{"id":5929,"date":"2014-11-01T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T10:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5929"},"modified":"2014-11-01T10:11:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T10:11:48","slug":"celtic-diary-saturday-november-1-gerrard-for-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5929","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Saturday November 1: Gerrard For Celtic ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got some nonsense in todays diary, which we will come to in a moment. Even by the standard previously set by Etims what we are hearing is ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>But theres a game today, and that comes first. Unless you have a tyrannical employer who noticed that you took a weekend away when he wasn&#8217;t watching.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic face Inverness in glasgow today, and with the hoops on a bit of a roll right now, its entirely possible that come teatime normality is restored to Scottish football with celtic at the top f the table.<\/p>\n<p>Its unlikely, given the set of results required, but it shows that with a win today, league leadership should not be too far away.<\/p>\n<p>Aleksandr Tonev is unavailable for todays game, his appeal papers weren&#8217;t lodged in time, which means the SFAs ban stands for now. Tonev has not referred to them as a bunch of cheating jock bastards, but no doubt someone will tell them he has.<\/p>\n<p>Kris Commons still has a sore arse, and James Forrest and Derk Boerrigter are also injured, which won&#8217;t surprise anyone. Boerigter is out for two months, conveniently making it impossible to sell him in January.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Craig Gordon should keep his place in goal, with Mikael Lustig and Emilio Izaguerre on the flanks. Van Dijk and Denayeer in the middle, with Charlie Mulgrew just in front of them. Brown and Johansen either side of him, with Calum MxGregor in front of them, or possibly Anthony Stokes.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving John Guidetti alongside my preference Leigh Griffiths, or more likely, Stefan Scepovic.<\/p>\n<p>Anopther six goal win is on the cards, with Guidetti scoring a hat trick, racing to the front of the stand and whipping off a his shirt to reveal a t-shirt emblazoned with<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Fuck You Fat Boy , You&#8217;re Next \u00a0&#8221; ,<\/p>\n<p>on it , but you&#8217;ll have to work out for yourself who has annoyed him &#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>One interesting bit of news. We are aware that Celtic have suffered a little more than usual with injuries this term, with nearly everyone hurt at some point or another, and this has been blamed on the intense training methods introduced by Ronny Deila.<\/p>\n<p>Deila , though, is doing something about it, which could be another sign that rather than kick the doors down and demand things be done his way, he has opted for a stealth approach in getting is own way.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #202020;\">B\u00e5rd Homst\u00f8l moving to Glasgow to take care of the physical and medical at Celtic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Roughly translated, very roughly, to be honest, this is the story from Norway;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Homst\u00f8l, which until now has been the player progresses in Odd, is Ronny delicious man on the physical and medical area in Scotland.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"container\" style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<article class=\"fw-mod np-mod-article\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"fw-inner\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"fw-bd\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"np-body\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>He goes to a consultant position in delicious support, and looks forward to taking on this task in the Scottish capital.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>&#8211; This is a very ok job, and a nice challenge academically.\u00a0In addition, there is a great responsibility, he adds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>Homst\u00f8ls tasks will be responsible for identifying and securing quality work with the physical and medical.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>&#8211; Where I see there is room for it, I will also implement strategies and measures, says Homst\u00f8l.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\"><em>Terminate the contract<\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>Porsgrunn man Deila contacted B\u00e5rd a while ago, and after a period of discussion, it is clear that Homst\u00f8l leaving Odd favor of Scottish Celtic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>Odd and Homst\u00f8l agree to terminate the contract with the ski club.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>&#8211; It is clarified with the Odd, and the contract is terminated, saying Homst\u00f8l previously worked closely Ronny Deila in Str\u00f8msgodset.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>Monday Homst\u00f8l go to Scotland, and joins the Scottish top club.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>&#8211; I&#8217;m moving to Scotland right now, then we&#8217;ll take it as it comes from there, he says.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><em>B\u00e5rd Homst\u00f8l is married Grete Homst\u00f8l, that&#8217;s Odds physiotherapist<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"fw-ft\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p id=\"main\" class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.varden.no\/logger\/p.gif?a=1.1342392&amp;d=\/2.28505\/2.28493&amp;referrer=http:\/\/t.co\/gKGhfdFtjo\" alt=\"\" \/>Lets be honest, my English to Norwegian is better than vice versa, but if Ronny says he&#8217;s delicious, then he&#8217;ll do for me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Clearly , the manager doesn&#8217;t rate the medical staff at Celtic Park, and he&#8217;s doing something about it. Deila is growing on me, and although he&#8217;s not quite at the &#8220;You can sleep with my wife &#8221; stage, he&#8217;s very nearly on the invitation list for sunday dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0Some might say thats the better option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0The word on the street is that Lassan Diara, once of Arsenal, Chelsea and Real Madrid is in Glasgow for talks with Celtic. He&#8217;s a combative holding midfielder, which means that Nir Bitton might as well not renew the lease on his flat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0Apparently, his previous club-he&#8217;s currently unemployed-won&#8217;t release his registration, and that has stalled the negotiations a bit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0Speaking of transfer rumours, I was in Liverpool yesterday having my wallet nicked and a gentleman of the street informed me that Steven Gerrard was looking to finish his career in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0Thats what I meant when I said there was some nonsense in todays diary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0The story has also been flogged to betting site \u00a0&#8221; \u00a0bwin&#8221; , presumably by the same old drunk hen he put his line on, who claim that Gerrard wants a championship medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0Meanwhile, Craig Gordon has thanked Second Rangers for saving his career!<\/p>\n<p class=\"fw-wrapper \" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Heres what he said;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cI was there most of last season working with their physios and doctors and trying to get myself to a level of fitness where I could compete again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>&#8220;Their help was invaluable. Without the physio Steve Walker I might not be where I am right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cThe possibility of me joining Rangers was talked about but nothing offered.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>&#8220;Their priorities lay elsewhere and probably rightly so. Would I have signed for them? Until it was presented to me I don\u2019t know what I\u2019d have done.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cThe move came through Jim who was my goalkeeping coach when I was 15 and signed my first contract at Hearts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cI understand the potential of an Old Firm match is a great talking point but we\u2019ve our job to do this weekend then we\u2019ll see what the draw is.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Fair enough. He&#8217;s honest about it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Note what he says about a possible clash with Second Rangers -&#8221; a talking point. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Its not Celtic or their players doing the talking though.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Ally Mccoist, desperate for his new club to be seen amongst the big boys, and equally desperate for everyone to see it as the natural challengers to Celtic, has been running off at the mouth again, to the delight of his fawning friends in the media.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 100; color: #5a6466;\">WITH dwindling crowds at Parkhead and Ibrox the Gers boss believes people now accept Scottish football needs the Old Firm matches to spark our game back to life.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0<em>\u201cThe irony is not lost on me. You had 16,000 at the Celtic game on Wednesday and you had 13,000 at our game on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The difference is Celtic expected a small crowd. For Mccoists side, a quarter final in a national competition is a big game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>But if Rangers play Celtic in the semi-final or the Final you could play the game at the Maracana.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cIn terms of the greater good of Scottish football it would be a good thing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cEverybody would look forward to the game. I\u2019ve missed them and so has Scottish football.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Half right. He&#8217;s missed the games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cContrary to what one or two people might have said at the time, it\u2019s still one of the biggest club matches in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">How can it be ? We&#8217;ve never met them ?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>\u201cYou can talk about differences of quality, absolutely. But in terms of atmosphere it is up there with anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Lets talk about the perpetual myth that they are the same thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Lets ask Donald Findlay, a QC who has been known to declare his love for the Glasgow Rangers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/B1VsPgNCMAAw6wd.jpg:large\" alt=\"Embedded image permalink\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Findlay also stated;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I can come up with an argument to defend Peter Tobin of murder, but the argument that this new rangers franchise is the same club, that&#8217;s beyond me\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\u00a0Also on that back page we see Mccoist telling John Guidetti to calm down, and in another paper, he takes a swipe at the Swede;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #111111;\">Ally McCoist slaps down John Guidetti after Celtic ace<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #111111;\">warns that he&#8217;ll help sink Rangers in Old Firm cup tie<\/h1>\n<p>Guidetti, of course simply said that whoever stood in front of Celtic at Hampden was&#8221; going down &#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 100; color: #5a6466;\">IBROX boss says Swedish striker is over-excited after his midweek hat-trick and that he was the same after his first Rangers treble but at least that was against 11 men.<\/h2>\n<p>Er, that wasn&#8217;t Guidettis first hat trick. He used to play for Feyenoord , and did the deed a few times for them.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps McCoist is talking shite, or perhaps he genuinely believes his team of non-entities actually stands a chance against the hoops.<\/p>\n<p>Nope, another paper picks up on it. The press are enjoying this.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-title\" style=\"color: #333333;\">Rangers boss Ally McCoist laughs off Celtic star jibe<\/h1>\n<p style=\"color: #999999;\">ALLY McCOIST today laughed off claims by Celtic striker John Guidetti that Rangers are &#8220;going down&#8221; if the Old Firm rivals clash in the League Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eveningtimes.co.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/400xY\/2014\/11\/25754603.jpg\" alt=\"Ally McCoist is not running scared of Celtic ... if they are drawn together in tonight's League Cup semi-final draw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #999999;\">\n<p>I never want to see Celtic face this shower of shite from south of the river. Rangers died two years ago, and the world is a cleaner, healthier place without them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fw-site-footer\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #aaaaaa;\">\n<div class=\"wrapperFooter\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #ffffff;\">\n<div class=\"sitemap\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0( Although I really , really would like to see them reminded of what they actually are, which is a second rate , second division side with no footballing ability whatsoever.)<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0At 5pm today Celtic will be drawn against Second Rangers in the League Cup. Its almost certain. That way, the &#8220;Old Firm &#8221; will play in Glasgow, and the &#8220;New Firm &#8221; will play at Murrayfield.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0The SPFL know that Second Rangers are not strong enough to beat -or even reallistically compete with the other three.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0They will not pass up this chance to hype up Scotlands best side against Scotlands newest one.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0That also ensures a big crowd for the final.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0Funny how the moment a club from Ibrox emerges into the limelight, all the fucking cheating starts again.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0( Note, if by some miracle Celtic don&#8217;t draw them tonight, I reserve the right not to apologise. The SPFL will simply have forgotten to heat the balls up. )<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0Bad news for coffee drinkers today, research has shown drinking coffee makes you more aggressive than drinking beer.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0Last night, my wife had two cups of coffee while i was out, and i had my usual dozen beers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0You should have heard her.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got some nonsense in todays diary, which we will come to in a moment. 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