Group: uk.sport.football.clubs.celtic · Group Profile
Author: JonbhoyJonbhoy Date: May 14, 2008 19:53
> "Commander Hughes" wrote
>>> And they got lucky with Broadfoot not giving away a penalty!
>
> For the handball? If that was a penalty then we should have had a penalty
> for the exact same thing 2nd half.
>
>> They got what rightfully came to them in the end. Good attacking minded
>> football will ALWAYS outshine and outperform dull defensive "ten men
>> behind
>> the ball because we can do fuck all with it when we have it" football.
>
> Much as I dislike our style of play, you do know that Greece won the last
> European Championships and it wasn't exactly pretty football? You do know
> Arsenal were successful under George Graham and inspired the famous "1-0
> to the Arsenal" song? You do know Steaua Bucharest won the European Cup on
> penalties after a 0-0 with Barcelona? You do know Red Star Belgrade bored
> Marseille (think it was them) and did a Steaua to them in the European Cup
> final (won on pens after a 0-0)?
>
> Unfortunately great football does not always win, and when a club doesn't
> have the attacking guns it has to find another way to win. One of the
> great things about football is the unpredictability, unlike rugby where
> the bigger better team more often than not triumphs.
>
> The number of posts from Celtic fans on here gloating tonight is pathetic.
> It'd be nice to have some decent proper football chat rather than the
> usual nonsense. I'll start a new thread with some questions and points....
Do you remember alot of the posts after our euro final?Lets just say that
although one or two were sympathetic,the majority were in the GIRUY
style.That was fair enough as many were relieved for the same reason most
celtic fans were relieved....the fact we would never hear the end of it! ;-)
JB
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