I wanted to make a couple of points about a few recent goings on and some not so recent, not for any particular reason yet I’ve not seen anyone ask this question.
1. The wrong colour shirt.
2. How many Marvin Commpers does it take to change a lightbulb.
Firstly though, I need to say sorry to every Celtic supporter, you see, 30+ years ago September 1988, I was lucky enough to be the Celtic Mascot. Billy McNeill asked me to lead the Hoops out in front of the Jungle!
Well, I’m a flaming jinx!
Paddy Bonner got injured, Willie Miller’s moustache and The Sheep beat us 1-3, then we won nothing at all for a decade, it’s all my fault, I’m sorry! Dunno what else to tell you, I’m still mortified!, Look at what I put Paul McStay through!
1. There has been a lot rubbish said about our 100 + goal striker, Leigh Griffiths. Does anyone think if his shirt was blue he would get half of it? I’m not going to go down the road of bringing up players or instances (except when I call Kris Boyd an incapable clown) and saying “what about that” yet they are there.
It’s more than just to sell papers. Their papers are dying a slow but certain death and they know it, Sky Sports and Kris Boyd aren’t the only outlet that’s felt it’s open season on someone going through personal stuff, they’re all complicit in it, Boyd is just actually a clown who someone thought was capable of doing that job, maybe his shirt was the right colour because he’s not got the skill set.
It’s just bitterness they can’t see past that shirt, everything else is secondary to laying the boot in, to trying to cause upset, unrest, anything. People talk of operation Stop The Ten, I can’t remember a time when it was any different apart from a brief few years after Rangers died and it took The Rangers a wee while to win the Petrofac Cup during their meteoric rise from a new club in the third division to a genuine contender for promotion to the Premiership. Quite a Cindarella story, if only Cinderalla had a 20 million share offer vanish before the first division, instead of a carriage before midnight.
They don’t want Leigh Griffiths to get back to his best while he’s at Celtic because he will score goals and tie scarves (true story). When he got back playing the story was “He needs to leave on loan” translated as “Oh feck he’s coming, pap him away, they’re going for 9 in a row AGAIN”. When that was thrown out, the fitness etc was the narrative, putting public mental pressure on him, had his shirt been blue it would have been a different story, they would be talking about his strength in being honest about things, his commitment at working his way back into contention, the story would have been about giving him time to get match sharp and how great he was for getting back into the team as we as fans and a club should be, simple as that.
Not long before the lad took time out, my cousin bumped into him while he was out for a meal with his girl in a quiet little town in central Scotland, he took time out to pose for photos and talk and made her and her friends nights, just with 5 minutes of kindness that he wasn’t obligated to give, right around the time when he obviously was going through stuff.
Just wanted to take the time to add my voice in support of him.
2. One, Germans are efficient and don’t have humour.
Hope your day is good.
John Paul Fitzpatrick
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