Thursday, August 23

Gordon’s Golden Notebook- Fc Kanus of Midlothian


LOTW’s “man in the know” this week decided to give Celtic Park a wide berth. His quest for the underpants had become too dangerous as the price on Kenny Millers white Marks and Sparks numbers had become a bounty too high after his recent goal burst.

Would be easier to get Ronaldos pants he mused while waiting on a flight to France for a well-earned break. At that moment a well-known face sat next to him. The guy looked forlorn and as vacant as Gordon Smith seems to be. Our man asked him what was up and the guy gave this tale of woe.

He said “ I was the Bratislava cowpie eating champion for 2 years but it’s been downhill since then. I came here with the promise of riches and meat filled steak bakes but I leave with an empty stomach as the new French arrival gets to the canteen before me and eats the lot”

He continued “ I could put up with that, as I had support from the best fans in the world who sung my name week in week out but now the gaffer has sent me to France were the pies are not the best”

With that he gave me the golden notebook and said, “Here you go, my parting gift to the wonderful Celtic support, let them be enlightened by the knowledge this will bring”

With our Gordon going on a charm offensive with the media this week with an interview with Radio Snide, where he was perfectly charming, affable and likeable, but I have my doubts whether GS wanted to do it, I’m sure the SSM twisted his arm.

Unfortunately Celtic need the media as much as the media need us but they will still do things that make the club produce these types of statements. I think we should only pay lip service to those that pay us unhandsomely for the privilege as due to the false reporting you get follow up stories like the ones so brilliantly dissected on Keep the Faith.

So for the time being Gordon will still be trackside but with another trip to the FA beckoning he better get the main stand posh seats fitted with monitors and wireless connections as it looks like he may just need it.

Gordon likes getting involved with FC Kanus of Midlotian. He has had a few barneys with their coaching staff, who like their fans, their players and chairman are despicable and easy to dislike. The news that they are to borrow £51M pounds to build a new stand means I’m looking forward to visiting the Tynecastle flats for a viewing in the near future.

He may well get involved again on Saturday as Hearts are a team, which I quite expect to use strong arm tactics to impose themselves on the game. Since Walter has based his Ipox revolution on the Hearts, cheaply imported eastern European template, i.e. big, suited and booted to put skillful fitba’ players into the directors box.

They have had a bad start to the season. Internal strife, lack of communication and confusion over, which loan signing the bemused Steven Frail should play has caused their performances to be ones akin to FC Kanus and for us to have a great big laugh at them.

So will Gordon change his team to set up to these strong-arm tactics as Hearts usually give us a game? I can’t see it. Hartley could return in the midfield for extra boot, as we know Hearts will flood the middle and will let Kingston support the loan front man.

Other than that, I can only see Gordon going with the team that ended so superbly against the Dons. Lack of fullbacks mean Lee Naylor will meander along at left back as he has no competition to replace him and our lack of balance when we have the ball and what we do when we lose the ball will mean that Hearts will get chances.

If we get swamped in the middle you will find that Donati goes to the tip of the diamond and Scott Brown drops deeper. When did paying over £4million quid for the best attacking, box to box midfielder ever stop our manager from playing him in an alien role?

What do I know right enough, I’ve never played the game and drink Kestral.

Still I have been impressed with us in the last three games. I have enjoyed the last three games. Imperfections are part of the game; I mean if we were perfect what would we moan about?

Forza

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