Post Tagged with: "opinion"

/ February 8, 2012 1:03 pm

Motherwell: The Best of the Rest in the SPL

Motherwell are arguably the best team in the SPL, apart from the Old Firm obviously. The "best of the rest", but where has this year's success came from? Just like last season and the seasons before that, the 'Well have a very small squad in comparison to other SPL clubs. Attendances are still hovering around 5,000. On the transfer front,

/ November 14, 2011 10:30 pm

Berra the devil you know – A meaningless friendly that proved nothing

The usual suspects were in attendance on Friday night as Scotland played Cyprus, as Craig Levein looks to become Jack Charlton Mk II with the number of English-born players coming to the fore under his tenureship.An international friendly against Cyprus in November, while other nations are fighting it out on the pitch for a place in the European Championships. How

/ October 30, 2011 9:32 pm

Is Ally McCoist getting enough credit as a manager?

We haven’t yet reached Halloween but Rangers are already in a commanding position at the top of the SPL.The Ibrox side sit nine points ahead of second-placed Motherwell and twelve points ahead of their rivals Celtic in third, albeit with a game in hand. However, ask yourself this one question have you heard or seen much praise for Rangers manager

/ October 13, 2011 10:41 pm

Opinion: The End of the EURO 2012 campaign should be the start of a new era

With the World Cup 2014 qualifiers a year away some players who have graced the turf at Hampden Park, should now be moved to pastures new, the international wilderness. After failing to secure a play-off place for EURO 2012, the Scotland squad needs to be injecting with some new blood and youth. In the past few games Barry Bannan has

/ October 13, 2011 2:25 pm

Fitness as important as consistency for Rangers this season

Rangers are sitting pretty at the top of the Scottish Premier League after 10 games. Winning nine games and drawing just once, they have yet to be beaten in the league, scoring 22 goals and conceding just three. But, what makes it even sweeter for Rangers fans is that rivals Celtic are already 10 points behind in third place

/ October 12, 2011 12:17 pm

Opinion: Five Reasons why I believe Scotland failed to qualify

After last night’s defeat to Spain and the disappointment of missing out on the chance to reach EURO 2012 through the playoffs. Columnist Ewan McQueen gives his opinion on the five reasons why Scotland failed to quality. THAT 4-6-0 Formation For reasons unknown on Friday 8 October 2010 in Prague, Craig Levein decided to play a team with no strikers.

/ September 29, 2011 12:10 pm

Opinion: Has Levein thrown in the towel in terms of EURO 2012?

After the 4-6-0 debacle, a pitiful and lacklustre draw in Lithuania, a very poor victory over Liechtenstein at Hampden Park and throwing away the lead twice against the Czech Republic, Scotland once again need other teams to do us a favour in the hope of reaching a play-off place for EURO 2012. Levein continues to defend the use of the

/ September 25, 2011 12:42 am

Green Brigade protest over what they see as the criminalisation of the Celtic support

During Celtic’s 2-0 win over Inverness Caley Thistle today, the Celtic supporter’s group the Green Brigade protested against the new Offensive Behaviour bill. A bill that has been criticised by many in Scottish Football and was eventually postponed before being implemented at the start of the new season, so that it could be looked into more. The Green Brigade displayed

/ September 19, 2011 8:12 pm

The Daily Record apology: Is it a meaningless gesture?

From Thugs & Thieves to Who’s more hated…. the Daily Record have a history of producing some headlines and articles with one goal in mind – to sell copies through controversy, then apologise two or three days later when the damage is done with little recourse from those parties involved. We reported on Saturday morning, the Record’s headline ‘Who’s more

/ September 17, 2011 2:13 pm

Are the Daily Record inciting hatred against Celtic Manager Neil Lennon?

“It would be helpful if newspaper headlines focused on the football rather than referring to hatred ahead of the first Old Firm match”, those were the words of SFA Chief Executive Stewart Regan on his twitter page this morning. Sadly for Mr Regan, the Daily Record are taking advantage of the hatred of Neil Lennon by Rangers fans, and using

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