{"id":9190,"date":"2016-05-31T08:21:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T07:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=9190"},"modified":"2016-05-31T08:21:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T07:21:22","slug":"celtic-diary-tuesday-may-31-season-books-and-kazim-richards-fly-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=9190","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Tuesday May 31: Season Books And Kazim Richards Fly Out."},"content":{"rendered":"

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You’ve got until five o’clock today to renew, otherwise you’ll have to sit somewhere else, and the way the season books are flying out, that seat might well be in front of the telly !<\/p>\n

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I do believe i may just have added ten thousand books to the total and forced a board meeting to discuss the expansion of the south stand.<\/p>\n

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The Summer Sale continued at Celtic Park as Colin Kazim Richards looks set to follow in the footsteps of Carlton Cole and Stefan Scepovic \u00a0as he has attracted interest from Brazil.<\/p>\n

The club concerned, Coritiba-no, I hadn’t either- have already spoken to him, and he’s due out there today. Their director of Football, Valdir Barbosa, said;<\/p>\n

‘We conducted an interview with Colin Kazim-Richards, ‘He will be in Coritiba on Tuesday and his Brazilian wife wants him to wear the uniform here.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

‘He is a very experienced international player and we hope to close the deal. We had a reference from Alex who played with him in Turkey.’<\/em><\/p>\n

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No, I don’t know who Alex is either, but he’s done us a favour, and done the player a favour. I think the term is mutual consent.<\/p>\n

Kazim Richards did try, and did put a bit of steel into an otherwise lightweight team, but he isn’t very good. And anyway, he allegedly thumped someone at the Player of the Year do, and also went for John Collins as well, not on the same night though.<\/p>\n

Or maybe he did.<\/p>\n

Mind you, as the leader picture shows, they were trying to get his shirt back almost immediately, so he was never really going to be here long.<\/p>\n

Other players who have threatened John Collins have also left the club, but some had threatened after they were made to leave.<\/p>\n

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Just repeating what we heard, even though there is obviously no truth in it.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard doing that wins you awards, and not just Knob of the Week.<\/p>\n

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By the way, if anyone knows photoshopping , give me a shout. you probably can see what I’m thinking.<\/p>\n

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Dedryk Boyata has torn his hamstring, and won’t be going to the euros with Belguim. His international manager , Marc Wilmots announced this with all the emotion of a man asking for a coffee in MacDonalds.<\/p>\n

‘Dedryck suffered a severe injury in training and I don’t think he will be ready in time for the finals.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘I am no doctor but we believe it’s a recurrence of his hamstring tear and we can put a cross next to his name.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Unfortunately, he will not be included in the 23. It is very bad for him. We think he will be out for six weeks.’\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Its bad for Celtic , too, as most of us were hoping he’d have a couple of good games and some daft bugger would bid millions for him,<\/p>\n

Still, at least he’ll be ready for the UCL qualifiers. Fucking hooray.<\/p>\n

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By the way, here’s the list for round two….<\/p>\n

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Fankaty Dabo… Kolo Toure….Will Gregg…the list of new players goes on and on without a single shred of evidence , or even pish stained comment to back them up.<\/p>\n

Mind you, that Will Grigg is on fire…<\/p>\n

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The ones we’ve heard the most about are Steven Gerrard and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and we made them up.<\/p>\n

Or did we…..?<\/p>\n

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Someone who will definitely be here is Kristoffer Ajer, the next big thing to come out of Norway. Whereas the Record were happy to trumpet the fact his side Start were hammered 5-0 in his last game, their attempt to play down the ability of Ajer is almost laughable…<\/p>\n

KRISTOFFER AJER reckons the only way is up with\u00a0Celtic<\/a>\u00a0after the humiliation of his last game in Norway.<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0new signing from IK Start<\/a>\u00a0arrives in Glasgow next month desperate to get over the 5-0 rout from Billy McKinlay\u2019s Stabaek, that could even save the Scots coach\u2019s job, to make it 28 league games without a win.<\/em><\/p>\n


\nAstonishingly, it is 28 games since Start last won a game in the league, back in August last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Have we signed a dud ?<\/p>\n

The Norwegian clubs fans don’t seem to think so, as they gave Ajer a fond farewell…<\/p>\n

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” You came a boy, you leave a man. ”<\/p>\n

If only he was a proven professional, from , say Accrington or somewhere….<\/p>\n

Anyway, have a look at a Norwegian article on the lad. You’ll probably feel better about him.<\/p>\n

Ajer article<\/a><\/p>\n

Someone who didn’t come, although he wanted to is Neil Lennon, who is keeping his name in the papers in case anyone is looking for a manager;<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t hurt, no. Disappointed, yes. What’s for you can’t go by you. I need to look at something else now and get a new challenge.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It wasn’t really an interview, it was more like meeting up again. We just chatted things through about the team and the club and what they would need to take it forward again.<\/em><\/p>\n

“After the Bolton experience it would have to be the right job. I’ve got plenty to offer. Celtic appealed to me, but they have picked a really good candidate in Brendan, he’s a great manager, so we will see what happens in the future.”<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m sure he’ll be on hand to offer help and advice during the season every time a newspaper needs a soundbite.<\/p>\n

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CQN last night revealed that the Resolution 12 advert, set to go live this week, in the Guardian and in a Swiss newspaper had been the subject of discussion with the Herald group, who carried the last statement from Celtic fans in an ad, the same club one of some time ago.<\/p>\n

The CQN article , currently unavailable-page not found- says that the Group had said they were not going to carry this advert, but wanted some of the text anyway, presumably to feature in a news story, should any of their writers ever grow a set of balls.<\/p>\n

At least, I think thats what it meant. I’m not too sure.<\/p>\n

Despite what you may have seen, heard or read, the resolution is not dead.<\/p>\n

Other commentators on non celtic sites are simply fishing for reaction and information when they tell us its over……<\/p>\n

But, hey lads, be careful out there…<\/p>\n

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Another legnedary poster from the fans who don’t care what others think about them, unless its bad.<\/p>\n

As in the case of Irish Post reporter Rachel Lynch, never afraid to speak her mind, became the latest to be hounded, abused and vilified on twitter.<\/p>\n

You’ll note its only the women who get abused, which may suggest a pattern, although it may just be that they are the only ones with balls in the world of scottish sports reporting.<\/p>\n

So to speak.<\/p>\n

And another article from Keith Jackson, and the tweet promoting it \u00a0certainly made me smile.<\/p>\n

keith jackson<\/strong>\u00a0\u200f@<\/s>tedermeatballs<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a023h<\/span>23 hours ago<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/div>\n
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Monday column: Time to wash our hands of the Hampden hatefest \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Having been stung, either knowingly or unknowingly by the nonsense spouted from ibrox and repeated in his name, i’m sure he does want to wash his hands of it and move on…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking of smiling, read this, and i defy you not to smile, but in a different way…<\/p>\n

Well respected French football magazine\u00a0So Foot<\/a>\u00a0have compiled a list of what they think are the top ten supporters bases in world football. It’s a different list and doesn’t contain some of names which perhaps would be expected, but Celtic do well to come third and are the only British club in the list.<\/em><\/p>\n

Not one Premier League side makes the top ten and it could be that So Foot thinks fans south of the border have become too sanitised and, well, quiet.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘There are still a few forums where it is good to follow football, with passionate fans wearing jerseys and scarves, continuous songs…’<\/em><\/p>\n

The So Foot top ten is:<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Boca Juniors (Argentina)<\/em>
\n2. Borussia Dortmund (Germany)<\/em>
\n3. Celtic Glasgow (Scotland)<\/em>
\n4. Raja Casablanca (Morocco)<\/em>
\n5. Napoli (Italy)<\/em>
\n6. Galatasaray (Turkey)<\/em>
\n7. Athletic Club Bilbao (Spain)<\/em>
\n8. Red Star (Serbia)<\/em>
\n9. Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)<\/em>
\n10. Saint-Etienne (France)<\/em><\/p>\n

With regard to Celtic, the magazine say about You’ll Never Walk Alone\u00a0“If this hymn is adored by “Scousers” of Liverpool,\u00a0at Celtic Park in Glasgow they have a cappella version which is better.”<\/em><\/p>\n

So Foot also praise the highly charged atmosphere and say that the eyes of Celtic fans go red with emotion. Celtic fans often receive praise around Europe for their travelling fans in the Champions League and Celtic Park is a fearful destination even for the very best teams in the world.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Etims night out \u00a0? groupies ? For sheer optimism susan murphy wins the Caption competition again…<\/p>\n

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whereas today….from our guest publication Practical Parenting, we have this…<\/p>\n

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