{"id":6997,"date":"2015-04-23T09:56:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T08:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=6997"},"modified":"2015-04-23T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T09:01:55","slug":"celtic-diary-thursday-april-23-a-bit-more-cheerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=6997","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Thursday April 23: A Bit More Cheerful…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celtic moved eight points clear again in the league last night with a fairly comfortable but more nervy than necessary \u00a02-1 win over dundee at Dens Park.<\/p>\n

Those who were watching on streams had a bit of a shock when the stream went down, and Dundee scored while no-one was looking, thus setting up a tense finale to the game, but it all turned out nice in the end.<\/p>\n

Virgil van Dijk scored another free kick which added to Gary Mackay Steven’s opener, so it must be getting near transfer window time.<\/p>\n

Van Dijk has started to play well again, cynics might say its because he is looking for a move, but then again, cynics have been saying he’s been looking for a move since he got off the train at central station for the first time.<\/p>\n

Which , according to the Scotsman, is why Celtic have made an “approach ” for Brandon Michele, a 22 year old centre half with Brugge, who they say has been in “blistering ” form.<\/p>\n

Something must have got lost in the translation there.<\/p>\n

” Hullo, it’s the Scotsman here. This Brandon michele, what’s he like ? Is he any good ? ”<\/p>\n

” He’s blistering. ”<\/p>\n

Well, he is a bit pale, and it has been warm of late. \"Mechele<\/p>\n

Manager Ronny Deila broke his silence to speak about the defender situation-i.e., we won’t have any soon.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to comment on players who are at other clubs – I learned a lesson on that . But it is fair to say that we are looking for defenders.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I am not going to talk about any names at this stage but we know what the situation is. We have been planning for a long time.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It is important to us that we have players who can come in and be ready to play because we have such important games in July. So we are always looking and always trying to get better. We know what we want.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So it’s Danny Wilson, then ?<\/p>\n

“We have a list of targets, We are looking closely at what we need to do. ”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Danny Wilson it is. We could do worse, I suppose, and he is a product of the famous Murray Park conveyer belt. And sooner or later theres bound to be a decent player come out of it.<\/p>\n

Deila also mentioned the debacle of Sunday semi final, where referee Steven Maclean beat Celtic 3-2 to book a place for his nominated charity Inverness in the cup final.<\/p>\n

Nope. It hasn’t gone away.<\/p>\n

Lets try to cheer up, and forget about it. We did beat Dundee, and that means…<\/p>\n

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A \u00a0picture of a mouse. Yeah, that ought to do it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Or, \u00a0what about a picture of the worlds smallest man dancing with his cat ?<\/p>\n

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I think it might take a while to get over the disappointment.<\/p>\n

The controversy over Josh Meekings handball, combined with his subsequent ban offer has reached the very top of the world of football…<\/p>\n

FIFA vice president Jim Boyce tells<\/h1>\n

SFA to back down over Meekings ban<\/h1>\n

before matter is taken out their hands.<\/h1>\n

Vice President ? The number two in world football ?<\/p>\n