{"id":14378,"date":"2019-06-25T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T08:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14378"},"modified":"2019-06-25T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T08:30:29","slug":"celtic-diary-tuesday-june-25-were-all-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14378","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Tuesday June 25: We&#8217;re All Doomed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This transfer window is a bundle of laughs, isn&#8217;t it ?<\/p>\n<p>We look as though we&#8217;re going to lose a few players, and despite everyone more or less agreeing we needed to freshen things up, we&#8217;re heading towards some sort of catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>It does look like a couple of top men will leave, it does look like we won;t be getting in players of quality, but we all know that. Thats not how we work.<\/p>\n<p>We develop players, and when they are at their most desirable, we sell them.<\/p>\n<p>We sell them when we want them to go, or when they want to go.<\/p>\n<p>It just happens that this summer we&#8217;re going to have a revolving door fitted.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have only got around \u00a340m to spend this summer, and they are hesistating to spend it all on Keiran Tierney. now that it&#8217;s fairly common knowledge that he wants a move, other clubs will be watching what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Rogic hasn&#8217;t gone to Austria with his team mate. He&#8217;s injured again. Or so he says.<\/p>\n<p>David Turnbull will finish his medical, and as long as thats all tickety boo, he&#8217;ll head out to Austria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the nonsense and reaction to the nonsense out there is absolutely ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>Bearing in mind that the first pre season game is on Saturday, against Weiner SC, it&#8217;s maybe time for the manager to decide who he wants in the squad, or who he thinks will still be in the squad, for the Sarajevo game, which is just a fortnight away.<\/p>\n<p>That way, they can be allowed to ficus on the football, and not the tittle tattle.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, a row erupted when somone claimed that andy Robertson pf Liverpool had talked Keiran tierney into moving south..<\/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\/AnfieldHQ\" data-user-id=\"2525206496\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id u-textTruncate \" data-aria-label-part=\"\">Anfield HQ<\/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 u-textTruncate\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aria-label-part=\"\">@<b>AnfieldHQ<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"follow-bar\">\n<div class=\"user-actions btn-group not-following not-muting  \" data-user-id=\"2525206496\" data-screen-name=\"AnfieldHQ\" data-name=\"Anfield HQ\" 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 u-textTruncate\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>AnfieldHQ<\/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=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\"><em>Transfer consultant Ian McGarry has claimed that a conversation with Andy Robertson has pushed his fellow left-back closer to the exit door. McGarry: \u201cThe second thing that has changed for Kieran Tierney is speaking to his international teammate Andy Robertson.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"0\">Which prompted the reply..<\/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\/andrewrobertso5\" data-user-id=\"400177598\"><span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><strong class=\"fullname show-popup-with-id u-textTruncate \">Andrew Robertson<\/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 u-textTruncate\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>andrewrobertso5<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"follow-bar\">\n<div class=\"user-actions btn-group not-following not-muting  \" data-user-id=\"400177598\" data-screen-name=\"andrewrobertso5\" data-name=\"Andrew Robertson\" 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 u-textTruncate\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b>andrewrobertso5<\/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\"><em>Andrew Robertson Retweeted Anfield HQ<\/em><\/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>Lot of rubbish<\/em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Emoji Emoji--forText\" title=\"Man shrugging\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/emoji\/v2\/72x72\/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.png\" alt=\"\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Then, in an article in the Birmingham Evening Mail, West Brom had a moan..which was swiftly amplified by the Scottish media, as it saved them from doing any work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">Such as finding out why Lennon didn&#8217;t fancy the player.<\/p>\n<p><em>West Bromwich Albion technical director Luke Dowling launched a scathing attack on Celtic over the treatment of Oliver Burke while on loan with the Scottish champions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Burke moved north of the border for the second half of the season after failing to command a regular place under former Baggies boss Darren Moore.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The 22-year-old was initially a major hit at Parkhead, scoring four goals in his first 11 games.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But his influence waned and first-team opportunities dried up after Brendan Rodgers moved to Leicester City in February and Neil Lennon took over.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lennon was officially appointed as caretaker manager, but got the job full-time after guiding the Bhoys to a third successive domestic treble.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And it was the current regime Dowling, who was speaking at Slaven Bilic\u2019s unveiling as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-bromwich-albion-fc\">West Brom<\/a>manager, took aim at.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\"><em>\u00a0He won\u2019t be going nowhere near Celtic with the current manager,\u201d Dowling said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">That would be the current manager, Lennon, who doesn&#8217;t rate him. He&#8217;ll be gutted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\">As opposed to the West Brom manager who sent him out on loan, who didn&#8217;t rate him either.<\/p>\n<p><em>We sent Oli to Celtic in good faith with Brendan Rodgers and Lee Congerton, some really good people up there that wanted to take Oli and play Oli.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey wanted to make him a better player than he currently is. We forget how young he still is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOnce Brendan left to go to Leicester the treatment he got from the manager that\u2019s in place now is something we don\u2019t expect from one of our players.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe won\u2019t be going anywhere near Celtic Football Club. They know what\u2019s gone on and Oli certainly knows what\u2019s gone on. It\u2019s just something we\u2019re not happy with at all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--jumbo js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\" data-aria-label-part=\"4\"><em>\u00a0<\/em>We all know what went on. He was cover for a while, but when the good players came back, he wasn&#8217;t needed. There&#8217;s a player in there, but he didn&#8217;t improve enough to warrant further attention.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe currently have a new manager that\u2019s excited to start working and looking at Oli. We believe he\u2019s got an opportunity back here with a new manager in place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dowling said the stance on Celtic was held mutually by West Brom and the player himself.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Burke has flattered to deceive under a succession of managers since joining the Baggies from RB Leipzig for close to \u00a315 million in August 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dowling blamed the youngster\u2019s struggles on perpetual upheaval at the club, with Burke now on to his fourth permanent boss in less than two years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t believe he really got the best chance to perform here,\u201d Dowling added.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Er, that might be because you sent him out on loan.<\/p>\n<p>Dowling and\/or his club paid \u00a315m for Burke. We tried him, and decided he wasn&#8217;t worth it. Maybe they should have thought of that.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that, haven&#8217;t we just hired someone from West Brom who had a hand in that decision ?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_SgMStDRtHk\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for facepalm\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lennon did the right thing, certainly with the added advantage of hindsight. Most of the loannees were dropped in favour of players who played for Celtic.<\/p>\n<p>And there were two more trophies in the cabinet that serve as justification for his decision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, the &#8220;race &#8221; for next seasons title is hotting up, as the media announce yet another signing by Steven Gerrard that no one has heard of, this time claiming that he&#8217;d beaten Celtic to this fellows signature..<\/p>\n<h1>Rangers boss Steven Gerrard confirms Gers have handed Celtic blow as another signing nears<\/h1>\n<h3>RANGERS manager Steven Gerrard has confirmed that the Gers have beaten Celtic, among multiple other teams, as the Joe Aribo gets set to join the club.<\/h3>\n<p><em>That Rangers landed the player is a major boost given Premier League clubs such as Brighton, Bournemouth, Southampton and Aston Villa were all understood to have been keeping tabs on the 22-year-old.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Understood ? I think someone , somewhere, may have misunderstood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_5\" class=\"OUTBRAIN\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1144881\/Rangers-Steven-Gerrard-Gers-Celtic-blow-signing-Joe-Aribo-transfer-news-gossip-reports\" data-widget-id=\"AR_2\" data-ob-template=\"Express\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"win32\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"5\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>And Gerrard declared that Aribo &#8211; who scored 10 goals as Charlton were promoted to the Championship last term &#8211; also had an offer on the table to join their bitter rivals\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/football\/teams\/99\/celtic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Celtic<\/a>\u00a0across the other side of Glasgow.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bitter rivals ? What do we have to be bitter about ?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll note that there was no offer from Celtic, perhaps a passing interest, that quickly passed, but no offer.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard claimed..<\/p>\n<p><em>We believe there was Premier League and European clubs chasing Joe, which is no surprise,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think a lot of Championship clubs were there in the hat as well. It obviously came out in the public domain that Celtic had made him an offer as well.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It did ?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>So, if we manage to get that one over the line, it will be a big coup for us.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.nymag.com\/imgs\/fashion\/daily\/2018\/11\/26\/27-knickers-giant-steer.w700.h700.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for a big cow\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He is something we haven&#8217;t got, we haven&#8217;t got a left-footed midfielder so, if and when that deal is done, he will give us natural balance.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thats nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since their enlightenment they&#8217;ve signed loads of left footers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Timposter\u00a0<\/em>on twitter has spotted something about the latest design classic from New Balance..<\/p>\n<p>New away top..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D92lEX3W4AA-fY3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the final frontier ?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D92lEX6XoAYZ3sC.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not for the first time..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tos.trekcore.com\/hd\/albums\/2x18hd\/theimmunitysyndromehd0018.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for star trek kirk green shirt\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vgEkhhHloiM\/WXcbKbmdw3I\/AAAAAAABQ98\/1F7b6BwIGZoVXgXN6OTMLrSSl97mNBuSQCLcBGAs\/s738\/New%2BBalance%2BCeltic%2B17-18%2BThird%2BKit%2B%25282%2529.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Celtic lime green shirt\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, nearly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, they may ignore our made up pish, they sometimes even condemn it, but we&#8217;ve got two places in the Rumour League..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D92fu36X4AA4KTA.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing they ignored the bit about Brendan leaving..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo, a big welcome to Maryan Shved, who is now a Celtic player..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D90f5HqXYAEsOR7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you look carefully at the picture he is in it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nice to see someone settling into a new job.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it appears I won&#8217;t be getting that job at the Ministry of Defence I was after..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D9v_O_fXYAEssUd.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though it appears the cleaner who was sacked by Celtic over the transfer list leak has found another place quickly enough..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D90FttvXYAA8reK.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just to clarify, thats a fake, and i&#8217;ve no idea if the cleaner has got another job. I hope she has.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we had this..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D9woHxqXUAAdGdW.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-meta\"><span class=\"comment-author vcard\"><cite class=\"fn\">Puggy67<\/cite><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"published\"><abbr class=\"comment-date\" title=\"Monday, June 24th, 2019, 9:31 am\">June 24, 2019<\/abbr>\u00a0at\u00a0<abbr class=\"comment-time\" title=\"Monday, June 24th, 2019, 9:31 am\">9:31 am<\/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=973088\"><span class=\"edit\">Edit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<a class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14376&amp;replytocom=973088#respond\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reply<\/a>\u00a0\u2192<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-content comment-text\">\n<p>Caption: Irn Bru complain to the Advertising Standards Agency about an Irn Bru advert.<\/p>\n<p>Today, another tosser.. can you think of a better title for this book ?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D9078W1XkAUlHhV.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This transfer window is a bundle of laughs, isn&#8217;t it ? 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