RFC55 107,778 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 LEE McCULLOCH has lifted the lid on the time Walter Smith threw a TEAPOT after screaming at Kevin Thomson. The former Rangers star admitted he would be scared to be on the receiving end of his old manager’s temper. But it was after the Ibrox club’s Champions League qualifying defeat to Kaunas back in 2008 that things reached boiling point. And it was ex-Gers star Kevin Thomson that was in the firing line that time. Speaking to Si Ferry on Open Goal, McCulloch said: “I was sitting next to Kevin Thomson when we got put out of the Champions League qualifying stages away to Kaunas. “My head was nearly between my knees in case I got eye contact with (Smith) and he started on me. He went through Thommo that day, really went through him. “He picked up a teapot and turned round and threw it off a wall, and it missed Jimmy Bell by an inch! I was petrified, absolutely petrified.” McCulloch admitted that even if Smith looked at you a certain way, you knew you were in trouble. He added: “Even in training, you just knew if you got a stare. “If you’d go out training, his backroom staff would take the warm-up and everybody would be joking about. As soon as he came out, everyone was like ‘the manager’s here, we need to get our heads down’. “That was the presence he had. “And when he walked into the dressing room, everybody just shut up and looked at him Here's the video Honestly that's what we need at the club. Desire like Walter had. I've read Gascoigne say he was throwing things round the dressing room as we led falkirk 3 or 4 0 at half time. High standards need to be demanded. There can be no shit like Warburton did thinking Ross county away is a point gained, nor Pedro's nonsense after a defeat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Can you imagine any of our last three managers treating the pampered fucks like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 107,778 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, sassaaaa said: Can you imagine any of our last three managers treating the pampered fucks like that. Aye it just would not happen Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell the hotdog 4,015 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Watched it earlier on, good to get insight on these type of stories. Next part out next Monday I believe. Not over the moon with DM but at least having experience of Walter and the standards he kept can only be a good thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 53,255 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Wee bit of a difference from Murty eh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 70,939 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Good watch, they all are tbh, well the ones with former Rangers players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclean RFC 1,244 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 hed kill you if you disgraced the jersey, and he would die for you if you played with pride with it on. Will go down as the managers of old who had a certain class about them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibroxric72 199 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 By far the most effective style of management. Just like SAF and the old hairdryer treatment! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr3_bear 14,738 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 You can sense the fear the filth had and still have for smith . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsa 3,906 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Strasbourg, Gothenburg, AEK Athens, Kaunas.... Walter was great domestically but he oversaw some utter shambles in Europe. People act know like he's a God. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 70,939 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, gsa said: Strasbourg, Gothenburg, AEK Athens, Kaunas.... Walter was great domestically but he oversaw some utter shambles in Europe. People act know like he's a God. He is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 63,953 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, gsa said: Strasbourg, Gothenburg, AEK Athens, Kaunas.... Walter was great domestically but he oversaw some utter shambles in Europe. People act know like he's a God. He is one of our best ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsa 3,906 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 minute ago, ForeverAndEver said: He is. Such a god he had to be moved on so that we could actually win a game or two in Europe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanzmeanzheinz 4,312 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, gsa said: Such a god he had to be moved on so that we could actually win a game or two in Europe. UEFA Cup Final mate - I’ll leave it at that Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 70,939 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, gsa said: Such a god he had to be moved on so that we could actually win a game or two in Europe. Such a god, he took us to arguably our most impressive Euro away win ever, and a European final in the same season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
broomloanjamie 256 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 52 minutes ago, gsa said: Such a god he had to be moved on so that we could actually win a game or two in Europe. Right now I'll snap your right arm off right for domestic clean sweeps and European failures. Fucking left arm as well in fact. We've got bigger worries than performing in Europe the now. Qualification cash is all I give a fuck for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzy 25,953 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, gsa said: Such a god he had to be moved on so that we could actually win a game or two in Europe. I know, pyoor shite he was... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Do people still use tea pots? Maybe Murty could throw an electric kettle instead? Mind you, someone might stand on the plug and that would be a sore yin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bob 1,360 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 10 hours ago, sassaaaa said: Can you imagine any of our last three managers treating the pampered fucks like that. The backroom staff joker became one of those managers. They might not have been pampered had he picked a more appropriate assistant . David Murray and Martin Bain should be shot if they were both responsible for the contract given to Walters assistant. In fact they should be shot regardless, for their incompetence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 2,428 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Did the teapot make it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 hours ago, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said: Do people still use tea pots? Maybe Murty could throw an electric kettle instead? Mind you, someone might stand on the plug and that would be a sore yin. You've no lived unless you've had a good brew from a tea pot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr3_bear 14,738 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 6 hours ago, gsa said: Such a god he had to be moved on so that we could actually win a game or two in Europe. Champions league 92-93 and UEFA cup 2007-2008 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehost 11,061 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 my worst nightmare lee mcculloch and walter smith blooter, defend, defend, blooter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 7 hours ago, gsa said: Such a god he had to be moved on so that we could actually win a game or two in Europe. Yes a god who barring a corrupt Marseille would have had us in a European final and with a workman like team got us to an actual European final. Some folk on here !! Ffs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Barring 2 good seasons (1992/1993 and Manchester) Europe was very much Smith’s Achilles heel overall Europe was and always will be a bonus for a Scottish team especially in recent years. For me Smith properly proved his worth as a Rangers manager second time round as the odds were higher and it was a completely different job to the one he had during the money lavished 9 in a row days when celtic were shite Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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