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we're gonna hav to agree to disagree i think too

all managers hav differences with certain players, its results and trophies that they are judged on in the end
i still wudnt hav had jarosik in any celtic starting XI

happy new year to all hoops!

Posted by: lynchbhoy 

you could give credit to strachan over this, but any centre half shoul dbe able to defend against high hopeful ball into the penalty area all day, esp when pitted against dwarf like miller and 'I dont do headers' boyd.

its the failure to improve on tactical approach and style of play since artmedia bratislava , most CL games and every other spl game that would worry me.
putting gary caldwell in to anchor the midfield is a master stroke of the hari kiri kind.
Far better designated midfielders on the bench in order to make this move shows up strachans over reliance on certain players and his lack of confidence in his own purchases and lack of creativity and balls - all in one go !
I am not anti strachan for the sake of it, just dont see a tactical improvement. Plus he is consistently falling out with players and is virtually pushing mcgeady out of the club - like he did to many others - Mulgrew, graveson, jarosik now aiden - all lads who had big game potential.

look at rangers and tell me they are not sihte !

surely by qualifying celtic for the last 16 2 years running, beating man united at home and ac milan at home was a tactical improvement on artmedia bratislava?

charlie mulgrew big game potential?? is that why he failed at wolves and is now at a mediocre SPL club?
Jiri Jarosik was never seen as anything near a good player for the hoops, i was glad to see the back off him
Gravesens performances never matched up to the hype when he signed, he had enough chances and did nothing apart from a goal at ibrox and hat trick away to st mirren

yes rangers are shite, but they did reach a UEFA cup final last season ( a feat which when Celtic did it under O'Neill in 03 was seen as a remarkable achievement) and in strachans first season the huns reached the CL last 16 so they hav been a hard team to beat by a lot of good european sides

i used to love the darts world championships just after xmas
but i hav no interest anymore, too many tournaments on sky hav killed it for me.
it was better in small doses!

the Bot Maggie? no way!!
i wud be a regular there but after last years NYE i said i wasnt going back and stayed out of the place for about 5 months (longest absence ever from it)
it was a nitemare, i left at ten past 12

cheltenham has a good meeting on tomorrow but it is in doubt cos of frost
2 meetings of in the UK today, was looking forward to a few bets to get some beer money for tonite

i have to say the tv over xmas was woeful
constant drivel of childrens films on during 24th 25th and 26th

got the game yesterday, after finding out that it takes more than just putting in the cd to get the game running, i got everything downloaded and installed eventually after about 2 hours
i also cleared a lot of unused stuff off my laptop to free up some memory

started the game last nite at about 10 o clock, does anyone else find that it runs far too slowly? by 1 am i was only on my 4th pre season friendly
f**k me, the worst part is stopping the match to make a substitute, it takes about 5 minutes. this is on a relatively new laptop and i watch the matches with just the commentary, none of the 2d or 3d highlights

anyone got any tips to get it running faster apart from buying a new laptop?

does no one else agree with me that sizing europe is well over rated after one good win in a big hurdle race last january at leopardstown?

cudnt believe it went off favourite for the champion hurdle last year

lynchbhoy lets give credit were it is due, we cant criticise strachan for his record at ibrox and then when we do win put it all down to luck
celtic went out with a gameplan, instead of being bullied like they hav been at ibrox in recent years brown hartley and robson dominated midfield and the 2 centrebacks won everything in the air
apart from one good chance rangers were restricted to high hopeful balls all day

it was a great result on Saturday, brilliant goal by mcdonald who was the best player on the pitch (which wasnt that great an achevement considering it was a poor quality game)

looks like 4 in a row is sealed now

it was a good achievement to go to ibrox and win without nakamura, mcgeady, hesslink and maloney. also, i have to admit strachan got it right with the mcgeady affair, i criticised him after the row but he has proved me wrong
lets hope mcgeady gets back to training this week and keeps his head down, and starts to do wot he does best again

boruc should go in the summer, he has been poor this season and has become a bit of liability. he doesnt seem to be interested and loses concentration too easily, he knows he can make bad errors and not get dropped
i think this is a shrewd move bringing in a keeper with something to prove, and on a free transfer too

jermaine pennant linked with a 3million move today to celtic. he wud add some much needed pace to the team

mizuno was impressive, as was naka who is gonna be a big miss when he leaves.
o'dea was solid and deserves a run in the team ahaed of the inconsistent mcmanus in my opinion. it was the most steady the defence has looked in a while albeit against poor opposition.
hinkel continues to improve

wot kind of price are we talking muzz?

Racing Santander and Benfica double, both at home to teams already through, both need to win

i can say thats me finished with backing silverburn.
one of those horses that always goes off as favourite due to a good win in a grade 1 a few years ago, but rarely delivers

is ruby still waiting on his first win since his injury?