knackered Celtic winning 4-1 in Dingwall sums up how easy it is in Scotland and why Europe is the benchmark for them.<\/em><\/p>\n If I was Jim McIntyre, I’d punch his face in.<\/p>\n It’s sickening when someone wh has made a living off the back of the game constantly runs it down, purely to suit a media agenda. They want to sell papers and advertsing slots. They should be promoting the game.<\/p>\n Thats not to say paint everything with a rainbow, but at least put some colour into your pictures.<\/p>\n And knackered ? Well, Hugh might be, physically and mentally, but Tom Rogic isn’t. Which is just as well.<\/p>\n There’s an international break until the Kilmarnock game on the 21st, but the Aussie Ardiles is away to play for his country.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m on a flight to Australia first thing tomorrow morning which will be about 24 hours travelling.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll have a couple of games while I\u2019m out there and then be back here the following Wednesday. But that\u2019s just the nature of it, you get used to it as it\u2019s something you just have to do.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOur first game is on Thursday against Kurdistan and the second game is not confirmed yet so we\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t mind the demands of travelling. Any chance to represent your country is a privilege so I\u2019m not going to turn that down.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOff the back of last season when I missed so much due to injury it\u2019s nice to be getting as many games as I am.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just looking to build on the start of the season, there\u2019s still a lot of football to come and hopefully I can keep improving. It\u2019s not easy to get your body used to the different time zones.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll land in Australia on Tuesday night and get my body as recovered as quickly as I can for the game on Thursday and then go from there.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBut there\u2019s nothing you can do with it, you just have to deal with it and be professional about it.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The second game is not confirmed ?<\/p>\n Halfway around the world to be told<\/p>\n “you can go home lads, the other lot haven’t turned up. We forgot to confirm it.”<\/p>\n Then again, a few days in Australian weather won’t do him any harm.<\/p>\n Especially after playing at Dingwall;<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a tough place to come but it was important to bounce back from midweek with a good performance.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s not many teams who are going to come here and win 4-1 so it was really positive. I don\u2019t think we performed to the level we know we can against Molde but that\u2019s gone now and our focus was only on today.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve won 4-1 but it was still a battle. If you look at the conditions in the first half and the fact they had a good chance to put a header away at 0-0 things could have become quite difficult very quickly.<\/em><\/p>\n “Everyone was feeling it was a short turnaround between games so it was important we got out on the pitch to show what we can do \u2013 and I think we did that.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n After the game, manager Deila, who has still to see his side lose two in a row, was either pleased, relieved , or a mixture of both;<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s always good to bounce back. It was tough mentally to get over Thursday and then be ready for the game on Sunday, and we did it in a very good way, scoring some nice goals to get the three points. That was very pleasing.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe had all of the ball in the first half, but we didn\u2019t create so much but we knew they would get tired and we would find more space to score. It\u2019s always good to have a player like Tom who can beat a man and shoot from distance. It was a very good goal and it made it a little easier for us in the second half.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe most important thing was we won. We scored four beautiful goals, we had control and we kept the ball to see the game out. We did the job and I\u2019m really happy about that.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere were a lot of tired bodies in the dressing room after the game and it will be good to have some days where people can rest and get ready for the next stage of all the competitions.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n It was an important win.<\/p>\n The break has come at the right time, and should shift a wee bit of focus away from Ronny and the players.<\/p>\n Thats because yesterday was Remembrance Sunday, and , as usual, a few noisy fans voiced their opinion on a minutes silence, allowing the press to leap on the club again.<\/p>\n When Pope John Paul II died, Celtic had to play Hearts at Hampden, and the Cousins of William chanted throughout. to be faced with a roar of anger from hoops fans when it was over.<\/p>\n I couldn’t understand why they couldn’t just shut up for a minute, and give the old man some respect.<\/p>\n Neither can I fully understand the need to protest during a minutes silence for those who fought in the two world wars.<\/p>\n Grow up, the fucking lot of you.<\/p>\n If you want to moan about it, do it in your own time.<\/p>\n Not Celtic’s.<\/p>\n And as for those in the media offended by it, I give you Mr. Stephen Fry;<\/p>\n And as for the Poppy people, how else do they raise money ?<\/p>\n It’s a day of remembrance and dignity. Not a celebration of war.<\/p>\n \n However, it is worth mentioning that the whole weekend followed a somewhat predictable pattern;<\/p>\n Perhaps, in future, the weekend could be left fixture free to allow people to pay their own respects in their own way.<\/p>\n And as for those who disrespected those who went off to war in 1914, perhaps the club should identify them.<\/p>\n And then dig a big trench, fill it with water, chuck them in and for four years lob shells and mustard gas at them.<\/p>\n They might get an idea of what its all about then.<\/p>\n Actually, we could chuck in a few politicians for good measure for the same reason.<\/p>\n \n As if that wasn’t enough, it’ll soon be time for the BBC to raise money for Children In Need , or as it’s known in house, hush money.<\/p>\n I’m not a fan of charities, especially the one’s who have paid employees. I’m doing a big yoga thing for one this weekend, and to be honest, I’ll just put in a few quid myself.<\/p>\n Which is how it should be.<\/p>\n After all, if you were prevented from telling anyone, would you run a marathon ?<\/p>\n \n Away from all that, thankfully, the talk of a new man coming in to replace Ronny Deila has reached a crescendo with rumours that a former Manchester United boss is apparently hinting he wants the job;<\/p>\n Oh, and Davie Moyes, the perennial under achiever , is likely to be out of work again soon.<\/p>\n Don’t even go there.<\/p>\n![\"Embedded](\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CTUip-7W4AAhloz.jpg\")
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