A Monday Blog During An Interlull*

The (U)SSM Gets Derek Rioirdon To Sign His Confidentiality Agreement

The 'Interlull'*, which is the period between 'real' football ending and starting again when the unreal International football ends and is the phrase conned by Blogger at Arseblog to describe this period, is when the fact that the price of pork sausages have risen 40% and the price of bacon has doubled really starts to play on your mind. 

So it was with this in mind that LoTW sat down on Saturday to watch a feast of internationals to try and get interested in games where my only interest is usually Celtic players coming home uninjured cause unlike other teams we send players to these things and don't get a dodgy doctor to send them home again.

Anyway, Scotland suffered the predicted meek defeat at the hands of the mighty Macedonia with 6 Celtic players taking part in the game. The SPL shut out kings, 'Heid and Hoof' were strutting their stuff in the heat of the afternoon. Mick Manus once again proved that he is a limited CB who is going through a below limited spell but Gary Caldwell produced a MOTM performance and a saving tackle that was one of the best you will see.

Paul Hartley played in a holding role, one so-deep fossils of conga eels were seen at his ankles, Scott Brown continued his threating form in his unthreating manner but Barry Robson performance out on the left wing was pleasing as it could have been and has caused much banging of the drum that he should be included against Motherwell on Saturday.

It says as much of Scott Brown's poor form as it does of Robsons talent that we think that he can come in and change our midfield fortunes. Shaun Maloney came on and did more in 15mins than the Scottish Di Canio did for the whole 90mins and it was nice to see Kenny Miller returning to his unbovine worrying self.

Over in Germany, Aiden McGeady set up the Republic Of Irelands first goal showing that this getting played on your natural wing, getting to the by-line and whipping in decent cross is not all it's cracked up to be and in Bahrain Shunsuke Nakamura scored a trademark free kick to ensure more 12,000 mile round trips for him in the future.

Back in Blighty, in between laughing at George Burley's hamfisted attempts at tactics, Big Alex McLeish stated that it was Bobo Balde's principals, which stopped him moving to the Midlands and not the principal of a £1m pay off or the prinicpal of following where the money goes.

Celtic wanted him to sign a confidentiality agreement before he moved. Unsure, what he had to be kept confidential. Who between him and Joe Doumbe was the longest in the shower? What did he do to Saint Martin Of O'Neill to get that contract? Who is the Chief Executive Of Bobo Balde? I think we need to know and it makes you wonder if Derek Rioirdon signed one.

Good news, the new Evander Sno, Marc Crosas says he will be quite happy sitting on the bench at Celtic Park and proving himself in the Celtic reserves before moving back to Spain with Osasuna or Levante.

He also mentions Bojan and Benzema, none of whom will be seen at CP anytime soon, and says the Glesga derby was... "very different, there are tensions and everything is mixed with religion; it was an unforgettable experience.”...LoTW wonders what he made of fellow countryman Nacho 'Ratboy' Novo, who stays in a street somewhere in Scotland, 'behaviour' in last weeks game.

Forza.

*Thanks to Arseblog for the use of 'Interlull'.