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    The Terrible Journalism & Tom English Thread

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

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    1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

    Just a wee historical reminder of Rangers' European performances...

    2011-12: Put out of Champions League qualifying at the first hurdle by Malmo. A team with a fraction of their budget. Then put out of Europa League qualifying by Maribor, a team with a fraction of their budget.

    2010-11: Qualified directly for the Champions League, finished 3rd in their group, beat Sporting Lisbon in R32 of the Europa League, put out by PSV in the next round. I seem to recall Maurice Edu being denied a blatant penalty at Ibrox. Probably the most successful European season for Scotland since 07-08 when Rangers were in the UEFA Cup final and Aberdeen qualified from their group.

    2009-10: Beaten 4-1 by Romanians Unirea Urziceni (who no longer exist) at home in the CL groups. Finished with two points, no wins and a goal difference of -9 against very average Stuttgart and Sevilla teams.

    2008-09: Beaten in the second stage of Champions League qualifying by an assortment of Kaunus players who weren't good enough o play by Hearts and didn't drop into UEFA Cup qualifying as a result.

    Or if you prefer, a year by year account since the CL started (which as we all know led to Murray spunking money he didn't have which killed them):

    92-93: Most successful season, almost made a final
    93-94: Put out in the first round by Levski Sofia
    94-95: Put out in the qualifying round by AEK Athens
    95-96: Made it to the group stage, never won a game
    96-97: Made it to the group stage, won one game against Grasshoppers
    97-98: Put out in second qualifying round by Gothenburg. Went out of UEFA Cup first round to RC Strasbourg
    98-99: UEFA Cup
    99-00: Made it to CL group, beat PSV home and away. Put out UEFA Cup by Dortmund
    00-01: Won two CL group games against Sturm Graz and Monaco, put out UEFA Cup by Kaiserslautern
    01-02: Lost in CL third qualifying round against Fenerbache. Reasonable UEFA Cup run
    02-03: Put out in first round of UEFA Cup by Viktoria Zizkov
    03-04: Won one game in CL group.
    04-05: Lost in CL third qualifying round against CSKA Moscow. Made it to group stage of UEFA Cup, failed to qualify despite three teams from five going through
    05-06: Last 16 of the CL
    06-07: R32 of the UEFA Cup, no CL (finished 3rd year before)
    07-08: Finished 3rd in CL group, on to UEFA Cup final
    08-09: Out in CL 2nd qualifying round
    09-10: CL group, never won a game
    10-11: 3rd in CL group, won one EL round
    11-12: Lost both qualifiers in both competitions

    So in 20 potential CL seasons we have (attempting to account for difference in format which I don't really get)

    10 CL group stage appearances
    - 2 qualifications to next stage of CL
    - 4 qualifications to next stage of EL/UEFA Cup

    Flying the flag, indeed. I presume Boyd talked at length about how he was never picked for European games because he didn't run.
     

     

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    Double Winning St Johnstone FC Thread

    in Scottish Premiership General Chatter

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    1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said:

    TWs record of signing strikers doesn't really fill you with confidence. 

    Rory Fallon, Chris Iwelumo, Adam Morgan, Brian Graham, Graham Cummins, John Sutton, Joe Gormley.

    Graham with 10 goals in 28 games, and Cummins with 10 goals in 49 games, are, easily, his biggest successes. 

    It's very unlikely that we will get any real quality on a free transfer though. Especially with our wages. Our best bet is probably a loan from a biggish club down south.

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