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I think Walter Smith is a very good Scottish manager. He spent £25m or thereabouts assembling this current Rangers team though, so there's some artistic licence in the argument that he had no money. There's no argument that he has done very well mind you, keeping his team together and getting them to play above themselves, even if it did involve the much maligned 'anti-football'.

What I think will stop Smith being lauded is his decision to quit as Scottish national team manager half way through the Euro qualifiers to join Rangers. We were in an amazing position to make our first finals in a decade when he quit. He was perfectly entitled to do what he did, it's his team he wanted to help, but to laud him as some sort of saviour of Scottish football when he quit Scotland half-way through the campaign doesn't seem right.

There is no denying that he is an extremely effective SPL manager though. One of the best ever.
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Good post mate.

I`ve never been one for Knighthoods etc.

As far as Walter Smith goes, the proof of the pudding is in the taste. He has a blueprint to make his teams very hard to beat. He has the ability to make even average players play to a discipline that has brought us this success.

Craig Brown also had significantly better players for his Scotland Squads.

A small point i`d like to make about this "anti-football". Rangers do not care, one tiny iota, what others think of our style of football. We do not cater for arm chair fans or "neutrals looking in". I really can`t stress this enough. :D

WS's remit is to keep the club where it is and keep the fans smiling. He is doing a remarkably good job at it given the circumstances.

I`m not sure what Strachan, Mowbray and Lennon have spent over the last 3 years but i do know it is significantly more than Rangers.

His decision to quit the Scottish managers job was easier than many think. When he was appointed, the papers and the phone ins were awash with howls of dispair that he wasn`t good enough, a backward step etc and at his press conference on the day he left to join Rangers he reminded a few of the "journos" not to get too misty eyed that he`d left considering what they wrote about him when he was appointed.

It`s just a shame Tommy Burns didn`t fancy keeping the management team together. ;)
 
Nor said:
I think Walter Smith is a very good Scottish manager. He spent £25m or thereabouts assembling this current Rangers team though, so there's some artistic licence in the argument that he had no money. There's no argument that he has done very well mind you, keeping his team together and getting them to play above themselves, even if it did involve the much maligned 'anti-football'.

What I think will stop Smith being lauded is his decision to quit as Scottish national team manager half way through the Euro qualifiers to join Rangers. We were in an amazing position to make our first finals in a decade when he quit. He was perfectly entitled to do what he did, it's his team he wanted to help, but to laud him as some sort of saviour of Scottish football when he quit Scotland half-way through the campaign doesn't seem right.

There is no denying that he is an extremely effective SPL manager though. One of the best ever.
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i never ment he had no money ,im fully aware what hes spent on players but the fact remains hes been working under severe financial constraints imposed on him by the bank and only his on field success has freed up further funds for players.
about the gong , i care little for titles myself mcrod it was a quip ,we can leave that to the custodian and his lap dogs ;).
if theres one thing smith cant be faulted for though is his loyalty which i suppose only realy concerns rangers fans.
 
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Well there isn't another thread and this one seems to be everything to do with Scottish football so I will use this one.

Quarter Final - CIS Cup
Aberdeen 2 - 1 Falkirk

Aberdeen came from behind to sneak another win against lower league opposition. Hartley scoring his 7th and 8th goals of the season (7 of them have been penalties :p )
 
McRod, I would rather keep this confined to PM's but since you asked. You continually make multiple posts within seconds of each other instead of combining them into one single post. This looks like you are trying to up your post count or it is simply laziness on your part, to combine quotes in one single post?
 
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McRod, I would rather keep this confined to PM's but since you asked. You continually make multiple posts within seconds of each other instead of combining them into one single post. This looks like you are trying to up your post count or it is simply laziness on your part, to combine quotes in one single post?
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maybe he doesn't know how to use the multi button? or know what it does?
 
eddiemcgarrigle said:
McRod, I would rather keep this confined to PM's but since you asked. You continually make multiple posts within seconds of each other instead of combining them into one single post. This looks like you are trying to up your post count or it is simply laziness on your part, to combine quotes in one single post?
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Why concern yourself?

Help me understand what is so important about a post count number?
 
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maybe he doesn't know how to use the multi button? or know what it does?
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I simply find it more respectful to reply and address someone directly in a seperate post.

I always have done and always will do. Unless you can show me the rules somewhere to the contrary?
 
McRod said:
I simply find it more respectful to reply and address someone directly in a seperate post.

I always have done and always will do. Unless you can show me the rules somewhere to the contrary?
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This is taken directly from the rules.

"Please note that this does not mean you spam the forums simply to increase your posts, as this action will result in posts being deducted, and if you continue this behaviour, your account will eventually be banned/suspended. "
 
Psycho Sonny said:
This is taken directly from the rules.

"Please note that this does not mean you spam the forums simply to increase your posts, as this action will result in posts being deducted, and if you continue this behaviour, your account will eventually be banned/suspended. "
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Lets make something clear here, i have no interest in post counts. i`m not sure i understand their significance. Are you somehow better repected etc the higher it gets?. I don`t pay much attention to them and neither should you. :)

I`ll simply re-iterate that i feel it is more polite and personal to address someone directly rather than lump it all in to one post. Multiquote is fine if you are adressing one individual with multiple points.

It is simply manners.

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Now, anyone fancy correcting any punctuation errors? :)
 
CIS Cup Draw

Semi Finals

Aberdeen v Celtic
Rangers v Motherwell

Old Firm being kept apart yet again ;) that makes it only 13 times out of 55 occasions where they have been drawn against each other while both were still in the cup at this stage.

Aberdeen v Rangers cup final should be good :p Pretty sure the last time we played them in a final was when Ebbe was manager and we had Leighton stretchered off in the first half and had no keepers on the sub bench!
 
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Early kick off for Celtic who have a convincing win over St Johnstone by 3 goals to nil. That still leaves them trailing in second place behind the champions Rangers who's game doesn't kick off until 15.00hrs.

* Dundee Utd v Hibernian 15:00
* Motherwell v Hamilton 15:00
* Rangers v Inverness CT 15:00
* St Johnstone 0-3 Celtic FT
* St Mirren v Aberdeen 15:00
 
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