Beam me up, Scotty - Rangers & Scotland CM Story
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Slip up against Hibs, good draw in Spain and another victory against Celtic. It seems that things are going well on balance. Presumably, the Hibs result isn't that bad in this context.
You must be favourites to progress against Vallecano in the return leg.
@CO88LER5 wrote:Slip up against Hibs, good draw in Spain and another victory against Celtic. It seems that things are going well on balance. Presumably, the Hibs result isn't that bad in this context.
You must be favourites to progress against Vallecano in the return leg.
Well, the draw in Spain WAS in fact the return leg. Having won 2-0 at home, with the first goal against the run of play and the second coming after a sending-off for Rayo. I'll play Spurs next, in the last 8 of the competition.
The Hibernian draw did invite Celtic back in, but beating them in between the two Rayo games was certainly helpful and keeps Celtic 4 points behind.
- @JustinCase0110 So it was. Dunno how I missed that. It's not so easy to track stuff on this site as it was on the forum, or maybe it's my age...
Spurs is going to be a difficult one.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
So it was. Dunno how I missed that. It's not so easy to track stuff on this site as it was on the forum, or maybe it's my age...
Spurs is going to be a difficult one.Don't worry about it. Keeping track on a couple of saves, providing feedback for the one posting them, sometimes you'll miss a thing or two.
- @JustinCase0110
I don't understand how this works. How do you get to play St Mirren, if they aren't in the Championship Group? I thought the end of season grouping meant that teams in each group only played each other...?
Presumably, Celtic are top because they have more wins...?
@CO88LER5 wrote:
I don't understand how this works. How do you get to play St Mirren, if they aren't in the Championship Group? I thought the end of season grouping meant that teams in each group only played each other...?
Presumably, Celtic are top because they have more wins...?Glad you asked mate. St.Mirren was match 33, so the final game of the "regular season", before the league was divided in top and bottom groups. So you are on point assuming that the clubs in the top half only play their final five games against other clubs in the top.
Celtic first, I think it's down to alphabetic order, to be honest. I had my doubts last season, where I lead on goal difference, and I couldn't tell if the goal difference counted the full season or only the championship group. Now it seems that only the points are carried over, whilst goals for and against is reset before the final five games.
- @JustinCase0110
Thanks for that. I've never really understood how it works in Scotland... - @JustinCase0110
Didn't think you'd beat Tottenham, so well done.
Spurs have a rather unbelievable mix of players - de Bruyne, Shaw, Martinez, Griezmann, Alvarez. It is strange what the game does in these areas.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
Didn't think you'd beat Tottenham, so well done.
Spurs have a rather unbelievable mix of players - de Bruyne, Shaw, Martinez, Griezmann, Alvarez. It is strange what the game does in these areas.Yes, and especially in the big leagues. Now, I currently play in Scotland, and I've previously played in the Danish league too. And my experience from both is, that the teams tend to have much less activity in the transfer windows, so their squads often remain quite recognizable, even 4-5 seasons in. There are pros and * for every league, I think, but the reduced transfer activity is definitely a pro for me, when I start up away from the 'BIG 5'.
- @JustinCase0110
You seem to have got the upper hand against Celtic now, as you are winning most matches against them.
Looks like a league/European double at the very least.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
You seem to have got the upper hand against Celtic now, as you are winning most matches against them.
Looks like a league/European double at the very least.League, yes... European title, well, it seems the second leg did not go to plan. My recent upper hand vs Celtic failed this time, I'm afraid. A domestic double is still in the picture, but a European title will have to wait for now.
- @JustinCase0110
One down, one to go.
A domestic double, then?
It'll be interesting to see if Celtic win the Europa.
It's a pity that none of the other Scottish teams seem able to put in a challenge domestically. One of them needs an Alex Ferguson, I think.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
One down, one to go.
A domestic double, then?
It'll be interesting to see if Celtic win the Europa.
It's a pity that none of the other Scottish teams seem able to put in a challenge domestically. One of them needs an Alex Ferguson, I think.Yes, well, I don't expect another Alex Ferguson to drop by anytime soon though. But truly, what he achieved with Aberdeen does really emphasize what kind of generational talent he was as a manager. Never since has a non-Glasgow side won the Premiership. Rangers were even thrown several tiers down a few years back, and still no one else were able to go up and make a proper challenge in the title race.
- @JustinCase0110
Super substitution to win the cup - excellent when that happens.
From the sound of it, there are likely to be quite a few changes coming up on th squad front.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
Super substitution to win the cup - excellent when that happens.
From the sound of it, there are likely to be quite a few changes coming up on th squad front.Yeah, maybe there are. I haven't really thought it through yet, just trying to build up some talk in the media. I have a few ideas, and the Marcus Tavernier on left back test in the cup final could be something I'm looking more into in the coming season. As a result I expect to sell left back Ridvan Yilmaz and forward Cyriel Dessers, both with 1 year left of their contracts. And with both already replaced in-house (Oli Burke having replaced Dessers centrally), I would maybe wait until I see a few departures, before I start purchasing. But hey, that's a worry for tomorrow, I guess. First the World Cup with Scotland!
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