{"id":16972,"date":"2021-06-16T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T09:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16972"},"modified":"2021-06-16T10:37:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T09:37:20","slug":"celtic-diary-wednesday-june-16-early-warning-signs-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=16972","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Wednesday June 16: Early Warning Signs Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since the last Diary, as I held off until there was actually something to say. One almost feels the traditional mainstream media silly season has spilled over into the new media, with the desire to say something overruling the feeling that something is not always worth saying.<\/p>\n

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The Euros have provided a welcome distraction from the ills at Celtic Park, not least for the new manager who can get to work in peace when he finally arrives in town.<\/p>\n

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It will give him a chance to get to know the core staff at Lennoxtown and Celtic Park who see a lot more of what goes on than those at management level, work out which ones will get flowers and chocolates, and get himself some extra eyes around the place.<\/p>\n

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Believe me, he’ll need them.<\/p>\n

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We hear he saw one chap busting a gut in extra training , and commented that that was the sort of attitude he was looking for.<\/p>\n

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Those flowers will be money well spent……<\/p>\n

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Postecoglou may be tempted to reach out to the collection of Celts, ex Celts and next Celts doing their stuff on the big stage as he plans for the new season, although none of them particularly merited a mention in the shit show against Czechia.<\/p>\n

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Stevie Clarke opted for a collection of journeymen which was fairly decent apart from the last line and the first line, with Lyndon Dykes failing to find the net and David Marshall forgetting where his was.<\/p>\n

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And some people wanted him to manage Celtic….<\/p>\n

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It’s all fixed anyway, as BBC Scotland let slip the second round draw on twitter…..<\/p>\n

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With attention now focused on the game against England, who some of you may not know won the World Cup in 1966, you’d think Celtic would keep themselves off the back pages and allow the new man a chance to settle.<\/p>\n

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But then, Celtic and thinking don’t go hand in hand.<\/p>\n

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The most obvious clanger to hit the ground with a thud was allowing Neil Lennon to talk to the media.<\/p>\n

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Lennon has blamed pretty much everything and anyone he can think of for last seasons collapse, without a single mention of the simple fact that he was in charge.<\/p>\n

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He even went so far as to blame a new breed of Celtic fan, accustomed only to success, for upsetting his delicate little flowers when they lost to Ross County.<\/p>\n

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Fair play to him , though, he certainly put paid to any sense of entitlement these fans may have had…..<\/p>\n

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Privately, we’re led to believe he’s telling anyone who will listen that the French guys didn’t want to play for him…which we knew….Ryan Christie wanted away…we knew that as well….and Scott Brown wasn;t up to another season.<\/p>\n

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Hardly the book of revelations.<\/p>\n

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Dubai wasn’t a mistake either.<\/p>\n

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Maybe not, but getting so drunk you had to be put to bed whilst others went out clubbing and came home not with local lassies but local viruses, and not the kind that can be treated at a clinic, was perhaps not the best indicator that the staff didn’t treat it as a jolly.<\/p>\n

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Although perhaps the club didn’t feel the need to make Lennon sign some sort of non disclosure agreement, its starting to look like another own goal in a long list of defensive errors.<\/p>\n

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Like this one…..<\/p>\n

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Those who have renewed their season books, and we hear not many have, have been asked to register their interest in attending match days should the government, not content with making us suffer at home and at work, should decide to allow us in to watch Celtic play.<\/p>\n

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As if buying a season book …again.,.with no idea if they will be allowed in this season either wasn;t confirmation enough that they wanted to see a game.<\/p>\n

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The club have also revealed that season book renewals will not be extended beyond June 25.<\/p>\n

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This is a clear sign that they are not getting the figures they expected, and so will use the “waiting list ” to frighten punters into parting with hundreds of pounds ..again,,,for a product they cannot guarantee they will supply.<\/p>\n

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Again.<\/p>\n

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They really need to not only look out of the windows at Celtic Park but occasionally pop out into town and have a look at whats going on around them in the real world.<\/p>\n

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Finally, and not before time, the support have had enough, and quietly, with the minimum of fuss, have decided there is no more piss to take.<\/p>\n

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These are hard times, and there cannot be a family in the land who have not questioned the value for money provided by a season book that in all probability will not be used.<\/p>\n

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Ah. The board,<\/p>\n

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Funny you should mention that lot.<\/p>\n

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there’s yet another little scandal blowing up around a club at Ibrox. they seem to attract them…<\/p>\n

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When the plague came to town, the Scottish government moved to help football clubs…..<\/p>\n

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Jolly splendid of them.<\/p>\n

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However, one club seemed to get a little bit more than others….<\/p>\n

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Twice as much as the originally mentioned sum.<\/p>\n

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A twenty year interest free loan to tide your business over, repayable over twenty years ? It’s as close to free money as you can get.<\/p>\n

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I’ve no idea if Celtic took advantage of this scheme, but there is certainly something not right here. If there were funds left over after the initial round of appliations, were they given to clubs who held out their plate and asked for more ?<\/p>\n

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Did Celtic not ask for a loan to further enable the Ibrox club to delay an insolvency event ?<\/p>\n

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Just the fact that I’m asking this question means that there is an acknowledgement that our board seem more concerned about the ibrox entity collapsing than pressuring their own support into parting with their own cash in a time of national emergency.<\/p>\n

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With share issues to raise money on an almost daily basis over the river now, there’s clearly a problem.<\/p>\n

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Have Celtic , and i ask because they have form for this, helped to prolong the aginy over there ?<\/p>\n

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Is it another example of corporate negligence, along with the five way agreement, to perpetuate the old firm brand ?<\/p>\n

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The fixtures for next season are out already.<\/p>\n

The draw for the champions league is today.<\/p>\n

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This shit is getting real.<\/p>\n

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Celtic have to pull their thighs together or they’ll be shafted again.<\/p>\n

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Or we will.<\/p>\n

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