{"id":5919,"date":"2014-10-30T11:31:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T11:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5919"},"modified":"2014-10-30T11:34:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T11:34:50","slug":"celtic-diary-thursday-october-30-guidetti-finds-the-netti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5919","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Thursday October 30: Guidetti Finds The Netti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight games-one as substitute-eight goals and seven assists.<\/p>\n

John Guidetti staked his claim for a permanent contract when his loan deal expires next summer, and its apparent even at this stage of the season that he should be given what he wants to stay.<\/p>\n

He scored three times, twice from free kicks, and once from the penalty spot as Celtic overran Partick Thistle 6-0 in the League cup. Both free kicks were placed with power and accuracy, not seen at Celtic Park since the days of Lubomir Moravcik and Shunsuke Nakamura, and when you have a player who can do that, then you have to fancy your chances against anyone.<\/p>\n

Memorable season ?<\/p>\n

Not as unlikely as we thought when Boerrigter, Berget and Tonev were the managers first picks. It looks like their attempts to curry immediate favour with Ronny Deila have petered out, and they won’t feature any more unless theres no-one else, and finally the boss has found his first choice fifteen.<\/p>\n

I say fifteen because the back up on the bench is equally important. Leigh Griffiths joined the fray last night, and added a couple, one of which was as good a headed finish as you’ll see anywhere. And when you consider that Emilio Izaguerre got his name on the scoresheet-at the right end-then it shows how much Celtic dominated, and how hard they worked, to achieve a place in the semi finals of this tournament.<\/p>\n

In fact, it could easily have been more but for the fact Manchester city were losing at home to Newcastle, and with twenty minutes to go , they rang and asked for Guidetti to pop down and help them. He left the game at Celtic with around twenty minutes left, but was unable to get to Manchester in time, due to leaves on the track delaying his train.<\/p>\n

Thankfully.<\/p>\n

Many have made much of the fact that Manchester city will want \u00a35m in January to buy Guidetti, which will have alerted other clubs, but he’s ours until the summer, and we have first dibs<\/p>\n

. If we wait until summer, theres no transfer fee, and any money can go straight to Guidetti, which will compensate for the lower wages he would receive at Celtic, in much the same way Joe Ledley ended up in the hoops.<\/p>\n

Negotiations shouldn’t be too difficult. Guidetti gave his shirt to a supporter last night, and judging by his comments to Radio Scotland, he appears to have bought into the Celtic way;<\/p>\n

Liam McLoed asked : : \u201cWould you like to sink your teeth into Rangers in the next round?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Guidetti replied \u00a0\u201cOf course it would be a fantastic game to be a part of.<\/em> \u201cCome Hampden Park, 11 people standing in front of us, they are going down. Hampen Park will be amazing, no matter who we play.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Which was elaborated on by Gavin Berry in the Record;<\/p>\n

Celtic hat-trick hero John Guidetti<\/h1>\n

warns Rangers they’re going down if he lands<\/h1>\n

dream Old Firm semi-final<\/h1>\n

Dream ? Old Firm ?<\/p>\n

GUIDETTI, who used to rise early as a kid in Sweden to watch one of the most famous fixtures in world football, admitted he’d love to play his part in an Old Firm derby.\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n

Rise early \u00a0? \u00a0Guidetti explains \u201cWe all know the Old Firm derby is a very special game. This is the fixture I used to wake up at 11.30 in the morning to watch when I was a small kid. It\u2019s normal.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/em> Exactly. Normal. Hardly early.<\/p>\n

Stockholm is \u00a0an hour ahead of Glasgow. So, for an afternoon kick off at 12,30, it was already 1.30 over there. Perhaps Berry hasn’t actually got the hang of how the world clock works.<\/p>\n

With doubt already cast upon the validity of the article, we need to tread carefully through the rest of it. In case we stand on something warm and sticky. Careful now…. Berry wants to talk about the prospect of meeting plucky , cash strapped minnows ( copyright NTV magazine ) Second Rangers<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fantastic, very spicy. You see it means a lot to people and the atmosphere is always amazing. You can even hear it on the TV. It\u2019s an amazing match.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a footballer you don\u2019t need to be told how special these games are. I have probably not played in anything like it because at Ajax v Feyenoord away fans are not allowed to travel for security reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you play away it\u2019s only their fans and if you play home it\u2019s only your fans. The Old Firm would be a fantastic game to be part of but come Hampden in the semi-final the 11 people standing opposite us are going DOWN. This is how we feel every time we play.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Thats the contractual obligation to mention Scotlands new boys out of the way,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to win every game and this cup. I\u2019m like that with everything \u2013 if I play Monopoly or cards I want to win. We\u2019ll be up for the semi-final, we\u2019ll be hungry and want to win.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited in every game I play for Celtic because it\u2019s an honour to pull the shirt on. There are four good teams left in the Cup and this club deserves trophies so hopefully we can do it.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Unfortunately, Guidetti’s form has been noticed back in Manchester,<\/p>\n

John Guidetti just cannot stop scoring for loan club Celtic.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0City forward had already netted five goals in his last five games for the Scottish champions prior to Wednesday night’s meeting with Patrick Thistle.<\/em><\/p>\n

And he added to his growing tally with a brilliant hat-trick in front of the Parkhead faithful in the Scottish League Cup.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Swede opened the scoring by brilliantly directing a free-kick into the top left corner from the right-hand side with 31 minutes on the clock.<\/em><\/p>\n

Guidetti was again at the centre of things before the break when he was the victim of a poor challenge from Stuart Bannigan that saw the Partick man sent off.<\/em><\/p>\n

He then bagged from another set-piece from a central position just after half-time to make it 3-0 to the hosts.<\/em><\/p>\n

The opportunity for the 22-year-old to complete his hat-trick was presented when he was brought down in the box – and he made no mistake in converting the penalty to end the game as a contest.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0All Celtic fans in the Manchester area should buy up all the copies they see of tonights Evening News. Just to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In case you hadn’t noticed,<\/strong> Celtic , Aberdeen, Dundee Utd and the first division side ae the four who will be in the draw on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Why the draw wasn’t made straight after the games , and thus ading to the excitement of a tournament which could do with some extra excitement is’nt immediately clear, but we hear that the oven down at the Scottish League kitchen is on the blink, and it can’t be fixed until Friday afternoon because the man said he hasn’t got the correct part.<\/p>\n

\u00a0And it takes a while to warm those balls up.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Consiracy theorists everywhere were alerted to the possibility of Second Rangers earning much needed cash from meeting with Celtic. Which in itself shows how difficult it is to generate interest in a new club, even if its pretending to be another one.<\/p>\n

\u00a0This time, the man with the tin hat on can’t go wrong.<\/p>\n

\u00a0If Celtic avoid the Ibrox club, its because the beaks want an all Glasgow final to hype up.<\/p>\n

\u00a0If, horror of horrors, Celts have to play them, the more likely option since there is little chance of McCoists monkeys beating any of the other sides, then its to make the semi final a chance to show what the game has been mising.<\/p>\n

\u00a0You know, bigotry, violence, wife beating, street riots etc.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I don’t want to play them, but if we have to, we have to.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The final would be better. That way we can hold the two highest scores in cup finals. One against the old club, and one against the new one.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Guidetti against McCulloch ? Scepovic against Boshni ?<\/p>\n

Boyd and Miller against van Dijk and Denaayer ?<\/p>\n

\u00a0No wonder Mccoist would rather avoid the Hoops.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mind you, Craig Paterson, once of hibernian and Rangers , did tell his Radio Scotland audience last night that Boyd was the best striker in Scotland.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0Scarily, he’s probably not the only one who thinks that.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Aleksandr Tonev is at Hampden already.<\/strong> Not for the game, but for his hearing after he was accused of racist remarks. The Bulgarian has already said he’s been told he’s innocent, so there will be another hearing straight after for giving the public the impression that the SFA is a little less than completely above board.<\/p>\n

\u00a0And we leave you today, happy that we have been able to help one of lifes less fortunates fulfill one of his wishes….<\/p>\n

You see, young Lewis MacLeod, of Ibrox , in Glasgow has told the official Second Rangers website what he has been dreaming of.<\/p>\n

I’d Love A Celtic Tie<\/h2>\n

Happy to help. \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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