{"id":15778,"date":"2020-06-29T10:38:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15778"},"modified":"2020-06-29T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:38:42","slug":"celtic-diary-monday-june-30-the-green-shoots-of-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15778","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Monday June 30: The Green Shoots Of Recovery ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Football, as the man said, without fans is nothing.<\/p>\n

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The rivalry between sets of supporters, especially from the same city can be discouraging at times, but it’s what makes the game tick. In england, they’re finding that out now as they desperately try to make the game appealing for a tv audience as the clus look to stave off finacial oblivion.<\/p>\n

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So, sometimes its nice to see rivalries thrust aside and genuine respect offered to teams who have achieved something that can be deemed as historic.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the media in Scotland struggle to bring themselves to say that sort of thing, instead wheeling out anybody who has a bad word to say about Celtic.<\/p>\n

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Kris Commons (remember him ? ) is the latest former player to find the taste of soup appealing , and he took the Sun’s shilling to lambast Celtic for their treatment of Craig Gordon, the six times league winner who has decided to move on.<\/p>\n

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“For me, it’s just typical Celtic. They’ve always had this knack of trying to get players as cheap as possible, without bursting the bank.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Commons, who was brought to Celtic as cheaply as possible without bursting the bank, needs to wind his neck in, to coin a phrase, or he risks undoing the good work done by his wife Lisa Hague, who bought into Celtic and did a lot of work for the associated charities.<\/p>\n

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As for Gordon, he clearly felt long before the contract offer that his time at Celtic was up, and he goes with our thanks and best wishes, not only for his performances, but for his courage in taking on the role vacated, ironically , by Fraser forster when he himself was low on confidence and had been out with a long time injury.<\/p>\n

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Whatever way you look at it, that was a brave move, and we wish him all the best.<\/p>\n

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He will always be remembered as the rock the invincible side was built on, no matter what happens now.<\/p>\n

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Must add a note on the amount of charity related work with Celtic Craig Gordon has done, including the Celtic Park sleepout which he has done a few times.<\/p>\n

During the summer while majority of the players were on holidays he was with the Celtic Foundation in Kenya helping out. pic.twitter.com\/VWCBGxuUHC<\/a><\/p>\n

— JoeBloggsCity (@joebloggscity) June 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n