That home defeat for Celtic looks in the cup by Aberdeen looks as if it's cleared the way for a clean sweep by the Gers. Does this mean the push for Strachan?
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That home defeat for Celtic looks in the cup by Aberdeen looks as if it's cleared the way for a clean sweep by the Gers. Does this mean the push for Strachan?
Possibly, in some ways it would be harsh, given that he has a good deal of success with Celtic, but I don't think he's ever really won the fans over though and to be fair, with the amount of money Celtic have at their disposal in comparison to Rangers they should be walking it at this stageQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
There's three Old Firm games left, two at Celtic Park and Rangers have to compete on four fronts so I don't think the league is over yet. Celtic have better individuals but Smith has welded a far more solid team together. You couldn't rule Aberdeen out of winning the cup either. In spite of all Rangers' success this season they still aren't that good a team and Dundee United should have beaten them in the league cup final.
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Originally Posted by Poor Student
To be fair to them they've progressed further than any English team in the UEFA Cup. Smith has made them a very hard team to beat.
Celtic have just so many players low in confidence atm. Naka played alright last night and was Celtic's most creative player but last season he would have absolutely dominated a game like that. Donati, McDonald, Caldwell, Naylor, Vennegoor and even Hinkel aren't mentally 100% atm.
The thread for Scotch football is here: http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=28672&page=66
rangers are an awful side who play "anti football".i still think that we can beat them in the 3 remaining fixtures we have against them but thats if chesney can restore any sort of confidence in a few of our players.end of the season whether we win the league or not its time for chesney to walk
There's nothing about whisky-drinking footie there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
Rangers drew 1-1 with Partick Thistle tonight. Not much on there.
I did look for it but gave up at Page 35. I notice it is on Page 66!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
The UEFA Cup is well and truly the Champions' League orphan child. I searched for the Rangers' game last night and no sign on Sky or the other main channels but eventually found it on TV3 with Yah Like Conor McNamara (soccer's version of Rhyl Nugent) commentating with Tony Cascarinnnnooooo.
Very enjoyable game with Sporting pressing and pressing in the second half and Rangers defending really well and then hitting them on the break. Alas, the sort of performance one rarely sees from Celtic in Europe away from home. Walter Smith say impassively watching it with Ally McCoist doing all the gesticulating until Rangers scored and old Walter then went ballistic. Florentina up next.
ITV4, Free To Air on satellite, had two UEFA Cup games last night, including Rangers afaik.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Getafe-Bayern was great crack.Highlights were on ITV last night.Rangers will be without Thomson and Ferguson for their next match against Fiorentina.
That will be a cracking tie. If Rangers play as well as they did last night in the away leg, they will go through. I would love to see them getting though.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Fiorentina may have too much attacking ability for Rangers to stop. I predict Fiorentina, but with Rangers' resilient displays who knows?
I thought TV3's coverage was good last night much improved compared to their previous efforts for the champions league and Internationals. I watched most of the game on TV3 and only a little bit on ITV4.
Great game too and what a gutsy performance by Rangers although Whittaker will never ever ever score a goal like that again.
The smart money would have to be on Fiorentina but you never know.
It's a winnable tie for Rangers but Ferguson will be a major loss for the first leg and Thomson too to a lesser extent. Can't help but feel their fixture congestion will have an impact on the tie. They are basically playing a game every 3 or 4 days from here on in.
I personally think that Rangers have an uphill task to beat Fiorentina, they are better than Rangers everywhere on the pitch, it would have to be Rangers best ever preformances to beat them
Why? Curiosity? I don't ever imagine that their fans would be so magnanimous in return, certainly not the ones I know (and I know a few).Quote:
Originally Posted by reder
:ball: PP
Hard as it is to say, it was a classic european away performance from Rangers. Something Celtic havent done since our own uefa run in 2003.
When you look at the teams left in it, they do have a really good chance please God Mutu and Co can put an end to their dreams!!! Hopefully the heavy match load will start to cause them problems both domestically and in europe.