― frankiemachine, Thursday, 28 July 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
I like Gordon Strachan a lotSo do I, when he's not managing Celtic. He's always good for a jokey press quip, seems to be mostly a nice bloke, and was always good value as a pundit. Seeing him standing with his arms folded watching goal after goal being scored against us and NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT showed that he's out of his depth.He's only got a one year contract, I can't see him even getting the chance to make up for this "blip" (I see it more as an embarassing disgrace myself).
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 28 July 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4723689.stm
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:06 (eighteen years ago) link
CELTIC or Artmedia Bratislava v Partizan Belgrade or FC Sheriff
Shakhtar Donetsk v Inter Milan
Shelbourne or Steaua Bucharest v Rosenborg
MANCHESTER UNITED v Debrecen or Hajduk Split
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:11 (eighteen years ago) link
EVERTON v Villarreal
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:12 (eighteen years ago) link
Sporting Lisbon v Udinese
Valerenga or FC Haka v Clube Brugge
Rapid Vienna or F91 Dudelange v Rabotnicki or Lokomotiv Moscow
Anderlecht or Neftchi
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Liverpool vs CSKA Sofia! It's like 1981!
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Trabzonspor or Anorthosis v RANGERS
Brondby or Dynamo Tbilisi v Ajax
Real Betis v Monaco
Wisla Krakow v Panathinaikos
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Dada - they do!
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:30 (eighteen years ago) link
(xpost)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I can see Everton boring Villareal to death. In fact, I can see them boring their way to the quarter finals and possibly beyond. That would be my tactic anyway.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 09:56 (eighteen years ago) link
What a sensible chap.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link
When's the draw for the first round of the UEFA Cup?
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 29 July 2005 10:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Friday, 29 July 2005 10:19 (eighteen years ago) link
I am frightened to go to Parkhead tonight, at least the pain last week was dulled by beer.
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 09:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 09:47 (eighteen years ago) link
I think we may score one or two and get a bit excited then we'll concede and away goal that will kill the game.
That Chinese bloke (Du Wei?) we've got on trial is HUGE.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 09:49 (eighteen years ago) link
And, guess what? We've got a Polish centre forward again! Mind you, this one might take all season to notch up four goals.
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 09:51 (eighteen years ago) link
I remember against Neuchatel Xamax at Parkhead, we needed to win 4-0 to overturn that disaster. We were all totally confident until about ten minutes in when Charlie Nicholas put a penalty into orbit and I was all "oh well, maybe not".
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 09:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link
I sense a glorious exit a-coming
― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Actually, I don't know yet whether to be proud of them for the effort they put in tonight (Lennon and Hartson in particular were immense) or still angry that they fucked it up so badly that they had to put in that superhuman effort in the first place.
Perhaps Gogs should be kidding them on they are five goals down before the start of every game. They might make a bit of an effort. Except the opposition won't actually really have the luxury of defending a skooshy easy big lead so might actually have a bit of a go at us. Hmmm. This may be why I'm not a manager.
What is worrying me is a quote in the Celtic fanzine attributed to Strachan "Forget this nonsense about tactics - good players make good teams so the more I have around me, the more chance me and the club will have of success".
I googled that quote and found it. I also found this from a post-match press conference when he was with Coventry. "I pointed out one or two things because mostly football - despite all this nonsense about tactics - is about whether players can pass the ball to each other. Tactics come into it when you are playing well and passing well."
I am ever so slightly afraid for the season now.
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:52 (eighteen years ago) link
It is a Cloughism, Martin O'Neill said similar things many times "Formations don't win games, players do". Of course you give them a system to play and tell them their roles within that, but the system means shit if your players can't play. (and I know O'Neill was exposed as tactically naive on many European excursions)
As for last night:It was a much more entertaining game than I expected and they nearly had me believing they could do it when they scored the 3rd. I was amazed the ref added only 3 minutes when there had been 6 substitutions and numerous gunshot wounds to attend to. If the board had said 5 or 6 minutes instead 3 I think the Art Media Brats might have flapped a bit.Good to see the team playing with a bit of pride and spirit, though in the end all they really proved was that we lost 5-0 to a pub team last week.Gogs still has me baffled. Ross Wallace on the right? Next he'll have Petrov at full back! If he doesn't start the next game with Beattie up front and Maloney on the right then he hasn't been watching his team play.
Mo Camara almost got pass marks last night. Almost.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 07:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 07:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 07:09 (eighteen years ago) link