{"id":12273,"date":"2017-12-05T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T08:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2017-12-05T08:10:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T08:10:50","slug":"celtic-diary-tuesday-december-5-back-in-the-saddle-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12273","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Tuesday December 5: Back In The Saddle Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a few days where the author sulked like a big sulky thing, the Diary is back, and what a treat we have for you today.<\/p>\n

Well, we don’t, but after a thoroughly miserable weekend, at least its a pretence at being cheerful.<\/p>\n

Friday night, a small detachment from the Lennon CSc went up to Harrison Park, home of Leek town, where former Celt and current BT sport pundit Chris Sutton held court with a few stories from his career.<\/p>\n

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Fair play to the big fellow, when he arrived I asked him if he would join us a for a chat and a photo or two, and when he realised Celtic fans were in the house, he announced he would come over straight away.<\/p>\n

His show was excellent, and if he does appear in a venue near you, its well worth the money.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, a couple of us went on the town, where some bastard made a grab for my spectacles, and whilst I was defending myself from him and a few doorman, some other bastard ran off with my jacket, and stole my phone.<\/p>\n

So, I’ve not been my usual chirpy self of late, and frankly up until about an hour ago, couldn’t be arsed with anything or anyone.<\/p>\n

But enough about me..( praise the lord-Ed )<\/p>\n

As expected , Celtic duly put motherwell back in their box with a crushing 5-going on 10-1 win at Celtic Park.<\/p>\n

With Moussa Dembele unsure whether or not to renew the lease on his flat at Christmas, it was important to give Oddsone Edouard a run out, and its fair to say he showed promise, grabbing the first hat trick by a teenager in the league since Brian McClair managed it in 1983. Or thereabouts.<\/p>\n

Its hard to imagine Brian McClair was ever a teenager, but according to some bloke on twitter, he was, and so therefore he must have been.<\/p>\n

In form James Forrest was on the park as a late substitute and he added another couple of goals to his seasons tally, and knocked a few quid of any price Celtic may have to pay for Patrick Roberts.<\/p>\n

Special mention\u00a0 must go as well to Johnny Hayes, who had his best game in the hoops, and reminded us that we shouldn’t write him off just yet. things are still not clicking for him, but his attitude is one hundred per cent, and thats one of the reasons he is at Celtic.<\/p>\n

The horror trilogy now over, manager Brendan Rodgers spoke out about what annoyed him, alright, what annoyed him the most.<\/p>\n

‘This week, there has been a debate around the honesty and professionalism of the Celtic players,’\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0‘There have been questions asked of the supporters.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘But there’s not a debate. These are players who have gone 67 games unbeaten because of their honesty and professionalism. They devote their lives to it \u2014 and our fans have been brilliant.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘I understand Motherwell were hurting after the cup final and that spilled over a bit into Wednesday. But some of the nonsense that came out of their club this week was absolutely incredible.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘After the game on Wednesday, we had the chief executive of Motherwell \u2014 a guy with senior authority \u2014 walking around with a laptop trying to demonstrate to the media that it wasn’t a penalty.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Well, at least that makes it easier for the Etims guy to pick his Knob of the Week. ”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Alan Burrows is the CEO in question, he’s the dashing and intelligent looking fellow below..<\/p>\n

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\"Penalty<\/p>\n

In order to prevent a repeat of his antics involving his laptop, may I suggest to his parents that they change the internet password while he’s doing his sums.<\/p>\n

Anyway, all of this nonsense led to an official statement from the club,\u00a0so I’m led to believe..<\/p>\n

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Someone needs to have a word with the PR guys. The Brits have already gone.<\/p>\n

The convincing win put the Celtic train firmly back on the rails, as there were signs that all the fuss over penalty awards and so on was starting to get to the players..<\/p>\n

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Callum McGregor<\/strong>\u200f\u00a0<\/span><\/span>@mcgregor_callum<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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