Boab 73 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 There were people who questioned the Uefa Cup run, said it would cost us the league. They were shot at times. Well, we had more games to play because of the UEFA Cup and more travelling. As much as I have fond memoriesof Manchester and still keep in touch, in a football sense, I think it did go some way to us losing the league I'm sad to say. What did you think, did the Uefa Cup run cost us the league? Or were other more factors more important, like not being a good team (not being good enough), the fixture list and the lack of help, injuries or poor selection and tactics play a bigger factor? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 No we just weren't good enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc_no1fan 13 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 No Poor Management, Tactics and stubborness cost us the league. The league should have been wrapped up in one of the old firm games at Parkhead, But Walter set out for a draw in both games and lost both Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledWeegie123 1,236 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 yes and no imo we wouldnt have been so knackered but then again tactics did play a part a very unfortunate yet good season all in one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimenez 1 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Yes & No It was an exhausting season but Smith has to take the blame for our poor shows away from home against the top 6 Steak Pie F.C. using POD to their advantage. Us asking for the Gretna game to be put back. The weather. Poor refereeing in favour for Steak Pie F.C. But the biggest reason IMO and just another reason to hate that slimy bastard David is the decision to sell one of our best players half way through the season. That is the mark of a club that finds second place acceptable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairdy 0 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I think the uefa cup run cost us the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP52 0 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Yes it did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_ni 12 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 yes and no. It didnt help but i dont think it was the only reason we lost it. Selling hutton and not replacing him is a big reason we lost the league imo. Persisting with cousin when boyd was more likely to get the goals to win the games and generally negative tactics against the smaller sides and most of all not buying an attacking midfielder in the transfer window when we needed one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATPRFCNo1 0 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 No Poor Management, Tactics and stubborness cost us the league. The league should have been wrapped up in one of the old firm games at Parkhead, But Walter set out for a draw in both games and lost both no he didnt, second time around we went at them, until Barry was caught in the ankle and things slowed down, one offside and a daft penalty. edit: might have gotten the games wrong way around, id rather forgot about them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc_no1fan 13 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Afer taking the lead, We sat back and invited Celtic on to us. They were there for the taking and WS tactics and substitutions cost us the game. That was the day the league was lost Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 No, at the start of the season you build a squad to compete in all your competitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Blue_Gal 0 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I thought we played very poor. To be honest overall expertise of football in the SPL is shite imo. To think that we had all those xtra games and the Celtic only managed by a few points highlights how poor overall most teams were imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmyeyes4 0 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Not winning one of the at parkhead or the motherwell game cost us . Tacticlly we played well you don't go and beat Lyon 3-0 if the Tactics where not good i tactic just lacked pace,and creativity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimenez 1 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Not winning one of the at parkhead or the motherwell game cost us . Tacticlly we played well you don't go and beat Lyon 3-0 if the Tactics where not good i tactic just lacked pace,and creativity Was that the one they got postponed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmyeyes4 0 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Well yes as if should have never been postponed if any game was to be postponed it was the m/well and the utd game what did POD have to do with celtic i did not hear sheff wed get there game canceled Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 walter set out to make sure we never lost the game instead of trying to win it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimenez 1 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Well yes as if should have never been postponed if any game was to be postponed it was the m/well and the utd game what did POD have to do with celtic i did not hear sheff wed get there game canceled here here. And you are right. The two games at the piggery was also a pivotal point where we lost the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossger 0 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 it could well have done but i still look at my pics from manchester at least once a week. Oh what a day that was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imodium 410 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Lack of investment in the team in the January transfer window and getting a number of injuries in quick succesion lost us the league imo. We sold Hutton at the wrong time and if you look at how Robson did for Celtic it shows how important the ins/out are in January in deciding where the title goes. We seemed to run out of heart more than steam in the last few weeks of the season which was another factor in our burnout. On hindsight though the Uefa cup run has given a lot of our young-ish squad valuable experience that will surely benieft the team for next season. We will win the league next season and hopefully get into the knock out stages of the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimenez 1 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Lack of investment in the team in the January transfer window and getting a number of injuries in quick succesion lost us the league imo. We sold Hutton at the wrong time and if you look at how Robson did for Celtic it shows how important the ins/out are in January in deciding where the title goes. We seemed to run out of heart more than steam in the last few weeks of the season which was another factor in our burnout. On hindsight though the Uefa cup run has given a lot of our young-ish squad valuable experience that will surely benieft the team for next season. We will win the league next season and hopefully get into the knock out stages of the CL. Couldn't agree more, in fact you'll be receiving a letter from my lawyers over thought theft. The sale of Hutton was a cataclysmic error, I'm not even bothered about the money not being reinvested. I have come to expect that from the slimy bastard. But he would have been worth just as much probably more if we had kept hold of him Murray you fucking reptile! If I was to post what I really want to happen to you I'd be banned! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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