The outstanding league game against St. Mirren at Celtic Park has now been re-scheduled for Sunday , February 2 at 3pm. Perhaps it will be outstanding.<\/p>\n
It’d better be.<\/p>\n
My sunday dinner is the only time the whole family sits down together to discuss the weeks events, and it will be a real wrench to miss it.<\/p>\n
You never know. She might read this.<\/p>\n
If you’re struggling for ideas for Christmas presents, the club have come up with a three match package deal which covers the Partick game, (January 1) , Kilmarnock, (11th ) and Motherwell (18th ) for just \u00a366. Add the kids on to that and it will be a further \u00a321 each.<\/p>\n
This international break ( is it just me or do we seem to have domestic breaks from the international football these days ?)- is a bit of a calm before the storm, as Celtic have seven games in December, and five in January.<\/p>\n
Great planning by the fixture people, at a time when money is traditionally tight, but at least there won’t be as much traffic on London Road.<\/p>\n
Maybe the only person looking forward to the international matches is Fraser Forster, who will start for England against Chile, which should add a few bob to the money that we get for him when he goes.<\/p>\n
If he goes. He’s got everything he wants now with the international recognition, so theres no hurry anymore. If you don’t count money.<\/p>\n
Alright, when he goes.<\/p>\n
Alan Pardew, the man with a high regard for Scottish football and a keen eye for goalkeeping talent, has defended his decision to let Forster move to Celtic;<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s get one things straight about Fraser, we didn\u2019t want to lose him. But Fraser was absolutely adamant that he wanted first-team football and we couldn\u2019t provide him with that.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, you can\u2019t play two goalkeepers \u2013 that\u2019s a bit tricky \u2013 and at the time, we just felt that Tim had the edge. Since then, there\u2019s no doubt that Fraser has progressed at Celtic. I thought it was a great move for him because it\u2019s opened the door to a lot of European football. He\u2019s done terrific in a lot of those games.\u201d<\/p>\n
No, I don’t know who Tim is either.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe\u2019s such a big frame in the goal, and that\u2019s probably his biggest asset,\u201d the Newcastle boss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can reach right into the corners of the goal to make fabulous saves when other goalkeepers might struggle to get up there. We\u2019re all chuffed for him because we really liked him as a guy. Unfortunately, it was just a case of the timing not really working out.<\/p>\n
\u201cTiming and circumstances in life is what it\u2019s all about, and things have worked out well for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI only had him for a short period, but he was always a confident guy, very assured about his ability.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s a very intelligent boy and that will stand him in good stead if he is selected to play for England at some stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thats from the North East journal, and its not surprising that Pardew is covering his tracks, although its a tad unfair to over criticise him for making the wrong decision where a keeper is concerned.<\/p>\n
Its not like he had Brad Freidel, Shay Given and Gordon Marshall on the books, and kept Marshall.<\/p>\n
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Also in the article was this surprising little tittle of information;<\/p>\n
” Forster comes from an untypical background for a footballer \u2013 father Brian is a High Court judge at Newcastle Crown Court and he was a student at the Royal Grammar School before his football career took off. ”<\/p>\n
Shocked me. I thought the correct word is “atypical ”<\/p>\n
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