{"id":18363,"date":"2023-06-08T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T08:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=18363"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T09:01:34","slug":"celtic-diary-thursday-june-8-in-the-good-old-summertime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=18363","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Thursday June 8: In The Good Old Summertime"},"content":{"rendered":"

The return of the Diary to the world wide web has raised a few eyebrows, a few smiles and a few what could loosely be called\u00a0 more honest comments<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Happily, for this reader, we think we’ve managed to retain a level of consistency today.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0ITV have I’m a Celebrity and Love Island, the BBC have Strictly Come Dancing on Ice and the Apprentice as mainstays of their output, and Celtic FC have their Find Me A Manager franchise.<\/div>\n
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The latest is that betting has been suspended on Brendan Rodgers getting a seond stint in charge. Dermot Desmond wants him, which usually means that’s that, though the rest of the board are split.<\/div>\n
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Some think he’s a bloody liar who can’t be trusted, and the rest think he’s worse than that.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Rodgers apparently ruled himself out of the running the other day, and now it seems he hasn’t.<\/div>\n
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I think we can safely say he hasn’t changed one bit.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Anyway, we did get a draft of his acceptance speech………<\/div>\n
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\u00a0At least we’d know what we’re getting with Brendan, and it would save us bothering with any emotional attachment.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Any time he said anything we could just nod and smile.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0There’s no further word from the ranch, and they still think it’ll be Maresco, whichever way we spell it.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0One interesting line taken by our intrepid mainstream media is, or at least will be, is that should Brendan return on his white charger, he’ll have Moussa Demebele riding behind him.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Dembele has left Lyon and is out of contract, and whilst we seem to forget that when a player is out of contract it’s becuase no one has given him one, there will no doubt be calls for him to be snapped up.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Speaking of out of contract players, Jack Butland has joined “rangers ” as part of their drive to field eleven players next season.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Beale is delighted to have snapped him up, though when the hordes see this video, of him singing along to the Calum MacGregor song with Joe Hart, they’ll probably just want him snapped.<\/div>\n
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Joe Hart signing The Calmac song #callummcgregor #joehart #celtic – YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n
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\u00a0He’s singing, not signing , of course. I asked You Tube to spell it that way to fit in with the style of the Diary.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Over at Ibrox they don;t have much to cheer them up, but with West Ham winning the European conference Cup, and Mark Warburton…remember him?….on the coaching staff, you’d think they would at least send congratulations…but nope.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0When did they sign a rabbi ? Truly they are for anyone and everyone.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0We , of course, offer our congratulations to Davie Moyes, the West Ham manager, and hope he has many, many years of success in London.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Back at the ranch and it’s gone quiet after a flurry of activity, which usually means there is about to be white smoke coming from one of the chimneys.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Clearly Celtic won’t want this to drag on any longer than neccesary, it took months to appoint that fat bloke, and there won;t be any hanging around this time.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Presumably they will now offer a three year deal, knowing whoever gets the job will be away after two.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Instead of hiring a manager, let’s just get someone in to the the press conferences. Someone who can keep the hacks amused with a jolly jape and perhaps a song and dance routine.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0As for the players, let them sort out between themselves who can play and who can have the day off.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0It might not be successful, and we might not win another treble, but at least no one will buy our players, no one will poach our manager, and it will add a sort of unpredictability to the match day experience.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0We could offset the transfer income by simply charging fans an extra tenner to be added to the substitutes bench, a pre match draw would ensure we’d all be in the ground well ahead of kick off and not in the tavern or the vaults.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Frankly, that’s a far better idea than asking Rodgers to come back, who has already shown he still has an aversion to telling the truth.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0On\u00a0 a more serious note, and to take your mind off the crap we’re going to see in the media over the next few days, or weeks, or, given that our board can be slower than a night in the cells, keep an eye out for this……<\/div>\n
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Paramount+ announced today the five-part original soccer documentary series DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS will premiere exclusively in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 6, giving fans an opportunity to catch up on all the UEFA Champions League season\u2019s pulsating action before the final on Saturday, June 10. In DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS, award-winning soccer journalist and CBS Sports analyst Guillem Balagu\u00e9, through his months-long travels crisscrossing Europe, offers an exclusive and intimate look at the world\u2019s most prestigious annual soccer tournament, the UEFA Champions League. The first four episodes of DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS will premiere on Tuesday, June 6, with the final fifth episode premiering in the weeks following the UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday, June 10, airing on the CBS Television Network and streaming live on Paramount+. Beginning with September\u2019s season-opening kickoff, Balagu\u00e9 travels tens of thousands of miles, from Scotland to Israel to Finland to Georgia as well as all the powerhouse cathedrals of the game. Whether pitch side, in family homes or meeting local heroes in the places that define their towns and fandom, Balagu\u00e9 takes viewers on a unique journey with all of Europe buzzing on UEFA Champions League match nights. DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS is a travelogue covering a passion play unlike any other. It provides viewers with unique access and insight to the scenes, the people and the players that provide the genius, drama and thrills that make the UEFA Champions League a must-see destination for every football fan in the world. DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS is a Paramount+ Original and the latest installment from STORIES FROM THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, Paramount+\u2019s expanding soccer documentary collection that also includes THE ONLY and Paramount+ Exclusives such as SIR ALEX FERGUSON: NEVER GIVE IN and BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES: THE JUVENTUS STORY. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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