Digest very carefully the intent of the back page press splashes!

Alternative View June 15th

Digest what you will from giant back page headlines and decipher the facts, if there are any, with what the press & media are currently offering.

At the moment it's silly season because there is a lull in the transfer market, due to three main reasons. Clubs are still focussing on their targets. Many players are not out of contract until the end of June, and players & Club chief executives still off on holiday, therefore any real (and there will be a few) negotiations are slow!

When you see a story loaded with quotes from what is described as an 'insider' then unless someone (from within a club) wishes to deliberately plant a story, then it is generally made up, simply because the paper printing the story do NOT have any real facts on it so they just say an 'insider'.

Perhaps you don't, but believe it or not, some people will believe what they read in the papers, otherwise they wouldn't be selling around 340,000 copies per day in Scotland!

Take today's 'Sun' for example :

(1) "SunSport understands £25,000-a-week Brown will happily sign a new contract - IF Lennon gets a deal of his own."
Just look at the language there! Take that as pure rubbish!

(2) "Should Lennon stay, it seems certain his first act will be offering his midfield general a new long-term deal."
Should Lennon stay, honestly its silly now!

(3)  A close pal said: "Scott knows he could probably go down south and get a lot of money. But the fact is he's absolutely loved it under Neil, he's made no secret of that."
Don't see the the orderly queue of buying clubs forming?

(4)  "He's also made it clear he is the only man for the job at this moment in time."
This is written so badly the reader is not sure if it is Scott or Neil who is meant to be saying the above! If it is Scott then make your own mind up on that one!

(5) "Scott is happy in Glasgow and really enjoying his football. He already had initial talks about a new contract a few weeks ago and if a deal was put in front of him then I think there would be no doubt he would be happy to sign it."
If this "close pal" of Scott thinks that Celtic will be offering Scott a new 4 or 5 year deal on £25,000 pw then it's time he visited a decent therapist!
Dafty press season it is!