miketheheadlesschicken Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Toni scores. Massive mistake by Abbondanzieri. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJ Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Fantastic result and performance. Mon getting to the final and maybe even winning it Fiorentina scare me though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 looking at names I recognise from Fiorentina here: Frey is the keeper, think he's a bit like Wiese in the idea of can have bad/good days Gamberini is one of the defenders I recognise, with Kroldrup midfielders are ones like Liverani, Montolivo, Jorgensen and Santana strikers include Mutu, Pazzini and one Christian Vieri (although I'm not sure if he plays as much now) going to be a tough game in both legs, Carlos and Davie Weir will have to keep Pazzini/Mutu quiet and the midfield will have to win that battle. Without Baz and Thomson in the first leg could be bad news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheheadlesschicken Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Toni's scored again in the last minute. 3-3. Bayern going through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Wilson Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 heh 3-3, what a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo22 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Toni scores again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheheadlesschicken Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Game over. Bayern through. Mental game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by miketheheadlesschicken:Toni's scored again in the last minute. 3-3. Bayern going through. I thought they'd changed the rules so away goals don't count in ET Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJ Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Bayern were 36.00 to win it on Betfair when they were 3-1 down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 ah well, might get a chance at the ultimate revenge on Bayern in the Final for what happened in 1999 we don't forget Kahn and the diving antics of the team although I expect Toni will dive cause he's a big fairy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by TM:ah well, might get a chance at the ultimate revenge on Bayern in the Final for what happened in 1999 we don't forget Kahn and the diving antics of the team although I expect Toni will dive cause he's a big fairy And also revenge for the 1967 Cup Winners Cup Final. Would rather have Bayern than Getafe any as we do rubbish against Spanish side, but it will be wee Dick's team in the final, it's fated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Coo Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I thought they'd changed the rules so away goals don't count in ET if they haven't then they should. So unfair that 1 team gets half an hour longer to get away goals imo. I despise Luca Toni btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebs Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Luca Toni can gtf. Hopefully if you do play them, then he breaks his leg in the first minute. You still have to lose ofc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svenc Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by miketheheadlesschicken:Game over. Bayern through. Mental game. No kidding. I'm over the moon. My thoughts are with the Getafe supporters though, well played guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovenkrands01 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Stan petrov:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by lovenkrands01: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Caleyjag: Just had to post this, from 606. Made my day! <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">comment by celtmarshall posted 19 Hours Ago sporting to win 2-0 then rangers out of european football again not the champs league uefa cup lol you have no chance winning the uefa cup you are not that good a side you just sit back like you have done all season enjoy this season the tide is turning a new begining is away to happen at celtic keanooo coming home next season with lennon with lots of money from the board miles ahead of rangers who have no money and are deep in debt claiming to build a 70 million pound new stadium lol lol biggrin wake up and continue to sign old men and has beens hail hail come on sporting Brilliant </div></BLOCKQUOTE> haha Always wondered what Stan petrov did when he wasn't posting in here and the Celtc thread. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Yours was the first name that came into my head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheheadlesschicken Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Hairy Coo:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I thought they'd changed the rules so away goals don't count in ET if they haven't then they should. So unfair that 1 team gets half an hour longer to get away goals imo. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> The other team gets an extra 30 minutes, and possibly penalties, with home advantage. Toni was even more of a twat than usual tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty_8 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 This has to be one of the greatest nights in my time. Wasn't best performance or result that i have seen, dont get me wrong. But reaching the semi finals of UEFA cup is one of best achievements i have seen and i really didn't see it coming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted April 10, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted April 10, 2008 Average team progress to the semi-finals with a fluke win over Sporting Lisbon after employing dirty anti-football tactics I thought overall we were excellent tonight. Darcheville especially worked hard. Was disappointed with Hemdani. Was way off the boil tonight. Whittaker was a strange one. His passing was terrible but his blocking was fantastic and he took his goal very well even though probably everyone on the planet was shouting him to pass. Magnificent. Some of the scarves and banners were funny as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFurball Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 My TV must have been broken for the first half - that couldn't have been dull, boring, anti-football Rangers casually passing the ball around, could it? The perfect away performance, and hopefully one that will shut the 4-5-1 critics up for good. When you're playing at home first, the most important thing you can do is keep a clean sheet - scoring goals is secondary. Ferguson just arrogantly keeping himself rested for the OF game on the 27th - though it was a stupid booking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Wow, did not see that performance coming. What spirit and fight that team had out there, battled for every bit of luck that came our way. We really are a great away side. If Cuellar had a poor game by his standards on Sunday, tonight, I think, might be defined as atonement. Even if we don't keep him beyond the summer, what a ****ing awesome contribution this year. Thompson and Davis were superb too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFurball Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by matty_8:This has to be one of the greatest nights in my time. Wasn't best performance or result that i have seen, dont get me wrong. But reaching the semi finals of UEFA cup is one of best achievements i have seen and i really didn't see it coming Not the best performance? It was the perfect away performance - outplay them first half, get the crowd restless, get the opposition flustered, let them lose their shape as they chase the game and hit them on the counter. Better than the Lyon game, where our goal led a bit of a charmed existence. A couple of headers aside, they didn't look like coming close to scoring - aside from the goals, we created the 2 most clear cut chances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 This has to be one of the greatest nights in my time have to say that getting to the UEFA Cup Semis is probably the proudest thing I've witnessed as a Rangers fan tbh I suffered through the CL run in 1993, that night against CSKA Moscow when the ball just wouldn't go into the net but there was plenty of joy in that run as well and even if we don't make the final in Manchester, this has been a stunning European run which we can all be proud of - pretty much most of the squad from Scotland as well IF we went on to take everything this year and that is a big IF, I'd contact UEFA and FIFA to cancel football permenantly I think, surely nothing could be better than a season with a domestic treble AND the UEFA Cup in the trophy room obviously the CL is probably the other thing, but seriously I don't think you could top that we won't do it, but you can dream Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty_8 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by GingerFurball:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by matty_8: This has to be one of the greatest nights in my time. Wasn't best performance or result that i have seen, dont get me wrong. But reaching the semi finals of UEFA cup is one of best achievements i have seen and i really didn't see it coming Not the best performance? It was the perfect away performance - outplay them first half, get the crowd restless, get the opposition flustered, let them lose their shape as they chase the game and hit them on the counter. Better than the Lyon game, where our goal led a bit of a charmed existence. A couple of headers aside, they didn't look like coming close to scoring - aside from the goals, we created the 2 most clear cut chances. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> I was just holding back incase someone came up with a performance against celtic a few years ago or something and struck me down, as usually happens here in OTF. Was great to watch us play away and actually play football a bit. Great night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty_8 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by TM:obviously the CL is probably the other thing, but seriously I don't think you could top that we won't do it, but you can dream Hey, if i had said we could go this far during PLG era last year, i would have been laughed at. You never know, next year we could sign the unhappy Ronaldinho and become a CL force Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svenc Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Sounds good, might check out the highlights of the Rangers match tomorrow - too tired tonight, and the Bayern match made me feel even more exhausted. TBH Bayern hardly ever looked as they were REALLY into this season's UEFA cup, and the two Getafe matches are another very good example of that. Anyhoo, I can only hope that what happened tonight made them finally realize that you can't win a competition like this just by showing up. Assuming they really WANT to win this bloody cup, that is. Otherwise, a possible Rangers FC - Bayern München final is well on course still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I thought we were as good tonight as were utter pish in the 1st leg. I still feel we need to practice set pieces much more, they are dire at times, its utter schoolboy stuff at times. Sometimes we gave the ball away too easily, and it seemed we play a bit too close together at times but when it comes good, it really does come good. The first goal was a classic counter-attacking sucker punch and the second I really thought Whittaker was blowing it! Actually thought Cousin's effort just before that was in too. I won't say what my reaction was Some negatives: Hemdani - He really has lost something. As Gary says, probably not playing week in week out can't be helping, but he really doesn't look the player he was. Broadfoot still makes too many mistakes for me, and as for McCulloch well really I simply cannot fathom why he plays and wtf was that idiot action with the keeper about? Positives: Steve Davis I thought started the match quite poorly, but came onto a good game and in the end was quite superb. Was really pleased for JCD with the goal, he put in a power of work and did very well considering. Barry was a lot better tonight than I've seen him for a while, although still looking obviously far from 100% fit. Bit hats off to Christian Dailly, he was superb and tbh I never really noticed Weir was missing. The Bookings: Well if you're going to get booked and miss a match, it's probably as well you miss the 1st leg of the Semi so not overly disappointed and it give Barry and Kevin a rest Overall I'm utterly ecstatic at what we've done tonight, it's been a hell of a long time coming - I was eight years old last time we got this far in Europe (Not counting 1993 because that was a strange set up) - and it just doesn't seem real. People will think this is crazy, but we can win this now. We certainly have as much chance as anyone and although Fiore are a good team, we have a chance. I would happily lose to Partick on Sunday, if it meant a place in the UEFA Cup Final. (Equally I'll be happy to have both ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzza Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 JCDs celebration so cool as well! Still can't believe how far we have come on since Walter came back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sav112 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Great to hear it over and over on the Radio and TV, god you would think we had won it….great media all the same and great advert for the Club. Even gaz did not see this coming... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted April 10, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted April 10, 2008 It's just a pity Fiorentina don't play in green and grey or we could book our tickets to Manchester already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sav112 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Oh aye I put Walter Walter give us a Smile in my location under my name when he came in last season….- Ok Walter you’ve done it…… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Ter:It's just a pity Fiorentina don't play in green and grey or we could book our tickets to Manchester already indeed, the run is ending next Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by TM:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ter: It's just a pity Fiorentina don't play in green and grey or we could book our tickets to Manchester already indeed, the run is ending next </div></BLOCKQUOTE> There is green in the Italian flag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 SUN 13 APR: Partick Thistle (A) – Scottish Cup Quarter Final Replay WED 16 APR: Celtic (A) - SPL SUN 20 APR: St Johnstone (N) – Scottish Cup Semi Final THU 24 APR: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 1 SUN 27 APR: Celtic (A) – SPL THU 01 MAY: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 2 SUN 04 MAY: Hibernian (A) – SPL WED 07 MAY: Motherwell (H) - SPL SAT 10 MAY: Dundee Utd (H) – SPL WED 14 MAY: UEFA Cup Final SAT 17 MAY: Aberdeen (A) - SPL WED 21 MAY: FREE SAT 24 MAY: Scottish Cup Final Still to be scheduled: St Mirren (A) – SPL Motherwell (A) – SPL I really hope we beat Celtic next week, because if that match on the 27th means anything I might just have a heart attack with such a week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFurball Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by TM:obviously the CL is probably the other thing, but seriously I don't think you could top that we won't do it, but you can dream FC Porto - UEFA Cup Winners 2003, Champions League Winners 2004. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethedog Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Well done, absolutely fantastic result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted April 10, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted April 10, 2008 If we go through in the Scottish Cup then we're going to have to play a few games in a week, possibly even twice unless they schedule one for 21st May. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFurball Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Peacemaker7:SUN 13 APR: Partick Thistle (A) – Scottish Cup Quarter Final Replay WED 16 APR: Celtic (A) - SPL SUN 20 APR: St Johnstone (N) – Scottish Cup Semi Final THU 24 APR: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 1 SUN 27 APR: Celtic (A) – SPL THU 01 MAY: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 2 SUN 04 MAY: Hibernian (A) – SPL WED 07 MAY: Motherwell (H) - SPL SAT 10 MAY: Dundee Utd (H) – SPL WED 14 MAY: UEFA Cup Final SAT 17 MAY: Aberdeen (A) - SPL WED 21 MAY: FREE SAT 24 MAY: Scottish Cup Final Still to be scheduled: St Mirren (A) – SPL Motherwell (A) – SPL I really hope we beat Celtic next week, because if that match on the 27th means anything I might just have a heart attack with such a week I have a ticket to the game on the 27th. It's smack bang in the middle of me and my mate's double birthday celebration - and if we win on the 16th, and Celtic lose to either Motherwell or Aberdeen, we could potentially win the league there. What a week that could be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Ter:If we go through in the Scottish Cup then we're going to have to play a few games in a week, possibly even twice unless they schedule one for 21st May. Be unlikely to schedule a game midweek before the Cup final. Then again, if they did we could just put out a reserve side. Possibly play the final game the Weds after the Cup Final, really don't see why we should have to play four games in a week. This isn't FM you know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Ter:If we go through in the Scottish Cup then we're going to have to play a few games in a week, possibly even twice unless they schedule one for 21st May. St Mirren already going on about most of their players unable to play games after the season's due end as they've booked holidays Motherwell seem to be a bit tetchy as well as they want to win the 3rd spot and Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFurball Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 If (and it's still a big if) we win the next 2 OF games, the league wil be all over bar the shouting - so we can play Monday Tuesday Wednesday for all I care. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty_8 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 anyone else celebrate again when watching the Darcheville goal in highlights ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by GingerFurball:If (and it's still a big if) we win the next 2 OF games, the league wil be all over bar the shouting - so we can play Monday Tuesday Wednesday for all I care. Well yeah, the quicker we sew up the title the better then just play the youths in the remaining league games and concentrate on the UEFA Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by matty_8:anyone else celebrate again when watching the Darcheville goal in highlights ??? Aye! "We'll never do anything in Europe with Walter Smith" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dying Dougs Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Peacemaker7:SUN 13 APR: Partick Thistle (A) – Scottish Cup Quarter Final Replay WED 16 APR: Celtic (A) - SPL SUN 20 APR: St Johnstone (N) – Scottish Cup Semi Final THU 24 APR: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 1 SUN 27 APR: Celtic (A) – SPL THU 01 MAY: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 2 SUN 04 MAY: Hibernian (A) – SPL WED 07 MAY: Motherwell (H) - SPL SAT 10 MAY: Dundee Utd (H) – SPL WED 14 MAY: UEFA Cup Final SAT 17 MAY: Aberdeen (A) - SPL WED 21 MAY: FREE SAT 24 MAY: Scottish Cup Final Still to be scheduled: St Mirren (A) – SPL Motherwell (A) – SPL I really hope we beat Celtic next week, because if that match on the 27th means anything I might just have a heart attack with such a week how the hell are you gonna manage to keep the squad fit with that amount of games coming up anyway well done tonight, didnt expect rangers to go through. no doubt ill wind a few of the celtic lads at work tom about it drives em mad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty_8 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 After Whittaker scored you could just see Chris Burke bouncing around like a giddy wee girl. I will never forget that match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Apart from the obvious scheduling difficulties, tonight was probably as big a boost to our league prospects as we could have hoped for. Players will be desperate for involvement in the semis and confidence will be high. Definitely feel more positive about things than a couple of days ago. What a night! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFurball Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Originally posted by Dying Dougs:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Peacemaker7: SUN 13 APR: Partick Thistle (A) – Scottish Cup Quarter Final Replay WED 16 APR: Celtic (A) - SPL SUN 20 APR: St Johnstone (N) – Scottish Cup Semi Final THU 24 APR: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 1 SUN 27 APR: Celtic (A) – SPL THU 01 MAY: Fiorentina - UEFA Cup Semi Final Leg 2 SUN 04 MAY: Hibernian (A) – SPL WED 07 MAY: Motherwell (H) - SPL SAT 10 MAY: Dundee Utd (H) – SPL WED 14 MAY: UEFA Cup Final SAT 17 MAY: Aberdeen (A) - SPL WED 21 MAY: FREE SAT 24 MAY: Scottish Cup Final Still to be scheduled: St Mirren (A) – SPL Motherwell (A) – SPL I really hope we beat Celtic next week, because if that match on the 27th means anything I might just have a heart attack with such a week how the hell are you gonna manage to keep the squad fit with that amount of games coming up anyway well done tonight, didnt expect rangers to go through. no doubt ill wind a few of the celtic lads at work tom about it drives em mad </div></BLOCKQUOTE> I'd like to think the Scottish Cup games will take care of themselves, though I'm taking nothing for granted - and as I've said, win the 2 against Celtic, and the league's all over bar the shouting. We can then rest players, keeping them fresh for our assault on the UEFA Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted April 10, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted April 10, 2008 What was JCD doing when he was eating the banana? He left the dugout then came back but everyone else was pishing themselves laughing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sav112 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 It was the group hug when we scored that was worth a smile when ally had both legs up.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Toner Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Jim Beglin summed it up 'This is not anti-football - this is intelligent football and superior tactics' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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