{"id":14388,"date":"2019-06-29T09:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T08:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14388"},"modified":"2019-06-29T09:04:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T08:04:45","slug":"celtic-diary-saturday-june-29-anti-celtic-media-cranked-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14388","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Saturday June 29: Anti Celtic Media Cranked Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps the signing of Christopher Julien has made them a little more afraid than they already were.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the signal of intent sent out, which oddly enough , none of the SMSM have picked up on, has caused a meltdown…because this story shows just how much fear is trickling down their collective leg.<\/p>\n

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Oh alright, it wasn’t in the SMSM, and it wasn’t published recently, but I’m sure the cream of their investigative hacks will be on it now.<\/p>\n

I hope Neil Lennon has an alibi.<\/p>\n

Had James Traynor been directing the media in 1888, then Celtic would never have got off the ground…<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, back in the real world, and Oddsone Edouard seemed chuffed with the arrival of a pal..<\/p>\n

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\u201cChristopher is a very good player. I liked playing with him at Toulouse and he\u2019s a good friend of mine. We kept in contact and I\u2019m very happy that he\u2019s signed for Celtic. I\u2019m excited to play alongside him again, he can help the team a lot!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

for those of us who were a little comcerned that Eddy might be missing his pal Moussa, and possibly Olivier Ntcham later on, this is good, if not great news.<\/p>\n

Julien ?<\/p>\n

Well, he’s here for trophies..<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you start playing football, you are playing to win trophies and have a legacy.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I won the World Cup with France it was an excitement and good vibes and every footballer needs to have that.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSince that time, it\u2019s true I haven\u2019t won trophies or been to finals and my experience in Germany with Freiburg was not good.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI achieved a promotion in France, but didn\u2019t win a trophy. It is really good now to be part of a team that wants to compete at the top of the league and not the low part.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

World cup ? What World Cup ?<\/p>\n

The defender was a member of the team that won the Under-20 World Cup in 2013 and joins the Bhoys on a four-year deal\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, there’s something the media forgot to tell us. Although he didn’t play in the final he was in the squad, which beat Uruguay on penalties in the final.<\/p>\n

Neil Lennon gave up celebrating his birthday to meet up with the player, which made him feel wanted..<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciated that gesture from the manager. It told me a lot about his ambitions for the club and, of course, I want to be part of that.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Lennon seemed pleased with the result of his efforts..<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are absolutely delighted to bring Christopher to Celtic. He is a quality player with great attributes and we are very much looking forward to him joining the squad and working with him.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a squad of great quality already here at the club, who have achieved incredible success over the past few seasons, but it\u2019s always good to add further quality to the group and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve got with Christopher.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI know the players will be delighted to welcome him into the squad, and I know he will be keen to play his part in the seasons ahead.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

One thing about Jullien that I\u00a0 noticed was that as well as his height he is rather broad shouldered…which he’ll need to be to carry that defence…and fair play to Tam Sellics Son<\/em> who has secured the rights to supply him with coathangers..<\/p>\n

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Celtic face Wiener SC today as part of their pre season piss up, and Jullien will join up with the squad at some point.<\/p>\n

Four players will be heading home, which is surprising,\u00a0Jack Aitchison<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Calvin Miller<\/a>,\u00a0Scott Robertson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Grant Savoury<\/a>\u00a0, but thats probably because there are around thirty already out there and Lawwell has probably been moaning about the bar bill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vakoun Bayo, who has put his head down and grafted since signing for Celtic , is expected to be given a run out.<\/p>\n

He said;<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really happy to be here on my first pre-season tour with Celtic,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very warm here in Austria, but that\u2019s nothing new for me because I\u2019m from Africa. Our training programmes have been challenging, but I feel good for it and I\u2019ve enjoyed everything so far.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI picked up an injury not long after singing for Celtic back in January, but now it\u2019s better and I\u2019m fully fit and ready to go. It\u2019s great to be back on the training pitch, and now I can\u2019t wait to get playing.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe manager has said to me on a few occasions that I\u2019ve performed well at training. He told me that I\u2019ve did very well, and that, of course, makes me very, very happy. It\u2019s great for my confidence and I hope to repay him with good performances when it comes to matchday.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know when my first game will be here on the summer training camp, it might be Saturday or Tuesday. I also don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll start, but no matter what, I\u2019m really looking forward to it. I can\u2019t wait to get out there and get myself off the mark on the goal front.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cChristopher Jullien coming in, from a personal perspective, is great for me in that it\u2019s another French player in the dressing room. I love the Glasgow accent, but it\u2019s so fast. Sometimes I\u2019m not sure what Scott Brown, for example, is saying, but I try my best. But Scott is a great, great player and is so good with everyone away from the pitch too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Brown is getting a lot of plaudits from the newer players, and its good to see there are no cliques at the ground, and the French speaking contingent are not being left out.<\/p>\n

People who don’t have English as their first language can struggle at a new club, and its important to help them out immediately.<\/p>\n

Brown will identify with that, as he’s from Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Wiener SC , todays opponents are a step up from Pinkafeld, well, Division three, but are a more established club..<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Wiener Sport-Club<\/b>, sometimes abbreviated as\u00a0WSC<\/b>, was established in 1883 in\u00a0Vienna<\/a>,\u00a0Austria<\/a>\u00a0and is one of the country’s oldest athletics clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city (17th district<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, squash, football and water polo. The football team enjoyed success in\u00a0Austria National Championship<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a01922<\/a>,\u00a01958<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a01959<\/a>. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7-0 victory over\u00a0Juventus<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0European Champions Cup<\/a>. Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2001 the football section split off as\u00a0Wiener Sportklub\u00a0due to financial troubles and was re-integrated back into WSC in 2017. The first squad currently plays in the\u00a0Austrian Regional League East<\/a>\u00a0(3rd Division). The club’s home ground\u00a0Wiener Sport-Club Stadium\u00a0(or\u00a0Wiener Sport-Club Platz\u00a0in German) dates back to 1904 and is considered as Austria’s oldest actively used football field. Player and coach\u00a0Erich Hof<\/a>\u00a0is known as the club’s legend.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Their strips are not the most imaginative, it has to be said.<\/p>\n

Home is all black, and away is all white. Then again, there’s something to be said for keeping it simple.<\/p>\n

Look at the mess New Balance have made of the hoops this year.<\/p>\n

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There are rumours that Celtic will ditch NB in favour of Adidas when the current deal expires next year, which would be an improvement, but personally I’d prefer to go back to Umbro, as their gear lasted much longer.<\/p>\n

And their designers have been paid the highest tribute of imitation by those at New Balance.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, there’s been much gnashing of teeth and tears of pain from the other side of the city.<\/p>\n

Radio Clydes superscoreboard, a retirement home for Radio presenters, is also where supporters of “rangers ” go to offer their invaluable insights to the rest of us.<\/p>\n

Insight such as this.. when comparing Celtic’s new signings to those of Steven Gerrard<\/p>\n

‘The steak in Aldi tastes just as good as Marks and Spencer’s but it’s half the price,’\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A strange analogy, considering the Ibrox club deal mainly in mince.<\/p>\n

and then this..<\/p>\n

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