“I’m not normally one to be critical, but our fans are being asked to travel to both Inverness and Ross County in a midweek, one being three days after Christmas, which makes little sense to me”, he said.
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But it is Rodgers he will now have to impress after Deila quit at the end of last season.
“It will be great to see the league flag flying at the first of our qualifying matches and our first competitive match at home – I know it is a day the players who earned this will savour”.
However, the one thing I would say is that there is a perception that you have been there and seen it all when you get to these twilight years of your career.
“Ronny spoke to me when Brendan was appointed and he wished me good luck and he told me Brendan was a good manager”.
‘I’m sure we’ll have our laughs and jokes with Broony about it and there might be a bit more of it to come. Without any notification from the SPFL to the contrary, we had expected that this practice would continue this season and that is the basis on which we and other clubs have budgeted.
However, with Barton having allegedly admitted before that he is a Celtic supporter, Bhoys legend Boyd believes the former Burnley midfielder’s remarks all boil down to him wanting to play for the green side of Glasgow rather than the blue side.
Celtic have already sold more than 41,000 season tickets and Ajer – who has joined the Hoops on a four-year deal after agreeing a pre-contract earlier this year – admits walking out to a sold-out Parkhead will be like nothing he has experienced before. He is a lifelong Celtic supporter, he’s supported us for a number of years.
Asked if it’s a miscalculation to think the SPFL is a second-rate league, however, the former Inverness youngster responded: ‘There’s no bones about it – he’s not going to come up here and have an easy time because it’s not an easy league. “I’m really proud to become a Celtic player”.
He took aim at Celtic skipper Scott Brown last weekend, telling talkSPORT: “He’s not in my league – he’s nowhere near the level of player I am”.
I know I am of an entirely different generation, but it seems as though there is a certain amount of attention courted by people on Twitter and Facebook, and the more you get the more addictive it seems to be.
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“Now I want to go into the new season in the same way”.
