\u201cThere are always things you can improve on. I could have improved on certain things last season.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis manager will know things about me and will have things he wants to change about me. I can improve as a player and the only way to do that is by working hard on the training field.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe will sit down and have a decent chat on the training ground when\u00a0<\/em> \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting the season back up and running.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t wait to see what formation and style of football he wants to play but most importantly there are\u00a0<\/em> <\/p>\n \u201cHopefully we can make it third time lucky by getting into the group stage.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBrendan is famous for his attacking football. He brought it to Swansea and then to Liverpool and was just three games away from winning the title down in England.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t win the Premier League if you are not a decent team playing some decent football. Hopefully he will bring most of his ideas up here and the players will get on board with what he wants to do. I had a brief chat with him when he was introduced to the Celtic supporters last week but we will go into more detail when we are back at training.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI got a call at 3.30pm asking me to come through, walk out for two seconds, dance with the fans and then head home in rush-hour traffic.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSeriously though, it was nice to see the new gaffer and introduce myself.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHe said he was looking forward to working with me and I can\u2019t wait to start working with him.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n That last line is pretty much what he’s told everyone.<\/p>\n The lack of Celtic players at the Euros could\u00a0<\/span>turn out to be a major factor when these games roll around. The players should be fresh, enthusiastic and raring to go.\u00a0 That could well be the difference between qualifying and not qualifying.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The advert describing the lack of governance at the SFA, and their somewhat creative outlook on the UEFA rulebook, hit the newstands in Switzerland yesterday.<\/p>\n It hit them so loud that it woke Stewart Regan, the man at the centre of the controversy. And lo, he did speak unto the nation…<\/p>\n “It\u2019s our understanding that the requisitioners accept that there are no issues with the granting of the license to Rangers. Where they do have an issue is in what\u2019s called the monitoring period, immediately after the granting of the license to Rangers. Our position on that monitoring period is that we have fully complied with all of the UEFA regulations and requirements during that period.<\/em><\/p>\n He understands-thats the key word here-that the requisitioners “accept that there are no issues with the granting of the licence. ”<\/p>\n It means that later he can say he must have misunderstood.<\/p>\n Well, to a man they would disagree his assessment of their view, unless I am much mistaken. He could be interpreting the aim of the requisitioners, which is not to castigate Rangers, but to draw attention to the governing body.<\/p>\n Or, of course, he could be full of shit.<\/p>\n Answers on a post card.please. but not to the SFA, they won’t read it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have said that if the requisitioners are still not happy they should take it up with UEFA. We\u2019ve supplied the email addresses and contact details of the people that the requisitioners need to speak to and I don\u2019t know if the requisitioners have made contact with them yet but they have told us that is their intention. We’ve said if they do that then we’ll fully cooperate and comply with any requests for information from UEFA and we’ve provided details at UEFA for the requisitioners to make contact. So we believe that the matter has been communicated to those involved and they will deal with it as they see fit. Our position hasn\u2019t changed on this since 2013 and we\u2019ve been in dialogue with Celtic since then on this point.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Then he went on to talk about the cup final, and the disgraceful scenes, and so on. and anything else he could think of, which included a threat from Justice minister Michael Matheson to withdraw funding for the game it doesn’t get a grip on fan behaviour.<\/p>\n Honestly, you’d think these people just fed each other lines.<\/p>\n Regan’s \u00a0not saying anything new, but credit to the Res 12 guys for getting him to say anything at all.<\/p>\n It’s a start, and yet another brick has been dislodged from the dam.<\/p>\n For those who may think that Rangers didn’t break the rules, here’s confirmation that they did. You are not allowed an overdue tax bill that does not have an arrangement to pay accepted by the tax authorities if you want to play in europe.<\/p>\n Look at the date…this is whats called a change of circumstances from what the SFA told UEFA earlier in the year. Its what they -or Rangers-failed to notify UEFA of, largely because it would have meant they couldn’t play in the following seasons UCL.<\/p>\n Now its the clubs turn to speak, and show that just as we support them, often too blindly, they can return the favour and tell everyone exactly where they stand.<\/p>\n Although I am aware that there appears to be a plan here, and so far it seems to be working, so if the club wants to wait, thats fine.<\/p>\n As long as that is what they are doing, waiting, and not ignoring.<\/p>\n Anyway, to sum up the events of yesterday., Carl JungleBhoy, a regular reader of the Diary, has spotted a pattern…<\/p>\n
\npre-season starts. We\u2019ll discuss how he wants me to play and how he wants me to adapt to his formations.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThats formations, plural, which in itself is enough to get everyone curious.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\ncompetitive games straight away with the Champions League qualifiers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
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