Fireball07 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 ^Doubt it. Nothing's going to cheer me up for a while. I'd say.I am feeling pretty bad atm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wizard Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ian/8368005.stmThis would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renasko Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Laszlo has quite an interesting personality. I found it amusing when he claimed he was 'surprised' he wasn't even mentioned in the running for the Celtic job. But he does seem like a good enough guy, with some nice experience, so why not? Shame he wasn't given money to invest in the Hearts team this year. Would've been fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wizard Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 My favourite quote from him was in the radio interview after the rearranged game against Kilmarnock. Hearts won the match but David Obua had missed a great chance and Csaba hit the dug-out shelter thing in frustration so after the game he had an ice pack on his finger. He told the interviewer "Yes, I usually have to put ice on my head after a game like that, no?". :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Laszlo has quite an interesting personality.If you mean 'he's bonkers, but in an entertaining way', then I agree. ;)But he does seem like a good enough guy, with some nice experience, so why not?You have seen the Hearts results since he took over? OK, he did reasonably well at first but if I'm slating Calderwood for underachievement, Laszlo is no better. We're floundering this year, we've done very badly in Europe, and his 'experience' is totally inadequate. He's not really qualified for the Hearts job, let alone Scotland. (Which is why he was picked for the Hearts job, after all. Doesn't do to have a successful manager, they wind up thinking they're in charge. Mad Vlad doesn't like that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renasko Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 If you mean 'he's bonkers, but in an entertaining way', then I agree. ;)Hehe, I did mean that, yes.I know Hearts aren't doing so well, at the minute, but I figure that's more down to the playing squad. And when I heard Laszlo complain about the lack of funds, as the explanation to when the team had moved backwards, rather than forwards, I felt he was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 *shrugs* Yes, the money is tight. But it's not significantly tighter than at Hibs (currently third), nor as tight as the budget at Motherwell (8 points ahead of us), and it's miles better than that at Killie, Hamilton or St Johnstone (1 point behind us). Frankly I wish the budget was tighter. The idea that we owe Mad Vlad's bank thirty million quid does not comfort me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renasko Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 So...Ranking to be used for the Uefa Euro 2012 qualifying draw: POT ONE:SpainGermanyNetherlandsItalyEnglandCroatiaPortugalFranceRussia POT TWO:GreeceCzech RepublicSwedenSwitzerlandSerbiaTurkeyDenmarkSlovakiaRomania POT THREE:IsraelBulgariaFinlandNorwayRepublic of IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandAustria Bosnia-HerzegovinaErm, how do we find ourselves in pot three? Surely we should be ahead of at least a couple of the nations in pot two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon AS Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 But he does seem like a good enough guy, with some nice experience, so why not?Do you really think that being Lothar Matthäus’ assistant and managing Uganda taught him valuable lessons that would help him improve Scotland’s national team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wizard Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Uganda are probably about as good as Scotland are, so I wouldn'yt discount the possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 So...Erm, how do we find ourselves in pot three? Surely we should be ahead of at least a couple of the nations in pot two?Let's see, in the last three qualifiers you've ended up as 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Based on this pot three doesn't sound unnatural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDonegal Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Is it based on that?In that case, I'd say Russia are lucky to be in Pot One. Their last three major tournament qualifications have been: 2nd, 2nd and 3rd. In Pot Two you have Czech Rep (3rd, 2nd, 1st) whose recent qualifying should place them ahead of Russia.Ser Ren,All the Pot 2 teams (ex. Turkey and Sweden) have finished top of their group at least once in the last three campaigns. Ireland haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 The seeding is based on:2006 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weightingEURO 2008 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting2010 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weightingSo reaching the final of Euro 2008 explains why they are in pot 1.According to this site, Ireland scored even worse than Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I blame Steve Staunton :tantrum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renasko Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Oh, come on. Israel, Finland, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia...We need to play in another tournament while the WC is on to get ourselves a few more points on the table. Seriously though, the only one I can think of would be this 'Celtic' cup thing that has been touted, involving the home nations. Wasn't that supposed to happen? When? I googled for information, but all I could find was this old news story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Oh, come on. Israel, Finland, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia...We need to play in another tournament while the WC is on to get ourselves a few more points on the table. Seriously though, the only one I can think of would be this 'Celtic' cup thing that has been touted, involving the home nations. Wasn't that supposed to happen? When? I googled for information, but all I could find was this old news story.Gordon Brown backed it, thereby consigning it immediately to oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wizard Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Keane pwns reporter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDonegal Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Gordon Brown backed it, thereby consigning it immediately to oblivion.That wily old fox.More match fixing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball07 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Pot 3 again? Fuck sake.Wouldn't mind any of the pot 2 teams except Slovakia and Serbia. Slovakia have Hamsik who is world class, and Serbia have a very good squad.I'd like Portugal aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renasko Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Aye, I would not mind Portugal at all. And Croatia, as well. They've had their moment (happens once a decade?), and I wouldn't expect them to reach such heights any time soon. Out of pot two, I'd want to be avoiding Serbia, as well, but the rest we could take. I know we played the Czechs recently and beat them. They're on the downward spiral, along with the Swedes and the Danes haven't had a good team since '98. Turkey would be tricky, and Slovakia possibly so, but screw it. We didn't qualify for the WC, so we'd damn well better qualify for this. It'd be a great achievement, as well, considering how the European championship is a tougher competition to win, than the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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