Serendipity Brothers and Sisters, Serendipity.
There’s that word again.
Just as I was going to publish a blog that would have crossed the great divide in Scotland -an electronic olive branch if you will- all shit breaks loose.
That being Leigh Griffiths is missing the double-header with Israel and Portugal to work on his fitness.
Leigh Griffiths is “brave” to opt out of the Scotland squad, says Celtic team-mate Scott Brown, who wishes he had done the same more often.
“Scotland and Celtic need Leigh as fit as he possibly can be for the whole season,” said Brown, who retired from international duty in February.
How long has Leigh Griffiths been unfit for?
The main gist of my blog was sticking up for Leigh Griffiths and why on earth is he not first on the team sheet for our national team Scotland and on a lesser note -putting fitbaw rivalry aside- Celtic.
I’m going to print a list of Scotland’s most natural goal scorer and arguably free kick taker, leigh Griffiths achievement to justify my claim.
Let’s start at the beginning Livingston where as a sixteen-year-old Griffiths made his debut. He then went on to average nearly a goal every 2 games.
Then the move to Dundee where He scored three goals on Dundee’s run in the 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup, and played in their 3–2 win over Inverness in the final.
Griffiths became a fans favourite during his spell at Dundee and scored 34 goals in 62 appearances, which included a memorable 30-yard free kick in the Scottish League Cup against Rangers.
Then it was a move to English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers who then in turn loaned him to Hibernian.
He scored a late winning goal in the 2–1 win in the Scottish Cup semi-final against Aberdeen. Overall, Griffiths scored 11 goals in 36 appearances for Hibs during the 2011–12 season.
Hibs agreed another loan deal with Wolves for Griffiths in July 2012, due to run until at least January 2013. He scored three goals early in the 2012–13 season, including two in one match against St Mirren.
He won the SPL Player of the Month award for August 2012, then scored both goals in a 2–1 win against Kilmarnock in his next appearance.
Two goals in another match against St Mirren on 3 November increased his tally to eleven for the season.
This run of form earned him a first Scotland cap, in a friendly against Luxembourg.
He scored in every SPL match during February 2013 to win a second SPL player of the month award.
On 3 March 2013, he scored his first ever professional hat-trick in a Scottish Cup tie against Kilmarnock.
In the Scottish Cup semi-final on 13 April 2013, he scored in extra time to seal a come-from-behind 4–3 victory over Falkirk.
Having scored 25 goals in all competitions by mid-April, Griffiths was nominated for Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year by PFA Scotland, winning the latter award.
He was also included in the SPL Team of the Year and named player of the year in the Scottish Premier League Yearly Awards.
On 17 May, he was named the SFWA Footballer of the Year, becoming the first Hibs player to win that award since Pat Stanton in 1970.
His 2 loan spells at Hibernian averaged him again a goal nearly every 2 games.
Then it was back doon the road to Wolves.
He made his league debut for the club on 3 August 2013 against Preston, some two-and-a-half years since first signing and scored his first goals for the club a week later when he scored twice against Gillingham, having agreed a new long-term contract.
By January 2014 Griffiths was Wolves’ leading goal scorer for the season with thirteen goals, attracting bids from Celtic. who he would later join.
On 22 February 2014, he scored his first goal for Celtic against Hearts.
On 1 March 2014, he scored a hat-trick against Inverness in a 5–0 home win.
Griffiths finished the season with 7 goals from 14 appearances for Celtic.
His second season at Celtic saw Griffiths out of favour with Ronny Deila and returned to first-team action in October, again coming on in games as a substitute.
He scored twice in a 6–0 win over Partick Thistle in the quarter-final of the League Cup.
He began starting games more often after the New Year, and on 1 February 2015 he opened the scoring in a 2–0 win over Rangers in the Scottish League Cup semi-final.
For all you continuity Truthers out there this game was the first Old Firm meeting since April 2012; he was booked for his goal celebration.
He went on to score six goals in his next ten games for Celtic.
Griffiths netted a hat-trick on 15 April after coming on in the second half of a 4–1 win in the league over Kilmarnock.
Deila described his performance as “fabulous”, praising both his goalscoring and his overall contribution to the team. Deila also mentioned the improvement he had made to his fitness.
Eleven days later he scored another treble, all of the goals in a 3–0 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice.
Having clinched the league championship, Celtic defeated Inverness 5–0 in their final game of the season on 24 May, with Griffiths coming on as a substitute in the second half to score Celtic’s fourth goal of the game and his 20th of the season.
At the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Griffiths took the number 9 shirt at Celtic.
On 19 August 2015, he scored a brace against Swedish side Malmö FF in a 3–2 win at Celtic Park in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs.
By early October he had scored 10 goals in 18 domestic and European matches.
On 15 January 2016, Griffiths scored his 50th goal for Celtic, opening the scoring in their 4–1 win over Dundee United at Tannadice; he became the fastest Celtic player to achieve this landmark since Charlie Nicholas in the 1980s, reaching the tally in fewer games than the likes of Henrik Larsson and John Hartson.
He finished the season with 40 goals in all competitions for Celtic, making him the first player to do so since Larsson in the 2003–04 season.
Griffiths was a key player in Celtic’s fifth successive league title success, scoring 31 goals in the league.
His form over the course of the season saw him win the PFA Scotland,
Scottish Football Writers’ and Scottish Premiership Player of the Year awards.
2016–17 season
Following Dembélé’s injury in the Scottish Cup semi-final against rivals Rangers, Griffiths found his way back into the first team, and helped Celtic to complete the league season undefeated and win the Treble.
2017–18 season.
Griffiths again scored in a 2–0 win against Rangers On the 23 September 2017. and was part of a double treble winning side.
This season saw Leigh Griffiths break records again. On 30 August 2018, Griffiths scored his 100th goal for Celtic when he netted the opener against FK Sūduva, making him the first player to do so since John Hartson thirteen years earlier.
And now to his Scotland career
Reading all this all the records broken and goals scored where Leigh Griffiths has scored 4 goals in 19 (many of them as sub) appearances not to be SNIFF SNIFFED at.
Who could forget those 2 world class free kicks against England at Hampden.
As usual it amounted to fuck all as his fellow Celtic team mate Stuart Armstrong decided to try and play out of defence in the dying minutes INSTEAD OF FUCKING HOOFING THE BAW UP THE FUCKING PARK INTO ENGLAND’S CORNERS!!!
Combine that with his fellow Celtic team mate Craig Gordon doing his best impression of an epileptic starfish lead to England snatching a late equaliser.
Which meant ultimately Scotland again failed to make another major competition.
But enough of that read back at all of Leigh Griffiths achievements.
Read back at all of Leigh Griffiths goals he has scored.
Read back at all of Leigh Griffiths records he has broke.
Read back at all of Leigh Griffiths trophies he has help win.
Read back at all of the personal awards Leigh Griffiths has won.
Did any of this give him a big head?
NO!
THAT CAME FROM YEARS AND YEARS OF INBREEDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCKING BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
HEY YOU BHOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFS nae wonder Scotland disnae qualify for anything The cunts that plays us think half the team are made up by the make a wish foundation.
THEY DON’T TAKE US SERIOUSLY!
Imagine what another cunt (with it’s alleged has nearly a dodgy past as Leigh Griffiths) Ronaldo would say.
Well he won’t be playing us so lets make up a scenario involving Him Leigh Griffiths and another Celtic cunt that threw his toys out the pram and disrespected OUR country, Scott Brown.
I think it would go something like this.
“I just met these guys on the running track before the game. Great guys. They asked to take a picture with me, and I didn’t even realize they were Players and one was the Scottish Captain.
Before I found out I told them:
‘Don’t give up, kid’s. Whatever disease you have, you 2 can beat it.'”
Joking aside (I’M NOT)
The really sickening part of this whole saga is the absolute hypocritical stance of the loony left wing British hating bastards that infest the Scottish support.
The so-called Tartan Army.
Leigh Griffiths has not once but twice been the defendant in high profile Racism cases.
The first was in his second season-long loan to Hibs from English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was charged over a racist comment on Twitter.
The Scotland international told Zak Iqbal to go “back to your own country”.
Iqbal replied: “I was born and bred in Livingston … and you’re telling me to get back to my own country?”
Police said at the time “A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged under the Communications Act in connection with an incident on 10 January 2013.”
He was been bailed to appear at court at a later date.
The later date was nearly FUCKING four years later. Cops charged him within a month of the tweet but after four years the Crown Office finally said they didn’t have enough evidence to prosecute the striker.
The wheels of justice work slower and more favourably to others I guess.
The second was when Leigh Griffiths was filmed singing
“Rudi Skacel is a fucking refugee”
In a pub full of his fellow Hibs fans. the video can be seen below
Now this is a moronic as it is fucking sick.
Firstly.
Rudi Skacel is from the beautiful land of the Czech Republic. With the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union in May 2004, Czechs gained the right to live and work elsewhere in the EU.
Secondly.
This was in a pub full of Hibernian fans who fucking greet and greet about (not as much as Celtic do) how they were started by ‘immigrants’ and ‘refugees’ (not factually correct as they were moving from one part of the British empire to another but that’s by the by)
They way the so-called tartan army have backed a serial racist in Leigh Griffiths against Alex McLeish has been totally unbelievab………………………..
oh that’s right Alex McLeish is a former treble winning Rangers manager I forgot, my bad.
To end this all I think I will paraphrase the ‘great’ man himself.
“YER FUCKING SCOTLAND CAREER IS DEED YA FUCKING CLOWN”
THE MAN THE BHEASTS CAN'T TAME 