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Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane sacked by Rep of Ireland
BlackSocksRedTops replied to ian1964's topic in General Football Chat
The two of them are way past their sell by date tbh -
Scottish top flight football needs less teams not more. I find this baffling tbh
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TalkSport:Top 30 football stadiums in Europe ranked
BlackSocksRedTops replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
Good to see Ibrox up there in the top 10 but it's hard to take the list that seriously as it has the London Stadium and Monaco's in the top 30 and has Wembley and the Nou Camp in the top 5. The Nou Camp for all its size has zero atmosphere as all the noise just leaves the stadium as quickly as it is generated due to the lack of a roof structure. Wembley is a soulless corporate bowl. Horrible. Without sounding utterly biased, I always laugh when I see Parkhead in any of these lists. Ok, it might generate a decent atmosphere inside but the carcass and infrastructure inside of the stadium inside looks like it's been put together by Primary School children. A few years back I had the "pleasure" of attending the Scotland V Ireland game at CP (it was a freebie) and I couldn't believe how shitty the whole place was. First of all we had the fun and games of thousands of people tripping over rubble to get to one entrance turnstyle. After that we were greeted by an internal structure that was patched up with various and irregular corrugated sheets that were painted in about 5 different shades of green, which looked less than safe. 5 star stadium my ass -
Jamie Maclaren reveals Rangers fans threw coins at him
BlackSocksRedTops replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
Oh would you look at that. Rangers shorten the gap at the top to 2 points and score 7 into the bargain so the mhedia respond by sending out their rats to all corners of the country to look for negative story about big bad Rangers. -
Makes me glad that my wee boy has zero interest in football...
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Missed the game due to family commitments and didn't have any updates until 5 mins after FT. Delighted with the score and the spread of scorers. Good to see Grezda and Middleton making the much needed impact in the final 3rd. With the dhims drawing, it was a very good day at the office after a tough week. Well done Rangers.
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Agree 100%. Just heard an idiot on the TV saying today we are "celebrating" Rememberance sunday.
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I think the word that sums up tonight for me is "naivety". We showed naivety after going ahead 3 times. We also showed naivety in our decision making on the ball (Ejaria for example ...). Our defending reeked of naivety. Outwith Mac in goal and Arfield, we are a pretty young side. We will get better.
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Worrals hardly been a rock of late. I think the OP is being harsh tbh. Let's all calm down for goodness sake
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Agreed but some victories are sweeter than others
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I see that Boca and River Plate have reached the final of the Copa Libertadores over in South America. (This is equivelant of Rangers v Celtic in the Champions League final). It made me think of classicos and derbies around the world as this match has always been on my bucket list for football viewing. I just wondered if anyone had experienced this game personally or had been to any of the other big classicos/derbies? My top 5 bucket list would be: Boca V River Plate Inter V AC Milan Barca V Real Fenerbache V Galatasaray Al Ahly V Zamalek (Cairo derby)
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Depends if it enters the net or comes straight back??
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We were the first club in Scotland to appoint a safeguarding officer, developing policies for the protection of young people and monitoring and reviewing our procedures to ensure they continue to reflect best practice. Yes...only because you had to, due to the previous investigation no doubt. They are the only club in the world that could release a statement like that. Instead of the focus being purely on the victims they still manage to spin a positive about how they are leading the way in this area. Shameless
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Don't think it's that bad an idea tbh. A one-shot shoot out between the keeper and taker could be exciting. If the keeper makes a save, he's generally on his erse so has little chance against the oncoming player(s). I may be mistaken but does ice hockey not use a one off shot system?
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Lack of a plan B or Abandonment issues?
BlackSocksRedTops replied to Pensively Staring's topic in General Football Chat
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Lack of a plan B or Abandonment issues?
BlackSocksRedTops replied to Pensively Staring's topic in General Football Chat
Much of what you've raised comes from the over analytical aspect of modern football. Teams are almost not allowed to have bad games these days and "form" is judged on a game by game basis. With regards to Klop and Liverpool, much of their recent issues stems from their midfield IMO. They've sorted out their defensive problems but haven't got the balance right in middle and I think they miss Henderson. He's not spectacular but can be vital in the engine room. Kieta and Fabhinio are also still finding their feet. Saying all that, they are unbeaten in the League and have made their best ever EPL start but for me they haven't reached the heights from last season yet. If you compare Liverpool this season to the how they were at this stage last season it's night and day. I still feel they have loads in the tank and when they click they are the only team that will get near City.