{"id":8671,"date":"2016-02-23T07:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T07:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=8671"},"modified":"2016-02-23T07:30:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T07:30:47","slug":"thoughts-from-a-new-sofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=8671","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts From A New Sofa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"Reset\" style=\"color: #000000;\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$825=14521008403361.0\">\n<li class=\"pageli\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$825=14521008403361.0.$row-0\">\n<div id=\"pf1\" class=\"page-outer-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$825=14521008403361.0.$row-0.0\">\n<div class=\"page-inner-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$825=14521008403361.0.$row-0.0.0\">\n<div id=\"pg-1pf1\" class=\"pf pg-1w0 pg-1h0\">\n<div class=\"pc pg-1pc1 pg-1w0 pg-1h0\">\n<div class=\"c pg-1x0 pg-1y0 pg-1w0 pg-1h1\">\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y2 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>El Cormaco<\/strong> has been out shopping, and now has a new sofa to do his pondering on<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y2 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y2 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">When a hammy knacks on a Forrest, does anybody care?<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y3 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">I took advantage of the January sales to buy a new sofa!<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y3 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Exciting times, sadly\u00a0the same addled brain and its poor capacity for thought remains.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y5 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y5 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking of poor decision making (possibly) word reaches us that James<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y6 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Forrest has knocked back a new contract offer and will seek pastures new in<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y7 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">the summer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y7 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y8 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">I\u2019m torn on this, on the one hand he can be an asset, on the other he\u2019s is an<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y9 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">injury prone frustration. Like a really fit girl who flirts a bit with you, but who<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1ya pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">requires so much preparatory work to get in the mood by the time you<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1yb pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">manage it, you\u2019re broke, knackered and kind of get the sense you\u2019re being<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1yc pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">rinsed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1yc pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1yd pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">On the positive side, he is a quick and direct player, which is something we<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1ye pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">lack. As Ronnie continues to stock pile midfielders like a Soviet Premier we<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1yf pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">now have an almost infinite number of midfielders (26? 27?), but hardly any of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y10 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">them have a decent turn of pace.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y10 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y11 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">This matters; pure speed is one way to offer a threat on the counter attack<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y12 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a coincidence that some of James\u2019 best displays have<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y13 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">come in European games \u2013 Spartak away when he changed the course of the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y14 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">game and helped us secure our solitary away win in the CL, Karagandy at<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y15 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">home when he changed the course of the game and helped us to qualify for<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y16 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">the CL.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y16 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y17 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">But this is the rub: the number of times he has changed the course of the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y18 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">game are few and far between. Primarily this is because of his simply<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y19 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">horrendous injury record. I\u2019ve made it clear I don\u2019t do research in previous<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y1a pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">articles, but I don\u2019t need to do research to know that James is more often out<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y1b pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">than in, and even now, when Ronnie\u2019s super duper fitness regime has seen<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y1c pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">him stripped for action more regularly (ooh er) he still rarely starts or does the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y1d pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">full game. He\u2019s like the hokey cokey \u2013 you put your left leg in, feel a twinge,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y1e pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">call the physio, hobble off and rest up for 6 weeks. And that\u2019s what its all<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y1f pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">about.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y1f pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y20 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The other main reason for his limited effectiveness is the headless chicken<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y21 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">formula. This is my own very complex formula based on my many years of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y22 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">watching football from my various sofas. Its so highly complex, to give you an<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y23 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">idea of how complex it is, I\u2019ll just say that in its full the formula can only be<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y24 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">understood by minds capable of understanding how an incorporated football<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y25 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">club can be liquidated but still be the same club when they revive from the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y26 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">dead.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y26 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y27 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">But in lay mans terms in boils down to this: when a player is really quick as a<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y28 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">young player all he has to do is run really fast and be judged a talent to<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y29 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">nurture. Things like game awareness, technique, positional play, passing \/<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x1 pg-1h2 pg-1y29 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\" style=\"color: #000000;\">crossing ability etc are allowed to wither and die and coaches get all giddy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pageli\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$825=14521008403361.0.$row-1\">\n<div id=\"pf2\" class=\"page-outer-wrapper\" data-reactid=\".3.2.0.0.$825=14521008403361.0.$row-1.0\">\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y2 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">with how quick the player is.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y2 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y3 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Examples of this phenomenon are in evidence everywhere: Remember Tony<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y4 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Daley anyone? Andros Townsend? Raheem Sterling? Henri Camara? Ivan<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Sproule? (I used to watch him at Omagh Town before he came to Hibs \u2013 he<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y6 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">was called \u201celectric\u201d he was so fast). Really fast players who mainly, if you<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y7 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">take away the speed, are kind of rubbish.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y7 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y8 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Well James is like this. Fast, Direct, Sort of rubbish.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y8 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y9 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Poor first touch? Sure. Terrible crossing ability? Oh yeah. Poor ability to shoot<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2ya pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">on target with reliable consistency. You got it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2ya pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2yb pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">A frustrating kind of player \u2013 you see the speed and get excited, you see the<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2yc pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">end product and get deflated.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2yc pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2yd pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">So James will take his fragile muscles, speed and poor technical ability<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2ye pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">elsewhere.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2yf pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">He will likely never scale the heights it seemed he might as he broke through.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2yf pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y10 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">He will join a dull, average team in England, and if managed well might even<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y11 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">become a player capable of playing games in sequence as he gets older and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y12 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">stronger. Or he\u2019ll drain them of a nice contract, leaving their fans holding onto<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y13 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">those glimpses of what he could do as they check for updates on his latest<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y14 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">return from injury date and then end up back in Scotland on a downwards<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y15 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">spiral: Firstly signing for Aberdeen to much fanfare, turning out occasionally<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y16 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">for them, then downwards to a Dundee Utd, then a Partick Thistle and then<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y17 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">the Second Rangers as his deteriorating powers become more obvious<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y18 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">He\u2019ll never go down as a Celtic great, but I m not going to take his decision to<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y19 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">leave personally.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y19 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y1a pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">It is a short career, and with his hammys it will be even shorter at a good level,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y1b pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">and Celtic are likely low balling his contact, knowing his injury record.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y1b pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y1c pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">A change might even give him the boot up the arse he needs and his career<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y1d pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">might end up taking off, like Shaun Maloney, another injury prone wide man<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y1e pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">who actually went on to do well after leaving Glasgow<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Cormaco has been out shopping, and now has a new sofa to do his pondering on When a hammy knacks on a Forrest, does&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/young-forrest.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-2fR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8673,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671\/revisions\/8673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}