{"id":12775,"date":"2018-04-18T08:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T07:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12775"},"modified":"2018-04-18T08:17:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T07:17:32","slug":"celtic-diary-wednesday-april-18-shocking-new-plan-to-derail-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12775","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Wednesday April 18: Shocking New Plan to Derail Celtic !"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having failed miserably on the pitch to prevent Celtic’s domination of the Scottish football scene, “rangers ” have undergone a significant policy change to do it off the field.<\/p>\n

Its presenting far more of a challenge to Celtic than anything else they have offered so far, and I’m sure, after you have looked at it, er, seriously, you’ll be able to say with a certain level of justification that its going to be an awful lot more difficult to secure these trebles than the media experts might claim.<\/p>\n

Their plan, you see,\u00a0 might just work.<\/p>\n

They’ve been doing it for a while, but have stepped up the pace over the last couple of days and there is now a real danger that with just two wins needed to secure back to back trebles, the side splitting hilarity eminating from all things Ibrox could be enough to break the players confidence and concentration, and allow Motherwell to pinch the Scottish cup, and the rest of the top six to record victories.<\/p>\n

Sound daft ?<\/p>\n

Alright, you read this and then tell me you are completely focused on beating Hibernian…<\/p>\n

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There’s more, but no one can be expected to read it all in one go, not without an industrial strength corset protecting those ribs from giving way.<\/p>\n

This week it reached a new level.<\/p>\n

Kenny miller and Lee Wallace have been suspended pending investigation, and we hear Wallace has already offered to turn Queens evidence, as grassing is legally termed, and Miller could be getting his arse tanned.<\/p>\n

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Even this has divided the support…<\/p>\n

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And Miller, does he have his supporters out there ?<\/p>\n

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Well, he supported him for about an hour and a half..<\/p>\n

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The manager will make a statement later, although we have an advance copy..<\/p>\n

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None of them are bigger than the club, but they are all older, without necessarily being wiser.<\/p>\n

News also broke last night that there may be a new kit deal with sportswear firm Hummel, who used to supply the kits for the fat wheezy kids who tried to avoid PE by saying their washing machine at home was broke..<\/p>\n

And even that seemed to cause confusion..<\/p>\n

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And indeed they do…<\/p>\n

The hummel logo is a stylized\u00a0bumble bee<\/a>, as\u00a0hummel\u00a0is\u00a0German<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0bumble bee.[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The company’s name is derived from the popular Hamburg greeting (“Hamburger Gru\u00df”), which is known throughout northern Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n

The humble bumble is, of course, itself facing extinction, which is both tragic and ironic. Like the new “rangers “, except for the bit about it being tragic.<\/p>\n

Teams that they used to provide kits for include Benfica, Real Madrid, Red Star Belgrade, Feyenoord\u00a0 and Derry City.<\/p>\n

They now look after sides such as Telford United and Clyde.<\/p>\n

And the Afghanistan ladies football team.<\/p>\n

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Happily for the hordes, the chap who owns Hummel is Christian Stadil, a damn fine protestant moniker if ever there was one.<\/p>\n

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Ellie Pithers, writing in the Telegraph in 2013, said..<\/p>\n

In person, Stadil is a bundle of eccentricities. Over the course of an hour he espouses Buddhist theology but admits he \u201cloves to make money\u201d; champions Danish design (he\u2019s on the jury of the Danish Design Award) while raving about his collection of contemporary American art; and talks me through his tattoos \u2013 all 18 of them. His favourites are a pair of portraits of the musician Leonard Cohen inked on his biceps. One depicts Cohen in a hat and reads: \u201cOne of those days when the hat doesn\u2019t help\u201d; the other shows him hatless and is titled: \u201cIt was the hat, after all.\u201d \u201cI really love Leonard Cohen!\u201d Stadil says, laughing heartily.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A buddhist called Christian..with a tattoo of a Jewish fellow.<\/p>\n

They’ll explode.<\/p>\n

But wait, they might just take to him…they do have something in common..<\/p>\n

His years spent at Herlufsholm, Denmark\u2019s most exclusive boarding school, were more macho. Stadil took up boxing and started going to school in military uniform. \u201cI used to wear a helmet with a camouflage net, with a water bottle in my gun holster and a BB gun over my shoulder,\u201d he recalls. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy, I know. Today I would be arrested for that, but they knew I was a nice guy! My teacher just told me to leave the gun outside the door.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

He may well be in his element at Ibrox.<\/p>\n

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We have exclusive pictures of the new kits.<\/p>\n

Here’s the home top..<\/p>\n

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As you can see, they ain’t keen…<\/p>\n

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Stuart Young<\/strong>\u200f\u00a0<\/span><\/span>@StuartY19<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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