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<\/p>\nOr , as Pater Lawwell calls it, Monday.<\/p>\n
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Celtic drew 1-1 at Dens Park yesterday against Dundee, meaning that after ten games in charge , Ronny Deila has won four, lost four and drawn two.<\/p>\n
“ Against one of the lesser teams in the league, it has to be looked at as two points dropped, rather than a point gained” <\/em>said Dundee boss Paul Hartley after the game.<\/p>\n The home side were up for it from the kick off, and scored after just fifty seconds. It took until the second half and substitute Leigh Griffiths to equalise, and that was from a deflected shot.<\/p>\n We’d all like Deila to succeed. We all still support him, but like a dog thats been run over, and showing no signs of improvement, it’s probably kinder to send him on to the next world.<\/p>\n Harsh, and no doubt many will disagree, but I’ve tried, and if he stays, I’ll try again, but the man is devoid of ideas, and the players are fully aware of that.<\/p>\n Take Emilio Izaguerre. He got booked yesterday, and really should have been sent off. One argument is that he is tired after a long summer with no break. Fair enough, that might be the case.<\/p>\n But constantly having to cover for the inept Jo Inge Berget down on the left hand side means that poor Izzy is fighting a Custeresque lone stand on that flank, whilst being asked to provide the main attacking threat as well.<\/p>\n No surprise that Dundee could have won the game with a number of late raids down their right. Izzy was knackered, and Griffiths, who replaced Berget before half time, didn’t track back either.<\/p>\n The Honduran rarely complains, but sooner or later you get the feeling that Berget ( or even Deila )will be a victim of some Honuran style kick boxing if Izaguerre continues to be isolated out there. The Norwegian with the unusual hair style has proven to be a disaster. He might know the system, but he isn’t good enough to play it.<\/p>\n Roberto Baggio was known as the ” Divine Ponytail ” due to his , er, unusual hairstyle. Berget has \u00a0more a sort of “Divine Lump” Except it’s Divine intervention he needs in order to reach the level required at Celtic..<\/p>\n One other thing I noticed yesterday was the lack of communication between players. Evident in that many, many passes or crosses went to no-one. No-one accepted responsibility for implementing the game plan. Thats if there was one, which seems unlikely.<\/p>\n Charlie Mulgrew, for all his faults at least tries to give instructions, and of course Scott Brown never stops. But neither were there yesterday, and Kris Commons is still trying to sort his own game out, so making him yesterdays leader was a major mistake.<\/p>\n Overall, it was depressing. coupled with the news that Virgil van Dijk has apparently been told that he is going nowhere, ( except probably Arsenal. Or Southampton. Or Sevilla . but not Sunderland. ) and therefore took the huff and said he wasn’t right in the head to play, it made for a miserable Sunday lunchtime. Will Lawwell decide that an unhappy player on the books tomorrow is better than several millions in the bank ? Hardly worth answering the question. Especially as Ronald Koeman is ready to test the resolve of the Celtic CEO.<\/p>\n Deila has bluntly stated that no-one will be leaving.\u00a0Right you are, Ronny<\/p>\n The first of which is Holmbert Fridjonsson, who has gone to Danish side Brondby on loan this morning….And the word is they’ll be back later today for Pukki. Fair play to them if they’ve see a partnership there….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We should gazump Manchester United for Daley Blind. Then we could make him captain, and have D. Blind leading the Blind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ultimate nightmare scenario could already be underway. John Collins has been very quiet of late, and he may be biding his time for the increasingly inevitable departure of Deila. Theres no football this week, and the next game is on the thirteenth at home to Aberdeen. Which is a little daunting at the moment.<\/p>\n Although we have a game in hand, Celtic are in fifth place, six points adrift of Inverness. And i haven’t seen any evidence that this side is capable of catching up.<\/p>\n It’s very easy to criticise, but harder to offer a solution. Especially when the word on the streets is that some were warned off Celtic due to the ongoing problems there. In a recent interview, Johann Mjallby hinted that he and Neil Lennon had warned Henrik Larsson off, and Lennon is reported to have said the same thing to Dan Petrescu, who was also apparently offered the job.<\/p>\n And the problems are piling up.<\/p>\n Piss poor on the park. Stumbling around off it.<\/p>\n No wonder Stefan Scepovic changed his mind about signing. He’s now decided to go somewhere else. Anywhere else, in fact, leaving Celtic in the strange position of having just fifteen or so hours of the transfer window left, and not having spent a penny on transfer fees.<\/p>\n The player had passed his medical, was about to sign a contract, and Lawwell said<\/p>\n ” We don’t understand it ”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Maybe someone gave Scepovic a video of this seasons games…<\/p>\n Lawwell has spoken to the support, via Celtic tv and the papers, but instead of offering an explanantion, he has blamed everything and everyone else. As for this nonsense about missing Rangers, thats little more than insulting our intelligence. Is he really suggesting we should allow them back ? Should we just forget about the millions we were cheated out of by their somewhat original ideas of paying wages ?<\/p>\n And thats without the near 300 creditors they shafted.<\/p>\n So , where do we go from here ?<\/p>\n We’ve already outlined our plan A, in the Diary last week, “Where Do We Go From Here ? ”<\/p>\n That still stands, but I’d be speaking to Willie McStay and Tom Boyd just in case.<\/p>\n A defeat to Aberdeen will make it very difficult for Deila to continue. and then theres the Europa League, which won’t be easy. and then its Hearts at home in the League Cup. Which may well be the most difficult of all.<\/p>\n The next three games will determine Deilas Celtic career, whether we like it or not.<\/p>\n What’s Willies phone number ?<\/p>\n Just in case.<\/p>\n Saturdays Diary featured a picture of the goalkeeping staff under Lou Macari. Pat Bonnar is now a tv pundit, Joe Corrigan lives near Knutsford-I spoke to him a few months ago, he wasn’t overly proud of the decisions to let Shay Given and Brad Freidel leave, but we did keep Stewart Kerr and the unf;lappable Gordon Marshall.<\/p>\n Happier times now, and what would we give to have just one of these guys back in the hoops…<\/p>\n Name as many as you can if you like, but the question is, where was this taken?<\/p>\n I’ve a feeling Retro Celt may well be saying ” I know, Pick me ” again.<\/p>\n Anyhoo, thanks to him for the picture, it’s cheered me up just looking at it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keep an eye on our twitter feed today. If we hear something we’ll let you know. and if we don’t.we’ll make something up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Or , as Pater Lawwell calls it, Monday. 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