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The Go Radio Football Show 8th August
This is the Goradio Football Show. Listen anytime, whatever you get, your podcast. Call 08/08/17/17/700. Good evening and it's welcome back to Leanne Creighton, who's not been with us since well. It was the end of February beginning of March, just before baby Cameron was born Andy Walker's here to welcome her back. We've been waiting for a month for you, but congratulations to be belated. How's the wee one? Thank you Paul. Delighted to be back. I actually cannot believe that she was five months on Monday, which is really scary and cannot believe it's been that long since I was on with you guys. Time literally does fly, but it's been the best five months. She's a superstar. She's a best wee thing. She's slotted in perfectly with the family, everybody loves her and thankfully she's keeping up with my hectic routine in Marianne certainly. She's had to get on board with her working mums and she was at Handin' movie yesterday, actually to take her to a meeting that was for the start of the league obviously this weekend and what they call them was presenting to the coaches and managers regarding the changes in the laws of the game, etc. So she was there and she was accomodated very well. She's been magic. She might speak more sense. It's quite fun. It's great news and Andy, of course, you're obsessed with your granddaughter. It's a great deal being a grandparent and I've got a 14-month-old little girl as well and it's just a delight to spend about a time off. Great to have you both in here tonight. It's a huge night already for St. Marin and for Colmanic, the conference. It's the third qualifier, one more if they go through. Kelly playing at 7 tonight, the kickoff then, and St. Marin at 7.45 and Andy, you've seen St. Marin a couple of times when we start to the season for them in Europe and here in Scotland. I've been so impressed by them. I think Stephen Robinson has signed really well. They've got a bit of everything, especially from middle to front. They've got attacking midfielders. They've got a bit of pace. They've got a bit of strength and physique and playing heads on Sunday. They were so worth their three-goal margin and actually last week to score four against Valour, they could have scored five or six. They've been really impressive since the start of the season. It's going to be a sell-out, I think at Rugby Park, and also at the new St. Marin, New Love Street, the Smyser Stadium and the brand are going to be pretty tough, aren't they? It's a level above what they faced last week. A level above, but I haven't spoken to Stephen Robinson. I don't think he fears them. I think he believes in his own players. I think he believes in their ability and the more they put these performances and results together, the more confident they'll be. I think they'll take some sort of lead into the second leg. I'm hopeful, anyway. Leanne, we haven't seen them so far this season, so what are you thinking, though, centmourne are off to a flyer? It's great to see. They've almost picked up where they left off last season. I think that's always going to be the challenge for Stephen Robinson at St. Marin, as yes, you can go and achieve top six and finish higher up the table. Can you then do it this season again when you cherry picked a couple of players that have lost as well, but they've replaced them really well, and they replaced them early on, I think, in the summer, which was really helpful, especially when you get into these early preliminary rounds, and you almost need to hit the ground running. But they just look at a really well-oiled machine. If I'm being honest, with strength and depth all over the pitch, and I think when you've got the ability to keep clean sheets, when you've got a good engine room in the middle of the pitch, and if you go squirrels up front, you always give yourself a fighting chance, and I think everybody now at St. Marin has really bought into the identity that they've got under Stephen Robinson, and I think they'll get into tonight's game off the backing, the previous success in the last round, with a lot of confidence. What about Kelly tonight? It's going to be tough that I've had the hard to start to the season, haven't they? They were unlucky last week. It was an uncharacteristic stumble at the back. It wasn't like them, but they lost a circle, bruise, and then Celtic, nobody really wanted to play Celtic the way they started. No, but then in the same breath, it probably keeps you fighting against that adversity. You've got to find a different level to your game. I think if you feel that you can warm up and build into games, you can often find yourself in a false sense of security, and it can have an adverse effect. You would like to think that the tough start to the season would perhaps please come on and obey our sport for tonight. No doubt it'll be tough, but I think they're a mechanism. These players all look to unrealish that opportunity that they've got. Big night, Andy. Seven o'clock kick off against Tromzo. What are you feeling for Comannock? Just hope they can get through. I think it's such a lift to the whole country when we see our clubs getting through these European qualifiers. I think you, if I've done a great job, just bringing that other tournament to the fore. I mean, you saw what it meant to waste time, and their fans when they won it a couple of years back. Just to see our players, our managers, our coaching staff, just getting a different feel to how different countries, different clubs approach things. I think it's a great learning curve for it. I was lucky enough to play in some European ties and sometimes did the highlight of your season. We need it. Scotland needs this coefficient points. I think this year, our champions in the Scottish Premiership will need to qualify. I don't think they get direct access. That five-year cycle that we've been on is dropping off, and it's going to be painful. I think Andy's spot on just without additional European competition and I see it all the time with regards to the women's side, but there's only the champions league just now. I think the more teams you can expose to that type of environment, that type of pressure, those qualifiers travelling away from Scotland, operating in different environments, different stadiums, been refereed by different referees, European referees. I think it just gives you a better balance to our game. I would love to see the team's progress. I really would, and absolutely for Scotland's sake, we need it. Some of the headlines elsewhere will obviously look at the games this weekend. The women's league kicks off. The Premiership itself will be match day two. We've been talking for the last couple of days, but Brighton in for Matt O'Reilly, they reckon it's a £25m bid, plus add-ons coming in for the 23-year-old, where maybe we'll find out soon. I see Lester's name has been mentioned now for a 19-year-old, Southampton in for him as well, his name Fakundo Buonanati, final failed to negotiate a loan move for him, so I just see Lester's name coming up as well. We don't know too much about him, Andy, but he's in demand as young man. Yeah, and I think just in general, Celtic supporters are becoming just slightly impatient. The season has already started. It won't be long until the window's over. You would imagine Celtic doing some significant business. I think they will get Adamida. I don't know what the fee will be, but I totally understand where Norwich are coming from. Celtic would do the same. They won't sell Matt O'Reilly until they get, they won't sell until the end of the window, unless they get a truly remarkable fee. It's the same with Norwich. They don't need to sell Adamida until they get a fee that they're looking for. So it might go right up until the last few days of the window, but I would just be amazed if Celtic don't do significant business, not just in the striking department, but a left back, maybe a left centre back, and certainly on the striker. Andy, what's your view on that? We matter really because I know Celtic are well within the rights to hold out for that fee. How much do you think it impacts? Not a group as such, but when you're looking at preparing the seasons already up and running, to then have the prospect of losing a key player late on in the window, with him not having the ability to then replace him. I think it's something that a good number of the Celtic players are familiar with. Look who they've lost over the last number of years when you think of Frimpong, when you think of Jota, who was a big surprise, but obviously he can't turn down 25 million. If Celtic anywhere near that, for matter really, they'll do business. That's the club model. I know that some Celtic fans would love Celtic to keep these players, keep O'Reilly, keep Patati, and try and make some sort of impact in the Champions League, try and make some sort of improvement. And that's where I think Celtic should be measured. Their European form over the last number of years has been pretty poor. And this year with the new look format of the Champions League, ideally, you won't business done now, but things are just so hectic, and you know, it's - our season has already started, the Championship in England starts this weekend, the Premier League starts the following weekend, and then you get the end of the month and you'll get a whole batch of business done. It's far from ideal, but it seems to be the way it works every year. Just over three weeks left in the window, so I guess that's what Celtic would say at the moment. And it's hard to believe that the Euro's finished just only three weeks ago. It seems like three months ago, then, I don't know, maybe as a Scott, we've kind of, you know, we felt it finished for us in six weeks ago. I know it's fine, we felt it finished for sure. It's hard to believe, it just shows you, you know, we're - we're in the thick of it, Israel and the media, with the football calendar and the schedule and the week goes just now, and I just don't even think you get a chance to blink in, there's another game of football around the corner. I think the fact the Olympics has been on, as we were fumbled in the mix, sports just been an absolute constant the entire summer. Sure has been. What about four Rangers fans? What are you thinking we're still waiting? Well, Rangers fans, and Leon, we haven't spoken to you about the game the other night. Everyone thought Rangers were going to find it really tough in Poland, but a 1-1 result was huge. Massive result, yeah, I was the same, you know, I was across bits of the game. I didn't get to sit down and watch the full thing, but I quote the tail end, and Rangers were well in the game, you know, and they appeared to be creating enough and looked okay. I think they had to kind of bounce back after the disappointment as well, of not picking up three points in the opening day of the season. But everybody had written them off, and almost who you've seen that in spells with Rangers over the last number of years, and certainly when Philip Clemente came in, even in that period under Giovanni Van Braunkorst and the Europa League folk, you know, working to write them off and then they would produce these big results and eventually get to where they wanted to go, but I still look at Rangers and I feel they're so, so fragile. I don't know if you're ever going to really get a lively consistency. Just now, I could be wrong, but certainly it was a massive result. Andy, would you expect them to go through now so they bring them? Not to Iberics. We know the story, it's going to be Hamden on Tuesday night, but they've got the right kind of result to bring to Glasgow. Yeah, I don't know how it's going to work at Hamden and how they will feel familiar with it. I don't know what the surface is going to be like. I know there's going to be a game they're Friday night, for example, before they take on Mother Bowl at the weekend, but yeah, they've given themselves a right good chance. There was a fair bit of negativity surrounding Rangers and, you know, drawing the first league game of the season. Going into that game, there was a lot of pressure on serial dancers, and I think he's handled it really well. I think he's spoken really well, and it was good to see him get that goal because he's lay off in the middle of the park. I thought was terrific, which helped put Rangers on the counter, and he got himself back up, and in the box, the timing of his run was perfect. It was a really good goal. The manager made some changes, you know, half-time Jeffty came on. Just wasn't working out for Scott Wright, wasn't it? They were getting no joy down the left. What did you make of Jeffty? And, for example, Vaclav Cerny, who came on? Yeah, Cerny looks as though he's got a lot to offer. You've got proper, who, to come in, obviously didn't work last week at Time Castle with Ben Davis. He was given the hook quite early on, and this is what you're getting, Rangers, you're putting players into positions that have not been regulars before, and you're asking them to do business at the, you know, the most important part of the season, in some ways, because these Champions League qualifiers mean so much money, the potential. If you get into the group stage as a potential to make 30, 40 million, it's all there. It's big pressure. It was kind of looking grim at the beginning of the week for Rangers and Rangers fans. They weren't happy, a few of them called in here Monday night before the game on Tuesday. Okay, at Hart's, they got a point, which you would normally see you'd be expecting three Hart's third best team last season in the country. But that, it's given them a chink of light, that maybe they could get four to five million if they beat them next week, and could they dream to get in the Champions League? And, listen, it doesn't take much to get the fans back on side, does it? It's one results, one goal almost, and the whole mindset changes. It'll be interesting, I can't see how Rangers got on, you know, going to hand them as well. I had to swing by the other day, actually, there was the Rangers branding up outside, which felt a bit strange when you're just taking a going to hand. What's it like, is it a fair bit round it? Just the main kind of Rangers FC, just right, left and right, the main entrance to hand, and the way you would get it almost in a Scottish Cup final day. Change it to Edmondson Drive, come on, man. But I feel that the Rangers fans, for those first couple of games, it's going to clearly feel like an away game, but I suppose 50,000 away fans, you know, could create a perfect atmosphere and a cauldron of activity, which is, they're going in it, but the Rangers fans have been good at that over, I think, the last number of years were Rangers in Europe, they get right behind them, and I think there's been some memorable nights at iBrucks as well for them. Do you know who's experienced this playing away from their home? Sandy Walker, because we asked Peter Grant about it the other night, I won't tell you what he said, I know you listened anyway. What did you feel? I remember what happened that season before your time, Leanne, but Andy, what was it like playing not at Parkhead, but playing at Hamden? You just always, we trained on the Parkhead pitch, because we knew that, we trained there a number of times, because we knew we weren't going to be using it, obviously, but I think everyone knew that we weren't going to be at Celtic Park that season. I think this is a bit of a shock to a lot of Rangers players, Rangers staff, Rangers management, and certainly the Rangers fans that they still don't know how long they're going to be out of their own home at iBrucks. So that is a bit difficult to deal with, but I don't think it's a good stadium, the supporters don't like it. I've been with my nephew, I know, 10 rows from the front, the Celtic and you can hardly see a thing. It's a terrible view. It's great if you're in the the fat cat seats, in the prawn sandwich brigade, in the main stand. That looks really good, but behind either end, I think it's a terrible view, and I don't think the supporters will enjoy going there, but it's all about, of course, it's all about the team winning. Listen, they need to adapt, they need to deal with... Try your eyes, isn't it? Listen, nobody expected it to happen. I don't think it's by any means something that the fans will look forward to. I suppose it's overlying as you might be able to squeeze a few more fans in than what you would the iBrucks like, the bigger capacity, isn't it? But Andy's right, you know, it blows hot and cold for me, hand in it, times because as times I've been in it in the atmosphere, it's brilliant, it's electric, but there's other days, probably tonight, when it's pouring my rain, it's a bit grey, you're not really, you know, so much keen and gone, and it can feel pretty rubbish, but the reality is that's the way it's going to look, and I think the fact that it makes it a bit worse, we don't know how long for. You know, that's the scary thing, is it going to continue and keep going, and Alison has to even begin to actually speak to him the other weekend. I'm sure he was at St. Marin when St. Marin changed stadiums. Yeah, from Love Street, yeah, and I think he was kind of describing it at one point the two stadiums were on the go, but actually they were forced to play, I'm sure this was one round of fixtures before they would then allow them to change venue again, and you actually start to wonder if it goes on so long, and this is far round, whether at some point just for that sporting integrity, that they might then say, you know, you're just going to need to fulfil at least one round of fixtures, I don't know how that would work. I think in the end, it's all about your team. If the team are winning at Hamden, nobody will be thinking what effects are having on the players, because if you're winning games, it's having no effect. They're all being very professional, and as Lian says, they're adapting to these news. Andy Walker, Leanne Creighton, stand by. Here's the first colour of the night. Tom is on, a Celtic fan, and Clyde Bank. Hi, Tom, good evening. Good evening, guys. Hi, Tom. Yeah, really good. Thanks, are you okay? No bad day, no bad day. Just wasn't in the chat there, and obviously, transfer speculation is better. I was just going to say Andy, ask Andy, but say Brighton, come in for a really, right, and the club one is sale, obviously. He's won the move of sale, but he got a Brighton route. We all know the business model is sale, with a blueprint that's here to be young players, buying them for peanuts and selling them on for 2020-25, knowing that, right. Now, what happens? For talk, say, Fandy, Matt, I really says, well, Brighton, you know what I mean? No, this has been a number of sale at players. For talk, say, Gary Hooper, already done a Norwich, Sir Armstrong, Brian Trifney, going to go on and sell something, boring re-clubs, really, right. Big money there, you know, I'm a fortune, but I've never done it when nothing. So, really, as the agent and he's here, send works on, you're 23, so short career. You get £70,000 a week doing that, you need to go, you need to wake up, never mind cops and medals, never mind that, never mind that, it's a bit meek now, wasn't. Now, his family will be saying that him, the agent will be saying that him. But, Matt, really, and any player, they must thank himself for getting done there, and none will probably never hear the Matt, really, again. You'll just, you know what I mean? You'll go the same way as Gary Hooper and Ryan Trifney. All right, all right, all right. I'll tell you a point. I'll tell you a point, Tom, but if Celtic got an offer of 20-25 million, they'll be pushing Matt, really, out the door, because that's the business model they want. That's what they want to do. And I'm sure the player will be excited. I don't think they are boring clubs. I think to go to Brighton, to go to Bournemouth, and I've been to both stadiums, beautiful part of the world, and one week you'll be playing at home, and the next week you'll be playing at Anfield, Old Trafford. You'll be up against Man City, you'll be up against Arsenal, you'll be playing in one of the richest, most competitive, most demanding leagues. And I think that's a big sale for a lot of players. That's what they want to do, rather than, you know, be up here. I absolutely take your point. You can win leagues, you can win cups, you can take part in the Champions League, in all likelihood. You probably won't get any European football at Bournemouth or Brighton, but these are decisions that individuals make. To be fair though, I'm on my pro licence, as I've probably mentioned before, we've had a brilliant presentation recently for David Bier, who's down at Brighton, what is our technical director, and he showed us almost a club's vision. They've gone from being a championship club to a sustainable Premier League club, with a view to being a top 10 Premier League club. They finished just outside that this season, marginally. From there, it's then being a top six club, and from that it's then the sustainability kind of going pushing their Champions League club. Now the bank road does a lot of money, big money at Brighton, massive on analytics in terms of how they view the club, how they recruit, which is really interesting. That's probably why Matt Reilly's fallen into that, because I think across the board, even statistically, when he was, you know, earmarked to move to sell to it, it was based on the stats that he was producing as a young player across levels of the game. So I actually think it's a really exciting one for Matt Reilly. I don't think that he would go there and, you know, just disappear. I think Matt Reilly's the class that Matt Reilly shows in the way that he performs, very maturely, it's such a young age that he would go in with go again. But I don't think those interviews might have right, for example, cannot be harassed in villa, for example, Champions League football this season. You hear the passion that Tom's got there, and the fact that he loves Celtic, and he's not going to hit the heights there if he goes to Brighton in Champions League. But look at Virgil Van Dyke, for example, Tom, he did move on as other examples that they have gone to the very top. Well, Van Dyke is probably the only one that really has been staff quality is really, really had the heights there. John McGinn has gone from hips to captain in Aston Villa and playing in the Champions League. Yeah, good point. Okay, but that's go sailing. He didn't leave sailing, so I'm not talking about him right. I know, but that probably makes it even better. He's not been at a team running leagues in titles, and he still managed to move to the Premier League and no captains at all for team. And he was nearly at Celtic. Yeah, but Tom, I do get your point, but the thing is because you're a supporter, then the players probably see it differently now. He might have really been brilliant, hasn't he? And the way he started the season, you'd want to give him credit, wouldn't you? Because there's no hint that he could be in the departure lounge. Bye. Well, what to do? Well, I'm going to say, fast your seat belt for this statement here, right? Stand by, yep, right. Say like I sold a number of players over the last four or five, six seasons, right? And really, I want you to think about what I'm saying. Yeah, I'm not having a go at them, right? They've been good players. They've no been brilliant, excellent, fantastic, amazing. They've been just good players. Am I really? As me, but honestly, but never again, it's about him. He's no, I joined Collins. He's no, uh, legal morale check, you know, I'm near, and neither is I'm trusting, neither was Stuart Armstrong, but we're loving in a period now. And for a few years now, we are money's went about crazy and fat boy, and there's big transfer fees and sale like a real business model. And maybe other than van Dijk, they're very, I'll put it on Sandy. If you were putting for sale, you were running the news. You'd be going for 30 million. I just wonder that we mentioned the time though, before we came on here. Jeremy Frampon, how many people would have said when Jeremy Frampon less salty, he'll go, he'll move on and he'll never win leagues and titles anywhere. He just went one of the vendors, like it for the first time by a level, because they've just went to start buying after what, 12 years? The other thing at time is I played alongside John Collins and your dead right. He was a terrific player, but he chose to leave. He wanted to go and play for Monaco, which was a great move for him. I think it developed him as a person, as a player. And then I think he had a few years in the Premier League with Everton and Fulham. So, you know, these players just want different experiences. And he says very, and he agencies, right, I want to leave, right, and set like a look for 20, 25 million. And he got to go to the States and want to leave, but I know one is great, right? And I know for a concrete offer for Britain, and he says to say, I'll leave, but I know one is, otherwise, right? What happens there? The club has received a concrete offer, and he doesn't want to go over what happens. I know a lot of clubs who would like to encourage players to go when they get an exceptional offer. It's happened a lot down through the years, and if Celtic get an offer for 20, 25, I'm sure the player would be interested in going. I think that's what he wants to do. I think that's his next step. And if there's any doubt about it, I'm sure the club might persuade him to go. And he's a unique situation. Or if he didn't want to go to Brighton, if he didn't want to go, I would think Brendan Rodgers would want to keep him. And they've just told the stock exchange yesterday, expectations and exceeding what they thought it would be. So they're in a really unique position where they could be reporting the guts of, I don't know, 18, 90 million pounds in the bank. So it's unusual this to might really will go at some point, probably now. But I think it's great to boremouth any other clubbering forum and come to an agreement with Celtic on a fee, whatever that may be. I think the player would go. Tam, thanks for the call. This is the Go Radio Football Show. Listen anytime, whatever you get, your podcast. It's Thursday evening. It's the into week two of the new season, week one for the women's title, won by Celtic Natalie last season, but well done to them. Pipping Rangers, Rangers got the cup double with us as the former Glasgow City star. I remember always remember we talked there about European footballs only a few years ago, speaking to you Champions League action, you were over there in Germany. That's right. I know it doesn't seem that long ago, Paul, but it actually was, in fact, some brilliant memories, love travelling away. We had some big results as well at my time in Glasgow City. We had some dunes as well, not so great results. But I loved it every minute. Now it makes you jealous when you sit on the other side of it and then you see the players, even being over at the Euros as well. A lot of chat about my time at Scotland and back in 2017, the Euros, the World Cup in 2019, but nothing beats being a player on the pitch. Sitting there as a fan in the build up to the game was phenomenal, but I would swap it in a heartbeat to be in the tunnel day that you walk out. Because over in a heartbeat, doesn't it, Andy? I would imagine as a player. Your career is over in a heartbeat. It's pretty short, but when you're living that, doing that every day, it's a great lifestyle. Lovely. A lot of calls coming in. Robby is on the line, 08/08/17/1700. Hi, Robby, good evening. Good evening, guys. Hi. How are you? It's just about the self that is speaking, possessing you. A lot of people are saying that Kyogo is almost striker at the club at the moment. Not quite true, because this is my point. I might as well want to make the point a bit of my either. Now, this is going to spot opinion about where my either is the most effective. I wasn't a lot of the self that podcast and all the guys up with the data and how it really is most effective. I know what the guys are writing, the data and stuff like that. I've seen there's no real way actually. I wonder if it's better as a striker. That's where he's a place for Japan and that's where they played a lot of the time for the was it. My marino is over in Japan many of its way. And so what my point is here is just my opinion on it. Okay. I mean, I'm just getting a generalisation. Some people prefer them on the wing. Some people prefer them in the middle. I actually prefer them as a striker. I prefer them getting on the end, the things that haven't been provided. If you notice, my either and then Leanne. I think seven years wide and it's crossing the ball and I think his low crosses are okay. But it gets a bit heightened. Apart from that one, the final last year when I got a good one in for Jota High Cross. He's high cross. He's no very good at supplying. And I think a lot of his crosses are over. He's low ones and a bit better. But I think this is just my opinion. I think he's going to be, I don't know, Brendan. The Brendan was always open. He actually thinks that my either is better as a striker anyway. So that's came for the manager. He actually said that. And I think that if I don't agree either, then I think that my either is going to be adequate backup. As I say, there's no much between him, in my opinion, as a winger and a striker. But I think if I was to choose between any of the two of them, I would go for them as a striker. I prefer them getting on the end if I'm driving supplying. Would you hang, guys? I think I can agree and disagree in the same sentence. I agree with you. He's very comfortable as a striker. I disagree that if Celtic don't get another striker, then he's adequate. I think Celtic need another striker. I think they need another type. Adam either fits that profile, in my view, bigger, stronger. He's already been here. Everyone knows what he can do in Scottish football. He's capable of scoring big goals. But you look for Brendan Rodgers' plays neither. More often than not, he plays wide because Kyogo is the undisputed number one. Adamida, I think, would come in and really challenge him and certainly would play a good number of games. But I would be amazed, absolutely astonished, if Celtic don't get at least one more striker in this window. Adam, what do you reckon? We're hearing. We did say the other day we hear it's going to be seven and a half, eight million or so. The Daily Mail and the record are saying that the talks are around the eight million mark with Norwich for Ida to join Celtic. He wants to come to Celtic. I think he'll end up at Celtic by the end of the window. They will manage to capture him. I think they'll thrash out a fee that suits both clubs and that'll be one that I think will appease the fans and I'm sure the players will be happy with that type of sign in as well. I get a point, probably with my Ida. I don't actually find him technically great to watch. For me, his attributes are around his pace and the intensity that he can play at, the way he can press, the way he can put pressure on and off position. I think a lot of he's good moments through the middle when he finishes and gets on the end. It's off the cuff. Do you know what I mean? It's those kind of breaks, counter attacks, those transitional moments over the top and he latches on it. I'd be keen to see more of him through the middle, if I'm being honest, if that's the view and that's the opinion I've never seen enough of and playing at the national team, taking a agree or disagree with that. I do understand where you're coming from, using product off the sides at times, but you're always going to have my Ida in your side if he's fit and available just because the work that he gives you and how much of a benefit he is to tell the players around him. I agree with Andy, I definitely think he'll take knee reinforcements centrally through the middle. His pace is special, Robbie, isn't it? Of course he's scored in a World Cup finals. He scored 18 months ago. He's also a good value for money, didn't cost a lot, a bit like he'll go. Good value for money and I know there's a cry for Celtic to spend spend. You can get good value, but it might get to the stage where if Brendan Rodgers does want Adamida, he's his number one target and when you listen to the way Brendan Rodgers spoke about Adamida last season, he was absolutely glowing in his pace and this was when he was not getting a game in the team. I think he does fancy him. I think he wants him here and I think he's someone that may be Brendan Rodgers and his coaching staff can probably improve as a player. Robbie, we've got a catch in a second. Here's Paolo Bernardo speaking today. Of course he was signed last week. He'd been on loan as you well know last season. I'm delighted to be here again. We had a fantastic season last year and it's so nice to be back on this club. I want to be champions again. Hopefully we have three titles to win in domestically. So yeah, I look forward to that and to have a good season in Europe too. I want this season a little bit better for me than the last year. Last year was really good too, but I need to improve and I know that will be a better season for me too. And yet he was so pivotal on that goal, the shot that Jack Bolton saved but couldn't hold on to led to the goal coming in from Ida. And at some moment Bernardo says he'll never forget. Yeah, for sure. It was a really special moment. We won the Cup last the week before we won the championship. So yeah, it was a great memory and was my first two titles in my career. So yeah. Robbie, what else do you want to see happening then? Take your point, bit Mida. Where else do you want to strengthen? Paul, I'd like to see the life back strengthened and maybe I know a lot of centre defender. Just to get back on Ida. I think Ida as much as he has a different auction for QO, he's got a really, really good attributes. He's not just a guy who is a tall striker who's good in the air, who's just about your lump. You know, he has actually quite fast with the ball. I mean, look at that club go against Rangers. I want to eye-box, shifting his feet quite and getting that. And another thing is really, really good. And someday, and most of me is as good as this player, but some guys have brought up this comparison. See when he was going deep, I think it was called Manlok, the club last game of the season. The one that was mainly being a difficult game and sheltered game for it. See when he was actually going deep and he was running at the fenders. A lot of people, as I say, it's just a little bit of comparison that people didn't get carried in. Maybe that's comparison. But a lot of people were actually saying that it was reminding them Brazilian Ronaldo, kind of I used to drop deep and used to get a big step over and go that way and go that way. It's just, what I'm saying is he's not as good as a Brazilian Ronaldo. I love how you just stand yourself without comment. Yeah, Robert, just before it came in. Just stay realistic. That's who he was like. And I just want to just say that it's not just a guy who just got deep and he's got mere physicality. Thank you. He's actually fast. His pace is on the way faster and he's got good feet. And what I'm trying to say is he can actually play football. Do you know what I mean? He can play it, but that's what I like about the guy. The guy can play it, but do you agree? Yes, he's a good player, Robey. I think he can improve. I think he can get better. But to go back to your main point, I totally get it. If you know, he might play the odd game through the middle because he's very capable. I would just be astonished if Celtic don't get at least one other striker before the window is out. And he's not a big lump. That's a great line there. No, he's not listening. He's an athlete. He's an athlete. Yeah, eventually he's an athlete. No, no, no, you're a guy. What do you mean? He's an old rounder. I think he's got everything to be a number nine and he's not just somebody that's going long stretch in the game. It is Robey's alluding in your hat and diags too. You know what I mean? It's like he drops into the box. He's basically a length of the game. He's got the pasted in into the penalty box. When he needs to be he can go run beyond players, whatever. He's an old rounder. That's exactly why Celtic are keen to get him back at the club because he showed enough of that even in the short time that he was there in very limited points in the minutes that he was given. But I'm sure if he returns that Brendan Rodgers would find a way to get him in the team more often. They and you agree with Robey that they need probably another central defender? I think they can afford. Yeah, absolutely. You look at Carter Vickers. Liam Scales is kind of been the set to Carter Vickers. We've seen them out injuries in time that he missed last season. As well, I don't think you can have a go-around with having at least four good, strong central defenders. It can be rotated in and out especially when you've got European football to deal with as well. And some day it left back to support. I think you can challenge Greg Taylor. Absolutely listen, Greg Taylor I think for me is always a 7 out of 10. I don't think you can get away from his levels of consistency. But I think any player at some point starts to ease off a bit and I think if you know, we'll be week at your jersey and there's no real pressure on you. Also, I think you're the entire and you're fatiguing. I think we've seen that big Greg Taylor towards the tail end last season as well. So I think competition for him would be good. And I think just the reinforcements for Celtic naturally that would be a no-brainer. Robey, what are you expecting on Sunday? Have Celtic 1230? Well, the way Silk got put in the road, the way Hobbs got put in as a you could probably say that Silk got to be the overwhelming favourites. But if you mind right away by it not all, but in-game the same as final. What did I say for? I said, I don't know what I'm going to do. I said, it's going to be a tight game. I think it might just go against the green, it'll be tight. And that's exactly how that game went. So I'm thinking, you know, I thought it was, to go with the bookies, I'm not a betting man and I'm not encouraging man and I was nice to be betting. But what I would say is, if I was a betting man, I would put money on Celtic, but it's just east of the road. I mean, I don't see one hand and I hope I'm wrong. I hope it starts to change. But Brendan Rodgers has no got a great record. Even in Glasgow, when he had that great record, there were two and a half seasons, he never really went down the way with east of the road. I just hope that doesn't hang over for too long and I hope he can really put on a good show and whether he can really put one on, you know, really give them a go and over. But as I say, Brendan Rodgers' record there, he nearly stands to kill with the truth. I think there's a couple of results. I don't know where we are, but just over the seasons, what I'll ask for you, yourself to help me with actually being absolutely incredible at east of the road. It's just one of tougher venues. So you're prediction five now? I'm only kidding, Robbie, you know. Hopefully. Thanks for the call. This is the Good Radio Football Show. Listen anytime, whatever you get, your podcast. Let's go. I'm recording football show Thursday night. Good luck to Comannock in action this evening and to St Maren as well. Both of them in Europe and too often the Anne Creighton. You know, we're still in August and we lose most of this Scottish team to Europe, but surely not this year. Good luck to them tonight. No, it seems pretty positive. So let's try and keep up that momentum. We'll not be out to a downbeat just yet. Performance wise, it's look-to-cake and wishing Comannock and St Maren all the very best tonight. Yep. Killie against Cromzo, seven o'clock kick off and Andy St Maren at home to Bran at 7.45. Who could come third this season? Andy, we spoke about it a little last week. Leanne, it's the first time you've been on with us for some time. And could anyone replace hearts as the third top team in the country? I'm interested to see how Aberdeen got on. To be honest, under Gemma Thaleen, I think, you know, results wise in the cup section, it's look-to-cake. I just wonder how much they'll strengthen by the end of the transfer window and if you can really get an identity going, I know there was a lot of chat about the patience and perseverance that we'd be showing, but I think the Aberdeen fans this season will be desperate for their side to be back up at that top end of the table and certainly pushing for third spot. But when I look at hearts and I thought they performed really well against Rangers, if I'm being honest, first half I was mighty impressed with them. I think they've got really good strength and depth to this squad as well now, if they can keep large in the shankland, which I'm probably 80% sure that they will, if I'm being honest. Do you think? Yeah, I think so. Yeah, look, I think if Lawrence Shankland was going to move or there was going to be any interest that would have been before now and I think we would be hearing more about it. So they'll look a stronger side than they did last season and they were pretty comfortable in third. Is it too simplistic in my head to say to get 4 million in next week by going through to the final qualifier, they get 4 to 5 million pounds, 3 million would get you Lawrence Shankland, boyhood, Rangers fan, bring him there, 30 goals a season, how many would you score at Rangers? No, I know, look, for me it would be an old brainer and I know a lot of people think the same, but I don't hear enough in terms of that coming from Rangers. I don't know if there's enough noise, I think the Philip Clement perhaps not completely ruled out recently. I didn't actually hear it, it was just a friend of mine that I was speaking to, and they said no, it sounded like he was kind of not distancing himself from it if you like, but I think if that was going to be a deal as I say it would have been at the start of the window and it would have been an absolute dead-on that Rangers would have went to get their man, but you may be right Paul, maybe that bit of money coming in, might change things, but I just don't see it happening. Or he could wait until January, listen, hearts are a big club and they're doing well and any change from I asked you that last week as well, but Lawrence Shankland, you made a great point, yeah, Rangers could go from maybe if they had the money there, and what about Celtic? Yeah, well he's selling a player who would score for either Celtic or Rangers, I think he would score heavily, I know they enjoy so much possession, creates so many chances. It'll be interesting to see what the player himself wants to do, I mean he will have options as he runs his contract down, he knows he's maybe only got one more hit at it in terms of making a financial killing for himself and his family, whether that's it, I know he's a boy who dreams his fans, so whether that's it Rangers or else we are maybe further down the line, but it's important to know what hearts have got in all of this, they know by keeping him and letting him run down his contract which is normally poor business, but you would imagine if he does that again scoring another 30 goals, it probably would get them third place again and that is worth so much money to hearts, you know millions of pounds in it, it almost makes sense. We asked you nine days ago who you thought could come third, one of the teams I think you mentioned was Aberdeen, now looks as though my off-skay, Boson my off-skay could be on his way to Gerona, so we'll see. Well that would be a big miss, having watched the game on Monday night, again he was outstanding, he led the line so well, he can score goals, he didn't the other night, but he can score goals, but he's a great creator of chances, he's a great link-up player, and if Aberdeen were to lose him, they lose a good part of not just a goalscorer, but someone who links the play from any midfield player, any defender who wants to drive forward, he's the one you want on the ball to link up the play and that would be a big miss for them. Your hearts are reportedly in talks at the moment with the La Liga side, the North Massa doing the international could be on his way there, he'd be an asset for anybody wouldn't he? He would be, absolutely, we'll just need to wait and see, this is a bit in the transfer window when you was at three and a half weeks pole, he said they're still left to go, there'll be a lot of chat, a lot of speculation from many players at different clubs and I'm sure we'll still be sitting here in the final day going well Lauren Shanklin, Leaf Arts, anyone. We've talked to it, it seems like forever doesn't it, but Rangers fans when you bump into them, almost to a man and a woman they say I want Lauren Shanklin because he scores 30 goals and that was with hearts, anyway Rangers will be up against motherball this weekend, Saturday at three, Ross County, Dundee United, what a great game that was, wasn't it, Darby in Dundee and Dundee play hearts another good game, 5.30 on Saturday, then Sunday helps again Celtic and Aberdeen against St. Marin and the championship as well. Kelly St. Johnson in Sunday as well. Indeed, thank you for that, keep me right, yeah. You're going to that one, yeah. No, no, just Kelly at home against St. Johnson after all, but decent one night and you know might not be the the relegation contenders that everyone sort of painted them maybe. Let's go back to hearing from Paolo Bernardo who signed last week, Brendan Rodgers wanted them, talks were going on over the summer, he was on loan last year as we know he's now at Celtic and he's been talking about that battle to get a regular spot this season. Yeah, I need to work for that, it's better that way because I feel a lot motivated to be on the pitch that way, to win my space, to win my place, so yeah, I think it's good for me. And he's enjoyed, has he, working with Brendan Rodgers? I like a lot to work with the manager. I'm really happy with him and the whole stuff. Last season, they helping me a lot to develop my game and to be better every day. So yeah, I'm really, really happy and it was one factor that came to my mind. Liana, I don't know if you do many interviews, you know, on the beat, we see you on the telly and you're part of it. But I mean, with all our staff questions, do you like working with the manager? Imagine he said, "No, I can't stand them actually." I know, it's a really problem for me. Can't bother him. You've wasted that whole time to be asked a question and that's the question that you ask. I've asked some countless daft questions. Can you think of any, what do you mean, you know, you remember, have any Andy as well? Are you only, Andy, that you've asked any daft questions? I know, I know, I think when it's like moments that I've been doing interviews, it's like live stuff straight off the pitch. We are maybe grabbing the championship, doing managers and players to a point. I suppose it tines it depends what sort of mid the managers in or the players in the interview and what you're going to get back. I guess maybe we're probably going to try to keep it simple and effective, just give him a moment to to butter up the manager. What I'm saying in the years to be fair, though, I mean, I think he's still got a lot of development to go. He's only 22, isn't he? So, I think there's real potential there for him. And if Matt Rayleigh was to move on in this window, he's one that you would expect to almost step up and be expected to go and fill those shoes. So, it could be an interesting season for him. And I'm sure he'll have a few other basic questions from the Scottish media to answer along the way. Of course. I remember being a reporter for Channel 5, we did a League Cup game at Easter Road, I was against Rangers, Kevin Thompson, young lad, come on. Was he absent at the time? He was at the time, scored a brilliant goal. Interviewed him after the game. At the best goal you scored, that's the only goal of school. We've all done it. Andy, for power Bernardo, we inevitably talk about Matt Rayleigh, but taking their early situation out of the way, what do you make of power Bernardo? Because that moment, when he made the goal on the Cup final, changed Celtic season, it was a double winning year. Well, the better bit of the goal that I liked was the fact that he could have gone down so easily and got the furl in the middle of the park, he chose to stay up and drive forward and get the shot away. And it's just someone with potential, someone that you would want. I think any player with that ability at that age, I think you would want to work with Brendan Rodgers because he's a player that can develop your game. And it'll be interesting to see how he copes with the demands of Europe, because if he can make an impact there, Champions League, we all know the format's changing, you've got eight games now, and if he can help Celtic improve the level of performance all well and good. Would you have gone down if you were Bernardo? Not there, no. No. In the box. Oh, I've been doing the box. Yeah, sure. That's apparently. Alex Lowry, Rangers have said it's probably been your best interest to move from the club, and there are inquiries coming in. Leanne had such, even just what, a year, a year and a half ago, there was great expectations, great hopes for him. Hi, hopes, wasn't there? Then he had his own move to hearts, and I think people expected that to be almost just another, you know, step in the right direction for him, go and get games, go and get exposure, top flight, show what you can do, just never really materialise. They can have blue, hot and cold in the moments that they come on. There was points he was kind of hooked pretty early on in games, and you just felt, I don't know, there's something missing about Alex Lowry, and I don't, I kind of quite put my finger on it when I watch it, and then I try and marry it up with the reviews that you hear from people and the expectations that they had for him as a young player. You can only hope for his sake that if he moves on, you know, maybe Rangers is just not the place to be just now, a lot uncertain to send a lot of pressure. The manager coming in, he's expected to get results and look to produce, and it just doesn't seem to be the place for him just now. I remember seeing him in third part last season for Harts, I thought he played really well. You did, I remember you said. I think this is the best decision for him, go and find a club where you'll play every week. Develop your game, he's only 21, but it's time to play every week. Listen, there's loads more to come, the news is next, then we're back with Leanne Creighton and Andy Walker. This is the Good Radio Football Show. Listen live, weeknights from five on go. Hour two with Andy Walker and Leanne Creighton, Leanne, of course, mum, or baby Cameron, five months since we saw you, but she's been to Euro's, not many of us out though, I didn't make it this year, Andy, you didn't make the Euros, did you? Watch the Natalia, of course. Yeah, apart from the Scotland stuff, but yeah. Wasn't there a disappointment for us? Yeah, everything was amazing, other than the three 90 minutes, if it were open. Now you're right Cameron came over, she was at the third game, the hungry game, she was 110 days old at the time, so I was wanting to put a poll out online, just to see if we could find a fan that was younger than or that might have been at the game, so I don't know if anybody knows that she could maybe get in touch, but I reckon she was the youngest in this day, I mean she's also been to see the women's national team as well since returning, she was at their game up for her last month, so she's been about, she's been about in her early days. Fantastic, isn't it? It's great, can't beat it. Only we had 37 years to go and watch Scotland's men's national team abroad in 110 days and she was there. It's amazing isn't it? Yeah, will you be back playing? I'm not after that all fair, I've been out for long enough now that it's, it would take a lot more for me to get back and be physically at that level, I don't really have the burning desire either to do it. I thought it might be nice to know if you look back and just to come and maybe I've got to be one in photos and she would have been there, but she's never going anywhere in Britain, she'll never believe that I was a footballer anyway, so there's no point for another year prolonging the agony certainly for my body. Are you registered just in case? I'm not actually the season, no I'm not, I'm not, I mean that, notice that that won't happen. I thought you might have done that, it might be the odd reserve up here, just to help know the younger one. I can't know, I can't, listen, you've never seen ever, but the way I'm feeling just now, I'm just happy to be back and physically feeling good five months on and out and about and doing the usual stuff, so all good. Andy, were you 37? When you... No, 35. I'm 35, I just looked at 37. I'd had an, I'd had an off, it was, yeah, it was time, it was time to go. But you're bored doing that. Yeah, in your head, were you at peace with that though, at the time as well? Very much so, I don't think you can ever get away from the feeling that you really miss it, you know, for the first couple of years, but I was getting asked to do other things, keeping busy, going to a lot of games at that time and just made a, yeah, made a good step into TV and radio and writing about football, it's been, yeah, I've been doing that for about 24 years now, so there you go. Wow. And I think that's probably what's made easier for me as well and, you know, trying to have Cameron in that time as well, but I think a lot more players should look beyond the game because there's still a lot of players that see just now that I've got no idea what they're going to do beyond football and I think we'll struggle without a transition, but Andy and I were a better place for that, so here we are. Indeed, I've always said that you could go into football, you know, running, a football club maybe even as well, we saw the Button and CEO there, I don't know if you noticed in the first hour. Missed it. Yeah, so women who is the CEO of Button. Yes, she was voting. Yeah, Bolton as well. Yeah, last week I was at a wedding on Thursday night, bumping into Leanne Dempster. Yeah, I should do it. First, the Tina, in a long time actually, first, I spoke to her since she'd been on the podcast with reaching like some time now, she was good, she was in really good form. Yeah, thanks, she's having a quieter life away from the the hot seat of, you know, that chief exec role and everything that goes with football, but she was in good health and it was really nice to catch up with. Brilliant, great person. And you're in her advertising days and of course she went to Hibbs and Bush's mother was wasn't it? Yeah, great career. Good lesson here all days, we were talking about football and some of the police. It's Sharon Britain, Bolton, she's been there for a couple of years and I still keep in touch with John McGinley at Bolton, he's an ambassador there. Great Scott. I haven't been at the ground for a while, but I still very fond of the club hoping that, I mean, they missed out in the playoffs last year, they were rotten in the final. Such a big club. They've got great potential. It's a lovely part of the world in Northwest, but yeah, hoping for a better league this season. Just to touch for a second, we'll go back now. We've got a few questions coming in here about Rangers actually. A couple of people want to ask you a couple of things. Andy tomorrow night though, you're at, I thought you're going to deep deal, but you're covering. Press the North End against Sheffield United, your old team. Yeah. You're looking forward to it. Very much. I really enjoy the championship down south. I was just saying to Leand there, you've got a lot of big clubs, you've got a lot of big crowds, there's Novar, which is also a big plus. And Sheffield United are already struggling, they've been docked three. Sorry, they're on minus two points. What was that for? Just for overspending and then from last season. They've lost a good number of players. They've taken Harry Sutter, Jones' brother, on loan from Leicester. Could be a good move. Good play. Ollie McBermney has moved away as well. I think he's gone to Las Palmas on Spain. Yeah, we're Scott. So, those are, I mean, your best chance of getting back into the top flight is when you immediately get relegated because you've got the parachute payments. Who's going to win it, do you think? I think Leads have got a good chance. I think Burnley, also with the new manager, Scott Parker, the level of competition is great. And it's a real slog, 46 games. So, I'm looking forward to getting in amongst the... Think in Varley, and the Cheat was in the environment. The day Andy was just saying that, yes. Var is unoperational, you know, there was some sort of a vertical fall. And the four sides of the stadium just rose and... I don't know, they ultimately pulled the ultimate election in real time. Well, if you went to support us, I don't think you would have Varley. Yeah, what would you do on Varley? With the Cheat if it was down, do you mean I'd do Cheat when I'm at games and there's no Var? I see it all the time, like fans are never happy. We don't want Var until there's... Until you need it? Until we need it. That's right. And then we want it and we're still complaining about it. But listen, as I say, I listened to really calling me yesterday, speaking about it, you touched on that. About Var, the laws of the game, how they'll look taking a change things this year, the stuff that they're looking to try and get out of the game. One thing they touched on was the ludicrously, the handball, the lassies and the amount of penalties that we've seen, and that's something that they're really going to look to reduce and have a bit more. I think alignment with the way we see it and you know... More common sense. A bit more common sense around it, absolutely. So I'm looking forward to seeing it. I don't think there was too many headlines off the back of their first round of fixtures. No, just two, I think. One was handball, kind of baron, which most people thought was under the new system, common sense system. That made sense, did you agree? Yeah, I agreed, because it was one similar that was given last season, and it was a John Sutter one at iBrucks, with the arm kind of out straight just as he was sliding. Look, for me, there's going to be moments like that that's a natural position for me, and I hope we can get away from quick layers, but that was given last season, and over this is this season, and we're now looking for a better approach and a smarter approach. If you can, sorry, Leon, if you can copy the way the games were refereed in the European Championships, I think that's a step forward to. We had no referees there, which actually must be one of the things that will they call them, will want to tackle. I mean, that's embarrassing. We had nobody there. No, no, no one deserved to be there. The guidance they were given was, as Leon, you said, using the word lunacy. Yeah, I'm ludicrous for some of the decisions that were given, it was awful. The weekend, Andy, were you happy enough? I know it seems a while ago, and I suppose the other one I would ask you, was robbing maturing up against Kyogloff, should it have been a penalty? It looked pretty. I think much more would have been made of it, had it been no-no. I know, yeah, sure, yeah. It was a clear penalty in my view, but, you know, you'll get the these things, and you let that slide because it was, I don't know, 2-3, even born ill at the time. What's your wish for the season? I guess, I'm thinking about European football. Lissier Pelo Bernardo, he's obviously signed for Celtic a permanent deal last week. He spoke today. What about Champions League? Champions League is Champions League. It's the best competitions of every competition. So I started two last year. Yeah, I wanted to be a starter, so, yeah. The end, Champions League would be brilliant to see Celtic do well. We'd love Rangers to come up as well. What about Celtic and the Champions League this season? Well, do I think, how do I think they'll go on? Yeah, look, I think you've got to go on better last season. I don't think the results have been good enough, I think, performance-wise. There was glimmers of hope there that there were certainly improvements there, and they could compete to a point. But the reality is that the points in the league table are going to be so important. And you would like to think that this year, Brendan Rodgers, he said another year, he said a summit of strength, and he said a lot of consistency with the squad as well. I think he's better placed to understand what he can get out of that side now. He can almost fail in that season there. There was still a lot of trial and error with Brendan Rodgers, and was he totally confident with the squad that he had? It times to me it didn't sound like he was. So I think they'll have aspirations to really go and improve and kick on this season, and I'm sure the Celtic fans will be desperate as well, because it's like Scotland getting to the Euros. I mean, for how long are we just going to be happy that we get to tournaments so that we qualify for the Champions League? You've got to make a mark when you get there. You know, because we see other nations, smaller nations, with club teams, smaller in stature than the likes of Rangers and Celtic, and they perform better in the big stage. So I think for Celtic they need to improve that they're capable of doing that this year. And there's no drop-off into any other European journey. You've got your games either in or you're out, and that's where Celtic need pick-up points. Home and away, it would be great to see. Darren's asking, Leanne, and Andy, do you think we were too cautious? Not to go back on the Euros in Scotland, but given the fact that we're only, well, a number of weeks, but September we'll see us back in action. We've got Portugal, Croatia, and Poland coming up in the coming months. What I used to my boys who were watching it and so disappointed. It was just no adventure from us. Why is that then? No, no, we were under instruction, and we didn't put on fresh players soon enough. We didn't change it, and it was such a disappointment. And I do think some of the players looked heavy-legged. It was a long season. I think that is a problem for a lot of players, but no, we were by far and away, the worst team there maybe had the best supporters there. It was a real disappointment. And Andy, as Leanne says, it's not enough to be turning up. It was brilliant to get to Euro 2020. Exactly that. It was brilliant to be there. We just felt this year that it was going to be different. See, the Hungary game, for example, why not see? Steve can't say, OK, let's be a bit more adventurous. Oh, did we not have enough? Yeah, did we have enough players? I know the injuries were bad. I think we could have changed things. And it will be interesting to see how it approaches these tougher fixtures, you know, Poland and Croatia, Portugal. They're much tougher. And let's hope we can show up really well. Leanne, what do you feel? I just feel we look so restrictive, so reactive off the boil. Big players, or big players didn't show up. Actually, if our big players looked bang average in the three games, I think we were too late to make decisions, to bring players off the bench, to inject fresh energy. You look at teams like Romania, Georgia, Hungary. You know, they're going win games at major tournaments. And these are teams that if we were drawn against in a group qualifying, we'd be going brilliant. You know, that's great. We've drawn them, and they turn up in European competitions, and they do much better than Scotland. So I think it's just another real steep learning curve. But I think Scotland need to learn. They need to learn quickly. And it just shows you how much of an impact it has when you lose some key players, as well, and we're unable to replace them. For sure. Obviously, there was no Aaron Hickey. There was no Nathan Patterson. Good news today, Aaron Hickey is not far away. I don't think he's going to be fit for a week on Saturday or Sunday. Just your back. Yep, it's been a long time for him. Absolutely. Please, you can remain. Bags and bags of potential. Really good players. Sure is. Another player with loads of potential went from Celtic to Liverpool. What, a year and a half, nearly two years ago? Well, there's reports today. It's only reports that Ben Dolk. Could he be set for a dramatic return to Celtic with the Champions reportedly keen on him and also a midfielder Bobby Clark? This is just online that's come up, so I'm not sure if it's true. He's a player that we're all excited about, because when he got a little bit of game time at Liverpool, you did see an explosion of pace. You saw him being electric at times. You hoped he would remain fit and make some sort of impact to Liverpool. Whether he comes back to Scotland, he'll have his choice of clubs down south. And of course, there's a new manager there. Maybe he'll want to stay and try and impress him. Or maybe he just wants to go out on loan or get away and try and play every week. I think he's got games, absolutely. Wherever he goes, he needs to play, because he's been this player for probably the two years that he's been at Liverpool. There's been a lot of chat about him. Then we thought he was going to be that in a late edition to Steve Flaxuro. Squad didn't happen. Injuries have really hindered him. But from what I've seen in small flashes and glimpses, he's a top quality player. But he's still very young, and that has to be handled with care. I think when you're as young as he isn't, he said the number of injuries and misfortune that he's had as well. Early on, he didn't manage it even better. So, but not with being interested in one of these, I think, a die-hard Celtic fan, isn't he? I don't think he would shy away from that when he left the club. I think he left, obviously delighted to go to Liverpool, but at the same breath, probably disappointed to believe in Celtic. Sure is. '08, '08, '17, '17, '17, '17, '17, '17, '17, '02, Paul Cooney. Leanne Creighton and Andy Walker, a few people on asking what you make of. James Tavernier, what do you reckon? Is he going to go? Should he go? Or, you know, Rangers need players. So many have gone during the summer. Do you think he's going to stay one more year? He's testimony a year? Or, I mean, he's gone for so long, isn't it? The rumours that he'd go? He looks to me like he's gone already, if I'm being honest. I look at the likes of Conor Goughton, leaving as well, moving on. Players that have been there, you know, for huge chunks of the time that he's also been there. Players that have retired, like Sal and McGregor, you know, big characters. Almost through, like, there's a bit of a turnover in that Rangers squad just now. And I've been at clubs like that when that happens and you're maybe one of the last ones standing or you're one of the first to go in there. There's almost that kind of ripple effect that goes through the team. I just think that Rangers need a freshness. I think they need a fresh approach. James Tavernier and James Tavernier's numbers and his assists in terms of your goals and contributions are brilliant and would be hard to replace. But I don't think James Tavernier is a Rangers captain and I feel back to produce the numbers and goals that he does. So I think there's got to be a solution to that anyway. You've got to have more reliance on your midfielders and your players up top to be giving you those numbers. But I just, I've said it for a while now. I think Rangers need a fresh approach in terms of that leadership in moving forward and just have a turnover because, as I say, I've been there and I've seen it, I've done it. I think it's gone still. I think he's been absolutely brilliant and Rangers won't get anyone like him. If he goes this year or, you know, next year, the year after, whenever, they won't get anyone with that return. So though, I'm sure they will get someone in who might be a better defender, but you'll need to get someone in front of him to be a better player from middle to front. He has been exceptional for Rangers. Those numbers for a right-back are astonishing. Watch what you wish for, isn't it? Sometimes, and I don't disagree with you, Leanne. There comes a time where it would be maybe the right thing to go, but who is going to replace him? Honestly, it divides opinions so much. James Tavernier really does. And then even looking at the hearts game at the weekend, I mean, I would struggle to think of a captain and men's and women's football that I've watched for the best part of a decade that 10 years into that role at a club with the same body language and reaction that James Tavernier showed to losing the ball. Again, so I found it astonishing how negative he was. And I just, you know what? I look at players, like, for a Roy King, for example, or you look at a Callum and a Gregory South at the now, or, you know, back in the 90s when I'm watching a new Leanne at a Barry Ferguson, that would never have been the response, regardless. So I just think, I don't know, he really is. He looks to me like he does a personality change there with him just now, and I don't know if his heart looks as if it's in Glasgow now. I think that is something good on, because that, I mean, a spell was about 20 sayings, 20/30 sayings. He gave the ball away twice really cheaply, and his Leanne was saying just the reaction was, it wasn't a determination to fix your mistake. There's maybe something good on, but over the piece, I mean, to get someone like that, it's an astonishing piece of business. Barry was in the North as he wants to say, I'm sure he would. Late 90s, but it was into the 2000s, given that he's conscious, but he's age, isn't he? No, he doesn't. He looks like he could still play. He must have prevented the team, though. Oh, he was, he was, I did? Right at the end of it? Yeah, yeah, right at the end. I played against him once for the United, when I was coming to the end of my career. What do you remember of it? Hey, just someone who always demanded the ball. We played, it was a lead cup tie at Somerset, and he was just someone who wanted the ball the whole time, and wasn't scared to give guys, like Van Braunkars, Newman, giving them a roof, or give us a hint from the ball, he wanted to do something with it. What year was that? Right at the end of it? At 90, I was there, I was at the match. We were running west coast, I was there at the game. We could be true, no. Yeah, lead cup, was it? In fact, Van Braunkars scored, I'm sure. Yeah, yeah. Okay, yeah. So find it somewhere on YouTube. Can I get me any coal you've got? Yeah, I do remember that one. Don't you do a little, aren't you? There was a chant going up, I remember doing it. So I was running west coast, so the local station at the time. So the '82, '90 in the west FM, yeah, good days. But now it's the Gore Radio Football Show, with the top two, Andy Walker, and also Lee Ann Creighton. We're going to take a few more calls, and we're also going to look at tonight's games, Commanding Connection, and so to our St. Marin, and also the weekend. Yep, European Action tonight. Conference League 3rd round, it's qualifiers. One more qualifier to go. Commanding Connection against Tromzo, tonight at 7. We've got the Killie team here. The St. Marin game, remember, is 745. I'll give you the team as it's listed, and then Lee Ann and Andy will tell us how they're going to line up. McCrory, Wright, Mayo, Finley, Armstrong, back in, Lions, Donnelly, Paulworth, Kennedy, Vasil the captain, and Anderson. On the bench, Ahara, Dees, Mackenzie, Watson, Macai, Steven, Murray, Cameron, Wales, Brown, Branon, Leslie, and Bainbridge. So... I think that's quite a tag-minded when you've got players like Vasil. Bruce Anderson playing from the start, Armstrong, Wade, Kennedy, Wade. Come on, I want to take some sort of lead. We know they can defend really well. Any sort of lead tonight would be really good for Derek McKinnis and his men. Agreed. No, it looks a strong enough side, certainly. At least one change, isn't it, from the weekends. We got the game at the weekend, actually, Andy. No, no, no, it doesn't seem. No, we've given a back four, weren't they? Yes, that's right, right, yeah. Looks similar as well. But no, I agree with Andy, I just hope that Kelly can get her result tonight. It's good to see players that even we've watched for a number of years, getting this exposure in terms of European games. I mean, watching Kelly, but in the championship as well, I'm looking at guys like Lee and Paulworth and, you know, thinking, "Why are we in the championship?" But the result, you know, there was a vision. It's clearly happy at the club and getting back to the talk flight, kick on your playing European qualifiers in Bruce Anderson. You know, I play that that's so well at Livingston. Yeah. It was a strange one at Livingston though, because I always felt like when I watched Livingston, Bruce Anderson was coming off the bench. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I felt, I know I always felt that. But anyway, you know what, I think it's a great move for him. I hope he is a really good season. McCrory as well. You know, really interesting to see how he'll go on this season, because he's had to buy these time at Rangers, didn't quite manage to break through. To be that number one, which is always so tough. You know, I think, I mean, you're young as well. It's even tougher as a goalkeeper. So, um... The only surprise is Watson on the bench. I've always liked him. Yeah, sure. Some square up, brilliant goal. Up at Petordge last season. He's done it in other games. But he's young enough to, I'm sure he'll come on at some point tonight. Always a, always a squad game. The referee's even potentially carrying something, Andy. Yeah, maybe he's not on the staff, doesn't he? Yeah. Young player of the year. Yeah. Yeah, of course he's got a lot of potential. I'm sure he'll go on to bigger and better things. Cal Vercel, he's quite a unit, isn't he, Andy? You're like a very different striker from what you were, but... Yeah. Well, I always played in a partnership, but... Yes. I think I was always like the number two striker. I played off the main guy. And I think you'll see that tonight when Anderson or Armstrong or Kennedy get anywhere near Vercel, who's your focal point through the middle. They will play off him. He's got a great... I think he leads the line really well. He's a good worker. And I just hope Kelly can get the result they're looking for. I know that the draw that they had in the last European game against Circle Bridge, that was a disappointing thing. So if you can get any sort of victory tonight, all will and good. Kennedy, of course. And also Armstrong, they're a good double act, aren't they? Supplying from both flanks. Armstrong rested at the weekend, but back and fit. Yep. No, he is. I'm actually just thinking that I'm interested in going back three. Would that be right? Do you all have me at the end? Looking at the squad. It was just those names you got in there and I thought, go that side. Potentially maybe with the two wingbacks, just the fact that Viser and Anderson, both can I start? I just wonder if it's the kind of two, maybe one in a false nine position, a bit more defensively minded in the European game. But I think Derek McInnes, what he does really well, whether he's been at Aberdeen, come on, Eric Rutzweil. Eric Rutz players that he knows, players that know him, understand the demands he's playing in a Derek McInnes side, and what they've always got is a good defensive structure, but they've got good attacking players, middle to front certainly that can cause problems, and they've got good strength and depth on the bench as well, which you absolutely need as well. We've touched on Watson there as well, but you've got a hard idea as well. McInnesy, Murray, you know, pace and good energy. Let's go back in the lines. Reagan has called the Goradio football show, O8, O8, 17, 1700. Good evening, Reagan. Paul, it's good to be right. Thank you for having me again. Great to hear you. Hi, Reagan. Hi, Reagan. Hi, Andy, how you doing? Good, mate. I just want to talk about the Celtic on Sunday, I think that's the base of syndrome, probably on the Brendan Rodgers, the second-day room, for a great play by Celtic I thought. This thing last year, everybody was talking about that, probably didn't see Celtic play to the base, but before Brendan Rodgers really stayed there. I think the players have started to really buy into what Brendan Rodgers is, why he's probably doing now. What do you think they need to improve, Reagan? What positions do they need to strengthen in your view? I feel like I've been seeing that for the past two or three years in the program, and I don't need to improve and shrinker. I need to improve and relax, but I want to help Greg. I think Greg tells me great, but I think we all know Andy, we spoke for years, but I've been hoping, I think we need to improve on that. I think he probably needs to improve, set the back as well, because you've got a bloke who's leaving, you've got the Polish lad that's leaving, and you've got to go by Ashley as well. I think he needs to improve. Set the back, let's back. Prove we're sent a mother's mouth already goes, Andy. Reagan, can I put you forward as someone who should be on our transfer committee to make these good recommendations? And I'll be your agent. I think you're right on every one. Reagan, did it feel, speaking to some Celtic fans who were there, was it like 2016 again, we're expecting Scott Senkler and Patty Roberts to play. There was a different atmosphere, and I guess I'm talking about the manager as well, given that they won the double late in the season, that something's changed. I think this will be fine, it's very important to put it, but in the right, I think some people were a little bit angry a bit less, but I think it was a great opportunity because the previous year, they went on to win the penalty to win England. I think people are realistic, but I think in terms of what Brendan Rogers is doing, I think people understand that she's fully a bank and filthy, but what filthy need to do to repay? Brendan never show faith in the transfer market because they need to improve. I heard that he's being seen that this board is very capable of worrying and scoring, but I think Brendan Rogers wants to improve. And I think some of the things he's seen in the media as well, he's making it obvious to the support, but he's also making it obvious to the board that he's telling them that he needs to improve. Paul. Oh, Leanne, it's true, isn't it? He's handled it really well. He sounds confident just now that he's going to get what he wants, and the transfer window, or resources are there. Yeah, I know I would agree. Look, I think you look at a position last season, my Brendan Rogers found themselves and there was question marks over them. I think there was question marks over these media conferences and how he sounded and the confidence he had. And I mentioned that earlier on, sell taken a good place just now, both on the pitch and off it. They finished the season strongly, they finished with silverware in the cabinet, which is the most important thing. They beat their nearest rivals to that. I think everybody comes out feeling a lot better. You can have a good summer, you can switch off, you can relax. They've managed to, this far, keep most of their key assets. Well, that will still be the case. Come the end of the transfer window, only time will tell. There's money there to go and strengthen. There's no panic itself. There's no stress. They've got quality. Bernardo, again, a player that's been there, tried and tested. Signs a long-term deal, add a metre, we expect by the end of the transfer window, a player that came in, made an impact in the squad, made an impact in the outcome of the season. More importantly, we'll probably be back there. Brendan Rogers, I think there's a trust element. There's a feel-good factor. And when you've got that and you're running games, everybody feels good about themselves. That can change quickly though. And it only takes for one result in one thing. Not that you're no matter, I let you go out the door and they don't replace them or the next performance without a matter, really. It doesn't look the way it looked before, or one of the other callers, "Myida" plays through the middle. And it's obvious that there isn't an addy metre to come off the bench, then the questions start to come. But right now, south it is, I say, they're in a strong hold position. And I expect them to remain there for quite some time. Brendan. Oh, I just want to ask you a follow-up. Do you want to say, "How long would you leave him?" I mean, would you be happy to leave him to the very last minute? Or would you say, "No, I would call him to leave him until 15th August?" So, sort of, I've got two weeks to bring somebody else in, or would you call and tell them for 30th August? You do it as soon as you can. You do it as soon as you can. But the sailing club, I think, are in control. The player is under contract. Four-year deal. He's got a still four-year contract. That means that the price has to be significant. Brendan Rodgers has already spoken in growing terms about him and his potential. I think there's a deal to be done. I don't know where they'll meet. There might be other things that you can feed into the deal. But I'm sure that is one player that will be at Celtic before the window is out. Regan, what for you is a successful season then? Just a headline. What would you say? Successful season is for silt it to win the deal, and for silt it to win. I'd like to imagine Europe because that's something I've not done and not be a lawyer on the sport since 2004. So, I think that that's a step forward. And I think Brendan Rodgers will be trying to do it. He said last week in the first conference that he wants to improve in Europe and the aim is to improve there and trying to out the group stage to be involved in January, because that's the new sale of their post-war thing. If silt it to win the title and if silt it can do well in Europe, I think Brendan Rodgers will see that as a very successful season. And he's a big manager well-known, and he's looking for something like this on the European stage. Yes, I think that is what fires his passion. Brendan Rodgers, Celtic are in the Champions League. They're up against the real cream of Europe. Can you make your mark there? What a great challenge that is. And obviously, they are used to when Brendan Rodgers was up here previously. It was Treble's. It was almost a triple treble. They were on the way to Treble. A triple treble. But he's used to winning, and of course they lost their league cup last season, so that's something that they want to make amends with. But Reagan's dead right. The title is always the most important thing. And I think he's also right to place some sort of European adventure as next on your list. Leanne, they don't rate us though. Do they in England? They almost dismiss it. I mean, I listened to them at times, and they'll go on about Andge and what he did. So they don't really care. And Brendan, yeah, what he did the time before, and then down south of Liverpool came so close. But so he must have that burning ambition to do something in Europe. Absolutely. Yeah, no, I thought he's an ambitious manager. Not to, again, belittle Scottish League, but I suppose that's why when he had been here and had delivered so much success beforehand. Anyway, in England, people are going, why is he coming back? The reason that I could see him coming back was to go and make a mark in Europe with a Scottish club. To go and be that first manager at Celtic certainly, you know, and recently as it can go out of a group stage in the Champions League, go and show that you can compete with the big guns. That's far, they've been unable to do it as of all the other Scottish clubs. So that, for me, that's an ambition from Brendan Rodgers, and I don't see him settling until we manage to achieve that, just because of the type of guy he comes across as. Regan, good luck in the recruitment department, which Andy has said. I mean, there's the kiss of death, Andy. Oh, he's got all the right moves. Regan, what's your score line used to road Sunday? I know people have seen it's going to be particularly easy, because David Gregor, they're bad stuff. I'll say two, one, Paul. Two, one. Two, one. Two, one. There were two guys there. There were two guys there. Paul, I think he's well because Brendan Rodgers is not a very good record again. Everyone's saying that, yeah. Nobody is still road day. I think he's only one match, and seven matches. Yeah. And it was a lot of season when I had to be the score by the end of my lapelation. So... I would take one, no, no, Paul, but yeah. Okay. Regan, thanks a lot for the call. Great job, Leanne Creighton, back with us. How's the rest of the family? I've not asked you during the break. They're good, everybody's good. Yes, actually, my parents went holiday yesterday, and they bumped into their friend to the show at the airport. Who did you think it was? Laurie. No. Oh, no, I didn't know. Derek? No. Listen, no. I'm talking about one of your pundits. Friends are the show. Okay. Big John. Oh, big John, how are you? Yeah, you got four of my dad. Oh. It's quite funny they look like the Mitchell brothers. Yeah, of course. Which was a laugh. Since the wee blader, I think he was off to somebody that's been like great. So he was good. He was full of the part around the doors yesterday morning. So I woke up to a bombardment of messages in the WhatsApp group. One that they bumped into big John, and then the son in the same creature in Italy, where they are depressing. Yeah. And look, when you look at the rain that we've got today, the family's good. Manana's great. She'll be tuned in tonight as well. She's been listening. Great, great. Great, Nana. I know. I know. Every time I speak to her, she said, "You're on the iPad that she sees." And she was going to tune in tonight. She was looking forward to... He's only a granddad. She's a great granddad. Granddad. Come on. God willing. I might get there. I'm sure you're well, Andy. Fantastic. And yeah, it's great to have you back on the show. Quite a few people on seeing great here. Leanne here on the Go Radio Football Show. Tomorrow night is going to be... We can't have everything. It's great, I don't know where I'm going with this. And Mark Whitty, so those two being really good form. Mark on... Well, sizing always everywhere. Mark, exactly. Now, Craig Murray is great, isn't he? Good car. I've said great three times. That usually means I'm trying. No, he is. And he's always got a story because he's looking at players and all that he is, isn't he? Yes, he's been busy. I'm sure I've seen him actually from a farm last week. I'm sure he does it for part when I was at the game. Yeah. Did you look down in the night? Yeah. I did. Now, if that's what he's doing. Yeah. Darren O'Day is wanted by Ray Throwers, apparently as the new manager, the 37-year-old former Republic of Ireland central defender. But of course, he's got a big position at Celtic. So he's on the list there. I don't think we're going to have time to talk about it. We spoke about it early in the week, but how does that work? You know, just second top of the table, you lose out in the playoffs, okay? I know there's been the lead cup and it's been up and down. But 90 minutes of football, you lose one now, and you're sacked. Something else has been good on, Paul. No doubt about it, but it's strange because if you are going to part ways in, you would have thought that would have happened at the end of the season, regardless of the outcome. But it certainly doesn't look good now. And also the new players always feel that I've come in in the summer as well. They've kind of been sold the story that that's the manager. And this is the direction of the club and whatever else, and guys like Hanlon and Stevenson, for example, that have gone there. And then it's all changed. But we've been trusting if they could go and, you know, lure somebody like that to the club as a manager. It's cruel, really cruel leadership. I mean, if you think from January to the end of the season, your form has been poor. You've lost too many big games. You've maybe underachieved. By all means, poorly triggered, no matter how brittle that might be. But to do it at that stage of the season was just absolutely absurd. I had the stats on Sunday. Leanna was listening to, I don't think you were on Sunday, but Richard Gordon, as always, nozies, facts and figures, he had the stats. And they weren't great, but why would you make the decision now? And Ray Throvers, you know, went far away from coming up. So why would you pull the rug? There must be something else. So we'll keep you up to date. Also, sorry, the head-to-head's for Ian Murray, against his old team, Erdrich. Yeah, I've almost been... Where he's kind of fallen down, because the results that he cost him almost a league title and that race last season and in the first game, obviously. But anyway, that's football, isn't it? Right, we're not radiocircolling. We'll move on from that one, Leanna. You always get a bit of stress, Paul, and there's a bit 30 seconds longer to chat. I'll venture out of the way to Scotland or whatever. You see, Paul, there's the beat this way, just starting to appear in his forehead. And you all know the game so well, you don't do it, and you've been around for too long, and then people go, "Yeah, in Ross County, I'm worried about..." "I'm not that worried about Ross County, I'm all here." And that's nothing against him, spoken with Roy McGregor. He's absolutely brilliant. He puts his money in. But, generally, it means you go too much about Ross County. That's why he comes back to Glasgow's own. And how am I going to go into... I'll tell you what we'll do, given that we're on the championship there, what about tomorrow night? A lot of people are very impressed with Erdre and the way they play. A couple of good young managers going head to head, and they want to make their early mark. I mean, Erdre nighted one last week as their day of day should be a really good contest, that one. Score line? I'm hoping you're old, wouldn't it? You gave me everything apart from what I wanted. You think, "Are you hoping it's your old team?" I remember he's been in, he scored a great goal for Erdre nighted. No time for that. Queen's Park against Livy. So, Queen's Park lost to Falkirk. Livy, I know. And I'm about on the championship. Yeah. I'm going to see the Queen's Park go... When? No. I'm going to go to one Livy. Okay. Two on, Livy. Two on, Queen's. You're going for Queen's Park. Then, firmly against Falkirk. Bit of a derby there, Leanne, as you well know. So, what do you think? Falkirk, I thought looked good last week. Then, Fairlands League Cup results. Not being great. I'm going to go Falkirk again. I'm going to go to one Falkirk. Andy. Score draw. Score draw. Andy's staying with you then. Morton against Hamiltonakis. Barry, we'd be going for his hometown team. Leslie Ann, who works in here. She's a Morton daft. I'm going for the town. Yeah. They've got a brilliant under 18 coach there. Okay. Is that a relative? Yes. Yeah, of course. I can see it then, yeah. What do you think? Yeah, yeah. I'm going to go score draw with that one. One one. And race-rovers against Partic Thistle. So, what do you reckon? Partic Thistle. For me, I thought they were... Watch them as I say it for Parc against Motherbout. The other week they thought they were really good. I'm going to go to an Elph Partic Thistle. Andy? Yeah, Thistle, hopefully wasn't that. Your own games you kick off on Sunday? Sunday, yeah. Motherbout, I'll wait as far as... Yeah, so first one. One o'clock, kick off. It will be. But no, great day of the women's league back as well. It was a bit strange during the summer that women's international windows were in July. It was just a bit of a stop start. Usual suspects for our favourites. It will be, yeah. Andy, I would expect. So, it's interesting to see how it can retain the title, having won it for the first time last season. Rangers obviously fail by the wee side, just at the very end. Glasgow City, look as if they've strengthened really well. We played them in a pre-season friendly. Last week actually they looked pretty good. Hearts have invested quite considerably, looked to have recruited really well. Hibs, similarly, as well. So it'd been interesting to see if either of those sides could go and split the top three. But it should be competitive in this season as well, sorry, in the women's top flight. Three teams get relegated this season. Oh, right, yeah. Three down, one up, league reconstruction. It will change their 10 team league from next season. And then the split will then be a six and a four. Look, it's harsh for three teams to get down this season. But I'll look at the game where we're at. I'll look at the stats in terms of the games that players are playing as well. Much more than most of the European countries and off the pitch. They'll look the strongest team. They'll look the strongest business. They'll look like they can offer reinforcements throughout the season. It might twist, it might turn. But I would be very surprised if we're sat here and me talking about anything different. And what did you make about Phillip Cmon getting an extension? A big extension to his contract. Four years still. So, you know. Random. Yeah. Random. Contracts and football are really no worth the people that they're written on. So what was it to say to the players? The management of intent. The manager's all in. He's here. He's with us. You know, we back him. We believe in him. Stick with us. That sort of message. But the majority of people that have heard responded are going with difference. Does it make? Because he already was hearing. So, was it 20, 27 anyway? Yeah. So, can I move from Australia? Come on. Random. Right. Good. Good move from there. Maybe it was a tacit exception. The analyst has forgotten as soon as the season starts. But look, this is going to be tough. Right? Major change has to happen. They've been upfront about not having that much money. They have to get money into buying. It's maybe saying, right, the manager's here. Four years. He's committed. We're committed. Paul, I remember coming back to Celtic 94 when Tommy Buns was a manager. We went to Hamden. We all knew we were playing at Hamden out of, we were out at Celtic Park. But Tommy knew it was going to be a hard graph to get back to a decent team. And, you know, he sold us that to the players. You know, this is going to be really tough. And unbelievably, when you think about it now, we finished fourth when we played at Hamden. Now, Tommy was a manager the next year. Yeah. And we got a bit better. Yeah. And we pushed Rangers. We won the Cup. We won the Cup. We only lost one game. And then he got the next year. And, you know, Van Huydonk had already been signed. Andy Tom came. Not long after that, DiCaniel came. There was just a different feel. You still had John Collins. You still had Paul McStade. Grant, he was still there. Yes, Grant, he would be able to tell you all about this. So we were improving. But the manager gets three years. And then Fergie's thought, Nah, we're not having an eight-peel to plug. So I can anticipate a bit of pain for Rangers this season. And the noise will be really loud from the fans and maybe from others. Clemente has to go. That's when the club have to be strong and tell them, no, no, we believe in this guy. But in fairness, you have to show that you've got something. I mean, Tommy could put together, we were losing the league and we were finishing fourth. But we could beat Rangers. And we did that season. And we did. So there's no question there that Tommy knew what he was doing. I think Philip come on as to come up my big result with that. To give himself some not credibility, but the idea that yes, we can go up against the best and we can beat them. It started off well, didn't it? When Clemente came in and he'd get a brilliant reaction from the group that was there. He couldn't believe it almost, couldn't he? You know, they were so far behind. Yeah, and he managed to really clock back. I don't know what they're doing now. I don't, when I watch Rangers, I don't really see an identity such a don't, you know, like you're saying, like Tommy, you could see what was happening. You could see they were a good side. I think the jury's out. Just now, I don't know if many people believe that Rangers will be a good side this season. Only time will tell. So whether that was just the board's investment in the manager to say that we genuinely believe that, you know, you're doing something right, but you'll never fill the fans. And if you don't start winning games. And the board would look really foolish if they'd been them at the first point of, or would it feel a really tough time? Yeah. When you've been the manager. Really? The fans don't ever really lose now, do they? When the fans decide just your numbers up, your numbers up. And eventually they turn on the board. Yeah. And I guess it's a point of any board. We're going to run out of time. And that was really tough for you, Andy, and more particularly to Tommy, when you think about it. Because I remember it really well. So I think we're getting better. How short were you when you found out, Tommy? Well, I had left with this team. But, you know, I'd been with Tommy for two and a half years at that point. And you could see you were almost excited for... I had no problems going away. Andy Tom is better. He's coming in. Pierre Van Huy don't get better. He's coming in. There's a different shape, a different feel about it. Plus, if I... You're going back to this new stadium. So why did he say to you to Tommy Fergus McCann? They never had a good relationship. OK. And, yeah, what's the... Ask Fergus, he would be... He would be great chap. But, I mean, the change that he did make... Did make... You can't say what? When he brought in the mjans and he... Yeah. He did too. But I remember on the Sunday when Tommy had gone. So at the end of it, I'm doing it on Scott Sport. It was live and STV. And I get a pair of decaneu at the end. And I said it was the end of my contract. The season was up. And I said, "Pillow, what about Tommy Burns going?" He said, "I tell you, if Tommy Burns has gone, "I'll never play for a selfie again." I remember the... He said, "Just see what's in your contract for you?" And that wasn't the point. If it's Tommy... decaneual was absolutely shattered that Tommy Burns was going. Yeah. It was... Gonna be fascinating what happens this season. They were great these. But it'll attend you a bit of sadness. Listen, we've run out of time. I'm not going to get predictions. No major upsets. You'd say at the weekend, if you'd say Rangers model. No. No, I don't... No, I don't listen. It will be. And have some sort of... I think Motherbud had actually struggled. A lot of big injuries as well. Rangers at hand didn't. I'll be there and Saturday. Right. Yep. For the beep, so we'll see how that goes. Interesting to see just how it feels and what it looks like and how Rangers managed that transition. And did the big two to win. Hasn't Rangers to beat Motherbud? Yeah. I think so. Yep. I think so. And Celtic, at Hibs? I will, I saw Hibs last week and very unimpressed with Hibs. I know they'd have signed tours, they've signed Keaton Bowie, they're under travel. They have an installation card. They'll improve. But I think Celtic will have too much. Andy, thanks so much. Enjoy the game tomorrow on Skye down at Preston. She ever donated. And they have a great weekend. Thanks, both. We'll see you soon. Tomorrow night we're here. 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