{"id":16460,"date":"2020-12-05T10:02:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T10:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16460"},"modified":"2020-12-05T10:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T10:02:06","slug":"celtic-diary-saturday-december-5-king-saves-celtics-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16460","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Saturday December 5: King Saves Celtic’s Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave king came out of hiding on the back of a decent run for his fledgling club, and as he tries desperately to fleece the hordes one more time, for old times sake, he may well have committed a fatal error.<\/p>\n

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In a question and answer session with Raman Bawheid of STV, he waxed lyrical about the good times ahead , sensing an opportunity to join Charles Green et al in the rogues gallery of those who have lined their pockets at the expense of the gullibillies.<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if it could be called a\u00a0 face to face interview, as Bawheid spent most of the time around the back of King with his nose firmly clenched by the great man’s buttocks, but some of the drivel from the South African based fraudster is worth noting….<\/p>\n

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For instance, the opening question is little more than an advert for Dave’s latest wheeze….<\/p>\n

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Q: Why did you decide to sell to Club 1872?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Whilst we know it’s because they are the only people daft enough to buy into the worthless entity, King claimed\u00a0 it was because…<\/p>\n

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The reason it\u2019s Club 1872, that\u2019s my best representation of what I feel is a meaningful supporters group\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Come to think of it, thats the same thing, really.<\/p>\n

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A couple of years ago you predicted that Celtic in one season would fold like a pack of cards. Is that what we\u2019re seeing now? Do you stand by that comment?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I stand by it. Celtic have had a run, they\u2019ve won titles. We weren\u2019t there, I think five of the years, we weren\u2019t there. When we came back we clearly didn\u2019t have the resources to compete. We\u2019ve slowly built that up and narrowed the gap, certainly on playing terms. We\u2019re top of the league on merit and if we can win the league this year, I don\u2019t think that will be a one-off.<\/em><\/p>\n

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And not only was he back feeding the hordes their favourite brand of shite, he knows exactly how to feed it to them.<\/p>\n

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Does that make you angry ? Are you feeling the same sort of rage right now as i am at this man’s comments ?<\/p>\n

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Good, let it build up.<\/p>\n

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Bawheid fed the bear….<\/p>\n

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So, what are you saying then?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I think Rangers can get back to being the dominant team in Scotland.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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They can’t even get back to being Rangers until he pays the bills, as he once said he would do, but Bawheid won;t pick him up on that, instead he merely continues this festival of verbal masturbation….<\/p>\n

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Consistently winning league titles?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Consistently.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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He’s almost at the tickly bit…<\/p>\n

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Like they did in the 90s?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to get back to it but I really see a situation where at the end of this year, it\u2019s not over yet, and the team comes through and is strengthened further into the next year, I would expect to see Rangers start the season as favourites. That\u2019s what I want, I want Rangers to start each season as favourites.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"South<\/p>\n

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Of course, it’s all bullshit.<\/p>\n

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King knows that the second half of the season is going to be a bit of a rollercoaster for the club\/company.<\/p>\n

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They are living week to week, he knows that and is trying to play the hordes one last time.<\/p>\n

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Now, how does all of that make you feel ?<\/p>\n

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The back page of a newspaper this morning….<\/p>\n

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\"Image\"<\/p>\n

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They even go with aberdeen looking to pip Celtic to second, which implies that the league is over.<\/p>\n

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The barricades at Celtic, two of which we believe will feature on the bench against St Johnstone to create a sense of separation from the support, although to be fair thats not entirely down to the paper, the club do need to accept some of the blame for that nonsense.<\/p>\n

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The Green Brigade, those ultra hard core supporters delighting in the chance to do what Celts for Change did in the nineties, but failing miserably by coming across as the very same self centred and entitled support that we once laughed at the other lot for being…<\/p>\n

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And the bit about Dave King “throwing down the gauntlet to Dermot Desmond….<\/p>\n

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If you’re reaction is to demand that Desmond reacts, then you are part of the problem.<\/p>\n

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We cannot tell the irish absentee landlord that it is our club, and yet expect him to sort out the problems for us.<\/p>\n

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We have to do that ourselves.<\/p>\n

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Alright, it may be that we are stuck with a manager who knows he is out on his arse as soon as a replacement is found.<\/p>\n

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It may be that the natural successor has been told he;s not the natural successor after all , which has pissed him off enormously.<\/p>\n

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It may be that some of the players don’t want to be there any more, and indeed, some of them haven’t earned the right to be there in the first place.<\/p>\n

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But we still support Celtic, right ?<\/p>\n

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And whether or not this season turns out to be the clusterfuck of all clusterfucks doesn’t change that.<\/p>\n

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All I ask is that we stop turning our rage onto our own, because that is exactly what they want us to do.<\/p>\n

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They can’t beat us on their own, they need our help to hasten the end of an era, an era that will only end if we let it.<\/p>\n

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Instead of going to meet the team this weekend and berating them, do what the song says.<\/p>\n

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Be there to give the boys a cheer.<\/p>\n

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Fuck me, they need it.<\/p>\n

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