“At the end of the day, he’s got the ban and he’ll have to continue training. He’s been fine in training, looking sharp and will be a miss in games.<\/em><\/p>\n “Everybody feels for him that he’s going to be out for six matches. It’s hard because he wants to play in games and he was just beginning to get a run.<\/em><\/p>\n “Now he’s going to miss out until halfway through January, so it’s a hard one for him to take. He’ll enjoy getting sharper in training.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0With that out of the way, Brown went on to look forward to tomorrows Tannadice trip;<\/p>\n \u00a0“The game at our place was the best performance we’ve produced from start to finish.<\/em><\/p>\n “We could have scored eight, nine, 10 goals as we created that many chances.<\/em><\/p>\n “It will be a different game tomorrow – it’s always more of a battle at Tannadice in the first 15 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n “Jackie [McNamara] and Simon [Donnelly] have got them playing really good football. They get the ball down and try and play.<\/em><\/p>\n “I’m not too sure what the pitch is going to be like – hopefully good – as both teams like to play football.<\/em><\/p>\n “I think that showed at Celtic Park in the last game.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I can remember that game. After the match, our CSC met up on the Celtic Way, ready to head for a swiftie before the run back, and to a man we agreed that total football was here, and that great things were ahead.<\/p>\n It hasn’t quite gone as smoothly as that since, and we could spend all day trying to work out why, and we’d all have different answers. But it is getting better, and the game itself could be a christmas cracker !<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Paul Paton, the man accused of duffing up Lukasz Zaluska in an alleyway won’t play for United. He’s suspended after being found guilty of spitting at an opponent, even though the opponent says he didn’t, theres no footage of the incident, and he doesn’t even play for Celtic.<\/p>\n Tough shit.<\/p>\n Zaluska probably won’t start, but he deserves a few minutes at the end of the game. Theres no reasoning behind that, but it should liven the crowd up a bit.<\/p>\n There are a couple of players in the Tannadice line up who could cause problems, according to Scott Brown, and he singled out Stuart Armstrong for particular praise.<\/p>\n Not intending to unsettle him in the slightest, of course, brown offered his opinion on whether or not Armstrong would handle playing at Celtic;<\/p>\n \u2018I don\u2019t see why not. I\u2019ve seen his attributes when he\u2019s been away with Scotland, too, and what he does.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018He understands that you\u2019ve got to show some respect but when he goes on the park he wants to win games as well. I love that about players. He works hard and wants to win games. You get disappointed if you don\u2019t. He\u2019s one of those lads.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s not really up to me who we sign but there are some great Scottish players out there. We signed Leigh (Griffiths) and Charlie (Mulgrew), while James (Forrest) has come through the youths as well. We are bringing in Scottish players as well.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018He works hard and always wants the ball. That\u2019s the main thing. Especially in Scotland, people can go hiding and don\u2019t want it and don\u2019t want to play in the big games.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018He\u2019s a big-game player and he always seems to do really well against us. He\u2019s aggressive, strong and is direct as well. That\u2019s what I like about him.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n I’m not kidding when I had a clear vision that Brown would one day replace the Irishman, as long as he had Lennon as a mentor. \u00a0Maybe Brown sees the same thing in Armstrong…<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want some gossip ?<\/p>\n Magnus Eikrem. Free at the point of asking.<\/p>\n The Norwegian has just had his contract terminated at Cardiff, where he hasn’t featured at all under the current manager, and his career stalled. \u00a0A loan deal so we could have a look at him would be a good idea.<\/p>\n Now, have you had to do this secret Santa shiute at work ? Its where you spend a tenner on a gift for a colleague whose name comes out of a hat, and where someone buys you something on a similar basis.<\/p>\n Instead of blowing a tenner on that, have a look at this instead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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