> "FishSupper"
sea.com> wrote in
> news:1pednaaamty-jyDVnZ2dnUVZ8srinZ2d@bt.com:
>>> We lost, well beaten by all accounts and we wil get over it.
>> As I said I have NEVER liked Strachan even with 3 IAR and last 16.
>> Look at our signings can any Celtic fan honestly say he has signed
>> quality? 2 maybe 3 but his signings have been awful. And Lawell
>> says he hopes he
>> be here for years to come. God for bid
>>
>>
>>
>> way i see it, you were down and out and Nobody and their pet parakeet
>> gave you a dog's chance of winning the league last year. Strachan
>> managed to get that team playing winning football when everybody else
>> was writing them off and when common sense told them the game was up.
>> That's top class management. End of.
>
> Agree totally with the above. Strachan didn't give up when a lot of the
> ''support' did. He got the players believing in themselves and even
> though it was still in Rangers hands, Strachan got the team to do their
> part. Not many managers can do that (Smith obviously couldn't last season
> which led to us getting 3iar).
That's an assesment that's so harsh it's bordering on ludicrous. You're
slating Smith because he couldn't get his players 'up' for 6 games in 12
days? Smith got a team of mediocrities 'up' and playing so far above
themselves that they were in 4 competitions up until the final day. Unheard
of.
>> Also he's a quality wee dude. Honest and no side to him. I like WGS as
>> a person and as a manager and if he ever took over at Rangers I'd
>> welcome hime with open arms - not to say i'm not happy with Walter, or
>> as we call him TimSlayer.
>> He's a breath of fresh air after MON.
>
> Although i would hate to see him at Rangers, again i agree with the
> above. Strachan's approach to interviews might not be the most
> interviewer friendly but he does usually speak his mind and always
> defends the team, no matter how indefensible. He sounds more like a fan
> than some people on here. Plus how hard can it be to do his job knowing
> there are some people who will never accept him or be happy with him no
> matter what he does.
That's what I like about him. He'll never try to ingratiate himself with
the 'celtic minded' element of the support, unlike O'neil. He just comes to
work, does the best job he can and doesn't take shit from anybody. Quality
dude.
Don't agree with the bit about defending the team no matter what, though.
He'll have a go if he thinks it's needed.
>> As for his signings - you have a couple of quality players in
>> ...in...ah, fuck it you have a point. Buncha diddies the lot of them.
>> Looking at Celtic the one player I'd take to replace his opposite
>> number at Ibrox is Mcmanus for Davie Wier - and that's only because DW
>> is 83 years old. Apart from that -hmmm, ehhmm..nope. The Holy Goalie
>> over MacGregor??? ssnnnghhhrrr. The Japanese Show Pony? What's
>> Japanese for ssnnngghhhrr? Aiden the Irish One Trick Pony?
>> Puullleease! Lightweights with no character. Must admit, I do like wee
>> Maloney, though and kinda hoped we'd have another MoJo on our hands.
>
> Strachans signings might never be the best but when was the last signing
> that both sets of the OF thought "feck, how did they get him?".
> Personally i don't think there's been anyone like that since Gazza signed
> for Rangers. Has there ever been a manager that every signing has been a
> good one?
Never has been, never will be. I think if you get a 50%% success rate, you're
a top notch manager. What people forget is that a player may be a quality
player, Sionko for example, but for some reason it just doesn't work out.
That's not a bad signing.
