{"id":8833,"date":"2016-03-20T10:29:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T10:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=8833"},"modified":"2016-03-20T10:29:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T10:29:18","slug":"celtic-diary-sunday-march-20-finally-a-substitution-that-worked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=8833","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Sunday March 20: Finally, A Substitution That Worked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having ditched Sky some time ago, and invested in a firestick, I was sitting watching the game yesterday with just a couple of minutes to go, and the phone went. It was Etims colleague Desi Mond, who in a calm voice , pointe dout hat “that was some substitution ” ..<\/p>\n

Thinking he was referring to the decision to continue the game without any ort of pace, leaving Forrest on the bench for the inclusion of Tom Rogic, I murmured “aye,,,”, just as the Aussie Ardiles crashed his contender for goal of the century into the top corner.<\/p>\n

Well, it cheered me up a bit, but knowing that i was around a minute behind live transmission, I had to keep asking Desi have they scored yet.<\/p>\n

Not going back to Sky , though. Even if i have to wait a week to catch up.<\/p>\n

Rogic’s goal lit up an otherwise turgid performance where Celtic looked like a team that had just met on the bus on the way to the ground.<\/p>\n

There was little cohesion, less pace and the introduction of Colin Kazim richards up front did littlle else than put Leigh Griffiths off his natural game.<\/p>\n

Somehow, when Kazim richards did what he was asked to do, Griffiths was nowhere near, and it has to be said that whilst it’s far too early to judge if the two can work together, this stage of the season with the games being so important, is not the time to try something new.<\/p>\n

But it’s results that count, and coupled with Motherwell’s win over Aberdeen, there’s a little bit of breathing space at the top of the table again.<\/p>\n

Ronny deila, the subject of a shameful press campaign, seemed a little pleased with the goal; so pleased, in fact, he allowed himself a sweary roar..<\/p>\n

sweary ronny<\/a><\/p>\n

..which led to Sky’s David Tanner apologising. However, no-one at Sky apologised for the much more offensive words that have come out of Tanner’s mouth this season, so we’ll leave it at that.<\/p>\n

Deila has been accused of being aloof-I’ve checked, I can say that word- in the past, but there was no doubting the passion at full time yesterday;<\/p>\n

\u00a0“With a goal like that, it is the best way to win sometimes. We didn’t play well but we kept fighting, and the fans were unbelievable. That is a moment we are going to remember for a long time.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was so pleased with Tom coming on and doing that and I think the fans were fantastic as well. They are always good but today was even better because we didn\u2019t play well but they stood behind the team all the way and they got the reward in the end. It was a fantastic feeling.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to celebrate a victory, that\u2019s why we do this. The fans were so good today and there was so much emotion for me and all the others so it was a good day in the end.<\/em><\/p>\n

“You can\u2019t control your words in those kinds of situations but I don\u2019t think I\u2019m the only one in Britain to have used those words.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

There did seem to be a coming together of supporters, players and management after the final whistle, and thats perhaps the biggest result of yesterday. The media campaign to divide and conquer was shattered, and there was an incident at the end of the game that typified the new mood, and may have made a hero out of one of the new players…<\/p>\n

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after the goal, as you can imagine, the support were rather exuberant, and one young fellow was huckled by a steward, and was being shepherded toward the police. Big Colin Kazim Richards intervened, and freed the Kilmarnock One, who scurried back into the crowd to safety and anonymity. Especially if he’s now deleted his thanks….<\/p>\n

Watch the bottom left hand corner in this clip..<\/p>\n

Scenes<\/a><\/p>\n

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The look on the stewards face is, well, priceless.<\/p>\n

Still, who’s to say the police would have taken any action ? Their presence at games these days is purely in an observatory capacity. You wouldn’t even notice they were there…<\/p>\n

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Over in Australia, they noticed that Rogic had scored a good goal..<\/p>\n

It was a great night in Scotland for our overseas Aussies but one name stood out as the Caltex Socceroos prepare to fly home for this week’s World Cup qualifiers.<\/em><\/div>\n
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Midfielder Tom Rogic came off the bench to score a last minute screamer for Celtic, sealing an important 1-0 away win over Kilmarnock.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 23-year-old fired an unstoppable left-footed drive into the top corner from beyond the box, with the three points extending the Hoops lead in the Scottish Premiership to four points.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Rogic, who will join the Socceroos squad for matches against Tajikistan and Jordan, described the goal as the best he\u2019s scored in his career post match.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI had a good week of training, scored a couple of nice goals but nothing like that,\u201d said Rogic.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty special but obviously nice to make the difference and get the win.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just one of those ones you hit and you know it\u2019s going in.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA nice moment and something I won\u2019t forget. It\u2019s pretty special.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So, everybody’s happy, and it’s a shame that the international break is now upon us, and Celtic cannot build on the momentum that may have been gained from the result at rugby Park.<\/p>\n

The league isn’t won yet, but it’s looking a lot easier than it was yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

Especially as there has been a problem in aberdeen, reported here by twitter’s north eastern correspondent..<\/p>\n

Celtic Sea<\/strong>\u00a0\u200f@<\/s>DM8883<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a034m<\/span>34 minutes ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/div>\n
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Heard there was a power cut in Aberdeen,yesterday afternoon ? The lights went out,around 4.50 pm \"\"\"\" GIRUY McInnes !<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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however, one thing is worrying me. I’ve seen this a couple of times now…what’s with the cross dressing ?<\/p>\n

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Other players are wearing them as well. \u00a0What is it ? And whatever happened to proper footballers, who didn’t wear womens underwear beneath their tops ?<\/p>\n

Iancelts comment about the cats pretending to be the Lisbon lions won yesterday, and will be added as soon as Charlie saiz checks his twitter account.<\/p>\n

Today, I’d like an explanantion for this, if you could oblige…<\/p>\n

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