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Post by Gin & Tonic on Aug 17, 2016 6:46:56 GMT -5
Positives are though that the new CB O'Connor looks very good, big fan of him so far. Lewis in goals looks a big upgrade too.
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Post by matt on Aug 17, 2016 14:37:39 GMT -5
To be fair, an absolutely sublime first half from Celtic at Parkhead tonight - Griffiths seems to fit Rodgers ideals like hand in glove. Definitely seems to be making his mark on them so far, although they've been in a similar position before last season in this round.....
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Post by matt on Aug 17, 2016 15:15:06 GMT -5
..... I knew it!
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Post by batfink30 on Aug 17, 2016 16:19:04 GMT -5
Rodgers says the team is only half finished. We'll destroy teams for fun this season. What a substitution as well, an attacker on when we've just lost two goals. Great management. Craig Gordon has to go though, not good enough.
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Post by matt on Aug 17, 2016 17:47:34 GMT -5
Rodgers says the team is only half finished. We'll destroy teams for fun this season. What a substitution as well, an attacker on when we've just lost two goals. Great management. Craig Gordon has to go though, not good enough. Aye, fair play to you, Rodgers reacted well when they were pegged back. Good substitutions and formation change. |
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Post by matt on Aug 17, 2016 17:53:17 GMT -5
I'd like to see Griffiths and Brown play for Scotland like they did for Celtic tonight. Though how Strachan plays to their strengths I don't know - Rodgers plays to their strengths by playing a free flowing game on the ground, helped by the fact that a good few of the foreigners play likewise for Celtic. Problem is most of the Scottish team seemingly have an inability to do even the most simple technical task so it's suffocating the more talented players.
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Post by batfink30 on Aug 17, 2016 18:02:25 GMT -5
I'd like to see Griffiths and Brown play for Scotland like they did for Celtic tonight. Though how Strachan plays to their strengths I don't know - Rodgers plays to their strengths by playing a free flowing game on the ground, helped by the fact that a good few of the foreigners play likewise for Celtic. Problem is most of the Scottish team seemingly have an inability to do even the most simple technical task so it's suffocating the more talented players. Rodgers is a great man manager and players seem to love him (there's a story going around Glasgow today how he gave the players some time off yesterday for taking their kids to school on their first day and that the players love him). It's almost a Martin O'Neil effect, he can get the most from players, Brown is like a new player, busting a gut. But yeah, his style of football is great to watch and free flowing and the improvement in Celtic under him in just a few months is massive. |
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Post by globe on Aug 18, 2016 2:55:53 GMT -5
I'd like to see Griffiths and Brown play for Scotland like they did for Celtic tonight. Though how Strachan plays to their strengths I don't know - Rodgers plays to their strengths by playing a free flowing game on the ground, helped by the fact that a good few of the foreigners play likewise for Celtic. Problem is most of the Scottish team seemingly have an inability to do even the most simple technical task so it's suffocating the more talented players. Strachan would need to actually pick Griffiths for that to happen though rather than his love child Stephen Fletcher. |
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Post by matt on Aug 18, 2016 10:50:01 GMT -5
I'd like to see Griffiths and Brown play for Scotland like they did for Celtic tonight. Though how Strachan plays to their strengths I don't know - Rodgers plays to their strengths by playing a free flowing game on the ground, helped by the fact that a good few of the foreigners play likewise for Celtic. Problem is most of the Scottish team seemingly have an inability to do even the most simple technical task so it's suffocating the more talented players. Strachan would need to actually pick Griffiths for that to happen though rather than his love child Stephen Fletcher. Suits the style of more direct balls over the top. Fletcher is now playing in the nether regions of France yet still is somehow considered good. |
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Post by matt on Aug 18, 2016 12:33:31 GMT -5
I'd like to see Griffiths and Brown play for Scotland like they did for Celtic tonight. Though how Strachan plays to their strengths I don't know - Rodgers plays to their strengths by playing a free flowing game on the ground, helped by the fact that a good few of the foreigners play likewise for Celtic. Problem is most of the Scottish team seemingly have an inability to do even the most simple technical task so it's suffocating the more talented players. Rodgers is a great man manager and players seem to love him (there's a story going around Glasgow today how he gave the players some time off yesterday for taking their kids to school on their first day and that the players love him). It's almost a Martin O'Neil effect, he can get the most from players, Brown is like a new player, busting a gut. But yeah, his style of football is great to watch and free flowing and the improvement in Celtic under him in just a few months is massive. The greater emphasis on technique, ball control and possession are elements of football which seem to be sorely lacking in Scotland. I'd like to think that Rodgers insistence on such qualities will shift the focus on to this. Without it, Scotland will be left in the dark ages of football. To be fair, there are a good few number of coaches with a similar mindset. I wasn't a fan of Craig Levein as Scotland manager and I thought his tactics often resorted to a regressive neanderthal long ball style. To be fair on him, I think an overriding feeling of pragmatism put paid to any idealistic outlook on the game as his role as a Director of Football at Dundee United and Hearts has certainly paid dividends where he helped put in place a sustainable structure at both clubs with an emphasis on youth coaching (that sought to coach kids in the importance of qualities that Rodgers similarly preaches). Although since leaving Dundee Utd, his work has been undone by horrific incompetence and effectively money laundering of transfer sales, a few of my Hearts mates say he's continuing his good work at Hearts. |
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Post by globe on Aug 19, 2016 7:16:08 GMT -5
^Yep all the good work Levein done at Tanny has been totally undone.
I see Broon has retired from the national team. Strachan will probably still pick him for the next squad - hiya Broony, hiya pal.
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Post by matt on Aug 20, 2016 12:30:15 GMT -5
Hearts 'crisis' over? Or is it just because they played a team in even bigger crisis?
I'll go for the latter - Hearts looks like a tea party compared to this clusterfuck at the minute.
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Aug 20, 2016 13:23:17 GMT -5
We scored twice! Also scored our first direct free-kick since 2014, happy days (not counting Pawlett's last season that took a massive deflection to send the keeper the wrong way).
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Post by globe on Aug 20, 2016 13:31:09 GMT -5
Shed rule ya bass. Before anybody asks, yes, I am blootered.
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Aug 27, 2016 14:05:20 GMT -5
This is going to be a long season, Reynolds and Considine can fuck off and McLean needs to get the finger out because he's been pish for months now.
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Post by matt on Aug 31, 2016 19:19:02 GMT -5
Anyone watch the documentary Scotland's Game?
Really fascinating account of the last 3 decades in Scottish football - I think it's a three parter, second episode tomorrow night.
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Post by globe on Sept 1, 2016 15:23:52 GMT -5
Aberdeen FC website telling it like it is  |
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Post by matt on Sept 7, 2016 12:33:11 GMT -5
Hampden Park, 1910.  |
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Sept 7, 2016 14:06:31 GMT -5
Aberdeen FC website telling it like it is Disappointed they bottled it and put out a statement trying to explain themselves, fuck the huns, let them seethe. |
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Post by globe on Sept 8, 2016 2:57:01 GMT -5
Hampden Park, 1910. Great image. I hate Hampden though, it should have been demolished rather than tarted up. It's half-arsed and in a crap location. |
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Post by matt on Sept 8, 2016 13:41:34 GMT -5
Hampden Park, 1910. Great image. I hate Hampden though, it should have been demolished rather than tarted up. It's half-arsed and in a crap location. Did you ever go to Hampden before it was all seater and redeveloped - in my mind, that always looked like great fun. Likewise, I'm not a fan of it today - it doesn't seem to generate the same atmosphere as other stadiums that Scotland has played in and it's generally looking a bit old hat these days. I'm only old enough to know it in its current guise but when you see old photos like this, it was the best stadium in the world. |
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Sept 8, 2016 14:38:58 GMT -5
Great image. I hate Hampden though, it should have been demolished rather than tarted up. It's half-arsed and in a crap location. Did you ever go to Hampden before it was all seater and redeveloped - in my mind, that always looked like great fun. Likewise, I'm not a fan of it today - it doesn't seem to generate the same atmosphere as other stadiums that Scotland has played in and it's generally looking a bit old hat these days. I'm only old enough to know it in its current guise but when you see old photos like this, it was the best stadium in the world. I hate Hampden, it's a pish stadium (not just because we've lost every game I've ever been at or anything...). If you're unfortunate enough to be behind the goal you're about a mile away from the pitch. |
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Post by globe on Sept 9, 2016 2:48:56 GMT -5
Great image. I hate Hampden though, it should have been demolished rather than tarted up. It's half-arsed and in a crap location. Did you ever go to Hampden before it was all seater and redeveloped - in my mind, that always looked like great fun. Likewise, I'm not a fan of it today - it doesn't seem to generate the same atmosphere as other stadiums that Scotland has played in and it's generally looking a bit old hat these days. I'm only old enough to know it in its current guise but when you see old photos like this, it was the best stadium in the world. Yep was there many times. 1985 Scottish Cup final was the first time I was there, then the 87, 88 and 91 finals - we of course lost the lot. When we finally won it in 94 the redevelopment had started - the old main stand was still there at the time though. Abiding memory of 91 was standing on the east terracing and it was pissing it down - we got into the ground about an hour before KO and were soaked before the game even started. Looking back that was a great final but obviously gutted at the time. A week after the 85 final I was at this game though which was a much more pleasant experience  I was in the old main stand for this game. |
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Post by matt on Sept 9, 2016 16:45:02 GMT -5
Did you ever go to Hampden before it was all seater and redeveloped - in my mind, that always looked like great fun. Likewise, I'm not a fan of it today - it doesn't seem to generate the same atmosphere as other stadiums that Scotland has played in and it's generally looking a bit old hat these days. I'm only old enough to know it in its current guise but when you see old photos like this, it was the best stadium in the world. I hate Hampden, it's a pish stadium (not just because we've lost every game I've ever been at or anything...). If you're unfortunate enough to be behind the goal you're about a mile away from the pitch. The redeveloped Hampden is another example of the SFA pissing Scottish football's heritage up the wall. It's one of the worst stadium designs ever. The idea of the 'Hampden Roar' barely exists anymore - 50k capacity isn't nearly big enough and the stadium itself lends itself to piss poor football viewing. You'd think that with redeveloping, they would have made it a bit more intimate, enclosing the acoustics to generate some atmosphere but instead the crowd are disparate around the ground and the great support for the team (because you hear it when Scotland have played at Parkhead, Ibrox or Pittodrie in recent years) is lost because of the poor stadium design and the generally poor spectacle that it offers. |
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Post by Gin & Tonic on Sept 10, 2016 11:57:42 GMT -5
We're really rubbish, ffs.
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I was in the old main stand for this game.
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