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<\/p>\nThe official website says that full back Adam Matthews will see a specialist today , in the wake of the assault by Keith Lasley early in the 2-0 win over Motherwell. The player may yet face surgery, and could be out for a couple of months.<\/p>\n
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You would think that someone would make some sort of complaint, so that Lasley could be punished for what was quite obviously a reckless , two footed lunge. but its not worth holding your breath. Neil Lennon has stated that he doesn’t blame Lasley, but might change his mind if he looked at it again. Lasley is not noted for his skill, and has been used as a hatchet man by his manager Stuart McCall for a while now, and its about time something was done about it.<\/p>\n
McCall defended his player, calling it a late challenge;<\/p>\n
” I told him to do him last season ”<\/p>\n
Kris Commons is obviously missing his buddy Gary Hooper. With no-one to talk to, the forward is speaking to the press at every conceivable opportunity, and has mentioned that he wants the team to wrap up the title early;<\/p>\n
“We are going to try and go unbeaten throughout the league season. We want to pick up as many points as mathematically possible and hopefully get the league wrapped up sooner rather than later so we can rest players for bigger cup games because we still want to do the double.<\/p>\n
“It will be very difficult because obviously there are teams in the league who always want to beat you. There are a lot of places that are very hard to go and play your football.”<\/p>\n
All of which is fairly sensible, but as usual, the MSM will see it as disrespectful, and will now use it as a stick to beat him with if it all goes a bit pear shaped. The prediction, that is, not Commons, who isn’t pear shaped at all.<\/p>\n
Manager Neil Lennon has played down this sort of talk;<\/p>\n
“People were asking me about the treble a couple of weeks ago. So, it (talk of an unbeaten campaign) is all very premature.<\/p>\n
“But I’m delighted with the start to the season we have made in the league, and with the football we are playing.<\/p>\n
“We’ve set the players targets in the league, and they are achieving them so far.”<\/p>\n
Lennon admitted climbing to the top of the table for the first time this season was one target already achieved.<\/p>\n
And the manner in which they overtook long-time leaders, Inverness, made it all the sweeter.<\/p>\n
“It means a lot, even at this stage, psychologically,” said Lennon of claiming first place.<\/p>\n
“All round, it was a great day for us on Saturday, with us beating Motherwell, Inverness losing to St Johnstone and Aberdeen losing to Ross County.<\/p>\n
“It gives us a gap at the top and a cushion with the game we have in hand, as well.<\/p>\n
“Our goal difference has also improved, so it was a very satisfying day.”<\/p>\n
Well, it would. It was Celtics first clean sheet in seven games, which surprised the gaffer a bit.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t know that,” he admitted. “We started off the season well in terms of clean sheets, so it was important to get back to that on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“There is no doubt that, with the onset of the Champions League and the demands those games bring, there is a fatigue that sets in around 10-15 minutes before the end of matches.<\/p>\n
“But, with the extra day of recovery we had from playing on the Tuesday rather than the Wednesday, there was a better freshness about us overall.”<\/p>\n
Commons , possibly annoyed his manager was getting all the attention, then said he would consider a return to the Scotland set up, solved the mystery of perpetual motion and was working on a cure for cancer.<\/p>\n
Well, the latter two maybe, but returning to play for the national team ? He’s just being silly.<\/p>\n
From HITC Sport, and these are the comments;<\/p>\n
\u201cGeorgios is also very important to us and his performance against Barcelona was magnificent,\u201d he told the news provider.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is quite unique in the way he plays so obviously we\u2019d like to get him tied down for a considerable period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The reporter is a chap called Jack Beresford, and such early promise could lead to an early move to one of the MSMs big guns.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which, its time for another interview from Hugh Keevins with his hero Ally Mccoist;<\/p>\n
” \u00a0 \u00a0ALLY McCOIST looks at Celtic in the Champions League and knows Rangers will need massive\u00a0investment<\/a>\u00a0in new players to keep up with them on the home front.<\/p>\n Former owner Charles Green once promised McCoist a \u00a310million war chest during his turbulent reign at Ibrox.<\/p>\n The manager didn\u2019t hold his breath waiting for that promise to reach fruition.<\/p>\n But Ibrox chief executive Craig Mather should know now that McCoist will need reinforcements if Old Firm rivalry is to be renewed on a level playing field.<\/p>\n
\nThe Ibrox manager is putting it on the record now that he will need to make gradual additions to his squad rather than try to alter the side in one go when Rangers return to the top flight<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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