Now Is The Time For Prayer!

Last updated : 28 August 2002 By Dave Webster
Celtic were sent tumbling out of the Champions Cup, losing 2-0 to Basle of Switzerland, and going out on the away goal, despite the final aggregate score being 3-3.

Praying Giorgi Will Stay
Now all Dundee fans will have a hellish 48 hours, listening out for every snippet of news, every rumour.

Every word spoken by a taxi driver who may have claimed to have driven Giorgi to the station. Drunk men in the pub claiming to have cut his grass and told not to come back next week. Auld wifies who say they overheard in the supermarket that he'd stopped his weekly grocery delivery.

Everything will be grasped by desperate fans keen to see the great man stay for a while longer.

Don't worry, none of the above are actual rumours, just the way in which many rumours start.

If what I learned on Monday night was correct, if the conclusions I came to after speaking to certain people and listening in to certain conversations among Dundee employees was correct, Giorgi might yet be a Dee at least until January.

The loss of £10 million, which is what Celtic blew away tonight in Switzerland, could mean them being unable now to pursue Berger, Nemsadze and another unknown foreign midfielder. My only fear now is (see, I'm getting paranoid), is that they might drop their interest in the the higher priced players and still see Giorgi as a cheap buy at a million.

We'll just have to be patient, fellow Dees, try a little prayer and meditation the Curve Ball way, and who knows. Who knows? Only Peter Marr and Jim Duffy, and Giorgi, too, and they're keeping pretty quiet about it all.