Sporting sack Costinha ahead of Rangers tie

[ian1964 10,780]

RANGERS� Europa League opponents Sporting Lisbon are embroiled in a messy civil war following the sacking of the club�s director of football, Costinha.

 

The former Portuguese internationalist was removed from his post after he broke ranks in a TV interview to accuse club directors of lying to supporters.

 

Costinha openly questioned the club�s ambition and claimed he and coach Paulo Sergio were not informed of plans to sell Liedson, the club�s top scorer, to Brazilian side Corinthians on the last day of the January transfer window.

 

He also criticised internal procedures and called for an ambitious regime to be installed at the upcoming presidential elections.

 

ââ?¬Å?The Sporting fans are separated from the club because of the lies ââ?¬â?? things are always unexplained. Nobody has the courage to openly explain a number of situations,ââ?¬Â he said.

 

ââ?¬Å?When that happens, fans tend to move away because you donââ?¬â?¢t know what is truth or lies. We are spending pennies compared to our rivals and it is not easy to manage this situation.ââ?¬Â

 

Sporting travel to Glasgow next Thursday for the first leg of their last-32 meeting with Rangers.

 

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/rangers/sporting-sack-costinha-ahead-of-rangers-tie-1.1084422

[Gazza_8 233]

Teams often begin playing well when they sack their coach. This could be bad news for us.

[juffery 0]

He's Director of Football, the coach is still there. Regardles, the way we've been playing does anyone really think we've got a chance?

[Frankie 8,692]

This is the game we'll do well in given we're probably the underdog...

[ian1964 10,780]

He's Director of Football, the coach is still there. Regardles, the way we've been playing does anyone really think we've got a chance?

 

I would say we have as much chance of beating them this time as we had the last time we played them on the way to the final:boogie:

[Zappa 0]

They might have lost the likes of Liedson in January, but they've got better players than we've got. If we don't up our game big time they've got players that could totally take the piss out of us.

[Danny 0]

They might have lost the likes of Liedson in January, but they've got better players than we've got. If we don't up our game big time they've got players that could totally take the piss out of us.

 

Jelavic, Diouf, Weiss, Davis, Edu, Naismith. They're not bad.

[Cotter 0]

They sold Liedson? Brilliant.

[Gazza_8 233]

Who's Liedson?

 

Does Mendes still play for them?

[Totti 0]

Jelavic, Diouf, Weiss, Davis, Edu, Naismith. They're not bad.

Jelavic can't play as far as I'm aware.

 

Diouf I will give you but is he definitely allowed to play?

 

Weiss probably won't play, rarely does in big games. He's very inconsistent, not helped by his manager.

 

Edu and Davis are rubbish.

 

Naismith though certainly.