"The Season Of Shit" 

Happy New Year.

You woke up on New Years Day and the world was the same. Nothing changes but, somehow, when you go to sleep on Hogmanay you reckon the world will be a better place. You wake up and find that yer hut still has that bit of felt missing, you still need to cook a Steak Pie and yer car husnae been replaced wie a nice new one, that disnny need to visit the scrap yard in the sky.

Then you have Celtic.

"There is not going to be a lot more money appearing from anywhere, that's for sure." said oor manager, raining on the 'We want to sign decent first team players' brigade. He also mentioned that The Big Cup money has been 'tucked away' in a cupboard and is being polished to pay of some debt.

We have completed deals. First up is Dundee Hibs goalie Lukasz Zaluksa. He has signed a pre-contract and is showing all the signs of a player that has trebled his wages and looking forward to sitting on the bench for a few seasons. See: Brown, Mark.

“It was a dream come true to sign for Celtic. That's something I've always wanted and it's an exciting time for me and my family as my wife's already begun looking for a house in Glasgow." said oor future benchwarmer, while flicking through a magizine eyeing up new Audi's.

Unless The Holy Goalie is for the off, his recent performances have caused his worth to plummet like a drunk after 24 snakebites and make him no longer the goalie of choice for clubs looking, plus he husnae got a Euro 2008 this summer to raise his bar again, then Zaluksa could end up playing 2nd fiddle for a few seasons.

The question is. Will he give The Holy Goalie mair competition or is this just a ploy to keep hold of the Polish pound/euro when Artur leaves? Decent goalie. Then I said that aboot Mark Brown.  

Wie, Milan Misun and Niall McGinn already signed and boxed in the 'One For The Future' cupboard it it seems that we maybe we will be a bit thin on 1st teamers joining.

But, it disnny stop players making noises and getting oor hopes up. Semir Stilic has had his head turned by his Mr 15% and has made a come and get me plea:"I want to leave Lech Poznan. It is an honour for me that a great club like Celtic are interested.  I know Lech appreciate me and want me to stay. But, if Lech agree, I would like to move club now. I don't want to wait because I don't even know if Celtic would still want me in six months' time." he said, not grasping the idea that Celtic probably don't want him just now, nevermind in 6 months.

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"Knowing Me, Knowing You, Ahaaaa" 

It's been a bad week to be an Irish winger at Celtic. Wie demand for McGeady 46 replica kits dropping as quick as the Pound against the Euro, the PLC will be hoping that ,McGinn 32, replica kits will snare the Irish Euro.

"Beware Northerner Wie Mircophone" 

Your drunken correspondent was asked to contribute to the OleOle Podcast, "This Week In Football", regarding McGeadygate. You can listen here. 

Yes, I did call WGS an arsehole.

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"To The Naughty Step" 

A world summit took place at Bobby Lennox-town yesterday. The war in Afghanistan or the Global Credit Crunch was not on the agenda but the day ended wie the People's Republic Of Aiden McGeady being fined, around, £30,000 and suspended from trading for 2 weeks due to his "Madoff" type behaviour.

"Following a breach of club discipline, Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has suspended Aiden McGeady from training with the first team for two weeks and has fined the player two weeks' wages." a Celtic spokesman said, completely ignoring the fear of watching Scott Brown on the right wing for a few weeks.

While the fine was expected the suspension is just the manger cutting his nose of to spite his face.

It is a suicidal decision, one that confirms the feeling that Aiden has played his last game for us. The suspension is up just before the Transfer Window opens. That is more than a coincidence.

Aiden's Mr 15% said: "I can confirm that Aiden has been fined by the club and suspended. He's shocked, disappointed - and I can say he will be appealing. He feels that the action is completely unjustified." while his mobile phone played "Das Boot" and vibrated in his pocket.

A Celtic legend said to me last night: "If we lose at Ipox then it's over for WGS", I replied "Heh, he hasn't even got that long."

The chants of Aiden McGeady will be heard long before the 27th December.

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'Find The Mole Brigade: Celtic Division'

Footage has reached us of the biggest bout to happen in the dressing room at CP since the infamous John Barnes v Mark(o) Viduka bun fight in the winter of 2000.

A Celtic outsider has provided us wie this footage. I'm glad he ducked.

Aiden McGeady v Gordon Strachan. A slating of the formers performance against Heart Of Lithuania, lead to the later being called an arsehole is the rumour that is doing the rounds. Whether you agree or disagree wie the arsehole bit, the end result is that there will be no winners. This spat is the beginning of the end for both parties. Both will be gone by the summer.

WGS no longer has the goodwill, if he ever had the goodwill, of the majority/minority, to survive this type of fight. Aiden McGeady has made to many enemies within Celtic, wie this now being in the public domain and all fingers pointing to him as being the leak.

This won't develop into a Bawwy (8) v PLG. Both parties know that there is interest in the player. Rumours have been circling for weeks that The Barcodes and Bavaria Munchen had got the nod to commence a bidding war in January.

Both parties will get their wishes. McGeady will get WGS oot the door of the club he loves while not making himself look like the bad guy as he makes a fortune from a big move. WGS will see a problem disappear.

To paraphrase John Lydon: "Ever get the feeling that you are being cheated".

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Greece is the word. Panathinaikos did what Celtic couldnae do and qualified for the last 16 of The Big Cup. What has that got to do wie us, I hear all 33 LoTW Readers cry? Well, according to oor friend, Bert Kassies, we should be as worried as a Greek Petrol Bomber who has runoot of bedsheets.

The reason. Greece are in 13th spot in the country rankings. Oor Dear Green Place is sitting at 12 and it is not looking very pretty. Years of Mars Bar suppers and Irn Bru have taken it's toll. If Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, who are in the UEFA Vase, win any of their remaining games then, Geece will take 12th spot, meaning that the SPL Champions of 2009/2010, Celtic, will need to play 2 qualifying rounds, not against the likes of Artmedia and Fc Kanus of Midlothian, before we suffer more away defeats and failure in the Group Stages for the 2010/2011 Big Cup.

Something to keep us interested.......maybe.

Tims In Shorts

Georgios Samaras is a striker struggle to find form. The Big Striker has been looking like a Man Citeh reject and he admits as much. "I'm looking for a good performance in my next game and finding my form again. I am going to find my form again. I will be back for sure. I'm back already but I will be better and better every game. The first game, I was a little bit anxious. I had it in my mind but now I am free." he said sorting his scarf and pondering if his early season, 9 goal haul, was just a blip. He seemed to be the only Greek who was not up for a fight this week.

Another striker looking for his form, underneath his bed, is The New Craig Beattie, Cillian Sheridan. After being dragged from his darkened room, the low on confidence striker, who has been sharing late night phone calls wie Robbie Keane, where they talk aboot their fear of the ball, nevermind their fear of the goal, Cillian mumbled:  "I know that will take a lot of hard work but it has given me confidence to know that the manager has kept faith in me when other strikers are coming back, so I need to reward him with good performances. " before hiding under the table.

Two strikers wie something to prove then.

Heart To Heart.

Defeat, last week was as expected as Noddy Holder screaming: "It's Christmas", from a Supermarkets PA in October. We have been poor in oor last 4 domestic games. Arguments can be made that oor best performance in those 4 games came in the defeat to The Feeder Club. No argument can be made against that defeat tomorrow would see a Come To Jesus type talking too required.

Heart Of Lithuania have put off the pending closing doon sale, a sale that will be the fitba version of Woolworths reducing their pick and mix wie The Flumps being the last to go. The Current Bond Villian, Shabba Laszlo, has worked oot Romanov's blueprint and no defeats since we beat them sees this fixture marked as 'Might Need Back Up'.

They have only lost 2 goals in their last 5 games. They have only lost 7 goals in 2nd periods of games this season. Compare that wie their record in the first 20 minutes of matches when they have lost the same amount of goals. They have also scored an amazing 9 goals in the first 25mins of games. Celtic have scored 12 goals in this period and have only lost 1.

So, get in for kick off as this game could be decided early.

“We want to maintain the good run we’ve been on. We stumbled a bit last week but that happens. You have to deal with setbacks at this club. On Wednesday, we recovered from that blow and won the game. That’s down to the players." boasted WGS today after coxing Cillian Sheridan oot from under the table.

It was also doon to the Golden Notebook showing it's best line-up on the park. Something that most continue.

Rumour O'Filter.

Looks like Celtic are favourites to sign Niall Quinn from Derry City. The player was spotted in Karbon the other night, something that he willnae be able to do if he signs, boasting to pals that he was Celtic's new signing. Also, The Huns are interested in signing Dean Shiels from The Feeder Club. One to keep an eye on I think.

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"Charlie Nicholas, waiting for a taxi in Coatbridge" 

It's been a bad week to be a satirical, unfunny fan(ny) blog. The news that Official Publications have resorted to toilet humour in an attempt to slag ex-players and media lackies, means that a oor place as a boil on the arse of football writing is in danger.

While you may agree wie the sentiments of the abusive feature, the majority do, the fact that an official publication has resorted to sticking pins in a vodoo doll effigy of Charlie Nicholas, the 1994 Coca Cola Cup Final, fat and square one, not the early 80's champagne one, means that the culture created by Celtic Cybertimdom has reached the doors of the Celtic media bunker and the PLC have said: "We will have some off that".

It must have been a crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy night at that editorial meeting.

Tims In Shorts

So Roy Keane decided that his dog, Triggs, is looking a bit flabby and needs to be walked 15 times a day so he left Sunderland. Nothing to do wie him spending £70 odd million, The Black Cats having a turnover of over 100 players during his time and being as close  of finishing in the top half of the EPL as R*ngers have of being in the black . He also gave us £1m for Stan Varga and Ross Wallace.

Even though the job is a busted flush and as attractive as Mo Mowlem in a thong, it didnae stop a bookie, called Paddy, making WGS 2nd favourite to replace Roy Keane. WGS said: "It's a fantastic club to work for (Celtic) and it's a great bunch of lads. They are smashing to work with, they are receptive and want to get better. The facilities are fantastic as well. We are training on a magnificent pitch, considering the weather has been that bad." before storming oot the press meet after being asked, again, aboot the Sunderland job.

That's cleared that up.

"I'm looking forward to spending at least the next three-and-a-half years here. I've always been a Celtic supporter and it was an easy decision to sign the contract." said Mark Wilson this week. Yes, it must have been an easy decision to accept £8000 a week for three-and-a-half years, safe in the knowledge that your spot at left back is as secure as a deposit in an Icelandic Bank.

Erlend Hanstveit, former Brann Bergan captain and left back and, most importantly to the PLC, available for nothing, has arrived wie an overnight bag for a trial at Lennoxtown.  "I was invited over here to train with Celtic for a week, so we will see how it goes before it eventually becomes something concrete." he said while seeing a shoo-in to the 1st eleven after watching Lee Naylor and Mark Wilson in training.

But, it seems his time will have been spent in vain. WGS said: "It's been a month since he played, which is a long time, so we'd like to keep him here a bit longer and have a look. He'll come with us to the match at Easter Road and see what it feels like to go to a game with the group. He's mingled well with the lads and there are things we like there. But we have to investigate it a bit more."

Not that Mark Wilson is complaining: "I thought I was good enough to play here, I just needed time to prove it," he said. With the January window coming up and nearly 99.9% of the Celtic Cybertimdom wishing for a left back it seems his time to prove it is running out.

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Celtic are stepping into the ring, to go head to head, in a slugfest, wie AC Milan for 2 Czech youngsters. FK Pribram duo Anton Fantis and Milan Misun arrived in the same box, the one marked much cheapness, wie Erlend Hanstveit, for a week running round cones and playing 5-a-sides.

After the Celtic nurse grabs their privates and asks them to cough, their Mr 15%, expects them to be courted by the Rosseneri wie some ice-cream and fine wine:"We expect AC Milan will soon invite them to spend a short spell with their club." he said, trying to force Celtic's hand.

With the January window coming up oor manager gives us hope, then no hope that we might see some action in January. "We have targets and then you have got to narrow it down, which ones we can afford in the financial package, If there is nothing there, we just get on with it."

 "John Park is working very hard, and the rest of them, Ray Clarke and Tom O'Neill."  WGS said wading through airport boarding passes for Dublin and Belfast.

A Sunday Afternoon In Embra.

 "There seems to be a lot of goals when Celtic and Hibs play." proclaimed Skoosh Broon pre-empting the boring 0-0 that will get played oot at Easter Road tomorrow. "I always enjoy going back to Easter Road and the Hibs fans are good to me. I've always had a good reception there over the last 18 months." Skoosh added and thus making himself the only person connected wie Celtic that likes oor trips to The Feeder Club.

We have only won once in four visits to Leith. W1 D1 L2 is oor record in that spell but we did win on oor last visit, when the not often seen beast, that is a Lee Naylor goal, helped us on the way to a 2-0 victory.

2 or more goals seems to be the norm when we play The Feeder Club. Wie Celtic scoring 17 goals on their travels and The Feeder Club losing 12 at home this season another high scoring game could be a safe prediction. The Feeder Club have not lost a goal in the first 20mins of any game this season but have lost 13 goals in the last 25 mins of the opening periods. Celtic have scored 15 goals this season in the same period. The Feeder Club have lost 7 goals in the last 10mins of the first half and Celtic have scored 8.

So, Gary Caldwell, from a corner kick around 37mins is where I would be wasting a few quid if LoTW was a gambling man. But....The Feeder Club like a wee late goal. 7 goals in the last 15mins of games. Celtic have lost 7 in the same time frame. Deek Riordon, to stick it up WGS, and score in that period? Hopefully we will be a few goals up going into that spell and a consolation strike will be all that The Feeder Club muster.  

We are on a 12 game winning streak. We are playing a team that has only won 1 game in their last 8. Oor Hessellinkitis has almost cleared. Only Jan Vennegoor Of Hessellink, Marc Crosas and Massimo Donati are still in quarantine. Cillian Sheridan is struggling wie a sore shoulder, probably from too much slouching.

Aiden McGeady is pushing for a place on the golden notebook and the manager my be looking at making a decision between a strong midfield that includes 3 boilersuit players or a fancy midfield that contains only two boilersuit players. Back 4, same as usual and up front Skippy and Sammy can board the bus safe in the knowledge they are getting a start.

3-1 Celtic. Caldwell, Nakamura and Samaras. Riordon wie a consolation for The Feeder Club. But....I won't be surprised if oor run comes to an end.

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The answer is still Barry Robson but no-one has asked the question.....

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Ok, in the complete boredom of writing the post-match grumble, for the game against The 'Senkie, I forgot to have a look at the all important stats, which will show that it was as one-sided as a snooker table wie 2 legs.

So, here we go. 61% possession, 3 shots on and 5 shots off target. The 'Senkie mustered 2 shots on and 3 shots off target. Yes, it was a one-sided snore-fest. Still, 22 games left and if we win them all we will have a total of 109 points. LoTW said at the end of last season that 90 points should be the target to retain the league. If recent form continues, I reckon that a measly 85 upwards could leave The Huns needing the Duckworth Lewis Method to stop 4 in a row.

LoTW also sees that there is already talk of Celtic, currently on a 12 game winning streak, beating the 2003/04 teams winning run of 25 games in a row. Now, while this means that oor run is now cursed and will come to a halt on Sunday as defeat is now in the post, it is a good excuse to say "We're Half Way There", anyway.

Tims In Shorts

Oot of Europa, getting abused in the meeja and wie a Transfer Windae coming up means that it's time for The Sharp Suited Man, Peter Lawwell, to step up to the plate and feed us some words of wisdom.

"We have three domestic trophies to win. We want to win the SPL title to get us to four in a row and be back in the Champions League next year. To that end, in the short term, we will be doing as much as we can to support (manager) Gordon (Strachan) in January." said The Sharp Suited Man, while dusting off his suitcase in preparation for sitting in airport lounges, talking to agents aboot deals that never get done. Known in the trade as "A Tamas".

"We are looking at both quality and quantity. We have a track record of getting to a transfer window and coming out of it stronger." he added, while thinking how he can spin swapping Aiden McGeady for Mark(o) Viduka, plus £5m of the finest Geordie readies, as a decent bit of business.

At least the credit crunch means that Shunsake Nakamura will be staying until the end of the season. Car giants, Nissan, have decided not to stump up the £3m cash for the Man From Japan, which means he will see out his contract and leave in the summer.

"Celtic didn't want Naka to leave and Naka didn't want to leave. Therefore, there was never any prospect of Shunsuke leaving in January." said a Celtic spokesman whose nose was getting longer as he spoke. LoTW hopes they workoot how to clone Nakamura between now and May.

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Szabolcs Huszti, the golden boy of Hungarian football, here scoring 2 goals against Scotland, reckons he will leave Hannover 96 when his contract expires in the summer. He is busy filling a pool full of mud for Bolton, Everton, Portsmouth Celtic and Sevilla too fight it oot in for the winger. Celtic would be as well taking their Speedos off and not bother getting dirty as he says: “The Premier League and Primera Divison are the best championships in the world and I’d love to continue my career there in order to reach my best football."

Niall McGinn, who was the guest of Swansea City at the weekend, will not be coming to Celtic on trial. "About a fortnight ago they asked to take him on a week's trial but we rejected that out of hand. We are not sending any players on trial." said Pat McDaid who is Derry's Chairman. 

Another blog over. Interesting debate on the Hail Hails. I mentioned that was The Good Doctor Jo oor PLG. Click here to join on that debate or to see a great post regarding a spark plug getting thrown at a one-armed drummer. Remember you don't need an OleOle profile to comment.

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I would not usually be up for giving the opening blog gambit to a Huns goal. Whitesnake, Def Leppard, yes, but LoTW, today is breaking from the Status Quo.

So, yesterday, as Wallie Nosurnames Army were still showing signs of an European hangover, which has plagued them since August, by losing another domestic away game, at least Europa Golden Boot Contender, Kris Boydchenko, showed that he could still entertain the masses in times of trouble.

After claiming credit for the own goal, Kris showed that he is in training for the 2012 Olympics wie a 'Roly Poly' dive, which induced an earthquake in Korea due to Boydchenkos Monster Munch enhanced frame crashing onto the turf.

If, them getting beat wisnny funny enough, we should gie Boydchenko a big, HURRAH, for his encore. It's almost as funny as Roy Keanes beard. Almost.

A Snooze To 12 In A Row

Celtic, showed what Europa willnae be missing after Christmas, wie a performance that was mair Celtic December 2007 than Brazil 1970, wie a 1-0 victory over The 'Senkie wie a goal fae Shaun Maloney after 29 mins. For those that are avid 'Celtic Watchers" the worry that we are returning to the form, or the lack off form, that saw Decemeber 2007 a month to forget, is something to suck on like a week old, Worthers Original that has been stuck to yer couch.

We have to hope that the teams we face are mair open than The 'Senkie were yesterday. Their was mair chance of Prince Harry coming oot as a cross dressing sheep worrier than The 'Senkie coming oot to attack. Still, after a 5-0 drubbing they received at Ipox, then that's their bag if they want to try and find a cure for insomnia wie their tactics.

Still, we were off form. Oor manager said: “The longer the game went on, the crowd get more nervous and the player’s seemed to get a bit nervous as well and the technical ability went down the longer the went on. It wasn’t brilliant to start with but obviously it went further down, so that was a problem. Another problem was giving the ball away in good positions and sometimes in areas where you thought was very safe." I'm willing to put money on this slackness in oor play was due the lack of threat posed fae The 'Senkie and a bout of illness caused by dodgy Danish bacon.

The game was won wie oor 2 most creative players, who both had games to forget, another game to forget for Shaun Maloney and he is racking up a few of them, combined to score. GS said: “We scored a smashing goal with a real good pass, that was his best pass (Nakamura) – it was a lovely pass- and to get the ball up and down with not too much pace on it and allow Shaun [Maloney] to make his run which he knew the only person that could play that pass was Nakamura, so if was coming from any other player I don’t think Shaun would have made that run."

Apart from the worry that oor last 3 domestic performances have been lacking the flair, a bit like the current fashion for tight fit jeans, shown earlier in the season but this could just be due to injuries and heavy legs catching up wie us.

But we can't really complain, as oor manager lays the truth cards on the table saying: "This run shows that we can deal with disappointment and injuries and win when we are not at our best. Also, in this run, we've had Champions League games, League Cup games and six players away with international teams a lot of times. So the players have had a lot to deal with recently." So, we have done not too badly then, Gordon?

Tims In Shorts

Like this blog, Artur Boruc has no friends. "I don't think that it's a good idea to make friends with people in football. There is no deep relationship between football players," said Artur. While the meeja like to peddle the myth that "the team that drinks together, wins together" bottomline is how many people actually socialise wie their workmates?

Anyway oor manager is not to bothered: "What he is saying that he doesn't mingle with the lads after training and I can understand that. By the looks of it, he has far better people to mingle with than some of the lads that are here (like big blondes who buy pints and snog him) and so I can understand why he wants to down the tools and get out of here as quickly as possible."

LoTW disnny socialise wie his workmates either. This is not his choice but it has mair to do wie his messy lunch habits and lack of hygiene.

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In the Hail Hails the other evening, I mentioned Niall McGinn who plays for Celtic's Irish Feeder Club, Derry City. The 21 Norn Iron internationalist, he won't be  if he signs for us, said of being entered on the Transfer Database by John Park: "Celtic are obviously a big club and it is a great honour to discover that they are looking at me," he said. "It would be a great move. I was a M*nchester U*ited fan as a boy but Celtic were my Scottish team, so it is obviously something I would consider."

It is really nice to see that we are looking at the far flung markets of Europe. Wie the SSM saying: "We are looking at both quality and quantity. We have a track record of getting to a transfer window and coming out of it stronger." we are hoping that Celtic will notice Ryan Air do cheap flights to Poland and Sweden, not just Belfast and Dublin. 

Cauld day here. So it's time to get a nice wee drink of 7up and curl up in front of the fire and shout "Burchill and Moravcik".

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Thanks to Number 7 fae KDS for the Paul Hartley Riverdance picture.

 Mair Bottle Than Celtic

Remember the wee guy that used to be the laughing stock of your year at school? The one that wore a train-spotting green anorak, Dunlop Green Flashes, NHS specs, has a satchel, carried his gym kit in a Fine Fare poly poke, listened to Whitesnake and had an unhealthy obsession wie Star Trek and Morris Minors?

Well, Celtic are that guy today after their exit fae all Europa Competition. We never even made the early rounds of the Eurovision Song Contest. When Michael Platini, hands oot the gongs at the end of the season, we will get one entitled "Bottlers Of The Season 2008/09" wie the Tagline: "For Cheering Up Europe Wie A Hilarious Collaspe Against The Inverness Of Denmark".

I'm sure we have space next to the awards we won, for defeats in Bratislava, Brussels and Trondheim......

Away Monkey Spanks Us Guid....

When all left work, or the broo office, yesterday, i'm sure we were all looking forward to welcoming, the meek 2-0 away defeat, like a long lost friend who turns up at yer door wie 24 cans of Special Brew. Yes, a 2-1 defeat came, under what some might say cursed circumstances, it caused oor manager to describe as "Unbelievable" and LoTW to describe it as "feckin' shit".

Not that the performance was that bad, it just wasn't that guid and summed up oor disappointing Big Cup. We got what we deserved. Overall, 2 goals, the least amount of shots on and off target, the lowest amount of possession and the lowest amount of points confirm who status today as one of the worst teams in the Big Cup.

Thing is, 3rd place was a gimmie in this group and we blew it. Being not guid enough to hold on to a 1-0 lead, after controlling wie 53% possession and missing chance after chance, which fell to oor "Green Chip" European standard players, against Aalborg BK means, we deserve to be oot. The team sitting 7th in the Danish Superliga took 4 points from us. It's akin to a one-armed blindman beating you at darts.

Oor manager was stunned. He gasped: "It was there for us but our inability to keep a clean sheet has been the downfall in our run away from home and until we get that sorted things like tonight are possible. I couldn't fault any of the players, I really couldn't."

It would be easy to blame the players. I fault them, as I reckon they could have done a lot, lot better against the poorest team in the group, but to take pot shots at certain players would be not as accurate as a gun-slinger wie tourettes. 

You could say the manager made mistakes due to his team selection, his subs and him pitching in the winner of the Craig Beattie 1st touch award 2008 wie 17mins to go. That would be as unfair as beating a dog that has diahorrea for shiting on yer carpet. 

The club has failed as a collective. The players, the management and the PLC are all to blame.

At least, Gary Calderbuer, the leader on the park, unlike the missing Mick, calls it like he see's it and is honest to a fault. He blankly stared, a stare not seen since Vietnam and spewed: You can't keep saying it was bad luck, Ultimately, we weren't good enough to hold on to the lead that we managed to get or maybe even get the second goal that would have killed the game off. But we can't say we were unlucky - that's too easy. We have to look at ourselves."

He then sums up how we are all feeling: "It's a massive disappointment to have been in the position we were in and then throw it all away."

20 games and counting.

Rumour O'Filter 

This will cheer us up. According to a carrier pigeon we are interested in Seamus Coleman who is a rightback and plays for Sligo Rovers. Nice to see that John Park is making use of those £1 flights to Dublin on offer from Ryan Air.

Ok. It's over. The Hail Hails are open, you don't have to be logged in to comment, and I suspect they will be full of wailings and full of woe. Open yer heart, but it's not the place to confess that you slept wie yer 15 year old cousin when drunk.

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