Bah, Dunphy will be trotting out the same negative crap irrespective of whether O'Neill gives him attention or not. I thought the put-down was pretty funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Bah, Dunphy will be trotting out the same negative crap irrespective of whether O'Neill gives him attention or not. I thought the put-down was pretty funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
I read a comment in a Score.ie article that the Scottish FA gave such a low allocation of tickets to the FAI because they are fearful of an increased Irish contingent due to the fact that many people in Scotland would identify as Irish, such as those that carry a tricolour to Celtic games, not to mention the families and communities and people with similar attitudes to McGeady and McCarthy.
Pardon my ignorance on this one. I've been to Glasgow and Edinburgh once each and can't say I'm very well versed on this matter. Can anyone shed a bit of light on whether this is an actual reality? I'm looking at you, Danny!
Loads of Tims would have/did but many more now claim or acknowledge any Scots heritage...
It makes you wonder then if they truly feared that why they would play it at Parkhead rather than somehow get it played at Murrayfield. If of course we assume that Ibrox was likely a no-go.
Murrayfield is a ****hole is why.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Scottish stadia tend to be.
Yeah, but Murrayfield in particular is. They've been struggling with a roundworm infestation for two years, although they reckon it's sorted the last couple of months. Still, can see why Scotland would choose a quality ground over one that could turn out to be a disaster and would probably be 1/4 empty anyway.
Rangers are playing Alloa the day after the qualifier, so Ibrox was unavailable.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Clearly Charlie misunderstood and I indulged. Stupidly.
I was responding to AB.
The accusation that they were fearful of an enlarged Irish contingent is ridiculous given that they then decided to hold it in CP.
As regards, Rangers playing Alloa, almost moot, the SFA would have requested a date change for that game most likely. But they would have been mental to hold an Ireland game in Ibrox. It would have been asking for trouble.
Wasn't Aberdeen originally considered as a venue to host the game (allegedly) due to the greater logistical difficulty of actually getting there from Ireland?Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Nope, my contacts tell me the SFA always wanted to cash in. At the biggest stadium. In Glasgow.
Though probably over-estimated home support and under-estimated the visitors...
Plus there was no way we were going to play at the other ground due to obvious security issues.
Though surprised if used on the Saturday, when they have a supposedly prestige international friendly there a few days later?
I have no idea. People can still fly to Aberdeen ya know Danny. Although it's a pain to drive to. Thankfully when I was there in the past it happened to be sunny.
This seems most likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Is McGregor injured/unavailable/just not selected? Gordon and Marshall are more than decent keepers, haven't seen much of Gilks.
Squad is amazing. Too strong. We shouldn't bother.
McGregor is injured I think.
Two more goals for Fletcher yesterday, let's just save ourselves the embarrassment and give them a walkover.
It's strong enough. I think we shade it in a few areas - enough to make it very winnable, but also close enough for the Scots to think the same. Awesome match up :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Looking at the Scotland squad, we should be winning this game