How do you measure the talent and ability of an Old Firm manager?
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Could Neil Lennon or Walter Smith win the title with any club outside of the Old Firm?
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The last team outside of the Glasgow pairÌýto win the top flight was .
Right, It's time to get the gloves off in support of our goalies.
I've nothing against anyone who's been - fine men one and all.
But where are the nominations for the men between the sticks?
The men who put their bodies where angels fear to tread.
When chief executive told me on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland's "Beyond the SPL" this week that a pyramid system could work in Scottish football, he was right on the money.
English football has been reinvigorated at lower level with such a system. Scottish football could benefit similarly.
While I admit to as yet being unconvinced of the merits of a , I am wholly convinced of the need to open Scottish football up to as wide a selection of clubs as possible.
Our game needs a revolution, but revolution seldom starts with those at the top. It comes from below, from the dispossessed and disenfranchised.
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They pay me to watch football and talk football. That’s some people's idea of Christmas every day. I can't deny it's mine too. I view the football world through a different lens from some journalists, because I live and work in Dundee. The Old Firm are interesting, but so was my breakfast this morning. There is a whole lot more on the Scottish football menu than the big two. From the SPL to the juniors, the game offers lots of dishes, and they all get my taste buds going.For the latest updates across ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ blogs,
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