"Every Player Is A Puppet"

"Everybody who is fit is available. You don't lose any base fitness over two weeks so everybody who is in the squad has a chance of being involved." was oor managers only comment on the returning Aiden McGeady.

Smart money is on an...

"Too many Florence Nightingales...Not enough Robin Hoods."

Pre-season is over. The games that are akin to, two men fighting in foam sumo suits are done with and tomorrow, at 12:30pm, our bread and butter is served. Pre-season yielded, 3 wins, 3 defeats and 2 draws. It lacked performances and you can count on under half a hand ...

"I'm working on a cocktail called 'Grounds For Divorce'"

So like all other Timternet blawhards, the news that Gabriel Tamas went home without sealing the deal was blow. A lot of 'trusted' sources lost thier houses after staking thier mortgages that is was a 'done deal'. Sounds like the deal was done but Celtic have pulled the plug.

This...

LOTW is having a happy monday. No, Squirel and G-Man in my mind, but happy at the fact that we stepped-on Feyenoord with a 3-1 victory, which ensures we didn't finish with another wooden spoon this pre-season.

After Friday...

LOTW has recovered. A pain, that was like a thousand paper cuts, that made me go to that dark place, the place that when the sun comes up you want to put your head back under the covers, a place that makes you want to book into that hotel in 'The Shining' and a place that is as welcome as a Nazi whore in Max Mosley's house.

Yes,  the pain of pre-season defeat and the loss of the coveted 'Algarve Cup' is hard to take.