Celtic don’t have a game this weekend, its cup semi final time, so manager Neil Lennon is taking time out to go and have a look at some players, and he will also be attending the League Managers forum ;<\/p>\n
“I will take in a few games and I’m going to the League Managers’ Forum on Sunday and Monday. I’m looking forward to that, and to catching up with some great managers and just listening to what they have to say.”<\/p>\n
In fact, he’s just glad to be nowhere near Leigh Griffiths, who now faces a charge of bringing the game into disrepute to go with the initial charge of taking the piss out of Rudi Skacel.<\/p>\n
Happily , though, for the striker, Adolf Hitler has claimed full responsibilty for World War II, meaning the former Hibs man is in the clear.<\/p>\n
The police are involved as well, now. After all, countless fans have had their doors rattled of a morning for similar offences, so it looks like Griffiths has got his wish of being one of the lads.<\/p>\n
He’s already been fined a months wage, and from now on has promised to just get a few cans in and watch the game on the telly. And he won’t \u00a0watch the classic \u00a0but racist comedy Blazing Saddles ever again.<\/p>\n
The police will have a job proving that he sung anything, judging from the footage available, in fact it looks more like he realised what was going on and sat down out of the way. Those on the video who were singing, however, will be jumping a wee bit every time the doorbell goes.<\/p>\n
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Will common sense prevail ? A ban, a warning about his future behaviour and a few weeks working with refugees would be a more sensible option than destroying a mans career for a few moments of ( probably ) drunken daftness, \u00a0but this is twenty first century Scotland…<\/p>\n
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Someone at Celtic either has a pal who lives in Lisbon or we really are keeping an eye on one of their players. The game betwen the Eagles and Rio Ave was watched on Monday, and its led to specualtion again that Fillip Djuricic is on the radar. \u00a0Celtics name appeared on a scouting list released by Benfica officials, along with others such as Tottenham and Valencia.<\/p>\n
Theres actual evidence as to who Celtic are watching, but Djuricic seems most likely, having been linked before. And he is a playmaker. Which is what we would like to complement the grafters such as Brown and Johansen.<\/p>\n
Time will tell…<\/p>\n
Speaking of playmakers, Tom Rogic has been in the managers thoughts. The Aussie midfielder has been suffering from a low grade abductor problem ( no, I don’t know either ) but he’s better now, and is ready to take part in the run in -what they call the finals series over there.<\/p>\n
Or as the Evening Times described it;<\/p>\n
news of Tom Rogic’s recurring groin problem, which is preventing him from getting the game time with Melbourne Victory back in his homeland and may even have brought his season to a premature end, \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Rogic has been cleared of serious damage by medics at Melbourne Victory, and has raised hopes that he will be back as early as next week.<\/p>\n Lennon still speaks highly of the man;<\/p>\n “Putting Tom out on loan to Melbourne was a chance to get games with the World Cup coming up.<\/p>\n “We felt, all in all, with him being back home as well, it would be more comfortable for him. But, Tom is still our player, and he will be coming back here.”<\/p>\n “We might get to see him play in the World Cup as well, which would be fantastic,”<\/p>\n “But, we already know what Tom has got. He has not really shown it consistently yet. But, maybe with the game time he has been getting in Australia, it will benefit him coming forward.”<\/p>\n However, this snippet, from The World Game, is interesting ..<\/p>\n ” The 21-year-old playmaker has not enjoyed the best of luck on the injury front since arriving on loan from Parkhead in January, his ill fortune exemplified in late February when he suffered an ankle injury after being inadvertently stomped on by teammate Leigh Broxham during the 4-3 win over Adelaide United.<\/p>\n He managed to play for Australia in its 4-3 loss to Ecuador 10 days later where he attracted a bevy of scouts from both mainland Europe and the UK.<\/p>\n Many had come to Millwall’s Den just to eye Rogic, who may be sold by Celtic after the FIFA World Cup, with seats in the director’s box emptying en masse when he was sacrificed on the hour mark after Australia had been reduced to 10 men after a red card to goalkeeper Mitch Langerak. ”<\/p>\n Rogic out, Djuricic in ?<\/p>\n Whilst we’d all love to see a fairly inactive summer on the transfer front, Lennon is already bracing himself \u00a0against bids for some of his better players.<\/p>\n \u2018I think there will be suitors for a couple of our big players, and one or two are coming out of contract, so you\u2019d have to expect they\u2019ll be leaving.<\/p>\n \u2018Realistically, I think we have to expect another decent turnaround, with a few players going out and few coming in.<\/p>\n \u2018Bids are all but inevitable for a couple of our players; it\u2019s just whether we accept them or not. But everyone has their price and we\u2019re preparing with that in mind, looking at other options for the positions concerned.\u2019<\/p>\n H<\/a>e’s not actually saying anything we didn’t know already, but at least we won’t sell on the cheap if the worst does happen. It would just be nice if we remembered we are a big club, and as such, \u00a0can turn down bids , no matter how much they are, and make a serious push on the bigger European stage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019re already looking at a few players we like, and with the league now settled, it gives me the space to go out myself and look at a few who are under consideration,\u2019 he told FIFA.com.<\/p>\n \u2018But whether we can keep on unearthing little gems, or big gems, is another matter. Our strategy has worked on the whole, but other clubs are now looking at our model and trying to copy it.<\/p>\n ‘And you can\u2019t always get your signings right. You just hope that your record of good ones outweighs the bad because it\u2019 s such a crucial part of the job.\u2019 \u2018They\u2019ve asked me to come back and I think I probably will because I did enjoy it,\u2019 he said of Twitter.<\/p>\n \u2018The problem was that it started taking up too much of my time. But I certainly don\u2019t have a problem with the players going on and engaging in that type of thing.<\/p>\n \u2018What\u2019s made very clear, though, is that there\u2019s a line they cannot cross. They know where that line is.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s important to realise though that social media is here to stay and, as long as it doesn\u2019t detract from my players\u2019 duties to this club, I don\u2019t have a problem with it.<\/p>\n
\nB<\/a>ut there is some good news-he’s thinking of going back on twitter !<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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