26 Nov 2020 08:20:05
Coops, why are you certain that selling paul gascoigne cost us 10iar.
26 Nov 2020 09:26:22
Because its of my opinion with the talent gazza had and had he not have been sold, he could undoubtedly with the incredible matchwinner he was could have made the difference in our quest for 10iar. Why are you not so sure that if gazza had stayed,
would he not have made the difference in securing 10iar?
Anything else you want to know while i'm at it 🤔.
26 Nov 2020 09:29:45
Negris goals drying up cost us more imo.
26 Nov 2020 09:48:22
A few things went against us that season.
Sir Walter also announced he was leaving half way through the season.
Gazza being sold.
Laudrup signing a pre contract with Chelsea.
26 Nov 2020 10:02:12
Gazza leaving was a massive factor on us not securing 10iar, but so was Negri's refusal to play - losing our biggest talent and top goalscorer was always going to cost us!
The 0-1 home defeat to Killie cost us the league, and out of Gazza and Negri, It would be interesting to hear who you think would have made the biggest difference in that game? If we had won that game, we'd have won the league. This is only my opinion.
26 Nov 2020 10:16:19
Coops. Gazza was increasingly erratic that season as his off field behaviour and personal choices began to catch up with him. Recall he was also dumped by England that season. Don’t believe his exit was a major factor and I’ve heard Sir Walter comment likewise.
26 Nov 2020 10:17:57
I agree with both paul86 and MrPotatoHead that they're definitely all possible contributing factors
although i do think the genius that was paul gascoigne was the main one for me guys ðŸ‘.
26 Nov 2020 11:14:01
I'm lost guys, why do some reply to Coops when he does't post.
Is Steven Gerrard Loyal Coops in disguise? .
26 Nov 2020 11:54:42
I think the biggest factor was Sir Walter announcing early that he was leaving. The squad basically knew that big changes were coming the next season and that they had no future at the club. Sure, Gazza not playing at his best and Laudrup signing the pre-contract had an impact as well, but the uncertainty caused when Walter's announcement was made was the biggest factor.
All in all, the blame for it lies at the door of David Murray in my view, it was all done in public to let him look like the big man, attracting a major name.
26 Nov 2020 12:04:49
You are correct Bluebilly.
Coops, Warbs and SGL are one and the same.
26 Nov 2020 12:30:57
There were just so many factors that went against us that year and they all contributed unfortunately. Smith announcing he was going to leave, Gazza’s form dropping dramatically (hence why he was sold), Laudrup announcing he was going at the end of the season plus he was suffering from an ankle issue by then that curtailed the number and effectiveness of his performances. The squad was ageing having been kept together for most of 9 in a row, folk like Gough, Goram and McCoist were pretty much done and Alan McLaren’s knees were gone by then. We’d brought in a large number of players to start rebuilding and some of them flopped (Stale Stenssas) . And then a large number of the players we had brought in to rebuild the team ended up out with long term injuries, Negri, Rozenthal, Jonas Thern, Lorenzo Amoruso. Imagine even if we’d had those four available all season, even with everything else that happened we’d probably of won the league. There were just too many negative factors contributing and too much bad luck.
26 Nov 2020 12:49:23
Gers1978, I think you’ve hit on most of the reasons. In addition to those you comment on I think 2 other factors are probably relevant. Firstly physiologically the team was largely a spent force having achieved the goal of 9iar. Secondly, Celtic probably deserve some credit for their commitment to prevent us achieving 10iar.
26 Nov 2020 13:06:43
Thanks for the info Slim .
I know I'm a bit thick at times but I had my suspicions without proof.
26 Nov 2020 13:09:56
Before the run started, I always thought Terry Butchers leg break had a big impact the year before. It could have been more than 9,
26 Nov 2020 15:35:41
I was lucky to get a chat with Gazza in the venue where I was a manager after one of his talk events. We chatted quite a lot and he said his last season at Rangers was a blur as he was on painkillers for his teeth the whole season. I think there was a bit of vanity where he should have got them seen to, but it sounded like he was also led astray by so-called friends.
He'd been in the Garage nightclub with Chris Evans and Jimmy Five Bellies the night before a game and got dropped the week after for playing rotten, but he said he couldn't drink that night as he was in too much pain. I didn't want to mention that I may have dropped him in it by letting it slip that he'd been out to Walter Smith's brother-in-law who I was at college with.
26 Nov 2020 18:57:32
I don’t often say this but am with coops on this one if Gazza stayed we would have won 10.