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<\/a>\u00a0games and noticing it was a step up from the Scottish Premier League,\u201d he said. \u201cI just wanted to come down here and try and make myself a regular in the team.\u201d<\/p>\nThe midfielder used to play for Clyde and Kilmarnock, prompting cries of “oh, that Craig Bryson ”<\/p>\n
Celtic will be without Charlie Mulgrew and James Forrest for tomorrows Glasgow Derby at Firhill. Forrest has hurt his ankle, and Mulgrew his heel. Forrest took a sore one against ajax, and is better wrapped up again until the rematch, where the plan is to let Ajax kick him again, so that he gets a head of steam up and scores another vital goal on our way to the last sixteen. He could arguably be seen to have stepped into Victor Wanyamas shoes with his vital strikes in Europe<\/p>\n
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With Mulgrew having the foot injury, which would restrict his mobility, Lennon might try him in goal, as we’ll need someone there when Forster goes.<\/p>\n
Scott Brown will feature, and he has announced his intention to make a personal appeal to UEFA against his three match ban. He thinks a personal word in their ear will help.<\/p>\n
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I’m not sure he should go down that path, especially if it goes against him. can see him kicking the clerk of the court on the way out, and if he wins , will he do this in front of the judge ?<\/p>\n
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Neil Lennon, himself no stranger to twitter, has warned players, their wives and anyone else he could think of about the dangers of social media;<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had to warn the players about Twitter. Not just the players but their wives as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve told the players anything damaging the reputation of the club will be heavily fined \u2013 and we might have to stop them using it altogether. We have made them clear on that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been episodes even before this week where I have taken a dim view on it. We\u2019ve made it clear that there is a certain line you can\u2019t cross.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Charlie putting up naked pictures wasn\u2019t one of his brighter ideas, I have to say. So he\u2019ll get punished for that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI use Twitter myself and there are a lot of good things you can use it for. For example, I did a 10k run the other week and raised a lot of money for charity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I hadn\u2019t used Twitter I probably wouldn\u2019t have raised nearly as much. So there are benefits but, like everything else, there are also drawbacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have sympathy for the players in terms of how easy it is to get dragged into something. But they should be experienced enough to know what they can and cannot do on a public site.\u201d<\/p>\n
They’re footballers. Most of which need adult supervision when they’re putting their shoes on.<\/p>\n
Someone else who needs adult supervision has been waffling again…<\/p>\n
Ally McCoist, speaking after Dave King, who has paid lots of money instead of going to jail said that he;<\/p>\n
\u201cknows for sure\u201d that the SFA will allow him to take up a post at Second Rangers<\/p>\n
King \u00a0said: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here otherwise. I\u2019ve checked this fully with the relevant people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stewart Regan of the SFA is on Radio Scotland today, so we can all check it as well.<\/p>\n
King continued;<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m back for a series of confidential meetings to establish the best way to take Rangers forward. I\u2019m here to see if I can get rid of the disharmony at boardroom level and between the board and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need a funding campaign to make sure that when the club does need money, it is already in place with the right people at the right cost.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, he’s going to borrow money…. Good luck with that one.<\/p>\n
McCoist though, to recap, is delighted, and has given the new chairman the managers vote of confidence. ( They do things differently in lalaland. )<\/p>\n
The words in brackets are mine ;<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to go in challenging when we get back to the top flight.”<\/p>\n
( Your club has never been in the top flight. )<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no point in us going in and just thinking about top six. That\u2019s no disrespect to the other teams in the country and I hope they wouldn\u2019t see it like that.<\/p>\n
( It’ll be a few years before you can think about top six. )<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the standards at our club are different.<\/p>\n
( Does he mean financial or moral standards ? )<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve always been expected to challenge for the division. That should never change. It\u2019s going to take time to get back to the level we want to be at.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will need to be a cash injection to raise the bar and raise the quality again.<\/p>\n
( so, the premier league players he signed to win the third division are not good eough for the premier league. More good man management there, and as for the desire for a cash injection… he still doesn’t get it, does he ? )<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t lose all those players we did and expect, in three or four years, to be up challenging where you were at Champions League level.<\/p>\n
( You didn’t lose anyone. The old club folded, and you started a new one. You cannot lose what you didn’t have. )<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the motivation is to get back to that level. It might seem a long way off but we were in a UEFA final just over five years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
( Yes, they’re still cleaning up in Manchester. )<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want to go down the road we\u2019ve been down financially \u2013 but we need to give the fans the best team we can get.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are players here capable of being with us when we get back to the top league. Time will tell who makes the journey.<\/p>\n
( ah, the journey. And time will also tell who gets sick of it. )<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of a sudden we are signing players from SPL sides where it\u2019s okay to win two games, draw one, lose one, lose another, draw one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s okay because that\u2019s the norm and generally accepted for those teams. It\u2019s not a criticism at all, I just believe it\u2019s a statement of fact that these teams aren\u2019t expected to go and win every week so therefore it\u2019s not a disaster when they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
( Is he not aware he’s a couple of divisions below the Premier ? )<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to get into the mentality of our boys that getting beat 3-1 at Brechin at half-time is just about a semi-disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n
( Oh, yes. \u00a0He is. “Just about a semi disaster. ” Would love to have seen the players faces if thats what he said to them at half time. ))<\/p>\n
Neil Doncaster has been appointed to the board of the European Professional Football Leagues. He will hold the position for three years and said that he is ” honoured. ”<\/p>\n
Just as Scotlands profile on the field is raised by some decent results, and its reputation enhanced, this loon gets to walk in the corridors of power.<\/p>\n
Paul Lambert was the only player not discovered\/signed by Sean Fallon from yesterdays collection.<\/p>\n
Coyle was under the great mans wing at Dumbarton.<\/p>\n
Odd one out again today,<\/p>\n
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