Malcolm Malcolm Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I couldn't stand Alex Rae as a player, he's a useless manager, and he's an absolutely horrific pundit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 28 minutes ago, Adam101 said: is our state broadcaster a crooked old boys club as it seems. Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) Think I must've turned on towards the end of the discussion but the backtracking from Rae was tremendous. You could hear he realised he was wrong and started getting more and more quiet. Edited October 27, 2017 by afca32 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Alex Rae Slavering moron. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Please say the podcast has uploaded Rae in all his glory?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 50 minutes ago, Malcolm Malcolm said: I couldn't stand Alex Rae as a player, he's a useless manager, and he's an absolutely horrific pundit. Not a great human being either by all accounts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: What the utter f**k. Trying to discuss anything with Alex Rae is like trying to rationalise with a sixteen month old. Well done again to Tom English. Usually Thomas just shouts the same thing over and over again, while not accepting any view but is own. I wished I'd listened now so that I could've heard his words of wisdom. -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Usually Thomas just shouts the same thing over and over again, while not accepting any view but is own. I wished I'd listened now so that I could've heard his words of wisdom. Alex Rae Slavering moron. Slavering to his audience though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Please say the podcast has uploaded Rae in all his glory?! Aye, it’s uploaded now. It’s sensational stuff from Tom English. He absolutely demolishes Rae. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 "Alex, objectively looking at where Celtic are now, do they need a strong Rangers* ?"---dramatic pause---"Probably not""Do Aberdeen need a strong Rangers*?"Probably not""Do Hibernian?"Brilliant, will listen again when sober. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 1 hour ago, williemillersmoustache said: "Alex, objectively looking at where Celtic are now, do they need a strong Rangers* ?" ---dramatic pause--- "Probably not" "Do Aberdeen need a strong Rangers*? "Probably not" "Do Hibernian?" Brilliant, will listen again when sober. That was roughly the point were something in his thick brain snapped and his inner ned (only poorly disguised beforehand in fairness) came crying out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I've not listened to it yet, but will.do. The previous night, Barry Ferguson got asked the old one about whether Scottish football needed a strong Rangers. He said that of course it did, but was genuinely unable to communicate why anybody other than Rangers needed a strong Rangers. A pundit then said we needed all the big clubs to play to their potential. This was neither challenged or supported. I find it the most baffling view of sport. In this context, it's basically a call for the re-establishment of the hideous duopoly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Rae got bageled then refused to come out for the second set. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I love Tom English. To be fair though, the BBC need to set him a stronger challenge than a list of thick ex-Sevco muppets. Rae was just the latest in a long line of those idiots to make a severe arse of himself. I loved the bit where Rae was spouting crap about there being no interest in Scottish football since Sevco's demise: Rae: I remember when I was playing in England bring other players up to see the games. English: What games Alex? Rae: Old Firm games. English: Any other games? Rae: Eh? English: You realise there are teams other than Celtic and Rangers? Rae: *Silence Incidentally, Fat Sally was spouting the same pish on Talksport yesterday morning. Utter weapons the lot of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 9 hours ago, bennett said: Usually Thomas just shouts the same thing over and over again, while not accepting any view but is own. I wished I'd listened now so that I could've heard his words of wisdom. You wouldnae ken wisdom if it ran up and booted you in the baws. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swello Posted October 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2017 37 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: I've not listened to it yet, but will.do. The previous night, Barry Ferguson got asked the old one about whether Scottish football needed a strong Rangers. He said that of course it did, but was genuinely unable to communicate why anybody other than Rangers needed a strong Rangers. A pundit then said we needed all the big clubs to play to their potential. This was neither challenged or supported. I find it the most baffling view of sport. In this context, it's basically a call for the re-establishment of the hideous duopoly. The problem for this age-old classic is that we've now got actual evidence that the strength of Rangers has little bearing on the performance of everyone else (or the enjoyment of supporters) and so pundits who churn out this cliche should be challenged when they say it. Rangers disappeared from the the top league and almost every club could point to some achievement or highlight when they were away. Cups and high league finishes were spread around like never before and a celtic procession to winning the league each year doesn't feel much different to a Rangers-or-Celtic procession to the league every year when your club never has any prospect of being involved. The truth is that Rangers need a strong Rangers and with exception of their besties across the city, no-one else gives a f**k. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 8 hours ago, williemillersmoustache said: "Alex, objectively looking at where Celtic are now, do they need a strong Rangers* ?" ---dramatic pause--- "Probably not" "Do Aberdeen need a strong Rangers*? "Probably not" "Do Hibernian?" Brilliant, will listen again when sober. Just heard it. The bit above was the highlight. I actually thought though that in some ways, English let Rae off lightly. I don't even accept the bit he conceded about Scottish football being "better off" with a strong Rangers as opposed to "needing" such a thing. I think it's worse off with the duopoly. I also thought Rae should have been required to support his claim about plummeting viewing figures and to point out the damage he thinks this might do, not just to Aberdeen or Hibs, but to Forfar and Annan Athletic too. The problem people like Rae and Souness have is that they genuinely, genuinely believe that Scottish football and the OF are synonymous. The idea that for so many, this one horse title race is precisely AS interesting as the two horse one ie. not at all, absolutely escapes them. They feel that what they say is so self-evidently true that they simply cannot countenance, let alone counter a challenge. At least Rae, unlike Souness, faced one and foundered. Again though, I'd have liked English to have hounded Rae more on his mumbling about "when it comes to negotiating deals", because he would once more have had no command of facts and figures. Overall, good to see Rae sorted out, but I want to see the dismantling of such nonsense being more comprehensive, because it's very easily destroyed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Swello said: The problem for this age-old classic is that we've now got actual evidence that the strength of Rangers has little bearing on the performance of everyone else (or the enjoyment of supporters) and so pundits who churn out this cliche should be challenged when they say it. Rangers disappeared from the the top league and almost every club could point to some achievement or highlight when they were away. Cups and high league finishes were spread around like never before and a celtic procession to winning the league each year doesn't feel much different to a Rangers-or-Celtic procession to the league every year when your club never has any prospect of being involved. The truth is that Rangers need a strong Rangers and with exception of their besties across the city, no-one else gives a f**k. Spot on. It was always nonsense of course, but you're right. Now we can prove that it's nonsense because of what happened when Rangers were out of the top flight picture. Souness' line about Scottish football being damaged beyond belief, bears literally no scrutiny, none at all. Rae said he'd offered facts but could only point to bringing English pals up for the odd OF game. It's amazing that such a ludicrously flimsy and utterly discredited outlook is proving so resilient. The problem is that we keep affording the thick, the prejudiced and the ill informed a platform. Edited October 28, 2017 by Monkey Tennis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 That was enjoyable from English last night.These ex rangers men professing to have the best interests of Scottish football at heart when they demand rangers be winning titles again is utterly laughable. Never forget these are two clubs who would be out the door within 3 seconds flat if they got a sniff of England. I’ve said it before though, if what you want from Scottish football as a supporter is a large broadcast deal then yeah, a return to the duopoly probably is best.And this is what annoys me in this debate, no one ever asks this question: what do the supporters actually want from Scottish football?If it’s elite level football week in week out we wouldn’t be here, we’d be ploughing our money into sky and watching souness w**k over English football week in week out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 38 minutes ago, The Marly said: You wouldnae ken wisdom if it ran up and booted you in the baws. I would shake wisdom' hand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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