{"id":12259,"date":"2017-11-29T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T10:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12259"},"modified":"2017-11-29T10:27:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T10:27:47","slug":"celtic-diary-wednesday-november-29-fir-park-for-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12259","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Wednesday November 29: Fir Park For Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight its the short trip down the motorway for Celtic, without chopper cover, to Motherwell, where the hosts will be looking to exact some sort of revenge for losing the League cup final.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Robinsons team of cloggers have continued in the family club tradition associated with Motherwell over the last few years, with Keith Lasley now transferring his particular talents to the dressing room from the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Moussa Dembele won&#8217;t feature, unsurprisingly, as he picked up a &#8220;knock &#8221; when Cedric Kipre tried to break his leg. Scott Sinclair will play, having shrewdly ducked when the same player tugged at his shirt in a mistimed attempt to strangle him.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, the Motherwell boss made a bit of a noise about there being no contact, and Sinclair diving, and it was a surprise when he revealed that there was to be no appeal against the red card.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s very simple. We have appealed numerous decisions and we\u2019ve wasted a lot of time and money. Another reason is we want Cedric Kipre totally focused on Wednesday night and Saturday. We\u2019ve got big, big games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd the reality is his ban is next season, in the first round of the cup. By then he could be in the Premier League, because he\u2019s going to be a top, top footballer. We need to concern ourselves with the here and now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t specify which decisions had , in the past, turned out to be a waste of time, but he was spot on about this appeal being one.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight , incidentally, the family club are admirably trying to alter their image..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DPyPoXVXUAE9T7U.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Simply bring along any unwanted toys you have and hand them over.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently there&#8217;s been a lot thrown out of prams over the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The game isn&#8217;t on television, broadcasting watchdogs have vetoed it as it takes place before the watershed 9pm for programmes containing violence and bad language.<\/p>\n<p>Theres been all sorts of tirades from all sorts of people after the League cup final, which you could easily be mistaken for thinking that no one bar the Celtic minded wanted to see the Celtic win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"permalink-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukeclark92\" data-user-id=\"245433293\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup u-textTruncate\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">luke clark<\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>lukeclark92<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"follow-bar\">\n<div class=\"user-actions btn-group not-following not-muting  \" data-user-id=\"245433293\" data-screen-name=\"lukeclark92\" data-name=\"luke clark\" data-protected=\"false\"><span class=\"user-actions-follow-button js-follow-btn follow-button\"><button class=\"\n    EdgeButton\n    EdgeButton--secondary\n\n    EdgeButton--medium \n    button-text\n    follow-text\" type=\"button\">Follow<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Follow\u00a0<span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>lukeclark92<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ReplyingToContextBelowAuthor\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Replying to\u00a0<a class=\"pretty-link js-user-profile-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leighgriff09\" data-user-id=\"595502664\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>Leighgriff09<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>Away tie a scarf round ur throat ya Wee banger\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"permalink-header\"><a class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leighgriff09\" data-user-id=\"595502664\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup u-textTruncate\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id \">LG<span class=\"Emoji Emoji--forLinks\" title=\"Keycap digit nine\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"visuallyhidden\">9\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span><\/strong>\u200f<span class=\"UserBadges\"><span class=\"Icon Icon--verified\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Verified account<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"UserNameBreak\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>Leighgriff09<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"follow-bar\">\n<div class=\"user-actions btn-group following not-muting including  \" data-user-id=\"595502664\" data-screen-name=\"Leighgriff09\" data-name=\"LG9\ufe0f\u20e3\" data-protected=\"false\"><span class=\"user-actions-follow-button js-follow-btn follow-button\"><button class=\"\n    EdgeButton\n    EdgeButton--primary\n\n    EdgeButton--medium \n    button-text\n    following-text\" type=\"button\">Following<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Following\u00a0<span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>Leighgriff09<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ProfileTweet-action ProfileTweet-action--more js-more-ProfileTweet-actions\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<div class=\"IconContainer js-tooltip\" title=\"More\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">More<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"u-hiddenVisually\" data-aria-label-part=\"1\">LG<span class=\"Emoji Emoji--forLinks\" title=\"Keycap digit nine\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"visuallyhidden\">9\ufe0f\u20e3<\/span>Retweeted luke clark<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\"><em>Is that not where you\u2019re supposed to tie a scarf??\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Yesterday the diary didn&#8217;t appear. I got up late after finding myself looking at what appears to be Craig whytes &#8220;True Blue Treachery&#8221;, currently being touted by a tout on his site, as an another excuse to raise money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Fair enough, each to his own, but if I were you I&#8217;d wait until this particular tome hits the bargain bins in book shops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">It contains little that isn&#8217;t already known, and is more or less a story of a poor Lanarkshire business who was duped by those fatcats who needed someone to blame for them making an arse of things at Rangers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Surprisingly, the shrewd Whyte never saw it coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Oh, and he&#8217;s left out a few things as well, so much so that a better title would be &#8220;Whytewash &#8221; .<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Like maybe explaining why he was never charged with non payment of the wee tax case, despite giving a written undertaking to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Its a pity. I suppose we&#8217;ll have to wait for our own lass to put her story together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Oh, by the way, it looks like Lord Bannatyne is about to announce his decision to uphold the Takeover Panel decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Just in time for tomorrows &#8220;rangers&#8221; shareholders AGM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Its being held at the Clyde Auditorium, and one hopes they asked for the money up front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">If , as expected, Bannatyne upholds the judgement, and there&#8217;s no reason why he shouldn;t, its game over for King and his concert party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Do Not Pass go. Do Not Collect \u00a3200.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Of course, the media will be on hand to explain all of this, and perhaps even ask king for his thoughts while he is in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrwgifs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Golden-Girls-Hysterical-Laugh-Gif.gif\" alt=\"Image result for laughter gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Perhaps they would also like to highlight this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DPlTgjhXcAAe_Pb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DPlTgjgXcAEgOqi.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">That club should have been buried five years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">This time, can we make it permanent ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">While we are on the subject of the media, this appeared in the Stoke on Trent Evening Sentinel, reckoned to be a spoof written by former tv commentator Gerald Sinstadt, who lives locally..<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">I&#8217;m not entirely sure its a spoof&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Its the transcript of an interview which took place when a young man applied for a job as a football commentator..<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0The game is between a team near the top of the Premier League, and one near the bottom. How do you describe it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s a massive game.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0You are shown a section of the crowd. What do you say?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0The atmosphere is electric.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Where?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Inside the stadium.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Before kick-off the camera picks out a key player. What is his role?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0He is the orchestrator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0What does the orchestrator do?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0He pulls the strings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0When the game begins, where will attacks develop?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Down the wings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Not nowadays.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Oh, sorry. In the wide areas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0What do you say about a an attacker who is unmarked in a wide area?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0He\u2019s in acres of space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you know how big an acre is?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Not a clue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Nor has anyone. You can continue to use this expression.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0The attacker is in front of goal. What must he do?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Pull the trigger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0He misses an easy chance. A close up shows a manager with both hands on his head. What is your comment?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0He can\u2019t believe it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0You are shown the player in a similar pose.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0He can\u2019t believe it either.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0The score is 1-0 or 0-0. What does that mean for the second half?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0The next goal is crucial.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0As the teams return, your monitor shows some feature of the stadium, a clock or a cockerel, for example. What should it be called?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0An icon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you know what an icon is?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, I looked it up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0And?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0It is a devotional painting of Christ or another holy figure, typically executed on wood.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0So how can it be an iconic cockerel?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Because everyone says it is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Soon after the resumption, two players collide and fall to the ground. The referee awards a free-kick. You have no idea why. What do you say?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0It will be interesting to see that again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0One team has a spell of domination. What are they doing?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Getting up a head of steam.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Or?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0They are knocking at the door.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0The final score is 0-0. How do you sum up?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0Honours even after a gripping encounter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Examiner:<\/strong>\u00a0Very good. Would you like to start this week with United?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Candidate:<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s a massive game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a spoof its very, very accurate&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>No wonder no one is watching it any more.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, we showed you this..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DPmJOIdXkAA8m1i.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-meta\"><span class=\"comment-author vcard\"><cite class=\"fn\">jimmybee<\/cite><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"published\"><abbr class=\"comment-date\" title=\"Monday, November 27th, 2017, 12:21 pm\">November 27, 2017<\/abbr>\u00a0at\u00a0<abbr class=\"comment-time\" title=\"Monday, November 27th, 2017, 12:21 pm\">12:21 pm<\/abbr><\/span>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<a class=\"comment-edit-link\" title=\"Edit comment\" href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-admin\/comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=899088\"><span class=\"edit\">Edit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<a class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12256&amp;replytocom=899088#respond\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reply<\/a>\u00a0\u2192<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-content comment-text\">\n<p><em>Caption: Cant wipe the smiles of our faces Lenny, says Broony,i can says lenny, Ambrose is back in january.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>today..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kengarex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-5-10.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jordan in Paris, 1985:\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight its the short trip down the motorway for Celtic, without chopper cover, to Motherwell, where the hosts will be looking to exact some sort&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12260,"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\/11\/fir-park-west.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-3bJ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12259"}],"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=12259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12261,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12259\/revisions\/12261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}