“The list was not exhaustive but it could exhaust all hope. Mark Venus, the Celtic assistant manager, was asked yesterday about the players side would have to watch in their Champions League play-off tie against Arsenal. ‘Fabregas, Arshavin, Nasri, Rosicky, Diaby, Sagnol, Eboue, Van Persie, Clichy they are a good team,’ he said. But if this seemed like a litany of despair, then fear not. Venus and Tony Mowbray are the Chuckle Brothers of European football. Their optimism knows no bounds.” (The Herald)