We will come back stronger than ever. We are looking forward to the challenges which lie ahead, we are not panicking, we are staying calm, and we have great belief in the players.<\/em><\/p>\n “What have they won? 11 trophies in a row. It’s not bad. And I think the criticism at times is overbalanced against them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “I think what we are going through is not normal, it’s not a normal season,”<\/em><\/p>\n “Not only do they have the football challenges and the challenge of that, they’ve got other challenges that every club is going through, some benefit better than others, but we are adapting as we go along.<\/em><\/p>\n “There’s a long, long way to go in the season, a lot to look forward to and w<\/em>e‘ve just had a bit of a downturn in performances but I understand why.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, if he can’t, or won’t , see that there is a problem, then we’re not going to solve it any time soon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n It’s easy to criticise, and we’ve all been doing it this week, and probably in the weeks running up to the last two games, which have seen unacceptable performances and results.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, to help turn things around, I’m going to offer my own blueprint for success, a visionary document outlining how we can turn this season around in such a way that we’ll all be laughing about it in years to come.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A blueprint for success.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Actually, in keeping with the first point, it’s more a greenprint for success.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And that first point ?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Celtic should wear the green shirt, the one with white horizontal stripes -hoops- in every game this season. Should a change be required we can use the white shirt with green hoops.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That will remind the players just who and what they are playing for.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They are playing for a football club, a constant in all our lives , and , indeed for some of us, a way of life itself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A lifelong emotional and financial investment, a commitment that can be said , on occasion, that is not matched by those who represent us on and off the field.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Celtic are known throughout the world for the iconic strip, and it should be worn at all times.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let others know who we are, but more importantly, remind ourselves of who we are and where we came from.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, about those who wear that strip…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There has been talk of players who wish to leave, and without naming names that is certainly a point to consider, but as this season stumbes along to an almost certain early close, there is no room for baggage, no space for hangers on with their own interests on their minds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We need full focus, a level of desire and concentration not seen for many a year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, we need to establish who actually wants to play for the club for the right reasons, and to do that we must conduct a simple test.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After a light training session this morning, the manager should call the players together and tell them that the team for the next game will be picked purely on the basis of who wants to play, and when everyone puts their hands up, he mut then outline what they have to do to show their desire is genuine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The players will then be divided into four groups.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards. Wingers can elect to join their group of choice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Depending on the system chosen, the shirts will then be laid out in the dressing room and the players can simply go and get the one they want before anyone else picks it up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Except, they must first jog to Gourock Pier, jump into the clyde and swim to dunoon Pier, hire a bicycle and cycle over the Rest and Be Thankful back to Glasgow to pick up their shirt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First goalie back gets the shirt, first defenders back get the shirts, and so on.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thats your first eleven for the rest of the season, and they work on their strengths and anyone else has to wait until they are injured or not playing the way the manager wants them to.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Their position goes to the first runner up in the race, and so on down the line.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some of you may have noticed that this sort of exertion may leave the players a little stiff for tomorrows game at Aberdeen, but we could do with that being called off to allow the new look Celts to get used to playing together, as lets face it, one or two of our current first team will still be trying to get back to the ground tomorrow afternoon, and so there will be changes next time out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is where Gaving Strachan comes in, as let’s face it, he;s doing fuck all else.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n His job today is to gather all the phone numbers of all the Aberdeen players, coaches and staff. When he has done that, he then pops over to the Forge shopping centre and buys what drug dealers call a burner phone, one that is untraceable and can be destroyed after use.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They’re about twenty quid, and he’ll need probably the same amount of credit to perform his next task.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Which is to send them this…late tonight…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Followed by this…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then chuck the phone away.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dons will have no choice but to call the game off and that gives us time to work on shape, formation, tactics and most importantly, passion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And Gavin Strachan will have done something useful.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Piece of piss this management lark.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m surprised they never asked me sooner.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Caption competitons…remember them ?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last Saturday we had this…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n R.St. Parsley\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Caption:<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Neil Lennon has had a moan in the media regarding the amount of stick his charges have been getting over their recent piss poor performances.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/losers-do-whatever-is-easiest-winners-do-whatever-it-takes-quote-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-4d3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16187,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185\/revisions\/16187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Coronavirus](\"https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline-expandable\/public\/images\/stopcovid_exposure-more-information_01092020%20%283%29.jpg?itok=EGBJgyL7\")
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