{"id":16718,"date":"2021-01-27T12:10:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16718"},"modified":"2021-01-27T12:10:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:10:54","slug":"celtic-diary-wednesday-january-27-im-a-footballer-get-me-out-of-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16718","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Wednesday January 27: I’m A Footballer Get Me Out Of Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremie Frimpong, the right back with a smile on his face, is set to further his career and development away from Celtic Park with a \u00a311m move. I can’t remember who to, but thats because it doesn’t matter. He becomes the second defender to secure an escape route from his career stalling after Jack Hendry, ( remember him ?) , decided he didn’t want to come back.<\/p>\n

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It’s interesting to note that the defence, which currently suffers from a lack of defenders, has lost two more….which points to a lack of planning, although no doubt there’s an Israeli agent somewhere waiting by his phone, holding a list of right backs available for a six month loan, as six months is the best you can hope for before they get injured.<\/p>\n

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Frimpong has suffered from a lack of confidence of late, but then being kicked up and down the park with little protection from referees, and even less outrage from his manager and club, tend to have that effect on a mans self esteem, and one wonders of the managers way of dealing with it was merely to tell him to “man up “, or “grow a pair “.<\/p>\n

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Which, of course, isn’t management, its just shouting, and can even be interpreted as bullying….<\/p>\n

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Frimpong, it seems, says the club hasn’t met his demands….<\/p>\n

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

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That was an instagram post, and look who “liked ” it…..<\/p>\n

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Two more youngsters who want away.<\/p>\n

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It would be wrong to speculate on those demands, and if they were met, not met or even made.<\/p>\n

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But too many bits of tittle tattle are all pointing in the same direction.<\/p>\n

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Frimpong and Hendry will likely be joined by other players on their way out of the jungle, and the money will be welcomed. At least the board have a ready made excuse for not spending it this time, with the pandemic reaching grim new heights….<\/p>\n

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Ryan Christie is shooting for a place in an English side, though if his shooting on the pitch is anything to go by, he’ll still be here when the transfer window shuts. Leeds United is the rumoured destination.<\/p>\n

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Oddsone Edoaurd is apparently on the shopping list of West Ham and Aston Villa, though Neil Lennon has denied any interest.<\/p>\n

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Like Peter would tell him…..<\/p>\n

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\"Stan<\/p>\n

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As it stands, Frank Lampard has joined the list of next Celtic managers, alongside Rafael Benitez and Eddie Howe. With Celtic saying and likely doing nothing about the slide into mediocrity, which can be blamed entirely on the current management, it’s looking more and more like Lennon has photos of Lawwel in the bath with Desmond, and the only people making anything out of the gossip are the bookies.<\/p>\n

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The papers, and no doubt Sky TV, would love to see Frank Lampard renew his rivalry with Steven Gerrard, whilst Celtic fans would surely see this as another example of our club being dragged down to their level, and an enforcement of the Old Firm brand that seems to be more important than integrity or honesty to those running Celtic.<\/p>\n

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Appointing Lampard would not be a decision made with any thought to player development or club ambition, and it would be complete folly for the board to even consider it.<\/p>\n

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Which means he’ll be here on Monday, with Sky TV paying half his wages.<\/p>\n

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Thats the problem. Celtic buy low, develop, and sell high. Or at least, thats the theory.<\/p>\n

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Young players are pitched first class training, sports science and a chance to play in the champions League, cup finals and to win medals.<\/p>\n

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If they are successful, and develop accordingly, learning their trade, improving their fitness, discipline and concentration, they are sold for huge sums of money.<\/p>\n

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They earn contracts worth millions.<\/p>\n

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Thats what used to happen.<\/p>\n

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We won’t be able to attract promising youngsters as long as Lennon stays in charge.<\/p>\n

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We could well be stuck with loannees and players with poor fitness and injury records.<\/p>\n

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Players who can’t get a game for their club.<\/p>\n

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Thats the path we’re on, and someone needs to take the wheel and change direction, and it needs to be soon.<\/p>\n

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Celtic face Hamilton tonight, if you are interested, and it looks like the game is all but irrelevant.<\/p>\n

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Unless Neil Lennon gets rat arsed and runs naked around the pitch singing the Broad Black Brimmer he’ll still be in a job tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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And thats the problem.<\/p>\n

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Last Friday was the last caption competition….<\/p>\n

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\"Bournemouth<\/p>\n

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pilsbury dough bhoy<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cRight, we\u2019re agreed then. Next season I leave Leicester in the lurch and go to Chelsea. You leave Celtic in the lurch and go to Leicester. Then I leave Chelsea in the lurch and go to Real, and\u2026\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Today…<\/p>\n

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\"Hyndland<\/p>\n

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On a sad note, two great names from Celtic’s history passed away this week.<\/p>\n

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\"Johannes<\/p>\n

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Johannes Edvaldsson, the man who replaced Billy McNeill on the field when he retired, was 70.<\/p>\n

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Part of the ten men who won the league, the big Icelander was the mainstay of a defence that had been led by McNeill for over a decade, and he filled those boots as well as anyone could.<\/p>\n

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In fact, one could argue that had McNeill not retired, and stayed on as his mentor, we could have had a real top class defender in our ranks.<\/p>\n

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Dr Jozef Venglos , one of Europes top coaches and Celtic manager also passed away, aged 84.<\/p>\n

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\"Ex-Celtic<\/p>\n

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He’ll be remembered for signing Johann Mjallby and Lubomir Moravcik, a 5-1 thrashing of Rangers, and making Hugh Keevins look like a knob.<\/p>\n

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The latter, for me, was a major benchmark in how supporters came to realise, in the days before sites like this one, just how ignorant, lazy, and downright hostile the mainstream sports media was, and still is, in Scotland…<\/p>\n

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Hugh wrote, in the Sunday Mail, re Moravcik, who had 76 Czechoslovakian caps at the time…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cI don’t know what I find more laughable \u2013 the fact that Celtic cannot find \u00a3500,000 from their biscuit tin to sign a proven talent like John Spencer, or the fact that they then spent \u00a3300,000 on one of Dr Jo’s old pals, the unknown\u00a0Lubomir Moravcik<\/b>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In fact, I have it on good authority Moravcik cost half of that. The price was inflated to try to avoid media ridicule…..<\/p>\n

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Thank you, Dr Jo, as with Moravcik, it’s a shame we didn’t have you earlier or for longer….<\/p>\n

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