The Diary is walking on sunshine.
We are drowing in a sea of feelgood this morning. We should be feeling as flush as a Toilet Duck.But some still want to have a go.
One, ex-player, says that if the Celtic manager situation rumbles on then it will “become embarrassing” before saying “I was 34 when I became player manager at Dumbarton” and we all know that went well.
The obsession with the “father figure” is gnawing away at the hacks. The desperation to create tension in a done deal is there. they don’t want to write that Lennon feels that “with senior managerial contacts available at the end of the telephone should he require advice” is enough.
They want to write that “Celtic will enforce Andy Roxburgh to come out of retirement and baby sit the manager”
Still, on one hand they’re telling you that Joe Ledley has been “impressed by what he saw” and but is looking for wages in “excess of £20,000 a week” and scream that Lennon’s situation is “unresolved“.
Other seem just as bored as me and you. “Formal announcement finally expected by the end of the week” one sighed and describes Alan Thompsons muted return as “Romantic“.
The relative boredom of the formal selection process means that a Liam Lawerrence source declaring that “Liam’s been aware of Celtic’s interest for a few weeks” conjurs up a “Come ‘n get me Lenny” headline without any stock to make the soup.
There is a new French perfume out. Odor De N’Guemo. Musky smelling but with an overpowering sweetness to hide the desperation of the wearer to get rid of unwanted attention. “The French club are willing to to wait until Friday before they put their midfielder on the open market” and try and make “losing out on N’Guemo to Wigan and Sunderland” sound like some sort of threat not a blessed relief.
Craig Bellamy? We are seemingly “set to challenge Spurs” for the angry midget who loves karaoke and golf signiture and the butler on fantasy Island has just delivered “real progress is being made in the stunning bid to capture Arsenal star (sic) and ex-England stopper (treble sic) Campbell on a free” with no mention of his fantastic Notts County adventure making worthy copy.
“I don’t think there are too many players in the Ireland squad who would turn down the opportunity to play for Celtic” said Sean St Ledger. I don’t think they are many Irishmen that haven’t been linked with Celtic. Terry Wogan and Ardal O’Hanlon fancy a crack at full back with Bertie O’Herne as a creative midfielder.
Overall, enough to put a smile on your face for a few hours before you put petrol in your car. Robbing basturds.