{"id":15391,"date":"2020-03-13T10:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T10:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15391"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:53:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:53:51","slug":"celtic-diary-friday-march-13-strange-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15391","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Friday March 13 : Strange Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday that all public gatherings over 500 people will be banned from Monday onwards.<\/p>\n

As we said in an earlier diary, those who can decide this sort of thing have factored in all the factors and decided that the money from two Ibrox games is far more important than assuming the full responsibility of protecting the population during this global health crisis.<\/p>\n

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Anyone remember that moment in Jaws when the mayor is begging Brody not to close the beaches before the holiday weekend?\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Rangers ” played Bayer Leverkusen last night, losing heavily on the pitch , but winning comprehensively in the accounts.<\/p>\n

The devastating effects on the physiology of their fans was there for all to see.<\/p>\n

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One could argue that it was inevitable…<\/p>\n

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The Westminster government is little better, allowing the Cheltenham race meeting to go ahead.<\/p>\n

When Prime Minister Johnson said he had considered letting it run through the population, he didn’t add that he would do it as quickly as he could.<\/p>\n

Yesterday he said that we would all lose loved ones earlier than expected, which is as frank an admission of defeat that you will ever see. But then again, he’s never been shy of trying to excuse his own actions.<\/p>\n

This morning , they’ve more or less, with the reduction of testing, told everyone just to stay home and see if they get better.<\/p>\n

As any virologist would tell you, testing is crucial at this stage as it identifies the patterns and\u00a0 speed of infection, essential to any plan in controlling an outbreak.<\/p>\n

The US and the UK appear to have adopted a policy which involves ignoring it and hoping it goes away.<\/p>\n

It won’t.<\/p>\n

Not for a while.<\/p>\n

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Fair play to Tom Hanks, though. He’s been placed in isolation, the word currently in use to replace “quarantine “.<\/p>\n

He’s put a full leather suit on and is doing a spot of research for his new movie “Forrest Gimp ”<\/p>\n

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Back at the football, and the piss poor leadership of the Scottish game admitted they haven’t got a fucking clue what to do either.<\/p>\n

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Hardly surprising , to be fair, as their record in identifying and dealing with any problems, major or minor, in any other aspect of their responsibilities.<\/p>\n

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So what now ?<\/p>\n

If you have a ticket for Ibrox, and the game still goes ahead, it’s entirely up to you if you go.<\/p>\n

On balance, you probably are better out in the open air, but this is Ibrox, where the atmosphere is a little more polluted than most stadia, and so you’re probably going to have to have treatment afterwards anyway.<\/p>\n

That may have been a factor in the decision to allow the game to go ahead as normal, and not behind closed doors, as the government has clearly taken in the views of behavioural scientists who would indicate that people would go to pubs to watch, which would be even worse for public health.<\/p>\n

Clearly, just cancelling the game altogether never occured to them.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, Copenhagen may have overcome Celtic, but Willie Collum , having seen the lucrative contracts on offer at Ibrox, issued a come and get me plea to Neil Lennon last night.<\/p>\n

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Este penal regalado al 87\u2019 para el Estambul, nos acaba de quitar un parlay de cuota 9.2. \u00a1Que chingue a su madre el \u00e1rbitro escoc\u00e9s William Collum! <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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This penalty given to 87 ‘for Istanbul, just took away a parlay of 9.2 odds. Let Scottish referee William Collum fuck his mother!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Meanwhile, the confusion over what to do when the league is suspended continued, with several ideas and opinions being offered from several people.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Some “rangers ” fans say the season should be voided, with Ibrox Loyal on twitter quoting a precedent in season 1939-40 when his club were\u00a0 \u00a0” storming ahead with the league when WW2 kicked off ”\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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\u00a0A glance at the table when the league was stopped doesn’t really confirm this…<\/div>\n
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\u00a0One wonders if we can claim that they failed to get their 55 twice this season….<\/div>\n
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\u00a0There is little indication of what will happen from now on in, the media is full of those who have come forward with ideas while the truth is no one has a clue.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Back at the ranch, and the players have more or less had a week off. Sure, there’s been training, but with only a few exceptions they’ve stayed out of the limelight.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Having been told they couldn’t go to Cheltenham this week, they’ve had to find other things to do, and Kris Ajer is probably regretting a chat with his agent, Tore Pederson, who seemed to have his own onterprtation on what was said….Pederson , on Ajer, said;<\/div>\n
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It’s what agents do, to be fair, and with Ajer signed up until 2022, it’s more likely that Pederson is trying to get his man a better deal.<\/div>\n
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Ajer is far and away the most valuable asset on his books, which consist largely of unknown Norwegians, so there can be little doubt he’s either afraid of losing him or has been touting him around.<\/div>\n
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With the visit to Ibrox apparently going ahead, at least until “rangers ” announce they have a player tested positivefor Covid 19,\u00a0 there are a few problems for Stevie G and his charges.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0They have several players injured or out of favour, and may struggle to put a team together.<\/div>\n
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The players that are available will be tired and demoralised after last nights defeat, and the fans will be revolting…another reason to wear a mask I suppose.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Largely unnoticed by our media was the bottle thrown at the Leverkusen goalkeeper towards the end of the game, which will result in more sanctions for the beleagured club\/company.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Under normal circumstances, Celtic at Ibrox when they are so vulnerable would be a pleasant afternoons entertainment.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Maybe they’ll call off sick.<\/div>\n
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BREAKING NEWS – ALL fitbaw suspended in Scotland till further notice!<\/h3>\n
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On Wednesday, we had this…<\/div>\n
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