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Last edited by Eastdog; 05-08-2020, 01:44 PM."Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic" -
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How good is this story about Ross County in the SPL:
Ross County goalkeeper squad of Ross’ leaves Scottish Premier League in stitches
Scottish Premier League club Ross County now has an entire goalkeeping squad of Ross’s.
In a dark year for the global game, the northern club’s quiet quest to assemble a squad of Ross is the story we all need to hear.
The club this week confirmed the loan move of Celtic keeper Ross Doohan to Ross County — a move that means the club’s entire stocks of shot-stoppers will be called Ross.
Doohan, an Under 21 Scottish international, joins Ross Laidlaw and Ross Munro at Ross County — giving the club an entire squad of Rossatrons for the rest of the season.
The sheer confusion caused by the move is already clear in Ross County manager Stuart Kettlewell’s statement about his team’s new signing.
“We know him well as a goalkeeper,” Kettlewell told BBC Scotland.
“We’ve seen what he’s done out on loan at Ayr.
“Ross has been top of the list for us for a period of time. It’s kind of been pending for three or four weeks, but it looks like it’s going to get done.
“We feel he’ll be a really good addition to the group and we’re really looking forward to getting him in.”
The fact that Kettlewell could have been talking about any number of his goalkeepers has left the internet in stitches.
The club also has a Ross Draper in the midfield and Ross Stewart playing up top in the forwards.
Of course the internet all made the same joke with the club’s apparent decision to base its squad management on an episode of hit sitcom Friends.
Fortunately for the world, Ross County’s success hasn’t caught on with teams like Deportivo Moron in Argentina, Fotballaget Fart in Norway or Deportivo Wanka in Peru.
You would hate to see a team of Morons, Wankas or Farts running around — but perhaps Collingwood has already beaten those clubs to the punch. -
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Ange Postecoglou eyes Real Madrid visit as Celtic notch record 9-0 win over Dundee United
Anything Liverpool can do, Ange Postecoglou evidently thinks his Celtic can match.
Key points:
- Celtic's 9-0 win over Dundee United was the club's biggest away victory in its 134-year history
- The victory puts Celtic two points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League table
- Celtic play Rangers next up before taking on Real Madrid in the Champions League
After Liverpool had decorated the Premier League with a record-equalling 9-0 home victory over Bournemouth on Saturday, the Australian manager's team were not to be outdone in the Scottish Premiership less than 24 hours later with their own merciless 9-0 mauling of Dundee United.
Not only was it Celtic's biggest-ever away win in the league in their proud 134-year history, but there were moments near the end of the massacre at Tannadice that it looked as if it might even match their biggest-ever win of 11-0 back in 1895 against United's city rivals Dundee.
It came amid a demonstration — sometimes dazzling — of the sort of breathtaking attacking football that the one-time Socceroos boss is trying to instil as commonplace at Parkhead.
"It's the team we want to be — it's not just about the football we want to play," said Postecoglou after the win had put his side two points clear at the top of the table.
"It's about the intent and we don't want to be led by the scoreboard or whatever the circumstances of the game are.
"With respect to whether it's the first or the last minute, or whether we're winning or not, we want to play at a certain tempo and intensity."
It was an intensity that simply blew away an admittedly feeble United side, who were described by manager Jack Ross as being like mannequins in a training ground exercise as they suffered their worst loss since a record 12-1 defeat by Motherwell 68 years ago.
"It's not just about winning a game of football — it's about us setting our own standards within that," said Postecoglou, whose side is about to get some much more meaningful challenges.
Next weekend, they'll face their old foes and closest domestic pursuers Rangers in the first Old Firm contest of the season at Parkhead.
Then the European challenges start to come thick and fast in the Champions League, with holders Real Madrid coming to Glasgow just three days later.
Postecoglou is trying to build a side guaranteed to give even the best in the business an uncomfortable time on one of Celtic Park's famed feverish Euro nights.
Japan's Kyogo Furuhashi scored a first-half hat-trick, Israeli Liel Abada hit a treble in the second period, and Portugal's Jota, Croatia's Josip Juranovic and Sweden's Carl Starfelt all got on the scoreboard as well for Postecoglou's league of nations brigade.
Postecoglou is aiming high and reckons that the only thing that would satisfy him on a trip to Madrid's Bernabeu, for instance, would be to come away with all the points.
"What you want to make sure is that when you have these opportunities, it's better to swap shirts with players you admire after you've knocked them off, rather than just grabbing one for your collection," he said.
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Amazing really, if you compare their list worth it's championship (English tier 2) level.
The way Ange attacks, they might get mauled by Royal but I can't wait all the same!BT COME BACK!
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For eg Norwich player worth 116 M
Celtic 104.5
Now if Norwich played Real we know what would happen.Comment
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