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It’s all about creating and strengthening camraderie, a point proved when Portuguese winger Jota donated his air miles collected on his round the world trip last summer to pay for the gig.<\/p>\n
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That meant the club only had to pay for digs and food, so the accountants were happy.<\/p>\n
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There are plenty of media stories about the trip, but no scandals where, for instance , the manager had to be carried to bed because he was drunk, or players heading to nightclubs and coming back with diseases far worse than what you’d usually pick up in those places.<\/p>\n
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Ignore the results, the word is everyone enjoyed themselves and are raring to go for the second half of the season.<\/p>\n
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Sadly, the same can’t be said over the river as yet another Ibrox manager is forced to leave .<\/p>\n
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Giovanni van Bronckhurst caused shockwaves throughout Europe when he led that bunch of talnetless twonks to a European final, and having proved what he could do with diddies, demanded a better class of player for this season.<\/p>\n
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With all the income from Europe and player sales going to pay the tallyman, there was nothing left for Gio, and when he pointed this out publicly, the writing was on the wall.<\/p>\n
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His departure paves the way for a staunch Rangers man to steady the ship, and it’s not gone unnoticed that Graeme Souness has been playing to the crowd with some of his recent outbursts.<\/p>\n
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His\u00a0 claim that Celtic had been benefiting from VAR decisions was bizarre. but not unexpected from a man of his age if it is taken purely in the context of a senior citizen sharing his thoughts, but combine that with his demands that Ibrox fans back Gio and then his piece about how sacking the Dutchman was harsh smacks of a cleverly run PR campaign to show he’s loyal to one side and still hates the Tims enough to rally the orcs for battle.<\/p>\n
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With van Bronckhurst being fired despite overachieving, and almost certainly thrown under the buis for the bopard’s failings, it’s unlikely any serious candidate will come forward for the job .<\/p>\n
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If the board do that to a guy who just months ago was in a European final, what will they do to someone who loses a couple of domestic games.<\/p>\n
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And if they had no money for the Dutchman, it’s unlikely the new guy will have anything but an austerity budget.<\/p>\n
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Elsehwhere, and an article over on CQN has given me food for thought…<\/p>\n
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