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Come on Red Star, Cobenhavn and Slavia!
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Afternoon (for me) all!!
I think I may have had a Eureka moment!!
All the Bhoys who are unable to get the games live via their local TV or CH67 need another solution and I may have it!
All UK Digital TV full subscription bhoys should adopt a fellow Tim currently in a coverage blackout who can then buy a slingbox for the UK TV resulting in full viewing pleasure for both parties (so long as the wife doesn't switch it over to Corrie!)...
I'm off to make some wristbands..
adoptabhoy.com
JC
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WG :- Tonight a score draw, tomorrow night Celtic to win by two clear goals.
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Just spoke to my mate who lives in Prague and is a Slavia season ticket holder. He was amazed that Slavia came back with 3 points from Amsterdam and has given me a 2.1 bet on Ajax going through. He´s also promised me his season ticket if Slavia get through and meet Celtic. :-)
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Paul67
Strachan said he doesnt expect anymore signings... All a ploy or do you now think that is us till January at the least?
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Edward
I hate to say this,and when I do.. my boy friend will not be pleased.
Rangers will win, tonight.
Red Star are not up to the challenge.
Now, you owe me one.
Do not forget!
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up the ante a wee bit why don't you Paul ?
As if we're not nervous enough already.
( and by the way, if the bluenoses do go out tonight, no gloating tomorrow. That is indeed tempting fate )
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Spooky time
Since I am not pinging about to far flung places I am able to go to the game tomorrow.
I have a ticket for Lisbon Lions Lower. The last time I was in that part of the ground for a European night was a long...long..long time ago.
It was in fact the night which led to my blog name - here's hoping for the same result for Celtic and quite the opposite for Red Star!
hail hail
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Finally back on line , its good to be back , so bloody iritating reading all the comments and not been able to post. Has anyone out there heard from Ian in Budapest recently.
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Lets get there and worry about the pots later.
I'd settle for pot 3 if it means we are in the mix, especially if rangers are pot black snookered.
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Weepaul2003 @16.25.
The Celtic manager did indeed say very unequivocally, that there would be no further incoming transfers to Celtic, before the window's allotment, expired.
Nevertherless,in the case of movement of players, leaving Celtic,before the window closes, he was most enigmatic.
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What do you mean no more signings?
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Abby :- As you say that's one I owe you. If we ever meet at a CQN event I'll buy both yourself and your boyfriend a drink to pay you back :-)
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It's written in the (red) stars for Celtic to get through and meet Seville so that we can renew old friendships and repeat that remarkable tribute last year to Miki Fehrer for Antonio Puerta.
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Abby,
yer talkin mince, away an get the dinner on-
3-0 the express parcels
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Dear Paul67 yesterday you confirmed Hemdani going to Osasuna after tonights match. There is not much info here and I would like you to tell me as much as possilbe in order to inform muy blog readers.Thankyou in advance.
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Celtic_first, I'd hope we couldn't draw Sevilla. They're definately in Pot 2 if they qualify...
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Matt, I realise that, but you know what I mean.
It feels like a certainty to me; part of the Celtic script.
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AEK v Sevilla tonight has been postponed as a mark of respect.
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wee paul2003, my money is on Gordon being the most cunning man is Scotland.
Hi captain-2, I don't know any more about the Hemdani situation.
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killerheels
That advice is very apropros,as it has reminded me that I must prepare our Breakfast.
So this little lady, shall now retreat to the kitchen.
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The rescheduled game in Athens will now take place next Monday. Dunno what that means for Thursday's draw.
Presumably 'Winner of Sevilla v AEK' will take their place in Pot 2, although if AEK were in the draw, they'd almost certainly be in Pot 4 as of right.
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Matt...maybe they will do two draws and only one will count after the game on Monday.
Just kidding :)
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An article taken from the official site.
Condolences to Sevilla after player's tragic death
THE world of football has been stunned by the sudden death of Sevilla defender, Antonio Puerta, who suffered a heart attack during his side’s game against Getafe at the weekend.
The 22-year-old defender collapsed on the pitch during the game and team-mates and medical staff who rushed to his side prevented him from swallowing his tongue as he lost consciousness.
He was able to walk from the pitch but he collapsed again in the dressing-rooms and had to be given cardiac resuscitation before being rushed to hospital.
The Spanish internationalist was placed in intensive care and doctors said his condition had deteriorated today (Tuesday) before his death.
Celtic Chief Executive Peter Lawwell has written to the Sevilla president to express Celtic’s condolences to Antonio Puerta’s family and to everyone at Sevilla, devastated at the tragic loss.
Sevilla’s Champions League qualifier against AEK Athens in Greece, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed.
The thoughts and prayers of the entire Celtic family are with Antonio Puerta’s family and friends at this sad time.
A minute's applause will be held before tomorrow night's game between Celtic and Spartak Moscow as a tribute to Antonio Puerta.
Sorry if this has been posted before.
Hail Hail
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On a complete side note...a question for all you real tech geeks.
Do I buy an HD DVD player or a blu-ray?
With Paramount and Dreamworks only realeasing on HDDVD...as opposed to Sony, MGM, Disney, Fox and Lionsgate who only do blu-ray....Warner Bros being the fence sitters that they are are doing both, although they are supposed to be in negotiations with Toshiba about a HDDVD exclusive deal.
Seems like we have the next Beta / VHS on our hands.
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Johnny Mac...maybe you should buy two, one of each, and wait to see which one wins out?
Just kidding :)
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wee_paul2003
Gordon said unless anything very special comes along.
He also said if we got very High/good offers for a player then it would need to be looked at.
We are a business after all.
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has anyone else been pleasantly surprised that the press just don't seem to be able to find out who we are after despite gordons cheeky claims otherwise?
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Johnny Mac, the following link
http://news.cnet.co.uk/dvdpvr/0,39029670,49292242,00.htm
should take you to a story about relative sales figures of Blu Ray disks versus HD DVD's in the US. Basically it says that Blu Ray is winning this by about 2:1
I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions from this.
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Ger - Thanks, I had seen that. However, during the first half of the year Paramount were releasing in both formats and Dreamworks were not releasing in either.
I think I will take the wait and see approach on this one...especially if Warner does go with HDDVD.
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Isn't it the case that HD DVDs can be made on conventional DVD production lines, whereas Bluray can't, making them infinitely cheaper to produce?
Sony are the instigators of bluray, as they were of Betamax. I think the real case is what kind of films are the highest selling?
They're Blue, but not ray. And they're going with HD DVD, as, 20 years ago, they did with VHS. From that point of view, more HD DVDs are likely to get sold in the longrun.
Tell you what, why don't you buy yourself an HD DVD player, and a PlayStation3 at the same time? ;-)
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Hi long time lurker etc. Dont know if anybody else heard Alan Brazil on Talksport this morning. He was interviewing Daryl King about tonights game and his co presenter Ronnie Irani mentioned that it was gonna be an intimidating atmosphere with racist chanting etc and Alan Brazil then said ' And what about Red Star fans'. Poor Daryl was thankfully speeechless
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Johnny Mac, fair enough I think "wait and see" is probably the best option. However the fact that Blu ray discs play through Playstation3's means that there are already a lot of Blu Ray players out there. Which I also think is significant.
You may guess (correctly) that I am swayed towards Blu Ray. But I should say that I have bought neither at this point.
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Off topic but...
...interesting to see that Alex McCleish has opted to recall Bazza for the Lithuania match despite him being suspended, whereas he was "rested" for the SA game for which he was eligible?
Confused, you will be...
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Paul67
This new signing, Italian Bhoy, Luca Santonocito.
Is he a left sided defender?
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Edward
Thank you for your response.
I must say I did think my explanation of the "Hun" term was about as plausible as the reason given for Gary "Three Fingers" Pendrey`s semaphore.
You tell me it is a reference to Attila and his band.
WG,Big Wavy,the spirit of Arthur Lee and others, were on earlier listing the musical associations with Spartak.
Sounds like you are all in for quite the musical soiree.
I suspect the concert may close with blue eyes crying in the rain.
Musichathcharmstosoothethesavagebreast. CSC
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Not that I ever like to defend Eck...but he was asked by Smitty to rest the Rangers players and not play the full 90 for those that were picked....WGS did not make such a request.
Also, Bazza is suspended, as you rightly pointed out for the Lithuania game but he can play in the game against France 4 days later. The squad that was named today, was for both games.
Now, I am off to lay down since I have now stuck up for them.....
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Edward
Can't say I wish your team luck, in respect to yourself I wish I could, but unfortunately I think you will lose 2-1 as your team ARE a jammy bunch of so an' so's:)
Abby. Do you have a dug?
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ML2er in action
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oh dear, Noel, why anyone would want to partake in that vile stuff, let alone down a Bottle of it in 20 seconds is beyond me.
Think I'll just stick to my Kestrel.
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I've just got a few cans in for tonight's big game. Should be very exciting. So who does everybody think will win ?
Yankees or Red Sox ?
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Matt-
apparently it is excellent for polishing oxblood brown brogues-
if anyone had the dignity to own a pair........
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Johnny Mac
good news is samsung have announced they are to bring out a bluray/ hd dvd combi player. LG are also considering this option.
bad news is that early reports suggest a combi player will be more expensive than two seperate players!
ha, sounds like madness to me and is a fight i will be happy to watch from the sidelines until a clear victor emerges.
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So sad to hear about the death of Antonio Puerta.
R.I.P.
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Did you see the size of that guy? He'd need to drink the Abbey dry for it to have any effect.
Er....he doesn't post on here does he?
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Well, Paul67 right on the 1st score.....Hemdani starts for them.
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Come on the Ra......
Ra......
......Red Star
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A few glasses of wine and painting the back garden fence.I will not be tuning in.I have found this the best policy for me over the years when striving for a result against fod.
Saddened to hear about the Seville player.Perhaps our club/fans could initiate something in respect of this fella in light of our tremendous links with the City of Seville.May God look after his Family.
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Red Star go close - no-one in box to pick up cross.
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think Stuart Dougal is reffing this one !!!
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See after all that talk last night about lack of coverage in Australia?
Just seen a similar thread on the Huddle Board about the Republic. Just thought this might be interesting for anyone who's looking to complain to Setanta Australia pty.
>I have emailed RTE. There address is complaints@rte.ie. Here is the mail I sent them.
Hi there. I have just seen that RTÉ 2 are showing the Arsenal third round qualifying tie agains Sparta Prague live and are showing delayed coverage of Celtic's match against Spartak Moscow. To say the least I find this a little surprising. The Celtic match is not been shown on any other station available in Ireland. They clearly have a far bigger following in this country (and indeed worldwide) than Arsenal but yet again RTE decide to show an English Premier League team ahead of a team with significant Irish connections. It was extremely frustrating last year when you choose to show a meaningless Manchester United European game when they had already qualified ahead of a crucial Celtic game but this just takes the biscuit. Three or fours years ago Celtic and Manchester United enjoyed almost equal coverage on RTE but in the last couple of years it appears as though RTE have a great reluctance to show Celitc. It disappoints me greatly and the decision to show Arsenal ahead of Celtic this Wednesday is one that I simply cannot understand. I have little or no doubt the Celtic match would get far higher ratings (I actually remember looking at the ratings in the 2001/2002 season and Celtic were clearly the most popularly viewed club). I think the analysis provided by RTE in all sports but particularly football is excellent but the editorial decision making clearly leaves a lot to be desired.
Yours in Sport
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Reply already from RTE:
Dear Arthur,
You may be interested in the following response from Stephen Alkin, Executive Producer RTÉ TV Sport, to similar e-mail about the screening of the Celtic match.
"We secured the rights to the 2nd leg matches involving Arsenal and Liverpool before the 1st leg games were played. As you would expect, we published this fact and billed and promoted the programmes accordingly.
Late in the piece, last Thursday to be precise, another broadcaster pulled out of the Celtic game and we secured the highlights rights to that match. Celtic football club weren’t keen for us to go live as they were having trouble selling the game to their fans.
It would have been our preference, especially considering the results from the 1st leg, to show the Celtic game live. For the reasons above we are showing the Arsenal match. We will be showing extended highlights of the Celtic game at approximately 10.15pm."
I am also copying you the following press release from RTÉ Sport :
RTÉ Secures UEFA EURO 2008 Broadcast Rights
RTÉ Sport announced today (Tuesday 28 August), that it has added yet another major international sports event to its extensive portfolio by securing exclusive rights to the UEFA Euro 2008 Championships.
RTÉ has successfully secured broadcast rights for the 2008 European Championships, across television, radio and online, further strengthening RTÉ’s extensive soccer coverage.
Exclusive Irish broadcast rights have been secured by RTÉ Television and RTÉ.ie while RTÉ Radio has been awarded national broadcast rights for the entire tournament. Coverage will include the live broadcast of all 31 matches from Austria and Switzerland next summer.
RTÉ is one of the few public service broadcasters in Europe to retain such a strong sports rights portfolio. This latest coup adds to RTÉ’s comprehensive soccer coverage which already includes broadcast rights for the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, two nights live Champions League coverage, Eircom League Live as well as both of the FAI Ford Cup Semi-Finals and the Final.
UEFA’s Director of Marketing and Media Rights, Philippe Le Floc'h paid tribute to RTÉ’s quality coverage, "RTÉ is the leading broadcaster in Ireland and is a long-term partner of UEFA with vast experience in broadcasting major sports events."
Glen Killane, Group Head of Sport RTÉ, said “In an increasingly competitive market we are delighted that UEFA have taken in to account the quality of our coverage and the audiences that RTÉ attracts. We are also proud that they have paid tribute to our strong track record in sports broadcasting. Securing these games further enhances RTÉ’s portfolio of live soccer and enables us to bring yet another major international sporting event to Irish viewers free-to-air”.
RTÉ’s unrivalled team of soccer presenters, analysts and commentators will be on hand throughout the tournament providing their expert analysis and opinion free-to-air. RTÉ Sport will also be broadcasting all of Ireland’s remaining crucial Group D qualifiers starting with the national team’s game against Slovakia on 8 September.
Date: Tuesday, 28 August, 2007
With best regards
Nina Ward
RTÉ Information Officer
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Red Star are mince.
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Sparkypaul 18.06 - Class! I like Alan Brazil. He's a celt and he once gave me loads of money for winning a talksport comp - what a guy.
lynnsgreensocks
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half time at the Maracana, Crvena Zvezda 0 darnel 0
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I am afraid I can't see Rangers losing tonight. Red Star carry very litle threat and Rangers so far are better than most CQNers would give them credit for.
Surprised to read that tickets are going slowly for the Spartak game. Our Summer cup final seems to have bypassed some folk.
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Another ML2er in action-Double Dunt !
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I'm listening to the game on the radio. It sounds like Rangers are second best in this match but all the same they don't sound like they will lose a goal. All the same Red Star have all the possession.
Possession
62% 38%
Shots on target
3 0
Shots off target
1 2
Corners
4 1
Fouls
11 6
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I really didn't give Rangers much of a chance before the game but they looked very comfortable in that first half. Red Star will need to show a huge improvement if they're going to go through.
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Think of the co-efficient.........
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Sean South
I got a text from Celtic today at lunchtime informing me that the last few tickets were available for sale should I wish to have them. Don't know how many constitutes a few.
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DB have to agree, seen 135mins of the Serbians now and as Noel says they are pure unadulterated mince.
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One team doesn't need to score and the othre doesn't know how to. Looks like a stonewall 0-0 right niw.
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Sean, if you're referring to 'a slow sale' as mentioned in that e-mail from RTÉ, I think that's changed since last Thursday, looking at the fishal site's ticket info:
uefa champions league q3
celtic v spartak moscow, august 29, ko 1945
ticket uplifts
The Club would like to ask all supporters who have tickets to uplift to try to do so on Tuesday between 9am and 5pm if possible or during the day on Wednesday. This will help in avoiding long delays and ensure that you can get into the match early. A significant number of tickets have been booked by telephone and internet since Saturday therefore this will result in a high number of uplifts from the Ticket Office. If you can pick your tickets up early it will help you get in for kick off and enjoy the whole match without any delays.
A small number of tickets are on sale for the match and these will be available from the Ticket Office and from the mobile sales outlet until kick off on Wednesday if we have not sold out prior.
Season tickets are not valid for this match.
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Apologies if I have missed a question; just logged on.
I hear…
The Ibrox 4 have declined the pay-off offer, have bandied together and have no intention to leave.
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Red Star are utter garbage. THey can't get down the wing to get a cross in and can't get through the middle. Can't see Rangers losing this one, although they're not making a lot of effort to score themselves.
Have you seen how their fans are penned in? Makes sense given the King comment in the hilarious Talk Sport interview this morning (Brazil doesn't care, does he? One of us and glad to let everyone know. Even his "apology" was tongue in cheek) about the fans being kept away from the city centre, escorted to the stadium, and escorted to the airport.
I agree with Gordon_J. Looks like a dull 0-0.
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red star woeful - they keep trying the ball over the top - have they not seen them recently? That's the only strength of their defence !!
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agree with posts so far Red Star are mince
the game is mince
and
so are the darnel
crap game
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Whittaker's having a poor game.
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Truly woeful game.
Unless Red Star have a super sub then I can't see them score 1 let alone win by 2 clear goals.
What happened to all the talk of all out warfare on the pitch? I've seen more wild tackles in a pre-season friendly.
Hope S Moscow end up as toothless as this lot !!
C'mon the Red Star !!!!
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As you are all munching dull mince I'm going for a deflection 1-0, yellows & reds, a real sunburst orange, a missed penalty no 1-1, more sunburst orange, another deflection 2-0, breathless refresh, no defenders, more red, a glorious technicolour last 30 minutes
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Thanks setting free the bears and matt the bhoy for the ticket update.
That has cheered me up no end because we need a 60,000 sell-out crowd roaring us every minure of the way.
Feel a lot more confident with a full house against a Spartak side that will have very little vocal backing.
My forecast is 2-1 tomorrow, but I think Rangers will go through tonight by default. Spartka are utterly hopeless.
Darcheville just missed a sitter that would have booked Rangers their place,
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drasticville misses a sitter
agree re whittaker he can`t tackle
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Red Star have had all the ball but Rangers have had the best chance. They could win this on the night. Red Star are dreadfull and I reckon Artmedia would've done these. In fact, didn't they knock out Partizan Belgrade in the round after?
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maloney scores again for villa tonight,
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was going to praise those Red Star fans for their continuous flag waving. However, I can only presume they do it so they don't have to watch the "entertainment"!!!
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Lazio are 1-0 down in Bucharest. Are they seeded above us?
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McCulloch went veryclose after his shot went through the Red Star keeper and out for a corner.
Red Star are getting worse not beter- unless there is divine intervention Rangers have booked their 10 million quid.
Hold on.... McGregor makes great save as REd star finall look threatening on 67 minutes.
Please, please score you bhoys from Belgrade.
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Paul
Would it be rude of me to ask which rangers players are being encouraged to leave?
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Game threatening to come alive. Liverpool 1-0 up....as if that one was in any doubt
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pjdali & malceye,
Agreed - Red Star fans doing their best but the players are as hostile as Daryll King at a Murray Park press conference
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darnel getting pinned back in their box
little danger as red star are crap
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geebee, no, Lazio are seeded below us.
PjDali, don't know that one.
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dont free the ibrox 4 :)hopefully that will account for a nice chunk of the ten mill if they get through :) unless the pi** artists formely known as red star do a smash and grab
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geebee, no, Lazio are seeded 4 below us.
It's just the Spanish, English, Dutch, Portugese and German Representatives who're above us (and in the qualifiers).
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Cheers Paul.
There seems to be an improvement in Romanian clubs European results the last two or three years. Could Romania threaten Scotland's 2 CL places or are they already above us?
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It's often said that players from the former Yugoslavia have great technique - it's all these guys can do to get the ball under control.
If by some miracle Red Star do turn this around I hope we get them in the group stages. Of course, that's assuming etc. etc.
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What's with the drop balls every time an extra ball is thrown on by a ball boy every time Red Star have a shy?
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How I wish we were playing this sorry lot. It's sad to watch this once great club play like this and the memories of Prosinecki, Pancev and Jugovic are fading......
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Honestly can't believe teh hype and build up and Red Star put our there netball team !!
Surely this mob have more drive and desperation to score than they've shown....they're about as dangerous in front of goal as a lawnmower!
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how long to go?
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geebee, Romania overtook us 2 Seasons ago, although we've passed them again. The 2 CL spots apply to the top 15 Countries, Scotland are currently ranked 10th, so no real worries there, except for the fact we lose the Seville coefficient for qualifying the Season after next.
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...oh the Red Star are sh*te...
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The big issue I have if Red Star score is the fact that this will go on for another thirty minutes......
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4 mins added on time about to start. :-s
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Do you guys know that that's 90 Mins of your life, that you'll never get back.
truth is I can't watch them.
I only turn setanta on, when I get a phonecall from my brother, saying they'r getting beaten.
Unfortunately, the phone remains silent tonight.
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Careful there, Noel. that's how rumours start and reputations get tarnished. Surprised that Paul allows that on his blog....::)
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geebee1978,
Take your point but reckon I could live with it...
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river city
is that like home and away but with fish suppers
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I don't like to praise Rangers- but I have to say Walter Smith has improved them 100 per cent in just eight or nine months.
They had an obvious game plan in Belgrade and proved their European tactical mettle by rigidly keeping to it and almost sneaked a couple of goals on the break.
Their performance tonight was well-organised, disciplined and mature even though Red Star were absolutely second rate.
They have height, strength and power and they will give Celtic a good run for their money this season.
We will under-estimate them at our peril.
We have a real contest for the SPL title I believe.
The pressure is now on us tomorrow to make sure they don't have a £10 million advantage over us.
Come on, Celtic!
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0 - 0 final.
That was the worst game I've seen in ages, well since the first leg.
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grrrrrr :(
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Lee McCulloch (Rangers) booked for time wasting.
never a truer word ......
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Weeron-
Deleted.
Just in case his libel lawyers were looking in.........
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wats more annoying:
1. Red star Belgrade being thee worst team yo have ever seen in this competition at this round
2. Ian Crocker? what an annoying man
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ah well only postpones the ibrox fire sale for another while :)
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matt_the_bhoy:
We have not overtaken Romania. Taking into account this season, Romania could well finish in fifth place by the end of this european campaign, AHEAD of Germany.
Sadly, not an accurate reflection of their quality, they are carrying the frutis of having three teams in europe at the time, two of them getting to the UEFA Cup quarter finals, and actually playing each other in the quarter finals, so it was a win-win situation. The coefficient overall was only divided by three, leaving a good rating.
Now that they will have six teams regularly qualifying, it will balance out in a few years and they will be between 8th-11th.
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Well played Rangers, Celtic need to get there now.
C'mon Celtic.
Sean South I agree, Walter Smith has bought really well with guys like Whittaker.
Celtic should have bought him, we need consistently attacking wing-backs, not good enough, too much emphasis on forwards who'll not offer enough.
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what a miserable pig of a game
not even a scintilla of luck did red star get,not that they deserved any as they were total pash
as was said earlier wish we could have played them
grandmaster wattie`s luck continues ... frustrating
tactical masterpeice according to booth on setant 4-1 4-1 really innovative away from home with a one goal lead
RICHARDHEAD...total and utter
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cue europe wide alert the hordes of gengis khan are about to sweep across the continent :)hopefully they endear themselves in their usual manner whereever they go :)
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the ragners are one very very physical team
who will be difficult to beat in scotland on that showing
anyone for bobo
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Absolutely right Sean South
The pressure swings to the Champions.
And make no mistake, the press and Radio pundits, will pile it on now.
Every fan must be patient tomorrow night, and encourage the team, from the start to the final whistle.
It's a game I'm looking forward to immensely
Bring it on...
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Congratulations Edward....looks like rumors of Rangers demise are greatly exaggerated.
Dancingonyourcoffin csc
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Friend of mine has been left with 3 spares for tomorrow night-
noel90@hotmail.co.uk
-if you are interested.
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Disappointed though I am, my days of enjoying my European thrills watching Rangers getting beat are long gone.
It’s up to Celtic to take care of business tomorrow night.
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glasgowdave
Looking forward to it, hopefully the atmosphere is as good as Saturday, or even better like the 2-0 game v Lyon.
Now that would be something.
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Edward congrats.
Stroll in the park for your lot in the end. Cueller looks a good buy.
Now I can concentrate 100% on being nervous for the next 22 hours:))
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