Sorry we’re a wee bit late this morning. I was in the Co-op and some fellow lost a twenty pound note. I had to stand on it until he had gone.<\/p>\n
There was a bit of drama at the home of Celtics player of the month Kris Commons yesterday. Apparently the kids set the burglar alarm \u00a0off, and when there was a commotion outside Kris bravely sent his wife to see what was going on. Her twitter account describes what happened next.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing quite like your kids accidentally setting the alarm off and half of Glasgow\u2019s police turning up on the front lawn! Oh dear.<\/p>\n
\u201cMade April and Wills go down and say sorry to the police, didn\u2019t realise my buttons were open on my nightshirt, cops got an eyeful #cringe!\u201d<\/p>\n
She later added: \u201cThree kids all up wide awake… Back to bed? No chance, lol.<\/p>\n
\u201cBreakfast anyone? We\u2019re all up!\u201d<\/p>\n
Early indications show that the recruitment line at Police Scotland has seen a considerable increase in enquiries.<\/p>\n
All this while her husband has been talking of the ups and downs of playing for Celtic;<\/p>\n
“You have to take football as a package. The bad times make the good times even better.<\/p>\n
“Footballers don’t just have illustrious careers and great highs all the time.<\/p>\n
“You have to have those lows to make the highs as good as they are.<\/p>\n
“I’m probably grateful that, these times when I am enjoying it, picking up awards and scoring goals, I can keep my feet on the ground because I know how bad it can be.”<\/p>\n
He was referring to the time he got a straight red at Tynecastle, which he said was a “dark time ” for him.<\/p>\n
( Quite how thats a dark time for him is unfathomable. a straight red at Tynecastle is on my bucket list. )<\/p>\n
As was the 2011-12 season;<\/p>\n
“It was one of those seasons which had never happened in my career before,” he reflected. “I’d gone from coming in, scoring goals, and doing really well to picking up injuries and not playing well.<\/p>\n
“My form was terrible, so I couldn’t argue about not playing. But two months earlier I had been playing really well, and I just didn’t have the answers.<\/p>\n
“When you are playing badly, and you’re injured all of the time, you tend to try even harder and end up making yourself worse. It was a bit of a learning curve for me.”<\/p>\n
Did he think of leaving ?<\/p>\n
“No, never. This is the best club I’ve ever played for.”<\/p>\n
Which is exactly the sort of thing supporters love to hear-especially when you know he means it.<\/p>\n
Is that why he’s signed a new deal-as reports indicated ?<\/p>\n
“I saw that on the back of the papers, but I’ve not heard anything about it yet.<\/p>\n
“I’m still looking for this three-year deal (another report). Is that floating around anywhere?<\/p>\n
“I’d like to stay here, so it’s important for me to keep playing, keep scoring, stay in the manager’s eye and see where it take us.”<\/p>\n
We heard some years ago that James McCarthy met Peter Lawwell, and agreed to join Celtic. His dad was over the moon. But that was the last the McCarthys heard from Celtic. Word from the inside is that someone at Celtic simply forgot to ring him back.<\/p>\n
Can we make sure that doesn’t happen with Commons ?<\/p>\n
Contracts manager, like PR man , is a bit of a mystery position at the club. At least you always knew who Jock Brown was, whether you rated him or not.<\/p>\n
And PR man ? I think Celtic could do with one.<\/p>\n
Anyhoo, theres a big top of the table clash to look forward to today, when Motherwell come to town.<\/p>\n
They are back in the saddle after a terrible start to the season, and will prove difficult opponents for the Celts, who have not played a competitive game for a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
Can the recent good form continue ? Will it be the free flowing Celtic who crushed the Fir Park side at Fir Park who turn up ?<\/p>\n
And most importantly, whose turn is it to be injured by the hatchet men from hell-or Lanarkshire, as it says on the map.<\/p>\n
Adam Matthews, still traumatised by his assault earlier in the season is a doubt. He’s received counselling, but the sight of a Motherwell shirt still gives him flashbacks and nightmares, and even the mention of the team will bring him out in a cold sweat.<\/p>\n
Also unlikely to feature are Georgios Samaras, Beram Kayal , Mikael Lustig and Mo Bangura. It sort of goes without saying that Steven Mouyokolo won’t make it.<\/p>\n
Stefan Johansen and Holmbert Fridjonsson could be added to the squad, but frankly if they get a glance of Motherwells style, they might not be so enthusiastic about playing in Scotland. Its a good job we signed them before this game.<\/p>\n
Motherwell striker John Sutton, brother of former Celt Chris, is surprisingly confident, after he was praised by motherwell legend Willie Pettigrew during the week.<\/p>\n
( Motherwell legend-a bit like Ibrox financial wizard. )<\/p>\n
“It gives you a nice feeling when you hear that someone of Willie Pettigrew’s stature has said the nice things he did about me. When someone that knows the game inside out and has been there and done it, takes the time out to make complementary remarks about your game it does give you a lift.<\/p>\n
“But I guess I have to back these words up at Celtic Park and right now there is no tougher task than to go to there and try to get a result.<\/p>\n
“That said, the good thing for us is that we have put together a great run over the last six games and we are going to Parkhead with our self-belief high and our resolve very strong. We know we have to produce our best form to get something but we believe that if we do we can leave with a positive result.”<\/p>\n
Motherwell will take up their usual formation before the game;<\/p>\n
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Its incredible, but its exactly one year today since Celtic man and true club great Sean Fallon passed away.<\/p>\n
Manager Neil Lennon said this of him, on the club site yesterday;<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember one of the last times I saw Sean. It was the day that he unfurled the Championship flag.<\/p>\n
\u201cSean was always a very outgoing person, the quintessential Irishman \u2013 a real class act. He always had a story for you or a bit of craic and that day he came in with his whole family you could see it meant just so much to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, in my manager\u2019s office on that day, there was about 3,000 people in there and 1,500 were red-heads so there\u2019s a real good gene running through the Fallon family!<\/p>\n
\u201cEven when I signed for Celtic, I had the blond hair at the time and he came up and gave me a wee dunt and told me to change back to red.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSean was always sharp as a tack, even well into his later years as he was still very bright and always had a kind word for you. He is an icon of the club and will be long remembered by everyone at Celtic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some people will never be forgotten. RIP Sean.<\/p>\n
Manager Lennon took in the Norwich Fulham game the other night, and the papers would have you believe that he is already looking through the office furniture websites for a desk that will go nicely in Chris Hughtons headquarters.<\/p>\n
This is from Sportsmole;<\/p>\n
” Norwich chief executive\u00a0David McNally<\/a>\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday that the club would not “contemplate” relegation to the Championship, adding that he would “prefer death rather than relegation”.<\/p>\n
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