round of mathces, and coaches and players, some slower than others, have realised that the lower league players brought to Ibrox for at best nominal sums are exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>Lower league players worth nothing to anyone. Which the club realised when no one tried to buy them in the January window.<\/p>\n<p>The manager who is now deemed to have abandoned them, though being sacked isn&#8217;t what I would normally associate with walking out , and left them in the care of the youth team coach, who its fair to say has had his world turned upside down.<\/p>\n<p>But he&#8217;s dealing with it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/C5CvqDGWIAECsB4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their defeat to Dundee yesterday sets the tone for the rest of the season. A struggle.<\/p>\n<p>And the poor souls have missed the transfer window, which means that all that money from Dave King will lie untouched, gathering dust at the bottom of the warchest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, there&#8217;s another crisis unfolding at Celtic Park&#8230;domestic strife is the issue..<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141414;\"><em><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ed002d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/celtic-fc\" target=\"_blank\" data-action=\"celtic-fc\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-track=\"false\" data-type=\"inline\" data-word-count=\"1\">Celtic<\/a>\u00a0wag Josefin Lustig wants to move house after seeing a mouse scurrying about her living room.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141414;\"><em>The model wife of Swedish Hoops defender\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ed002d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/mikael-lustig\" target=\"_blank\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-type=\"inline\" data-action=\"mikael-lustig\" data-word-count=\"2\" data-track=\"false\">Mikael Lustig<\/a>\u00a0was horrified about the new lodger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141414;\"><em>She told online fans: \u201cI realised we have another pet last night. Not just a dog. We have a mouse as well. Maybe more. Who knows?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Josefin said: \u201cLexie ( the couples daughter ) dropped cheese on the floor from the tacos which I left there while we watched TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen I was going to go and give Geisha (the dog) food in the kitchen, I see a mouse run in under the sofa. It probably eat all the cheese from the floor, it was gone. And Geisha was on the sofa so it wasn\u2019t her.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat do you do? Haven\u2019t seen the mouse again. Disgusting! Just want to move even more now. Please, let it go quick.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This story appeared under this headline in the Record<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"section-theme-background-indicator publication-font\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celtic wag wants to move as there&#8217;s a moose loose aboot the Hoops star&#8217;s hoose<\/h1>\n<p>Which reminded me of a pal who had a nasty experience in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>He was driving with a pal in the wilderness one night when a huge dark shape burst onto the road , causing the car to swerve into the gutter.<\/p>\n<p>No one was hurt, but they were both shaken and my pal then asked his mate ;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;whit wis that ? &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; a moose &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; fuck me. how big are yer cats ? &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.someecards.com\/someecards\/usercards\/1323748019415_8439022.png\" alt=\"Image result for i'm here all week try the veal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another heartwarming story emerged at the weekend, and it surrounded Moussa Dembele, who had made a promise to a young fans he bumped into in Nandos, which apparently is some sort of fast food place.<\/p>\n<p>The big Frenchman promised him a signed top&#8230;and on Saturday morning the kids dad got this text..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/C4-w13QWEAErOR0.jpg:large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thats juts how it should be.<\/p>\n<p>This, of course, isn&#8217;t how it should be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/C5CTPJJWAAEsZ_K.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There could be a reason for this, look at the club crest on this shirt worn by Lee hodson, a &#8220;rangers &#8221; player yesterday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/C5DfhobWEAEm77M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s all sorts of rumours floating around about a possible insolvency event next month.<\/p>\n<p>Just after the split would be my bet&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Serial liar Paul Nuttall featured in yesterdays pic,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/832605011783749634\/4TWy7yxK?format=jpg&amp;name=600x314\" alt=\"Photo published for Ukip leader Paul Nuttall cries after apologising for Hillsborough claims\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>explained by\u00a0<em><span class=\"comment-author vcard\" style=\"color: #bbbbbb;\"><cite class=\"fn\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" title=\"http:\/\/chattyart@gmail.com\"><a class=\"url\" title=\"Pensionerbhoy\" href=\"http:\/\/chattyart@gmail.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Pensionerbhoy<\/a><\/cite><\/span><span style=\"color: #bbbbbb;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"published\" style=\"color: #bbbbbb;\"><abbr class=\"comment-date\" title=\"Sunday, February 19th, 2017, 2:29 pm\">February 19, 2017<\/abbr>\u00a0at\u00a0<abbr class=\"comment-time\" title=\"Sunday, February 19th, 2017, 2:29 pm\">2:29 pm<\/abbr><\/span><span style=\"color: #bbbbbb;\">\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"comment-edit-link\" title=\"Edit comment\" href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-admin\/comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=852817\"><span class=\"edit\">Edit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #bbbbbb;\">\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=10896&amp;replytocom=852817#respond\">Reply<\/a><span style=\"color: #bbbbbb;\">\u00a0\u2192<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Caption: \u201cSomebody thought he was Mark Warburton and he said that made him feel a bigger loser and more right wing than being in ukip\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Harsh, but fair.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldpicsarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/A-French-soldier-peers-out-from-a-position-on-the-Western-Front-in-Alsace..jpg\" alt=\"A French soldier peers out from a position on the Western Front in Alsace.\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekends football action saw the final league table begin to take shape, or at least it seemed to point in the way that the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/the-world-is-a-dangerous-place.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-2PN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10901,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899\/revisions\/10901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}