New Firm to decide SPL Title destination

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:58 am

http://www.skysports.com/football/ma...996116,00.html

All square with one game to go, Huns 4 goals behind the Tims, final fixtures on Thursday night

Arabs v Tims
Dons v Huns

A win for the Dons (or any result equal to Utd's) and it's the second part of Ranger's "choke" treble

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:09 am

fatshaft wrote:http://www.skysports.com/football/ma...996116,00.html

All square with one game to go, Huns 4 goals behind the Tims, final fixtures on Thursday night

Arabs v Tims
Dons v Huns

A win for the Dons (or any result equal to Utd's) and it's the second part of Ranger's "choke" treble

I'm not sure quite how to say this, but COME ON YOU DONS!!!!!

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:19 am

Rangers could lose the league title that a few weeks back they looked bang on to win.

Thats what happens with all those extra games in Europe.

Wonder how many Rangers fans would settle for the UEFA cup final but failure in the league?

Lessons to be taken from this.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:22 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:Rangers could lose the league title that a few weeks back they looked bang on to win.

Thats what happens with all those extra games in Europe.

Wonder how many Rangers fans would settle for the UEFA cup final but failure in the league?

Lessons to be taken from this.

Aye - don't support Rangers....

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:30 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:Rangers could lose the league title that a few weeks back they looked bang on to win.

Thats what happens with all those extra games in Europe.

Wonder how many Rangers fans would settle for the UEFA cup final but failure in the league?

Lessons to be taken from this.

Swap your first European final in god-knows-how-many-years for a title thats yours 50% of the time guaranteed?

I'd be willing to bet there'll be few regrets north of the border.....

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:34 am

Lord Kangana wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:Rangers could lose the league title that a few weeks back they looked bang on to win.

Thats what happens with all those extra games in Europe.

Wonder how many Rangers fans would settle for the UEFA cup final but failure in the league?

Lessons to be taken from this.
Swap your first European final in god-knows-how-many-years for a title thats yours 50% of the time guaranteed?

I'd be willing to bet there'll be few regrets north of the border.....

Why one day where they all got pissed (which is probably the same as any other day) and lost?

What memories they'll have of that day!

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:54 pm

Oh look, it's the Lisbon argument disinterred once more

From this distance it seems Rangers don't like the fact Celtic have done better in Europe than them (awaits White Army with stats to the contrary) so, as LK says, I'm sure given a choice between Waffa and SPL they'd've gone Waffa

qwertywarrior · Post by **qwertywarrior** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:55 pm

but it is not proper football anyway

i mean arabs dons tims and huns

crap names

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:01 pm

qwertywarrior wrote:but it is not proper football anyway

i mean arabs dons tims and huns

crap names

and things like latics, bees, hatters aren't?

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:04 pm

David Lee's Hair wrote:
qwertywarrior wrote:but it is not proper football anyway

i mean arabs dons tims and huns

crap names

and things like latics, bees, hatters aren't?

I always thought Trotters made us sound like we had chronic diarrhoea anyway(I'm guessing thats just me though)

qwertywarrior · Post by **qwertywarrior** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:05 pm

David Lee's Hair wrote:
qwertywarrior wrote:but it is not proper football anyway

i mean arabs dons tims and huns

crap names

and things like latics, bees, hatters aren't?

exactly not proper football

look at the prem
ammers scum toffees gooners
all proper names

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:16 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:
I always thought Trotters made us sound like we had chronic diarrhoea anyway(I'm guessing thats just me though)

Nope, I always found it a strangely unimpressive name!

qwertywarrior wrote:
exactly not proper football

look at the prem
ammers scum toffees gooners
all proper names

I'm not exactly certain they call themselves "scum", and that could really count for a fair few teams.

Toffees a good name?

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:22 pm

qwertywarrior wrote:exactly not proper football

look at the prem
ammers scum toffees gooners
all proper names

'Gooners' is possibly one of the most embarrassing monikers ever. Call them 'gunners' for feck's sake, that's their nickname.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:47 pm

fatshaft wrote: Arabs v Tims
Dons v Huns

Mate, other than for The Dons I haven't a clue who you're on about.

White Army · Post by **White Army** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:56 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
fatshaft wrote: Arabs v Tims
Dons v Huns

Mate, other than for The Dons I haven't a clue who you're on about.

Arabs was a name given to Dundee United due to the fact that during the 1963 season the pitches were so frozen they sanded the pitch so heavily it was like playing in the desert.

Tims refers to a Glasgow street gang who used to go round attacking Protestants - The Tim Malloys.

Huns is a reference to the fact that Rangers are pro monarchy and therefore are of Germanic descent.

Well that's how i've always understood it.

DSB

No chance of stats from me mate, i couldn't give a feck if Celtc were as successful as Real Madrid in Europe, i still despise the f*ckers.

White Army · Post by **White Army** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:16 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:Rangers could lose the league title that a few weeks back they looked bang on to win.

Thats what happens with all those extra games in Europe.

Wonder how many Rangers fans would settle for the UEFA cup final but failure in the league?

Lessons to be taken from this.

Not many BWFC_I, Rangers are hurting very badly over their failure to win the SPL (if that's what happens).

The UEFA cup was a nice distraction at best, the league was and always is their priority, this will be the first time since Big Jock that Celtc have won 3 in a row i think?

As a footnote, i'm more than happy with how this season has progressed from the catastrophe that went by the name of Paul Le Guen. We've had the pleasure of witnessing one of the finest defenders for ages to grace the SPL, namely Carlos Cuellar. If someone offered me the chance of already possessing one trophy and being involved in 3 other competitions within the last 10 days of the SPL, at the beginning of the season i'd have had them certified.

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:22 pm

Worthy4England wrote: I'm not sure quite how to say this, but COME ON YOU DONS!!!!!

No, you got it spot on

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:27 pm

White Army wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:Rangers could lose the league title that a few weeks back they looked bang on to win.

Thats what happens with all those extra games in Europe.

Wonder how many Rangers fans would settle for the UEFA cup final but failure in the league?

Lessons to be taken from this.
Not many BWFC_I, Rangers are hurting very badly over their failure to win the SPL (if that's what happens).

The UEFA cup was a nice distraction at best, the league was and always is their priority, this will be the first time since Big Jock that Celtc have won 3 in a row i think?.

From what I've seen this does indeed seem to be the case. It's funny, but the more likely you are to win the league, it appears the LESS importance you place on Europe, Man Utd seemed to be the same. I just can't fathom that, although the Dons only have a handful of league titles to our name, it's Gothenburg that lives large, and we'd have celebrated a UEFA cup win like no other.

I find it strange that winning a trophy that only comes from doing well domestically can be valued below the league title.

(P.s. Did I mention it's 25 years since Gothenburg?

)

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:28 am

Tims refers to a Glasgow street gang who used to go round attacking Protestants - The Tim Malloys

The old firm have such a rich history.........

White Army · Post by **White Army** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:56 pm

boltonboris wrote:
Tims refers to a Glasgow street gang who used to go round attacking Protestants - The Tim Malloys
The old firm have such a rich history.........

Well to be fair BB. Rangers sing the Billy Boys (Hullo Hullo, we are the Billy boys, which was the original one most English teams now use) as a reference to a similar street gang of Protestants who used to do exactly the same to Catholics, William Fullerton.

Religion is as important, in a sectarian way, to the west of Scotland especially Glasgow as it is in Ulster.