Close, but, no cigar

So... its goodbye Evander Sno

 oh the dignity...........

A good result against Southampton and plus marks for Caddis and Mizuno, who both impressed when they came on. Not quite the same result today however, losing three one to Fulham.

I cannot for the life of me understand why the fuckwits in our support are tonight complaining about the result today. Fuck me, it was less than 12 hours since the end of the Southampton game and most of the same players were given a run out.

I didn’t see the game today, but, in my opinion the result is the least important thing in these games, all you look for is the players getting their fitness back and hopefully no injuries.. eh Huns???

 I cannot remember us setting the heather on fire in the last few pre-seasons and we have done not to badly .... But looking at the tic websites today and some of the usual suspects were on in all their glory – Strachan fuck off, the defence is shite, where is the money going yada yada...

The defence will be strengthened with 2 new players ,Tamas and a.n other and I would imagine that he will be a left back, saying that I thought that Wilson looked a better option at left back than Naylor is when he came on...

of course the fuckwits ( is that allowed? :-)) - forget that Naka, boruc, jvoh are still to come back in..

A message to all the doubters...(can you believe it already?????).......... why don’t you piss off , as you obviously don’t have a clue about football......Let Gordon do what he does best, making us champions come May 09.

Message delivered and hopefully understood.............. 

Rant over

CELTIC are today delighted to announce that Aiden McGeady has committed his long-term future to the club by signing a new five-year contract.

McGeady was voted Scotland’s Player of the Year by his fellow professionals last season and his form throughout the campaign helped Celtic win their third league title in a row and reach the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League for a second consecutive season.

And the news that McGeady has signed a new five-year contract will delight Celtic supporters, who voted him their Player of the Year at the club's annual awards dinner last night (Wednesday, July 16).

Celtic Chief Executive Peter Lawwell said: “This is wonderful news for the club and our supporters.

“Aiden's performances in recent seasons have made him the outstanding player in Scottish football and clearly we are delighted that he has committed his long-term future to the club.

“Our priority has always been to try and keep our best players at the club and the Board is delighted to support Gordon in his plans for the future by securing Aiden on this long-term agreement.

"It is particularly satisfying that Aiden has become such a success having come through the ranks of our youth development programme.

“While he himself deserves immense praise for all he has done, he is also a real tribute to all those people who have assisted his development including, of course, the great Tommy Burns.

“With Scotland's Player of the Year in Aiden McGeady and the SPL's Top scorer Scott McDonald having now agreed new extended contracts, we are delighted that we have secured the services of two of the finest players in Scotland.

“Clearly, we will also continue to look to make quality additions to our squad and we are pleased to have done this in recent days with the signing of Georgios Samaras, someone who was so crucial to our success last season.

“The Board will continue to do all we can to support the manager and ensure that Celtic stays at the top of Scottish football.”

 Reports today have linked us with le mans centre half Marko Basa, who is valued by his club at £7.5m, but, we hope to get him for around £4.5m.

It’s obvious that we are in the market for a centre half and have already been linked with Berra of Hearts, Stranzal of Spartak Moscow and Tamas from Auxerre.

The revolving door looks like it will be trying to him Lee Naylor on the arse, as he is rumoured to have family difficulties and wants to return south. According to reports, Sunderland are ready to “ test our resolve” with a £2 million bid. I don’t think our resolve will stand that kind of test and it will be thanks lee and see you later....

Bit of a shock this morning when it became apparent that John Kennedy has joined Motherwell on a six month loan deal, though it will be good for him to get some first team action and fingers crossed for the big man.

So... who will drop out to accommodate the new centre half, because if we are paying £4.5m for him he will be first choice that for sure. Big Mick, the new number 4 and team captain, could it be Gary Caldwell who was fantastic in the run in, or will it be Henry the mild mannered Janitor? – that’s for the auld yins....

I’m not sure, wgs has always as far as I know stuck to a rigid 442 and I can’t see this changing.... so who to drop out – thoughts ???? for me it should be.... shit I just don’t know, as in my opinion neither McManus or Caldwell are the class that we really need to take us forward...

Big rumours that Samaras and Maloney to join this week. To be honest I would take both in a heartbeat. I like big Sammy and he had a decent scoring record and scored a few big big goals in his time with us..£2m for the 23 year old big fella who has scored 30 goals in the Dutch league or £10m for Andy Johnson.. don’t you just love the premiership. Maloney will also spilt the fans, he is a cracking wee player and if rejoins it will be on our terms.. they say never go back,, time will tell, but he will be an able replacement for Naka and Aiden who both played a hell of a lot of football last season. So that’s Sammy and Maloney for a third of a tore Andre flo.......... enjoy

Celtic ‘s pre season plans and any hope of securing 4-in-a –row were shattered last night as an under strength rangers team, beat overweight ex-footballers in front of a 100,000 strong blue tsunami.  Rangers lifted the Scottish Masters title despite the best efforts of the Scottish football fraternity, who denied them time to rest and made them play back to back 7 a side games.  The victory secures Rangers passage into the British finals and in doing so, they have eclipsed Celtic’s 1967 European Cup win.

The streets of Glasgow will be decked out in red white and blue to welcome the hero’s and this win will be the start of season 2008/2009’s  fantastic five-ruple ( that’s copyrighted meeja ok),  catapulting the gers into another financial planet from their poor Glasgow rivals. The victory added to the “green chip” signings that financial guru Martin Pain has secured for rangers, leaves the Celtic board and supporters in  a complete state  of disarray. The quality on show at ibrox next season will rival anything that the Madrista’s have managed to assemble over the past few seasons.    

By Drivel Broadsash. 

Honestly, they were complaining that they only had one sub and might have to play one up front and sit back – déjà vu anyone???  Ferguson the fud (elder) stated that it was puyoorr unfair an that.. as they had to play back to back games – fucking fixture backlog strikes again..the commentators stated before the game that it was nice to see kids wearing Celtic or Rangers tops sitting side by side... once the game started ,the chants of we arrre peepul were clearly audible, you can take the huns out of govan and all that.....   

I have been reading with absolute disbelief  some of the Celtic message boards.  The amount of posters that are unhappy with our lack of transfer activity is frightening. How many times will they listen to the media peddling their pish about the standard of players that Rangers have bought. Misser and Laugherty have scored about a dozen goals between them in the last two seasons, hardly prolific. Velika is a decent player, but, nothing more. I don’t think that he is any better (or worse) than Eddie Murphy, so nothing so far scares me...... On to us, as I say, no need to panic just yet. Players linked again today are Maloney in a swap deal with Naylor and Ratvan Rat making noises about wanting to join. This would be excellent imho as Naylor needs to be replaced pronto, rumours of family difficulties, so  a return south may suit the club and player. Though, I will always remember his initial press conference, the boy looked like how I would feel if I ever had the chance to sign on the dotted line.  The big Austrian centre half again linked and Boetang – 32 but he has worked with Gordon before and this one may be a goer, or maybe not as there are reports that the boy will move to hull.... fuck me, he’s ambitious eh?...still Sky premier league cash wins again....  So no panicking from this bhoy, but £10m for Andy Johnson FFS

 

Right folks, I’m off on holiday tomorrow and the last time I went to this place on holiday, we signed Tommy G. So I can exclusively reveal that there will be white smoke at paradise next week. Ok it might be another overpriced dud but hey ho.....

 

 

 

Only two days to go until the greatest show in Europe kicks off. Time for my Euro 08 preview… what to do.....got it.. preview the Celtic players that will appear…been done !! and if it hadn’t been for those pesky kids at LOTW I would have gotten away with it...ok I will preview EURO 2008 and focus on the Rankers players who will set the tournament alight and change the whole ethos of European football, transforming them into disciples of Wattiecencco……

    Ronaldo… a quick flight out to the Portuguese training camp in Chairman Murray’s private jet... sorry....... Easy Jet secured the signature of the wonder boy to Rangers….what do you mean he’s off to Madrid for £300,000 a week…. Not another moonbeam that was really just the light from Keech Jackson’s torch as he tries to extricate himself from Murray’s ass….   

  NO.....NO.....AND....NO AGAIN…. That’s just wrong.

  What do you mean Nacho’s not in the Spain squad…. WTF… I mean come on...anyone who can score 10 goals in 10 SPL starts must be in their squad…. Do they not want to win the fcking thing ???      

So.... no........ Nacho, bazza, boydy, chrissie, thommo, wier-do, shagger, Clubfoot, webby, King Carlos, adamski, koo-san, gowser.... or McCulloch ( he's that pish, he hasn't got a nickname. 

  So... Bhoys and Ghirls..sit back and in the words of Frank Gallagher.................... PARRRTTTY....