Mogga Marks Card Of Troublesome Two
Aiden & Artur Told To Toe The Line
One of the reasons we ended last season losing the SPL title could be put down to the indiscipline of players within the camp.
Most notably The Holy Goalie and Aiden McGeady were the biggest culprits for a variety of on and off field discrepancies.
It’s good to see Tony Mowbray addressing the issue immediately because they may have got away with so much under WGS stewardship but a new man has new rules.
And while he’s at it, Mogga could do well to tell Skippy and Sammy to do there talking on the park and not in the papers.
As well as having a word with Stephen McManus.
If he’s to remain as captain of the club, then he better stop this idea that he’s got about playing when he’s not fully fit and letting the team, the manager and the fans down, like he did at Tynecastle and Pittodrie.
Or give the captaincy to Player of the Year Gary Caldwell.
All Change In Paradise
Zico & Jan On Their Way
As the contracts of a few Celtic players run down, it has emerged that Paul Hartley and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink have played their last games in the Hoops
They join already out of contract Bobo Balde, who will have the laptop loyal breaking down his door to serialise his version of life at Celtic Park, with no doubt a full attack on Strachan, Lawwell, Desmond and probably Hoopy!
Add to that Shunsuke Nakamura’s departure to Espanyol.
And the exit door doesn’t shut there.
With Willie McStay already heading for Hungary and Head of Sports Science Gregory Dupont on his way home to Lille, there will also be a few backroom changes.
Which make me wonder whats going to happen to WGS’ ‘projects’?
Remember the much sought after Eastern Europeans, Milan Musan and the two Latvian bhoys? I’m sure there are a few others. Will they be dumped by the new regime?
I hope not.
We need some sort of continuity to keep the club on track.
Over to you Tony!
When Dignity Matters…
Playing Fair Doesn’t Always Matter
I was listening to the radio this morning and the topic of conversation was cricket. What’s that got to do with Celtic?
Bare with me.
Apparently the Engurland cricketer Andrew Flintoff got pissed at the weekend and missed the bus to go on some jolly with the rest of the Engurland players to Belgium.
He’s been warned not to do it again…..for the fourth time. It appears this guy is an idiot.
But the actions of the Engurland captain Andrew Strauss in defending his wayward colleague reminded me of a few incidents in Scottish Football last season.
First there was the Aiden-WGS bust up. McGeady was properly disciplined by the club, fine two weeks wages and missed two important games.
Rules are rules and he stepped over the line. And in fairness to Aiden he eventually accepted his punishment and got on with it.
Cross the city to the Dark Side and we have a totally different outlook. To a place where they say one thing, and do the other.
Kris Boydichenko shows his displeasure at only being named as sub against Hamilton while lying stretched out on the treatment table in Legoland. This got up Wattie’s nose and he was reprimanded.
The Hun stance was ‘he will miss the Co-operative Cup Final’ because of his misdemeanor. But did he? Well no, he didn’t. He came on as sub in the Hoops’ 2-0 win.
Fast forward to ‘Boozegate.’
Bazza and McGregor totally disgrace the Huns, if that’s possible, and Scotland with their antics at Loch L0mond and then at Hampden.
According to the bold Walter he has “never been so angry in his life.” He duly strips Baz of the captaincy and puts both players on the transfer list, withe the words never to wear a Rangers jersey again.
Is that so? Well, it didn’t happen that way did it.
Both played towards the end of the season and no doubt with play in the new season.
You see, talking about dignity and showing it is two different things.
Ghordon Strachan walked the walk, Wattie Smith doesn’t.
Would You Like To Go To School…At Celtic?
Every Bhoys Dream
What a result that would be. Appartantly it’s about to happen too.
Head of Development Chris McCart was in yesterday’s papers telling us how the club has looked at the continental style of youth coaching and are about to implement the best of systems at Celtic.
From the under 14 age group, players will train at Lennoxtown every weekday morning at 8am, then go to a local school and return to train from 5pm onwards at the complex.
This system is common abroad and has paid dividends for the clubs who use it. Nurturing our talent will become more important than ever and the club see this as the best possible use of Lennoxtown.
You can only imagine how it would feel to be part of this dream.
Lucky Bhoys, whoever they may be!
Who’s Next?
One Voice?
Before I get accused of being too negative towards the new Hoops management team, I’d like to know why we have so many members of Tony Mowbray’s crew talking to the media?
The same media that will crucify us if things go wrong!
Please forgive me if I’ve got this wrong but I canny remember John Robertson , Steve Walford or Gary Pendrey crowing to the press about what Celtic are doing. Can you?
One voice should eminate from Paradise, be it Tony Mowbray, Peter Lawwell or Peter Grant. One voice and one only.
All it takes is for the opinion of Mogga to come across different from that of Mark Venus and the media will murder us.
One voice, is that too much to ask?
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