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  1. #991
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    celtics main problems were defeding from set pieces and missing good chances at other end. the teams in league saw this and attacked those weaknesses. lennon and his coaches failed to sort it. in fact lennon said he didnt have time to fix defending..which was a fairly terrible admission.
    happened in england too both last season and this, among other things of course. do fans change these things? im not so sure.
    Well, it's made a big difference in the past to both sides winning games with last-minute goals, which almost certainly the presence of fans helped. I don't disagree with your assessment above, but the fact remains that your (admittedly well-deserved) title win this season was gained against a Celtic and Aberdeen side in decline.

    If/when you win the title against those teams (and others), when they've been at their best, then the achievement will have been far greater.

    That's my point, and one which ultimately acts as a barometer for "spectacular". In that respect, when you go 47 domestic (not just league) games unbeaten, like we did as 'invincibles', or win 12 trophies in a row, contributing to a quadruple treble, come back to me about 'spectacular'

    but as is always in scotland, there has to be a winner, and the other might as well have come last. just the of fans attitude, which i find a bit tedious. Hence why i hope hibs win cup as it means 2 more sides get glory. Something all fans should taste
    No doubt in some people's minds that's true, but it's not how I see things.

    I'm just bitterly disappointed by how badly our summer recruitment went, and our age-old dilly-dallying, in terms of making transfers a 'done deal', which came back to haunt us big time, and was as much a reason why we were so poor and lost the league, as anything else - particularly when the business Rangers did in that respect was the complete opposite!

    No, I'm rooting for St Johnstone, for the reasons previously indicated, and because it would go down in history as a remarkable [unlikely to be repeated] double-cup win for a provincial team. However, I fancy Hibs to win.

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    Interesting discussion I pop out to Aldi, couldn’t fine any of the previously recommended wines but that’s another story. Before the season started I seem to remember a certain Celtic fan mumbing as gums about how his all conquering team were going to sweep everyone aside again, after beating some fairly poor teams in the last few years. Hopefully going forward things will be a bit more competitive , which will benefit the Scottish game.

    After removing my tongue from my cheek,I repeat the League and Europe are the most important the cups are just a bonus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rmcin626 View Post
    Interesting discussion I pop out to Aldi, couldn’t fine any of the previously recommended wines but that’s another story.
    The store managers up there need sacked!

    Before the season started I seem to remember a certain Celtic fan mumbing as gums about how his all conquering team were going to sweep everyone aside again...
    Lol - not from me.. Must have been your mate next door

    As far as I recall, I made no such predictions, as I was never at any stage confident about what would happen this season.

    After removing my tongue from my cheek,I repeat the League and Europe are the most important the cups are just a bonus.
    Fair enough, but as I've said, I disagree. In 5 or 10 years time almost no-one will remember their team going one step further than before in Europe, in any given season, whereas they would winning a domestic double or treble. It's not domestic cup wins *in isolation* that matter; it's their significance, cumulatively, in the context of achieving a double or treble.

    That's why teams are often referred to as 'double winners', or 'treble winners', by both fans, pundits and media alike. You never hear them described as 'the team who this time went one stage further in Europe'... And in that respect, regardless of CL money, I'd take a domestic treble every time, as ultimately what matters most is trophies!

    Winning a European trophy, or even getting to a final would be different, but at the moment that's beyond either Celtic or Rangers.

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    Trophy day today, guys, so savour the moment and enjoy it - and post lots of pics!

    Also, I hope you end the season unbeaten in the league, as I'm not the bitter type to begrudge you that

    Oh, and good luck to Leicester tonight, in the FA cup... Come on Brendan and the boys!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Trophy day today, guys, so savour the moment and enjoy it - and post lots of pics!

    Also, I hope you end the season unbeaten in the league, as I'm not the bitter type to begrudge you that

    Oh, and good luck to Leicester tonight, in the FA cup... Come on Brendan and the boys!

    Marco.
    Thanks Marco, hoping to finish off in style
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    yeah, cheers.. a quick 1,2 so 2-0 in front. alas the fans letting the club down sadly. expected and poor from our point of view
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    Well its over for another season league wise. 4-0 the final score.. 102 points a new rangers record. 26 clean sheets beats an old Celtic record. League won by 25 points. all home games won. Only conceded 13 goals... Well done to them.
    They can relax for a while now then get ready to go again.... hopefully for another successful season.

    Alas, the fans have again let club down imo by gathering both at Ibrox and then George sq... depressing considering the increase in covid in city.(and totally unnessessary)
    Last edited by struth; 15-05-2021 at 15:36.
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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