{"id":16076,"date":"2020-09-21T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T08:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16076"},"modified":"2020-09-21T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T08:05:08","slug":"celtic-diary-monday-september-21-feeling-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16076","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Monday September 21: Feeling Better ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weekends action means that if the league were to be called tomorrow, and awarded on a points per game basis, Celtic would be awarded their tenth successive title, &#8220;rangers &#8221; would say it didn&#8217;t count, and we would all have something to talk about until the pandemic is finally over.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You get the idea that might just suit all parties&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Celtic won 3-2 in one of those games that would have had us on the edge of our seats had we been allowed to sit in them, as Livingston refused to lie down after manager Neil Lennon thought he&#8217;d make the game interesting by making some adjustments to personnel and formation when he didn&#8217;t need to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the game finished closer than it ought to have done, but there were flashes of the old Celtic who showed a wee bit of fire after conceding an early penalty to the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the season reaches the quarter way mark, that&#8217;s encouraging, but there is still a ways to go before optimism turns to confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although the media would have us believe that &#8220;rangers &#8221; are the biggest threat to ten in a row, Hibernian , with a bit more faith in themselves, could prove to be our real opposition this season, although it remains to be seen if they can build on their draw with the Ibrox side, and look at it as a couple of points dropped rather than a point won.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The mentality of Gerrard and his men was called into question post match as the bubbly Scouser had a moan about everything from players to refs to fans with all three refusing to bow down to his reputation, such as it is, and the fragile mentality over there became evident yet again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alfredo morelos was up to his tricks again, on the one hand proving they really can&#8217;t do without him with his goal, and on the other showing they can;t do with him when he tried to foul a Hibernian defender, bounced off him, kicked out at him and then rolled around as though he&#8217;d been shot by someone who had a bet on him to grow up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sausage roll naw, crispy roll naw, el buffaroll aye <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9kQH99RT8K\">pic.twitter.com\/9kQH99RT8K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Witchy (@WitchyOfG21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WitchyOfG21\/status\/1307740350723887104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the game, he was equally sporting towards his opponents&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1307760846463012866<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A mood that was shared by his wantaway comrade and captain James Tavernier&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiY4ZJqXgAk94w3?format=jpg&amp;name=900x900\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and of course, &#8221; Grofaz &#8221;\u00a0 Gerrard himself&#8230;.(Grofaz is a nickname used sarcastically by German troops for Hitler, a derogatory acronym for Gr\u00f6\u00dfter Feldherr aller Zeiten, a title initially publicized by Nazi propaganda to refer to Adolf Hitler during the early war years; literally, the &#8220;Greatest Field Commander of all Time&#8221;. )<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiX1v7rX0AEftAJ?format=jpg&amp;name=360x360\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, look at this for bitterness and hatred on a face&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiXeUE4WAAQokRE?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kris Boyd, the unbalanced expert of Sky sports, was in tatters, as this clip shows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1307684241359212544<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Hibernian player wasn&#8217;t offside, well, not all of him, anyway&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiXKkILXkAE_5o_?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some you win, some you lose, although in their case they haven;t actually done the &#8220;some you win &#8221; bit yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can understand his ire at referees, given the horrific injury caused to his chunky Colombian&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsletter.co.uk\/webimg\/TUFZMTI1NTQ2OTY1.jpg?width=640\" alt=\"Rangers' Steven Gerrard in push for signings after injury woe | Belfast  News Letter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and we&#8217;d like to offer him help here, with some evidence that refereeing standards are quite poor in Scotland, though we doubt he&#8217;ll reply, just as we doubt the media will see it like that&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1307592708333228037<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And then there are the hordes&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiYdXIAXgAAOnQb?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiYdXV_WoAMgVP8?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiYMoFRWAAAT397?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are still the loons amongst them, as this post shows&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiX6TIGXcAYhGtV?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And this, from someone who has seen this film before&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiXQnYuX0AU-NyG?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;but by and large, they are falling apart already, and you&#8217;ll be able to see Gerrard , the players and the fans fall apart on a weekly basis from now on in, until the SPFL or government administers a mercy shot and calls the league.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, on a brighter note for them, at least they didn&#8217;t have to spend thousands and thousands of pounds they haven&#8217;t got taking in the Dubai sunshine to reach that stage this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/TELlZpiPRnmDjubOjpcsUwpj5m2gygQOm0lvtYgT25wUoI8Mus4ivXrDhJZuh6dqRw0Rb_CkHxq9uNklrSdDlszU3KdmmbO6QgcuTD5F1WJ8i5N1RPno58qXLcQ\" alt=\"Celtic Diary Saturday December 3: No Pleasing Some People \u2013 ETims\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back at the ranch, and with Neil Lennon offering psychological help to his players, presumably to shock them out of their lollygagging, things are looking up.<\/p>\n<p>Ajeti has settled in quicker than wed hoped, providing a failsafe option should Oddsone Edouard leave town, against his will, but leave town he still may.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new breed are starting to get minutes, Turnbull and Soro have both been included on matchdays, and Patrik Klimala looks like he&#8217;ll fill in when needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of which makes Lennons balls up against Ferencvaros even more mystifying, but thats bye the bye now, and there&#8217;s a trip to Riga to concentrate on, and with the draw being kind to Celtic for the play offs, there is a prospect of European football towatch on the telly, unless, of course, the virus has other ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One other piece worth mentioning was the Dermot Desmond interview that appeared in The Athletic, a pay as you go website which recently reduced its subs from eight quid to just a pound after they failed to secure any quality writers, where the Irishmen made one or two claims that cast doubt n either the veracity of the article, or the reliability of Desmonds memory, which as we know, is not entirely one hundred per cent where Celtic are concerned&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/hoWux7iZvV_FOZOihC21lAcj8g82JUeti1ptIRsCSlrB54-2TmtAtVOY2H8sDFtQHZ6e5A0ot1QAVgHTmaN8FVzlNQJgvM74oPnca7FVlUw\" alt=\"Celtic AGM -Annual General Malpractice \u2013 ETims\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Desmond told the Athletic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI had asked Alex Ferguson to be manager of Celtic around 1997 and I offered to pay the money myself, twice the salary he was on at Manchester United,&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0&#8220;He said he would like to consider it, even though he had a\u00a0<a class=\"section-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/rangers\/\">Rangers<\/a>\u00a0background.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He said, \u2018I\u2019d like to do it, to follow in the footsteps of Jock Stein,\u2019 but he said his overriding ambition was to win the Champions League with Manchester United. In fact, my good friend JP McManus and I were his guests at the (1999) final in Barcelona, where he fulfilled his dream.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1997 ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A noble gesture by our biggest shareholder and de facto club owner, and one that might have us wondering what if&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Except that Desmond wasn&#8217;t the main man in 1997, and had no authority to offer anyone the Celtic job, even if he was going to pay the salary himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m wondering if that subscription pound would be better spent on , say a Glasgow football club when it inevitably comes on the market&#8230;just think what it will cost them to sack Gerrard&#8230;..more money they haven&#8217;t got to pay for something they won&#8217;t have.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just a few reasons to be cheerful this Monday morning as the world begins to turn again&#8230;stay safe, stay alive and keep doing what has kept you safe for the first six months of this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And remember, there is always somebody worse off than you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/resources\/images\/10442999.jpg?display=1&amp;htype=0&amp;type=responsive-gallery\" alt=\"Why Steven Gerrard is happy that both Rangers and Celtic have performed  well in Europe this season | HeraldScotland\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A weekend of early starts at work means we have to go back to last week for the last caption competition&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiGy88eX0AEm8Lr?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Andrew Coyle\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Get the new Castore car, beautifully made, to last a lifetime\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, that reminds me&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-d0pm55\" data-testid=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1iusvr4 r-16y2uox r-1777fci\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-zl2h9q\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-k4xj1c r-18u37iz r-1wtj0ep\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div id=\"tweet-user-name\" class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao css-bfa6kz r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"><em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Castore Fan<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-18u37iz r-1q142lx r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao css-bfa6kz r-1re7ezh r-18u37iz r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\"><em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@Castore_UK<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-k200y r-18u37iz r-1h0z5md r-1joea0r\">\n<div class=\"css-18t94o4 css-1dbjc4n r-1777fci r-11cpok1 r-1ny4l3l r-bztko3 r-lrvibr\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"More\" data-focusable=\"true\" data-testid=\"caret\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-1awozwy r-1re7ezh r-6koalj r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1h0z5md r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-o7ynqc r-clp7b1 r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-sdzlij r-1p0dtai r-xoduu5 r-1d2f490 r-podbf7 r-1ny4l3l r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-156q2ks\">\n<div id=\"tweet-text\" class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">For the record yes we do stock Castore knickers, once you get them up they will stay there for a bit but as soon as you put the slightest bit of pressure on them they start to slip.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know you&#8217;ve already seen it, but one does wonder what was said&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EiY4ZJqXgAk94w3?format=jpg&amp;name=900x900\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekends action means that if the league were to be called tomorrow, and awarded on a points per game basis, Celtic 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