{"id":6323,"date":"2015-01-10T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2015-01-10T12:40:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T12:40:01","slug":"celtic-diary-saturday-january-10-sean-maloney-really-sean-maloney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=6323","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Saturday January 10: Sean Maloney ? Really ? Sean Maloney?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite several warnings from the Diary and its readers, ronny deila still hasn&#8217;t got the hang of dealing with the press. Or perhaps its just the ber talking. That San Miguel muck can have a strange effect on people, especially if they go all inclusive and drink it instead of tea or coffee.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy chat with the hacks yesterday Ronny rambledon, and rambled, and rambled.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, he&#8217;s on holiday, and perhaps we shoud be a little more forgiving , because we&#8217;ve all done silly things when we&#8217;re away, but at the very least you&#8217;d have thought the hacks would have given him a break, especially as they get an expenses paid jolly out of it as well.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Maloney is available, but then he always is, and Deila sort of hinted he might be interested in bringing the ageing playmaker to Celtic, to replace ageing playmaker Kris Commons should the latter decide he&#8217;s been treated a little shabbily and bugger off to Bolton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u2018I am aware of all the Scottish players. He is a good player and is one we know about. He is at Wigan at the moment but we will wait and see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u2018I have seen him many times. He is a quick, creative player and is a very good person with a great mentality. He looks like a Celtic player.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Really ? Which one ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>I have always had six or seven older players in my team,\u2019 he continued. \u2018You can have a lot of (young) talent but it is insecure without leaders and they won\u2019t develop. That\u2019s why guys like Broony (Scott Brown) are so important.\u2019\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Really ? Which ones ?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maloney is enjoying an Indian summer at Wigan, a phrase which would make a cracking title for a book about a piemaker coming out of retirement and opening a shop in Norley, or some othe rpart of the Lancashire town, but as for bringing him back to Celtic ?<\/p>\n<p>(Wigan is famous for its pies. One local story tells of a man , who when asked what he would do if he won the pools, replied he would open a pie shop. When asked what he would do if he won the lottery, he doubled his ambition by announcing he would open two pie shops. In fact, Orwells famous book was originally called &#8220;The Road To Wigan Pie , but there was a mix up at the printers. )<\/p>\n<p>Apparently we can have him back for \u00a31m, but other factors would need to be taken into account and added to that price. Such as the cost of increasing the size of the treatment room.<\/p>\n<p>And what about Kris Commons ? Where does that leave him in the grand scheme of things ?<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #222222;\">&#8220;It\u2019s hard to say, only he can answer that, We are going to meet his agent next week when we get back .He is an important player and we want to keep him.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been a little bit naughty, and someone sent us an i-pad which they claimed fell out of a bag the other day, and we don&#8217;t for a second think its Kris Commons&#8217;, but the internet history is worth noting;<\/p>\n<p>S<strong>earch: Bolton Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Search ; Man With A Van \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Search : BTPhone book ;\/ Lennon Bolton\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Search :Nice Places To Rent Within thirty minutes drive Bolton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We hope not, although a side with two forwards supplied by Commons and Maloney is actually quite a prospect.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo, Ronny , his northern European body and mind clearly affected by the sun, carried on;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">&#8220;<em>I will buy the Dundee United team, and Aberdeen as well. That\u2019s one way to do it, we could buy all of their strikers But things are happening all the time. We are in a much better situation than we were in the summer,&#8221; \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you think he&#8217;s talking bollocks, then have a look at Chris Suttons latest wafflings.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #111111;\">Anything other than the Treble for Celtic will be a massive flop<\/h1>\n<p>You know, like it was when Neil Lennon was in charge, and Sutton was a constant thorn in his flesh about it.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">I WASN\u2019T afraid to take a bit of stick from supporters when I was a player \u2013 and as a columnist and pundit I accept that criticism comes with the territory.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"s\" style=\"color: #545454;\">\n<div class=\"intrlu\">Which, I suppose is just as well.<\/div>\n<div class=\"intrlu\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"intrlu\">\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">I riled up a section of the\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; color: #ed002d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/celtic-fc\">Celtic<\/a>\u00a0support with\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; color: #ed002d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/chris-sutton-ronny-deilas-team-4910638\">my column last week suggesting a domestic clean sweep would be the least convincing Treble ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Well it would.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=6324\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6324\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6324\" src=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/toys.jpg\" alt=\"toys\" width=\"244\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/toys.jpg 244w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/toys-150x127.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">This is not a criticism. It is a fact and I stand by every word I wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>What he means is every word he dictated via the phone for the journo to type up. But we get his point.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Let\u2019s also be clear that\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; color: #ed002d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/ronny-deila\">Ronny Deila<\/a>\u00a0has taken the reins at a difficult time in the Scottish game where budgets are falling and the shambolic situation at Rangers seems never ending.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\"><em>And crowds are up, the clubs are all debt free and the smell of spring is in the air. The only problems within the Scottish game are the ones caused by the people who run it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say a Treble wouldn\u2019t be a great achievement for the team and Deila. But it is what should happen as\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; color: #ed002d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/celtic-fc\">Celtic<\/a>\u00a0don\u2019t have another team in the country who can get near them with strength in depth.<\/p>\n<p><em>He does know we are second to a team we&#8217;ve beaten twice in the league already, doesn&#8217;t he ?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anything other than a Treble would be a massive disappointment with Celtic\u2019s resources domestically.<\/p>\n<p><em>It is every year, but thats football.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now I totally respect and admire fans who support their club and defend it no matter what.<\/p>\n<p><em>Okay, i&#8217;ll have a lager<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That is what true supporters do and the likes of myself, John Hartson and Frank McAvennie have taken a bit of stick for voicing our opinion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=6325\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6325\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6325\" src=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/three-stooges.jpg\" alt=\"three stooges\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/three-stooges.jpg 265w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/three-stooges-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear, though, we have no axe to grind or agenda.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alright, thats plenty..<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton was a fine player in his day. He&#8217;s losing a lot of the respect he gained with his writings.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic face PSV Eindhoven today, which if my memory serves me correctly are a team of bus drivers from a Dutch town, and the side has been named;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">CELTIC (4-2-3-1) Lukasz Zaluska; Fisher, Ambrose, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; McGregor, Guidetti, Henderson; Scepovic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Subs: Fasan, O\u2019Connell, Waters, Thomson, Lindsay, Nesbitt, McMullan, Griffiths, Tonev.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">And I&#8217;ve just noticed that its not a fucking 7.15 kick off as i thought, in fact its already underway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">Its probably worth noting that if you ever take any notice of any times, dates or information within this missive then its your own bloody fault.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c;\">See you tomorrow, I&#8217;m off to find the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intrlu\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite several warnings from the Diary and its readers, ronny deila still hasn&#8217;t got the hang of dealing with the press. 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