{"id":4809,"date":"2014-04-03T10:31:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T09:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2014-04-03T10:31:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T09:31:53","slug":"celtic-diary-thursday-april-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=4809","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Thursday April 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post split fixtures have been announced, and it looks like we will have to wait until the last day of the season to see the presentation of the League trophy.<\/p>\n

The full list of games is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sat, Apr 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Motherwell (A)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012:45pm<\/p>\n

Sun, Apr 27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Inverness\u00a0Caley Thistle (H)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03pm<\/p>\n

Sat, May 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Aberdeen\u00a0(H)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03pm<\/p>\n

Wed, May 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0St Johnstone (A)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a07:45pm<\/p>\n

Sun, May 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dundee\u00a0United (H)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012:15pm<\/p>\n

The Motherwell and Dundee Utd games will be live on Sky, and although its not official yet, the odds are that they will want to cover the ceremony, and so it will have to be on May 11, nearly two months after the Celts actually won the thing.<\/p>\n

The players will need a rest after all the laps of honour they’ve had to do.<\/p>\n

Well, it had to happen one day, a good article has appeared in the Record, from gordon Parks, who points out the stupidity of the SFA where the charges against Leigh Griffiths are concerned.<\/p>\n

Parks article<\/a><\/p>\n

The article also points out the double standards at the SFA;<\/p>\n

There are far too many double standards in Scottish football. Somehow, the conviction of St Mirren\u2019s Paul McGowan for assaulting two policemen escapes Lunny\u2019s attention yet the sensibilities of the SFA are breached by Griffiths\u2019s daft sing song.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Finally, the rest of the football world is waking up to what we’ve known all along. The rules are different for Celtic players.<\/p>\n

There is talk that Celtic could make a move for 35 year old Damien Duff in the summer, as the Fulham veteran is out of contract, and will miss the rest of the season through injury, which makes you wonder why anybody, let alone Celtic, would gamble on him.<\/p>\n

Jack Beresford, writing on the Ladbrokes site, thinks differently;<\/p>\n

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” Duff would most likely operate as cover for Neil Lennon\u2019s squad and given his history of reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League with Chelsea, his experience could prove useful, with the Bhoys eager to improve their performances in Europe.<\/p>\n

Acting as a Ryan Giggs-like figure at the club, Duff may represent a short-term solution for the Hoops, but it could prove an astute move for a club keen to show financial restraint where possible. ”<\/p>\n

As the transfer window gets closer, there will be more stories and speculation, but its going to be hard to surpass this one for being complete and groundless fantasy.<\/p>\n

One that might have a bit more to it comes from the Herald;<\/p>\n

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” THE Argentinian Fernando Monetti is one of several goalkeepers being monitored by Celtic in the knowledge they could lose the England internationalist Fraser Forster in the summer.<\/p>\n

THE PROFILE FOR FERNANDO MONETTI<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Date of birth:<\/td>\n21.02.1989<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place of birth:<\/td>\nLa Plata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age:<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height:<\/td>\n1,84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality:<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0Argentina
\nItaly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position:<\/td>\nGoalkeeper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foot:<\/td>\nright<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Market value:<\/td>\n700.000 \u00a3
\n800.000 \u20ac\u00a0\u00a0\"Market<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The Parkhead side had a scout at the Argentinian Premier Division match between Gimnasia and Velez Sarsfield to watch the highly-rated 25-year-old. The Gimnasia goalkeeper has been linked with a move to Boca Juniors, but would prefer a move to Europe. ”<\/p>\n

The dual nationality would help him to get a work permit, and he is apparently third choice keeper for Argentina. Probably about to be capped to stop him playing for Italy. Which sort of knackers the work permit theory.<\/p>\n

Ally McCoist has leapt to the defence of “Elbows ” McCulloch, who Beram Kayal described as a dirty player in an interview with an Israeli paper-mentioned in yesterdays diary ( probably the only thing we got right yesterday, after Lawwells comments on season book renewals were revealed to be a cruel hoax. Its a good job the diary hasn’t got any credibility to destroy. )<\/p>\n

Mccoist countered with;<\/p>\n

“Anybody who knows Lee, knows he is not a dirty player.<\/p>\n

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“I don’t think he is a dirty player at all. I can’t even remember the tackle or the incident.<\/p>\n

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“I defend my player and my skipper against any comments like that.<\/p>\n

“With the greatest respect to Kayal, I would have the Old Firm games down as quite tame in comparison to some of the previous Old Firm games.<\/p>\n

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“I am not sure he would have enjoyed playing with Bertie Auld (former Celtic midfielder) and John Greig (former Rangers captain) in some of those Old Firm games, that would maybe have been a wee eye opener for him.<\/p>\n

“But as I say, I would need to defend my player. He is not a dirty player at all and we are delighted with the skipper, the way he handles himself on and off the park.”<\/p>\n

This young fellow looks delighted to meet him;<\/em><\/p>\n

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McCoist , as usual , defending the indefensible by saying he can’t even remember the tackle. Adding “to be honest \u00a0” to the beginning of a sentence usually means honesty is the last thing that will be contained within.<\/p>\n

As does adding the name Ally McCoist to a statement.<\/p>\n

His club are preparing for the Ramsdens Cup final-which is part of a possible “unprecedented treble “-( Matt Lindsay ) , and have appealed for supporters to get behind them. In fact, they need a few to push the team bus over to Edinburgh as they can’t afford to put diesel in.<\/p>\n

Having failed to shift Neil Lennon from his post as Celtic manager, the press have shifted their campaign on to assistant boss Johann Mjallby. Well, the Express has, which doesn’t really count as the press;<\/p>\n

Mjallby keen to boss in Sweden<\/h1>\n

JOHAN MJALLBY wants to step out of the shadows of Neil Lennon at Celtic and become a manager in his own right.<\/h3>\n

The 43-year-old\u00a0 has been Lennon\u2019s assistant for four years and helped steer the Hoops to their third consecutive league\u00a0title this season.<\/p>\n

Mjallby is content to remain at Parkhead in the immediate future but would eventually like to have a crack at being a boss, especially in his native Sweden with the nationally\u00a0or former club AIK.<\/p>\n

Which, of course , would have made a far less interesting story.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt would excite me in the future to lead my own team, but right now I\u2019m satisfied with the situation in\u00a0Celtic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would move back to Sweden to work as a head coach of a team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can always imagine working for the national team. I follow them very carefully.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if I were to be asked I would definitely consider it.<\/p>\n

As, indeed, I would consider spending an evening with pop songstress Shakira, if I were to be asked.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI would also definitely be able to imagine managing AIK. But I would not say \u2018yes\u2019 today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always associated with AIK but many people forget that I have worked longer at Celtic.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if you work as a coach you have to be ready to work anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet again, it sems like a few loaded questions to try to get a story, and when that \u00a0didn’t materialise, writer Scott Burns just went for it anyway.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Latchford \u00a0was the correct conclusion drawn from the pictures on view yesterday. Today, who is this former player ?<\/p>\n

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