The cat!

The cat climbed up a tree in the garden. We knew this because she ran back down again with a pigeon's egg in her mouth, dropped it and ran away. The egg rolled under the verandah and my wife retrieved it. The egg was warm, so I decided to try and put it back in the nest. Unfortunately, the ladder couldn't reach. We have a few doves living behind the gable of an old tin shed. I took the egg and placed it with four other warm, white eggs. Will it hatch? The egg incident happened about two weeks ago so time will tell!

The cat is cheeky; the cat sleeps a lot; and, when awake, the cat is hyper! She likes running about the place, climbing (rapidly) up curtains, trees, walls, fences........She likes tormenting the dogs. Her claws are particularly sharp when she decides to rugby-tackle you or jumps on your back or head. Apart from that I like the cat.

Celtic play Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow night. The press are writing us off. Old players berate our lack of skills. Paddy Crerrand and Lou Macari say we will get well beaten. Old-media hacks say we will be out-paced and out-classed by the mighty Man United.

We will see about that! I'll be putting my fiver on a Celtic win.

The match is sold-out and there will be plenty of green and white scarves in the stadium. Our fans will make a difference. Much is being made of the pre-season friendly when a young Man United team outplayed a Celtic team without many first team players. Tomorrow night will be totally different. Nakamura says Celtic are not ready for this match and didn't play well as a team on Saturday. Something might have gotten lost in translation, since team mates Thomas Graveson and Jan Venegoor of Hesselink, not to mention manager Gordon Strachan were quick to praise the team after the Aberdeen win.

It will be down to mental strength and desire to win. Our players are good enough to beat Manchester United.

I hope we run them ragged, and our keeper, Artur Boruc plays like the cat!

My prediction 2-0 to the Celts!