The Diary went to watch Scotland’s only fan owned club against Grimsby. Oh dear.
Apologies regarding lack of activity yesterday. Unsure what happened but when I went to post the blogs – highlights of the Seattle Sounders game and a must read Diary – the server was as mobile as Morten Rasmussen was against Seattle.
They are up now on the site. You know how to find them.
Anyway, poor Liam Lawrence eh? The man was rumoured to be the first part of Lennon Revolution but then it all went quiet as we courted other options, mainly the Human Man Bag that is Jimmy Bullard whose move to Celtic has had it’s pulse checked and has been pronounced “definitely dead“.
“My agent has had another couple of calls so it’s still on-going” informs Lawrence who instead being whisked across America playing on “field turf” and in baseball stadiums is in Austria with the walking charge sheet that is Stoke City.
Lawrence must feel like the tray of sausage rolls at the start of the buffet table. It gets by-passed for the fancier selections but you always end up going back for them as they are all that is left on your second visit.
With Martin O’Neill “ready to table a £10m bid” for Aiden McGeady, Laurence is being seen as a direct replacement for star who is “desperate to leave.” and will add to the number of midfielders in an area that “cutbacks will be inevitable” so we are told.
“Neil Lennon wants to recruit, but there will also need to be a cull at Celtic” screams the headline of the piece. It’s accompanied by a picture of the starting line up against the Seattle Sounders – which reminded me of that battered and burned round the edges picture Barry Taylor had of the gang in Auf Wiedersehen Pet in his Wolverhampton office at the start of the second series – with the shocking tagline “some of the players who started against Seattle Sounders are likely to leave Celtic“.
I mean as if any club would look to offload some fringe and reserve players that are not likely to feature to make way for players who will feature in the coming season. Madness and it will never catch on.
“More upheaval is inescapable” it concludes. With many of the squad having “the humdrum air of the utility man” The Diary hopes this ground-breaking move to “discard individuals” is not to much for “a manager still finding his way“.
With The Holy Goalie away there is a massive hole, in the shape of a mad-larger-and-life-goalie, in the squad. “Make me your number one and you won’t regret it” tub-thumped the, supposed, number one contender to fill that role, Lukas Zaluska. The news that “David James will open talks with Celtic” strikes fear into the hearts of most but not our Lukas. “I am not afraid. I’m ready of any competition.” Lukas said looking into the eyes of the beast.
I would be afraid. When James hasn’t got his hair in corn rolls his afro is so scary it has been known scare those Big Fuck Off house spiders to death at the very sight of it.
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