” 4-0 down, twenty minutes into the game. something for me , you know, I never want to experience that again. “<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0” It’s happened and you don’t ever want it to happen again. None of us had experienced something like that, and hopefully we will develop from it and hopefully it will make us better players.”<\/em><\/p>\n At that age, it can easily go either way. The players might realise how much work they still have to do to reach the top level when it’s not too late to instill a good work ethic, and it can encourage them to step outside of their comfort zone.<\/p>\n Or, of course, they could chuck it in fear that they really aren’t up to it, with their confidence in tatters.<\/p>\n Coach Tommy McIntyre has his work cut out to get them ready for the next game, against Liverpool in Chester, at 1pm this Saturday. Hang on, thats just up the road from me….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tomorrow night, of course, is the last European game of the season. Celtic flew out , well, Ronny did, no-one else seems to have shown up-<\/p>\n to the Turkish capital for something many see as a meaningless game.<\/p>\n Well, it won’t affect our season unless the Turks field an unregistered player, like Real Madrid did in the Spanish Cup, a move that saw them expelled from the competition, despite cries from the Spanish press that the best thing to do would be to forget about it and move on, as Spain needs a strong Real Madrid.<\/p>\n But it will give us a chance to see how the players perform when they are not under pressure, and maybe give us a few pointers as to what went wrong in the previous five games.<\/p>\n Could it be that the poor decisions and mistakes were down to inexperience and pressure ?<\/p>\n Speaking of decisions, it must be time for the club to look at whoever is co-ordinating staements and interviews with the media.<\/p>\n John Collins on the official website ahead of the Fenerbache game;<\/p>\n \u201cWe always say to the players that every game is vitally important, Obviously we can\u2019t qualify, but we want to go there and put on a good performance.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n He then told the media it was a “game we could do without ”<\/p>\n Come on, if you don’t show one hundred per cent how can you expect the players to ? This may be more down to media questioning again, but it’s getting to the point t=where celtic are allowing themselves to be embarrassed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Transfer news, and the next player on the list is Lennart Thy, a striker at St. Pauli, whose name has been mentioned a few times. Which means it won’t be him.<\/p>\n Theres talk in the sun, (I know ) that Crystal Palace, known as the eagles, and Swansea are interested in Leigh Griffiths, but he’s not that bothered with birds anymore and is only interested in extending his stay at Celtic.<\/p>\n There will be a lot of this type of story as January approaches, and don’t worry, even if there isn’t, we’ll make some up for you.<\/p>\n Yesterday, we mentioned that Celtic scouts were spending a disproportionate amount of their time watching Benfica games, and we hear that that one of their \u00a0players is the focus of attention;<\/p>\n 26 year old Adel Taraabt is a playmaker who hasn’t made it with the Lisbon club. He’s got a bit oif an attitude, is lazy and unfit, but has talent, according to those who know. Of which I am not one.<\/p>\n Here he is taking a corner…<\/p>\n Taraabt corner<\/a><\/p>\n According to Wikipedia, he used to be good, though.<\/p>\n Adel Taarabt was to make his debut as a full Queens Park Rangers player as the club signed the Moroccan for a reported \u00a31,000,000. The contract with Queens Park Rangers provides for Tottenham to receive 40% of future transfer profit, in addition to the payments already made. This was proved to be one of the bargains of the season as Taarabt went on to score 19 goals in 44 league appearances that season for the West London club. With his unpredictable skill and reputation for never giving the opposition defence an easy 90 minutes, Taarabt went on to win the Championship Player of The Year award and gained a place in the Championship’s best XI (also featuring teammate\u00a0Paddy Kenny<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n In March 2011, Taarabt missed two matches when he returned to France for family matters as one of his cousins had tragically been killed by\u00a0Algerians<\/a>. In the international match Morocco vs Algeria he picked up a booking and was lucky not to be sent off. In the return fixture Morocco manager\u00a0Erik Gerets<\/a>\u00a0decided to drop Taarabt to the bench. Taarabt decided to not turn up to the international fixture and vowed to never play for his country again. However, several months later Taarabt wanted to play for Morocco again which Gerets reluctantly allowed but said that if Taarabt acted irrationally again he would not play for his country whilst he was in charge.<\/em><\/p>\n Some notable moments during the season were against\u00a0Cardiff City<\/a>\u00a0(away, 2\u20132 draw) where Taarabt picked up a brace, scoring a wonder goal in the process. During the home game against the same opposition, Taarabt scored the winner which took QPR back to the top of the Championship.<\/em><\/p>\n He offers something different, which might just be what Celtic need, but he doesn’t seem to be much better than what we already have, so its probably nonsense again from the media.<\/p>\n After all, haven’t second Rangers just snapped up a Moroccan wonder boy with issues ?<\/p>\n Perhaps Lawwell saw that story, and immediately ordered his scouts to “get me one of them ”<\/p>\n Anyway, we all know it’ll be Martin Odegaard on loan.<\/p>\n The recent bad weather means that Carlisle uniteds next game is in doubt, although they will hold a pitch inspection on the morning of the match.<\/p>\n That is a real photograph, by the way.<\/p>\n Over at Ibrox, it looks like there’ll be another sleepless night for Dave King as we hear that his court case has been postponed until tomorrow.<\/p>\n So there’s time for him to do that last minute christmas shopping in case he gets called away for the festivities.<\/p>\n John Kurila was the centre half in yesterdays picture. From the Celtic Wiki..<\/p>\n Centre-half John Kurila was a strong defender who joined Celtic from St Francis Boys Guild in August 1958.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He made his competitive debut at right-back in a 2-0 league defeat to Motherwell on April 8th 1959. Despite being an outstanding skipper of a successful reserve side John\u2019s first team opportunities at Celtic Park were limited as he was forced to play under-study to the considerable talents of Bobby Evans and then Billy McNeill. Had John played in another era he could have been a very successful player.<\/em><\/p>\n Displacing the aforementioned greats was no easy task, but he enjoyed success in the reserves, winning three 2nd XI Championship medals and a reserve league cup medal also. He had a few games for the senior but to no avail.<\/em><\/p>\n He was eventually released in May 1962 having had a torrid season through 1961-62 when he had at times to play in the Combined Reserve team and he was released at the end of the season on a free. He went on to enjoy success playing for a number of lower league English sides \u2013 most notably Northampton Town.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n His main claim to fame however is when he was part of the famous Colchester giant killing side who defeated the then mighty Leeds United – Bremner, Giles et al in February 1971. 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