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Can't wait to hear this interview from Lennon, it sounds like a classic.
How long until he hooks one of his own players again?
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We might as well stick in a bid for Edouard.
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Can't believe Barkas cost £5.5m. 0 saves and 2 goals conceded.
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Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
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Very unsporting from Celtic there.
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Still think Celtic get something here.
These lads are Premiership relegation material.
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3 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said:
I don't think Celtic have got much going forward, they are not a certainty to score.
They're too quick going forward for Ferencvaros. You can see them starting to get overloads in wide areas.
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Still expect Celtic to go through here. Ferencvaros don't have anything going for them except Tokmec.
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17 minutes ago, Louis Litt said:
Jullien looks more like a bombscare with every game.
He's still a huge threat at set pieces, but the regression in the rest of his game has been enormous.
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Oh dear.
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Penny for Klimala’s thoughts.
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Doubt there’s anything in Shankland to Rangers. Doesn’t fit the profile and isn’t in a position of need.
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Just now, Romeo said:
About football manger.
thank you
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1 minute ago, Drew Brees said:
Former Rangers boss Alex McLeish has been speaking to the Daily Record, and as you might suspect, the Scotsman used the opportunity to have a little name drop concerning the Blaugrana skipper.
McLeish claims that the Spain international very nearly had the honour of replacing Barry Ferguson, who had just moved to Blackburn.
At that time, Rangers assistant Jan Wouters was acquainted with Frank Rijkaard, the former Barcelona manager, so he made an audacious bid to take the youth player on loan to Ibrox.
When Barca realised he was in demand, they immediately put him in the senior team, and the rest is history.
“Rangers were downsizing and I needed players of quality, who could take the ball in midfield," McLeish explained.
"Jan Wouters phoned Henk ten Cate, who was Rijkaard’s assistant at Barcelona. Jan asked if there was anybody we could get and was told about a young kid called Iniesta.
"He was only 18 at the time. We asked if we could bring him to Scotland and were told that they would try and make some hay at Barcelona and get him over to us.
"They said Iniesta needed to get some action."
What a story that would have been. As the Record are keen to point out, it worked wonders with Mikel Arteta, who left Barca to spend some of his formative years in Glasgow.
Rangers have had a tough few years, but it hasn't been for want of trying. Just to put the icing on the cake, McLeish added:
"We asked about bringing Messi to Rangers on loan [in 2004] and were told flatly: ‘No chance. Absolutely, no chance’.”So what that actually says is that we tried to get Iniesta and we were told that might happen, and we also asked about Messi and we were told it definitely wouldn't.
Not really a "target" is it.
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1 minute ago, Romeo said:
That only proves what you said is correct.
yes
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3 minutes ago, Romeo said:
No bother (wink, wink)
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1 minute ago, Drew Brees said:
That rangers, well McLeish, claim Lionel Messi was a former target.The actual story was that McLeish's loon bought a copy of Champ Manager (I think it was still CM at that point) and said to his dad that Messi was class in it and he should buy him for Rangers. Years later McLeish told the story in a documentary and how he just went "aye okay" to his boy, no taking him seriously.
Nobody from Rangers has ever claimed that Messi was a former target.
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Apparently there's a bit of a cluster forming in the East End of Glasgow? Maybe this has something to do with it?
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Just now, kingjoey said:
Where have you read this?
Chris McLaughlin on Twitter.
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Scottish Government have knocked back a proposal from Celtic to use their weekend game as a test match for fans.
Probably not a great sign for Premiership teams getting fans back in on the 14th September.
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Should be an interesting game tonight.
Ferencvaros according to everything I can find about them seem to be a team that prefer to play on the counter. Should shape up very much like a domestic match for Celtic tonight.
Celtic will still be clear favourites and should comfortably dispatch them. Whens the draw for QR3?
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The Irish elections in February saw both good and bad news for the left in Ireland.
The good news is that there was a clear move left by the population, and with another FF/FG government in situ now that shift can only be expected to accelerate for the next election.
The bad news is that the movement largely coalesced around the Shinners, and that's dangerous. The Shinners carry too much baggage and ultimately, a true left wing movement cannot use a party that was indirectly involved in the killing of civilians as a vehicle to further it's aims. There will never be enough people able to forget the story of people like Jean McConville to truly build a broad consensus and change society through Sinn Fein.
Had the left coalesced around the SocDems or PBP (I'm aware they weren't standing candidates in every seat) then the odds of success would be infinitely higher.
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The latest from Christopher "Union" Jack at the ET:
RANGERS are waiting on Lille to make the next move in the ongoing Alfredo Morelos transfer saga as the French side weigh up an improved offer for the striker.
The Ibrox board rejected an approach of around £16million for Morelos earlier this month and reports in Colombia on Tuesday claimed that the 24-year-old had formally requested that he be allowed to move to Ligue 1 this summer.
Rangers sources have confirmed that Morelos has not handed in a transfer request and the ball remains in Lille's court as they consider their options over a fresh bid.
Boss Steven Gerrard left Morelos out of his squad for the Premiership win over Kilmarnock on Saturday but Rangers won't lower their asking price in an attempt to speed up a deal that would see the forward leave Ibrox.
Gerrard revealed before the Killie clash that Morelos 'didn't look himself' amid ongoing speculation over his future with the Gers this summer.
And he claimed the decision to leave him out of his squad was 'easy' as Kemar Roofe and Ryan Kent - who has attracted interest from Leeds United in recent days - netted the decisive goals to keep his side top of the table.
Morelos will be allowed to bring an end to his three-year stint with the Light Blues once Rangers' asking price has been met and Lille - who signed Jonathan David from Gent in a £27million deal a fortnight ago - will have to come back to the negotiating table if they wish to further bolster their attacking options for the new campaign.
So the long and short of it: nothing's really happened yet.
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I consider Hamilton Accies our most difficult game of the season, purely down to the power they seem to hold over the football gods.
Write them off at your peril.
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The Celtic All Seasons thread
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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Who do we think will take over the Celtic job then?
I hear Mark McGhee is available.