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i think the only way lennon will quite celtic for WIGAN is if wigan stay up and celtic DON'T qualify for the champions league group stages!
and will he go to EVERTON without champions league games with them? |
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i think the only way lennon will quite celtic for WIGAN is if wigan stay up and celtic DON'T qualify for the champions league group stages!
and will he go to EVERTON without champions league games with them? |
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Let me ask you a question What did Walter Smith do to merit a move down south? Just remind me of the strength of Celtic during 9 in a row as well as Walter Smith's embarrassing record in the CL?
So overturning a 15 point deficit last season (and no administration does not get your joke of a manger off the hook) was nothing? Ha ha Celtic beat Barcelona and now its not worth that much as they are a shadow of the Barca of old. The same Barcelona that reached the semi final of the CL this season and won La Liga comfortably but Celtic should be expecting to beat them. Celtic got out of a tough group which had a strong Barca and a strong Benfica, like it or not you cannot downplay that achievement although you try. And Walter Smith didn't give a toss about the CL in the early to mid 90's, the fans back then demanded league titles... Back then it was like beat Celtic & everyone's happy. Edit: But when he came back the climate had totally changed, they wanted results in Europe & he got them to the Uefa Cup final by playing extreme anti football tactics.... |
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Fallon, Megginson, Hughes, Milsom, Naysmith and Osbourne all to leave Aberdeen in the summer.
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he got them to the Uefa Cup final by playing extreme anti football tactics....
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So did 'St Martin', 10 yrs ago this week, along with 150th fanz & not one arrest !
![]() So bad that Barca hardly created chances even at home Because like I said, the climate had changed & fans wanted the embarrassing results in Europe to stop... |
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Yeah we know but I still think Lennon's a mediocre manager....
And Walter Smith didn't give a toss about the CL in the early to mid 90's, the fans back then demanded league titles... Back then it was like beat Celtic & everyone's happy. Edit: But when he came back the climate had totally changed, they wanted results in Europe & he got them to the Uefa Cup final by playing extreme anti football tactics.... ![]() Were you even old enough to understand why Rangers were signing players like Basile Boli, Brian Laudrup and Paul Gascoigne? It certainly wasn't to beat a Celtic team with stars like an over the hill Charlie Nick, Andy Walker, and Wayne Biggins!! Walter may not have had a clue about Europe but don't kid yourself that his job wasn't to win a european trophy. There's no way the mint spent all that money (well we now know it was other peoples money) to win a weak Scottish league. |
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![]() Were you even old enough to understand why Rangers were signing players like Basile Boli, Brian Laudrup and Paul Gascoigne? It certainly wasn't to beat a Celtic team with stars like an over the hill Charlie Nick, Andy Walker, and Wayne Biggins!! Walter may not have had a clue about Europe but don't kid yourself that his job wasn't to win a european trophy. There's no way the mint spent all that money (well we now know it was other peoples money) to win a weak Scottish league. You would see them in photo's in the newspaper completely out of their faces.... That era was long gone by the time he came back & you could clearly see that he cared more about Europe.... Every time he was humiliated in Europe, not a peep from fans, he's beating Celtic in the league.... Different climate when he came back though.... |
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The reality was Walter Smith was just not cut out for Top level European football!!
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Fallon, Megginson, Hughes, Milsom, Naysmith and Osbourne all to leave Aberdeen in the summer.
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The reality was Walter Smith was just not cut out for Top level European football!!
For example. if Rangers were still up there & he was manager he would have Rangers being the dominant force again... |
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And to say that he isn't good enough for top flight football.... I dunno about that...
You mustn't just go by reputation all the time. Most of the time, yes, but not all the time. |
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Stuart McCall wins SPL manager of the year award. Thoroughly deserved & I think both Adams & Butcher would've been deserving of the award too
Leigh Griffiths wins player of the season |
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Stuart McCall wins SPL manager of the year award. Thoroughly deserved
![]() I just hope he remembers to come out the drivers door, & not the sun roof, like the last time he won something !
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And Walter Smith didn't give a toss about the CL in the early to mid 90's,
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So bad that Barca hardly created chances even at home
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionslea...ort/index.html A quote from the UEFA website Quote:
Only a night to remember from Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor kept the scoreline to a minimum
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I just hope he remembers to come out the drivers door, & not the sun roof, like the last time he won something !
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Absolute bollocks but hysterically funny. Just the 15 shots they had that night with 11 on target. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionslea...ort/index.html A quote from the UEFA website That video is brilliant. ![]() G back & watch those games & you'll see frustration all over Barca faces... Honestly, you couldn't see that he put A LOT more emphasis on Europe when he came back to Rangers? To me it was so blatantly obvious.... Dunno what Rangers you've been watching... those days of boozing & whatnot were over, players clearly looked "fitter" & his tactics were better. |
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Scotland finished fifth in fair play table so no extra Europa spot
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lennons achievments were so great he got manager of year ....oh wait no he didnt.... no suprise there
well done to McCall , and to griffiths and wanayama on their awards all deserved imo what can you bring up about rangers in reply to this post lads? |
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lennons achievments were so great he got manager of year ....oh wait no he didnt.... no suprise there
well done to McCall , and to griffiths and wanayama on their awards all deserved imo what can you bring up about rangers in reply to this post lads? Epic fail. |
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How many of those were clear cut chances though? Were they easy made chances?
G back & watch those games & you'll see frustration all over Barca faces... Honestly, you couldn't see that he put A LOT more emphasis on Europe when he came back to Rangers? To me it was so blatantly obvious.... Dunno what Rangers you've been watching... those days of boozing & whatnot were over, players clearly looked "fitter" & his tactics were better. Have you got a link for the highlights of the away match where you claim Barca never created many decent chances? |
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Throwing stats at me was a little stupid
I'm sure Bayern had a STAGGERING amount of those stats in their favour against Chelsea... But when I think back... don't recall that many clear cut chances for Bayern... Do you? |
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As TommyNooka so rightly pointed out earlier Rangers weren't paying £2m for Boli, £4.3m for Gascoigne, £2.3m for Laudrup, £4m for Duncan Ferguson and the other fees they were paying in order to just win the Scottish Premier Division. They, and the other players were purchased in order to try and make Rangers a European force but it simply never happened.
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Dunno what Rangers you've been watching... those days of boozing & whatnot were over, players clearly looked "fitter" & his tactics were better.
You mean 4-5-1 defending for 90 mins. Great tactics. Plenty of managers can set up a side with the aim of not getting beat and to simply just defend.
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Yep. Murray and there fans were desperate to get the cup that Celtic have won and were spending plenty to try and make it happen. Problem was they had a manager who was so far out of his depth in European football and they couldnt even get out of the group.
You mean 4-5-1 defending for 90 mins. Great tactics. Plenty of managers can set up a side with the aim of not getting beat and to simply just defend. But to Walter it was mission accomplished |
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Throwing stats at me was a little stupid
I'm sure Bayern had a STAGGERING amount of those stats in their favour against Chelsea... But when I think back... don't recall that many clear cut chances for Bayern... Do you? As for the CL final last season I don't really remember much of it. Was at the cup final the same day then helping drown the sorrows of a Hibee pal. |
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Yep. Murray and there fans were desperate to get the cup that Celtic have won and were spending plenty to try and make it happen. Problem was they had a manager who was so far out of his depth in European football and they couldnt even get out of the group.
9 matches out of 41, a win percentage of 21.9%. |
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