Toure, Duffy, Diego and Leo

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I’ve not seen enough of Kolo Toure or Shane Duffy to have a view on their appropriateness for Celtic but I’m very pleased that despite the headcount of central defenders, Brendan Rodgers appears to be aware that he’s only got one he can rely on. We cannot afford to have another season of set-piece trauma in Europe.

Aston Villa’s Scott Sinclair has the makings of a more profound signing for Brendan, especially if he arrives for anything close to Villa’s asking price. Ronny Deila foundered in a sea of wide midfielders who were unable to command a starting place for any duration. We are the club where wide players come to damage their career prospects. Most of those who have ‘walked through Parkhead gates’ in this time had done so on a sale-or-return basis; at circa £6m Scott Sinclair would need to be right.

A friend once asked why the Argentinians adore Diego Maradona but appear reluctant to appreciate Lionel Messi. Diego single-handedly delivered the World Cup in 1986 and retired from international football having given everything to his country as a 33-year-old. Leo bowed out with a couple of runners-up medals two days after his 29th birthday. He could easily compete in another two World Cups, if he had the appetite.

That’s not to judge Leo; maybe he identifies with the people he chose, not with a nation. Many of us do.

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  1. LEFTCLICKTIC on 27TH JUNE 2016 10:36 PM

     

     

    When i wake up the wife always says ” good morning hun”

  2. England have as much of a chance as coming for Paul67 as Brendan Rodgers!!

     

     

    The last of the old school was Roy, expect an uber young manager to squeak the next job, what young England manger is currently out of a job?????

  3. Breaking news

     

     

    Flood warnings throughout England

     

     

    As Scotland pisses itself laughing ;))

     

     

    ;))

  4. Ray Winstone's Big Disembodied Heid on

    Have any of the ingerlunders congratulated Iceland on their thoroughly deserved victory yet?

     

     

    No class if they haven’t but It would be no surprise. They remind me so much of the huns.

     

     

    At least we won’t have to listen to that dirge of a national anthem any more.

  5. Alasdair MacLean on

    And the needle returns to the start of the song and we all sing along like before.

     

     

    How many times do we have to listen to this tragic post mortem? Until they sing another Scottish refrain….

     

     

    We’re shite an we know we are.

  6. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    What about Cameron for England manager?

     

    Out of a job soon.

     

    Or would he pick too many Aston Ham players?

  7. Hahahahahaha!!!

     

     

    Windsor (Saxe-Coburn and Gothe), Rothchild (Rotsbild) and Ernie Lynch (journalist).

     

     

    Your shower took one helluva beating.

     

     

    :-)

  8. Padd Power prices for the Engerland job,

     

     

    Mr Pastry favourite at 2/1 followed by Macjay at 3/1:))

     

     

    Real prices,

     

    Gareth Southgate 5/2 Marcelo Bielsa 40/1 Luis Scolari 66/1 Alan Pardew 9/1 Glen Hoddle 16/1 Stuart Pearce 33/1 Gary Neville 10/1 Alex Ferguson 50/1 Phil Neville 66/1 Eddie Howe 12/1 Mark Hughes 50/1 Sean Dyche 66/1 Harry Redknapp 16/1 Guus Hiddink 50/1 Fabio Capello 66/1 Sam Allardyce 16/1 John Terry 50/1 Carlo Ancelotti 66/1 Brendan Rodgers 16/1 Martin O’Neill 50/1 Tim Sherwood 66/1

  9. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    I HINK THATS THE FIRST TIME IVE ENJOYED A TEAM IN RED WHITE AND SCABBY WIN.

  10. GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 27TH JUNE 2016 10:45 PM

     

     

    What about Cameron for England manager?

     

     

    Out of a job soon.

     

     

    Or would he pick too many Aston Ham players?

     

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    Heard he has a very close relationship with “The ‘Ham” – and I got that straight from the pig’s mouth…

  11. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Awwwwww – they gave away the score. And I would NEVER have guessed from their faces!

  12. SFTB-

     

     

     

    “I am afraid Iceland will get gubbed. They have already achieved their goal in qualifying. And if they were to take the lead, that Icelandic commentator does not have another register to reach with his voice, even if he goes castrato.”

     

     

    ———-

     

     

    Care to comment on your prediction?

     

     

    :-)

  13. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    If only they had a better keeper.

     

    Like Forster maybe?

     

    Oh but he came from the diddy Scottish league, so he cannae be that good.

  14. garygillespieshamstring on

    Overinflated view of their own quality.

     

    Best performances excepting 1966 are quarter finals.

     

     

    Kidding themselves on.

  15. Saint Stivs says SACK THE BOARD on

    liniker is so sick he actually siad “congratulations to ireland”

  16. couldn’t believe the half time discussion on whether they should

     

    drop Joe Hart for the quarter finals

  17. Read that Frank Lampard had sent Eidur Gudjohnsen a text laughing that England

     

    had Iceland in the draw,be nice to see the reply now