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    Lies, Damned Lies & Invincibles

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    And, yes roubles were most definitely exchanged between that snake Tapie and CSKA.

    CSKA drew with Marseille 1-1 which saw them have no chance of qualifying... So a fortnight later they get pumped 6-0. Aye, sure.

    No-one can even cite home advantage as a factor for CSKA as that season they played every game away (can't remember the reason for that) and this is the same CSKA team who eliminated the champions, Barcelona, by winning 3-2 at the Nou Camp in the second round.

    Nae bother, Bernie... Right ye are. Cheating bastard.

    Lies, Damned Lies & Invincibles

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Off the top of my head, the core of eight Scottish lads were:

    Goram, Brown, Gough, McPherson, Robertson, McCall, Durrant, McCoist.

    Hateley, Steven and Huistra I am guessing were the three 'foreigners.'

    Nisbet, McSwegan and Pressley were back-up.

     

    EDIT - Forgot Mikhailchenko, Ferguson and, to a lesser extent, Neil Murray. :duh:

    Also, Gary Stevens never got a sniff in Europe that season as we could only play the three non-Scots. That explains why we had, at various times, John Brown, Scott Nisbet, Steven Pressley and even Stuart McCall all playing at right-back in the Champions League.

     

    Lies, Damned Lies & Invincibles

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Good article that... And an ever greater season that was.

    It was made more remarkable because of the three-foreigner rule still being in place. A core of eight Scots with a couple of English lads and the only overseas import was Peter Huistra, if my memory serves me correctly.

    And probably the most remarkable thing was that Scott Nisbet was a regular... And crikey, did Nizzy grab himself a Champions League wonder-strike(!)

    Hmm...Alves for captain?

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, The Godfather said:

    Players need to earn it.

    If he earns it on the park with his performances then yes.

    Not many players who just move get an armband from the get go and that's a telling point. 

    Terry Butcher?

    Also, pretty sure Advocaat made Amoruso captain before seeing him play a competitive game for Rangers.

    There's probably loads more examples but it's late...

    Hmm...Alves for captain?

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    One of them has won two trebles in Portugal, a double in Russia, a double in Turkey, played every minute with Portugal at two FIFA World Cups and also played at three UEFA Euro Championships, winning the last edition in 2016.

    The other is Scotland's third-choice left back who has won three seaside leagues and a Petrofac Training Cup.

    :hmmm::hmmm::hmmm::hmmm::hmmm:

    Give him the armband and be done with it Pedro, fuck sake. :lol:

     

    We Deserve Better And We Deserve It Now

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Rangers have now had as many managers since the turn of the millennium (17 years) as we have had for the rest of our combined managerial history (100 years).

    The club has become a laughing stock and a basket case and the failures who continue to stream through the revolving door to be paraded as instant-miracle-workers are our very own versions of Macari, Brady and Barnes. You have to feel sorry for younger fans and one can only hope they don't grow up to be quite as mentally deranged as Tims of that particular vintage.

    That said, I think that there are many Rangers fans who quite simply have been spoiled and therefore have developed a skewed sense of entitlement fused with a somewhat more troubling and tribal pseudo-superiority complex. Quite simply, football ebbs and flows in cycles and always has done. There is no escaping that fact.

    Unfortunately, most of the pain that the fans are currently reaping was sown by the very custodians of the club who were geed on to giddier heights at the time; self-inflicted wounds that are probably a lot deeper than some fans would care to admit... And yet for many the answer is still: "throw money at it and see if it will stick."

    Sky and the EPL has crippled Scottish football. THERE IS NO MONEY - no quick-stick fix. Until there is a feasible long-term strategy put in place, the status quo will continue ad infinitum.

    Now is the time to heed those supporters who want to actually support until the club gets back on a workable even-keel and not just those who merely want to brag about perceived superiority whilst dealing in increasingly befuddled records and ever-decreasing achievements.

     

    Sometimes the truth can hurt... But it's high time somebody told it because it is the illusion that can kill.

     

     

    Internet hipster fans

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, Bighouse said:

    You talk about people saying we should get some untested winger no one has heard from Venezuela because someone got him on a free in FM.

    In the same breath you defend an untested manager from Qatar via Mexico who no one has heard of.

    I know hipsters love to try and be ironic but your taking the piss.

    I'd like to defend the OP here.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Just kidding.

    He's made an absolute arse of it.

    Transfer activity summer 98/99

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Aubie92 said:

    To top it off, after barely getting a game with us, Christiansen went back to Denmark where he won Keeper of The Year a few times and was generally a solid keeper. Wouldn't have guessed that from his bomb scars performances with us. 

    The guy actually started off as a striker in Danish football and played in goals for a laugh one day.

    And we threw him into the Champions League after making his debut when we got pumped 0-3 at home by Killie (the game that lost Lorenzo the armband, if I am not mistaken). I mean, if only we had a World Cup medal-winning keeper in the reserves...

    Step forward, Mr Lionel Charbonnier (or rather sit back doon).

     

    It probably would have been a wise move to keep Niemi around the place.

    Transfer activity summer 98/99

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, graeme_4 said:

    Niemi was Finnish by then to be fair :craphead:

    If you drag your mouse across the bottom of my post below, you will find you have won the mystery prize and a virtual pint. :cheers:

    13 hours ago, WadeWilson said:

    I reckon Antti Niemi could definitely have given Klos, Woods and McGregor a run for their money in the pecking order for second / third / fourth best ever keeper at Rangers.

    There's only one number one.

    Don't anyone try and tell me he's Finnished.

    Never thought it would take so long. :thumbsup:

    Lennon is a prick 3 points.

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    1 hour ago, fanaticCR said:

    As mentioned in the other thread. Why is he in the studio for the 2 championship play off games?

    Because whoever the broadcasters are will know that Lennon is a controversial figure and that by asking the right questions they will reel the punters in and get them talking about the coverage. Hence, free advertising.

    Please see this thread for evidence that it has worked a treat.

    Et voila!

    Transfer activity summer 98/99

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, Inigo said:

    Hmmm. I'd hate to see when you were then. Yeah, OK, he wasn't world class. Tell us what he was though, rather than telling us what he wasn't. Let's be positive here.

    Waterreus was not better than Klos. i'll give you that starter for 10, ya wee scamp.

    :tu:

    1 - Goram

    2 - Klos

    3 - Woods

    versus

    1 - Dibble

    2 - Waterreus

    3 - Myhre

     

    Transfer activity summer 98/99

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    The actual dates of the signings, as below:

    18 May 1998 Arthur Numan PSV Eindhoven £4.5m

    6 July 1998 Gabriel Amato Real Mallorca £4.2m

    6 July 1998 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Feyenoord £5m

    15 July 1998 Andrei Kanchelskis Fiorentina £5.5m

    16 July 1998 Lionel Charbonnier AJ Auxerre £1.2m

    16 July 1998 Rod Wallace Leeds United Free

    31 July 1998 Daniel Prodan Atlético Madrid £2.2m

    4 August 1998 Colin Hendry Blackburn Rovers £4m

    6 November 1998 Stephane Guivarc'h Newcastle United £3.5m

    14 December 1998 Neil McCann Hearts £2m

    24 December 1998 Stefan Klos Borussia Dortmund £0.75m

    1 January 1999 Lee Feeney Linfield £0.1m

    1 April 1999 Craig Moore Crystal Palace £1m

    13 April 1999 Claudio Reyna VfL Wolfsburg £2m

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