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> "sme" hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "FishSupper" sea.com> wrote in
>> news:1pednaaamty-jyDVnZ2dnUVZ8srinZ2d@bt.com:
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>>> 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.

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>> 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.

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> 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.