{"id":13071,"date":"2018-06-15T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T09:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=13071"},"modified":"2018-06-15T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T09:57:01","slug":"celtic-diary-friday-june-15-fixtures-frenchmen-and-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=13071","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Friday June 15: Fixtures, Frenchmen and Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SPFL have released the fixture list for next season.<\/p>\n

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I love that bit at the end, and as we know, nearly all of them will.<\/p>\n

The campaign begins on the 4th of august, exactly 104 years from the start of the first world war, and already “rangers ” have submitted a complaint to the beaks, as they had planned to abseil soldiers down the front of Ibrox, fire off a few cannons and wave a multitude of flags in celebration.<\/p>\n

Instead, they are forced to travel to Aberdeen for their opening game, but at least they know the dons will adopt their traditional surrender posture to give Stevie “Hunny G ” Gerrard a winning start to his managerial career.<\/p>\n

Celtic welcome new boys Livingston in the flag raising opener which will disappoint Hearts, who tend to be the opposition of choice when anything is being celebrated.<\/p>\n

The opening games look fairly straightforward for the hoops, with the first real test not arriving until the 29th of September when Aberdeen come to town, but the one fans will be moat anticipating will be when Hibernian come to town on October 20.<\/p>\n

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The way the fixtures have fallen also means that post split Celtic could face trips to Easter road and Pittodrie, and one would hope the eighth title is sewn up by then, but intriguingly, there is also a chance it may be won at Ibrox, if “rangers ” and Hunny G are still around by then.<\/p>\n

We have repeatedly told you that Oddsone Edouard is fully committed to Celtic, and that should be announced today.<\/p>\n

The price quoted by many is \u00a39m, but it isn;t going to be anywhere near that, but may rise to it with ad ons.<\/p>\n

However, one is forced to question the boards ambition. If we are spending \u00a39m on a player, why not add just a couple of million more and get some real class in ?<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0 Frenchman flew back to Glasgow last night to get ready to be paraded in front of the cameras this weekend.<\/p>\n

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There may be an interesting and welcome development following on behind this deal, as Moussa Dembele is said to want to extend his contract as he thoroughly enjoys being around the other two Frenchmen at Celtic.<\/p>\n

But that is just a rumour, and Im not entriely certain of the source, who kept falling over and giggling.<\/p>\n

Speaking of rumours, why was this page open on\u00a0 Patrick Roberts’s laptop ?<\/p>\n

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