{"id":16090,"date":"2020-09-26T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T08:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16090"},"modified":"2020-09-26T09:39:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T08:39:30","slug":"celtic-diary-saturday-september-26-the-fear-of-losing-or-a-desire-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16090","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Saturday September 26: The Fear Of Losing Or A Desire to Win ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Even this particular offering has been accused of being so dark some times that an American cop would shoot it.<\/p>\n

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Theres no need to list the achievements of Celtic over the last few years, no need to repeat the statistics that show Neil Lennon has something like a 76% win rate since his return as manager, but perhaps there is a need for us, as fans,\u00a0 to concentrate on wanting the team to win as opposed to that little bit of panic that seems to set in every time there isn;t a free flowing exhibition of total football.<\/p>\n

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The win in Riga, which ordinarily would have been celebrated as a disciplined away win that proves that away from home in europe Celtic have become a far better side, has been heavily criticised….by our own.<\/p>\n

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It’s difficult to see why. And depressing to read.<\/p>\n

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Players read these sort of comments and might well be asking themselves what fans can see that they can’t.<\/p>\n

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They might also begin to absirb some of our own doubts about their capabilities.<\/p>\n

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The reason for this could lie in the fact that all we are seeing is the game through the eyes of the television cameraman, which we all know does not give a true reflection of events on the field.<\/p>\n

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This might explain the vitriol aimed at the manager when he says he thinks the players have done well, and provokes a response along the lines of<\/p>\n

“Was he watching the same game as us ?<\/em> ”<\/p>\n

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Actually, he wasn’t watching the same game as us. He gets to see everything, we get to see it through a lens.<\/p>\n

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Whilst being unable to vent our frustrations at the game…James Forrest has an ankle injury caused not on the field, but by becoming convinced he had gone deaf, he then lost his balance whilst getting off the team bus and went over his ankle…….fans have taken to overdoing it on twitter, facebook and anywhere else that will provide a platform for their fears.<\/p>\n

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Point is, we’re doing fine, considering the perhaps surreal circumstances, and whilst we cannot be at the ground to ” give the boys a cheer “, the very least we can do is count to ten before we pull out the keyboard.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the author retains the right to change his mind if we make an arse of it against Hibernian tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Especially as we hear that Leanne Dempster has offered all sorts of incentives to her players if they can make Lennon’s life a misery.<\/p>\n

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And bearing in mind that Hibs have one or two nippy wingers, this game is by no means a certain three points.<\/p>\n

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I mean, they even got a point against all conquering “rangers ” last week, which bizarrely prompted a Radio Clyde reporter to ask one of their players that having won that point, did they now feel confident of beating Celtic ?<\/p>\n

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There are enough detractors in the mainstream media to pour vitriol on our club without adding to it ourselves.<\/p>\n

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There is an easy solution, acutally.<\/p>\n

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Listen to the game on the radio instead.<\/p>\n

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You’ll be that pissed off with the shite they talk there that you won’t care whether or not Lennon even bothers putting a team out, let alone who is in it.<\/p>\n

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Get all defensive instead of offensive.<\/p>\n

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It’s working for me.<\/p>\n

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It’s quite amusing to watch once you pull yourself away from it.<\/p>\n

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For example, Steven Gerrard and his otley crew drew at Easter road, and their poor sportsmanship afterwards combined with the loss of a couple of points led to all sorts of laughter and derision.<\/p>\n

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It proved he was a donkey leading donkeys.<\/p>\n

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All of a sudden, a convincing win over a little known Dutch side has turned them into worldbeaters, and we should all be very, very afraid.<\/p>\n

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Remind yourself of this…their captain wants away, their top scorer is a misfiring fat flounderer who can’t wait to get away , but no one wants him, and now they are desperately trying to flog Ryan Kent, who according to Gary MacAllistair, the man who provided the coaching licence to enable Gerrard to work at Ibrox, must be on the England radar.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Kent, playing for England.<\/p>\n

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At football….<\/p>\n

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We truly do live in surreal times.<\/p>\n

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Football clubs are the one constant in our lives. As i’ve pointed out before friends, families,\u00a0 houses and jobs all come and go.<\/p>\n

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For that lot, even their football club came and went, so it’s understandable that they will try to equate the new entity with the old one.<\/p>\n

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It’s understandable that they will substitute talk for action.<\/p>\n

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They’re that used to being detached from reality that they’ve forgotten to trust the evidence of their own eyes.<\/p>\n

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So have we, but in exactly the opposite way.<\/p>\n

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Let’s not allow our fear of defeat to overwhelm our desire for success……<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, we had this, er , visual treat….<\/p>\n

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Cesar\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Morag, a lifelong Sevco fan of 8 years is a wee bit deaf. She was mortified to learn after all these years that the fans weren\u2019t actually singing swallow,swallow.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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That game from yesteryear with the Super Celtic power through headline….<\/p>\n

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And today, amuse yourselves with this….<\/p>\n

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