THE S*N: A CELTIC MANAGER USING HIS PHONE IS NOW HEADLINE NEWS
- BY LIAM CARRIGAN
- 16 hours ago
- 2 min read
Perhaps I should stop being surprised at this point, by the new depths the Scottish tabloid media will plumb in their search for any scrap, any semblance of a negative story about Celtic.
Yesterday, St. Johnstone pulled off a result that could yet save their season, with a win against Celtic.
It was the first time in years that the Scottish Premiership's bottom club managed to beat the top club at this stage of the season.
What was The S*n’s big talking point after the game?
St. Johnstone’s heroic defensive display?
Celtic’s failure yet again to capitalize on a Rangers defeat?
The mediocrity of the McDiarmid Park pies?
Nah, apparently Brendan Rodgers spending some time on his phone is now what passes for headline worthy news these days.
Celtic Manager Looked “Contemplative” From About a Hundred Yards Away!
Apparently, the Celtic boss was in a “contemplative mood”, according to the paper.
Given the long-range lens that was used the result was, to give the most positive appraisal of this attempt at photography, a blurry image, barely distinguishable as the Celtic manager.
Given the considerable distance from which the picture appears to have been photographed, unless the photo journalist who took the snap is Clark Kent, I doubt he would have seen or heard anything to give any insight whatsoever into what Brendan Rodgers was thinking or who he was talking to.
Don't worry comic book fans. Superman is my favorite and I know he'd never stoop so low as to work for the journalistic kryptonite that is The S*n's sports desk.
Of course, the complete inanity of this "story" hasn’t stopped the online rumor mills from leaping on it.
Was Brendan talking to Celtic majority shareholder Dermot Desmond?
Was he on the phone to his agent seeking another job?
Was he ordering a curry for when he gets home?
We’ll never know. And most of us probably don’t care.
More importantly though, it doesn’t matter if he’s the Celtic manager, whenever someone uses their phone, and whomever they call, is nobody’s business but their own.
This “story” is nothing but an invasion of privacy and needless rumor-mongering.
Honestly, how does this get past editorial controls to become an actual story that a newspaper runs on their website?
Surely, even The S*n must have some semblance of news sense?
Who am I kidding, this is The S*n.
I should probably be impressed that they somehow managed to use complete sentences, paragraphs, basic grammar and a spell-checker.
I’m sure we can expect another thought piece from Bill Leckie (there’s an oxymoron if ever I heard one), on who Brendan was talking to, and why its yet another sign of an imminent disaster for Celtic.
Of course, I don’t need to tell you, dear readers, that you could probably shove your head in a bowl of Alphabetti Spaghetti and whatever slop ends up smeared across your face will probably be more coherent than anything that Celtic-hating parasite Leckie and his cronies can come up with.
Don’t buy The S*n.