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Billy Sharp is out of retirement https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c820vylvxwxlo

Chris Sutton on Celtic:- "They're deficient in every area of the team. This current team are miles off it. Where is the plan, what's the strategy?" The beeb article goes on:- "They are still four points clear, but some other stats paint a grim picture for Celtic. Twenty-four shots to Falkirk's six; nine on target compared to Falkirk's two (their two goals); more than double the possession and almost three times as many touches in the opposition box. Celtic had 14 corners, Falkirk had none." So, they are top of the league, absolutely hammered Falkirk in the final third, but just couldn't finish. Sutton, in a job for being a bit grumpy, like Hansen and Shearer, but not for much else. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cmvg7d1xl8epo There's a video clip, in the article above, where Martin O'Neil, with incredible patience, explains to the village idiot masquerading as a hack about squad rotation. He bats away the hack's other questions, and chooses not to humiliate him asking what he means by "patterns of play." After all the hyperbole in that article and elsewhere, former manager Ian McColl said "It's not a vintage Celtic." And that would be fair. The club are in a tin pot league, fail on a regular basis in Europe and have found that a fanbase alone doesn't amount to much in the world of TV and Champions League revenues. They, and Rangers have been slipping away for a long time. Every year they have to be very astute in the transfer market. Their resources are finite, and this season funds were held back because they were paying off instances of child abuse by their, very connected to the club, boy's club.

Mookie is a role model for the rest of us in The Land That Time Forgot.

I hope he doesn't injure himself doing it. 🙂

Martin unfortunate not to get the win.

Uh oh! That vaccine hasn't been tested on fictional rodents! Can anyone save us from the 100ft rampage of... Whitey!... The Mouse That Walked Like A Man?!

I doubt anyone from the club will be speaking to Nuno tonight. He's being ghosted.

Wiki sez "Most consecutive league games without defeat – 23 (1 November 2008 – 7 March 2009)" They are on their way.

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With Matsuki happy to go into central positions, we're able to have Leo supporting a very mobile trio with Azaz and Dobbin there too. I only caught the last 20 mins, right after QPR got one back. But we were in control pretty much right away, making sure we gave them scares at the back, and taking away any pressure from ourselves. Lots of late subs to save any tired legs. A nice goal from Wellington, who keeps reminding Manning to put in good performances, as he's decent. Mubama made a good run in the build up to it, which was good to see. 5th (but really second).

Thanks Christophe. Lovely goal from Abu. Like your article on Rudy Mater, it shouldn' t be forgotten how difficult a far away move can be, not least in the highly competitive world of football. Many youngsters struggle and it's easy to let your head go down, which leads to it being even worse. Hopefully Derrick is now on the other side of that, and VA will see a lot of good things from him. Big move to drop John O'Shea, sorry Jean Louchet, from goal. Everyone in the squad has been underwhelming, and the keeper often pays the price. I don't recall Lacombe making errors from the few times I've seen him. Obviously a bit rustier from lack of regular games. And it is good for the squad that he gets a chance, if Louchet has made a few costly individual errors.

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Dowman suspended for 3 games. And grounded for a month by Arteta with no playstation. 🙂

Impressive that he's a household name at his age. It's only your house, but still. 🙂