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- From: scottj@spider.co.uk (Scott Jackson)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer,eduni.football
- Subject: Re: Topical comments (Gerry's on the drink)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.092042.14652@spider.co.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 09:20:42 GMT
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- In article <28212@castle.ed.ac.uk> eftv20@castle.ed.ac.uk (G C Stewart) writes:
- >Just thought I'd throw in my tuppence worth, while I take a tea break.
-
- Are you sure it's just tea you're taking?
-
- >1. Jim McLean interview
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim McLean, chairman and manager of Dundee
- >United FC and widely respected throughout British football made a most
- >interesting assertion after his side's 1-1 draw with Celtic last week.
- >Now Celtic have faded out of contention for the league championship and
- >are widely regarded by the Scottish media to be a few quality players
- >short of being able to compete on the field with Rangers.
-
- About eleven actually Gerry.
-
- >However McLean(on Radio Clyde)
-
- So you weren't actually at the game then....
-
- >remarked that Rangers are in a class of their own in
- >the context of Scottish football, with the exception of Celtic. He
- >stated that the Hoops were the equal if not better than Rangers.
-
- Why not, after all Rangers have only won twice at Tanndice this season, 3-2
- and 4-0 whereas Celtic scrambled to a draw. Rangers have won four
- Championships (Cham-pee-on-ship) in a row and are going for a fifth. Celtic
- at the end of this season won't have won a trophy for four years. I'm sure
- Jim McLean took this all into consideration and the fact that Rangers won at
- the piggery last week and are on a run of eighteen straight victories in all
- competitions and crowned themselves British Champions. Should it be Celtic
- that are in the Champions League?
-
- > Now, I've gone on record as having stated that
- >Celtic are the best footballing side in Scotland, and whereas I'm
- >prepared to take a little flak off Wacko Jacko and friends, I'm glad at
- ^^^^^^^^^^^
- I think this really says it all about Gerry. Name calling and stealing sweets
- are obviously not below him and basically his IQ must the same as his age. It
- is up to the reader to determine if it makes it into double figures.
-
- >least to be ridiculed with such distinguished company. There isn't a
- >figure in the Scottish game with more knowledge than Jolly Jim (yes,he
- >knows even more than Andy Roxburgh :-)),
-
- I'm sure if Jim McLean found out that he was in the same company as you he
- would retract his statement!
-
- >and so I hope it makes a few
- >cynics (some Celtic fans included) think again about slagging the
- >quality of players at Liam Brady's disposal. If Celtic can't do well
- >with their current squad, then they'll never do well.
-
- Disposal is the operative word here and reminds one of Tony ICan'tScoreIno
- and in the same goal scoring mould, Stuart Slater. I think by your last
- sentence there you are resigning yourself to a long time in the wilderness.
- Brady hasn't got much time left, there's a game against Partick Thistle FC
- coming up.
-
- >2. Scotland v England (was Rangers v Leeds)
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm targetting the Rangers'
- >fans here and their recent comments on the English media. I can only
- >laugh at this sudden chip on the shoulder from supporters of a side
- >who only 2 years ago were regularly turning out sides with up to 6
- >Englishmen in it. Terry Butcher would not approve of this Anglophobia!
-
- This must upset you as Celtic play more Englishmen than Rangers these days.
- After all, we fielded a team of nine Scots to defeat the English.
-
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