Match Thread [FT] Celtic 2 - 1 Rangers (Dessers 40')

[Scott7 6,154]

1 minute ago, CammyF said:

Maybe if the board had backed him after 55 we might have defeated Malmo, but we'll never know. When Gerrard left we were top of the league.

His team had the lead in the second leg at home against ten men. His team blew it.

 

He had one exceptional season when celtic were utter dross managed by Lennon. 

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3 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Maybe if the board had backed him after 55 we might have defeated Malmo, but we'll never know.

He had spent about 10 million 3 years in a row, if that's not enough to beat Malmo then games a bogey.

[CammyF 8,373]

6 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

His team had the lead in the second leg at home against ten men. His team blew it.

 

He had one exceptional season when celtic were utter dross managed by Lennon. 

Not arguing those points - but he's the best manager we've had since coming back to the top division. 

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5 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

He had spent about 10 million 3 years in a row, if that's not enough to beat Malmo then games a bogey.

He had to, look at the squad he inherited. 

 

Walter Smith had more to spend and lost to "Malmos" in Europe regularly,  that make him a bad manager? 

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2 minutes ago, CammyF said:

He had to, look at the squad he inherited. 

 

Walter Smith had more to spend and lost to "Malmos" in Europe regularly,  that make him a bad manager? 

He had to  

 

And Phil 'has to' now.

 

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and we all know Walter was a great manager for us, but many will tell you that year after year when we were beaten by AEK Athens and IFK Goteburg at the time many of the support were calling for his head and it ultimately got him sacked.

[Scott7 6,154]

9 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Not arguing those points - but he's the best manager we've had since coming back to the top division. 

SG is contender for best manager since Walter but let’s see how Clement does after a couple of seasons. Remember SG got sacked by the Villa. How’s he doing in Saudi?

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,806]

On 11/05/2024 at 18:24, locked ward said:

A midfield of raskin ,sterling and dio and we will beat them .

This. Sterling should have started in the middle today and we should have pushed Dio up and onto Macgregor. He gets MOTM all the bloody time because we allow him the freedom to do so. Lawrence does not have the legs to press. 

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[CammyF 8,373]

3 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

SG is contender for best manager since Walter but let’s see how Clement does after a couple of seasons. Remember SG got sacked by the Villa. How’s he doing in Saudi?

All valid points, but you and others are misunderstanding my points. I've not made any case for SG being a great manager, or one we should bring back.

 

However, it's undeniable that he quickly found a way to regularly defeat Celtic. 

 

Since returning to the top league, SG has managed us to 8 out of our 10 victories over them. 

 

PC is sitting at 0/3 and any gambling man would bet their mortgage that it'll be 0/4 come May 25th. 

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Just now, CammyF said:

However, it's undeniable that he quickly found a way to regularly defeat Celtic. 

Everyone knows Beale was the brains behind all that

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12 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

He had to  

 

And Phil 'has to' now.

 

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and we all know Walter was a great manager for us, but many will tell you that year after year when we were beaten by AEK Athens and IFK Goteburg at the time many of the support were calling for his head and it ultimately got him sacked.

We were in a far worse state when SG took over.

 

Walter Smith, two season apart, had a very poor record in Europe. Just like successive Celtic managers over the last 2 decades. 

 

This night not be a view shared by others, but personally I'd rather have 2 decades of domestic domination over a decent European record.