ian1964 10,411 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 RANGERSââ?¬â?¢ Europa League opponents Sporting Lisbon are embroiled in a messy civil war following the sacking of the clubââ?¬â?¢s director of football, Costinha. The former Portuguese internationalist was removed from his post after he broke ranks in a TV interview to accuse club directors of lying to supporters. Costinha openly questioned the clubââ?¬â?¢s ambition and claimed he and coach Paulo Sergio were not informed of plans to sell Liedson, the clubââ?¬â?¢s top scorer, to Brazilian side Corinthians on the last day of the January transfer window. He also criticised internal procedures and called for an ambitious regime to be installed at the upcoming presidential elections. ââ?¬Å?The Sporting fans are separated from the club because of the lies ââ?¬â?? things are always unexplained. Nobody has the courage to openly explain a number of situations,ââ?¬Â he said. ââ?¬Å?When that happens, fans tend to move away because you donââ?¬â?¢t know what is truth or lies. We are spending pennies compared to our rivals and it is not easy to manage this situation.ââ?¬Â Sporting travel to Glasgow next Thursday for the first leg of their last-32 meeting with Rangers. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/rangers/sporting-sack-costinha-ahead-of-rangers-tie-1.1084422 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Teams often begin playing well when they sack their coach. This could be bad news for us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juffery 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 He's Director of Football, the coach is still there. Regardles, the way we've been playing does anyone really think we've got a chance? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,150 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This is the game we'll do well in given we're probably the underdog... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,411 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 He's Director of Football, the coach is still there. Regardles, the way we've been playing does anyone really think we've got a chance? I would say we have as much chance of beating them this time as we had the last time we played them on the way to the final:boogie: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 They might have lost the likes of Liedson in January, but they've got better players than we've got. If we don't up our game big time they've got players that could totally take the piss out of us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 They might have lost the likes of Liedson in January, but they've got better players than we've got. If we don't up our game big time they've got players that could totally take the piss out of us. Jelavic, Diouf, Weiss, Davis, Edu, Naismith. They're not bad. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotter 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 They sold Liedson? Brilliant. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Who's Liedson? Does Mendes still play for them? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totti 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Jelavic, Diouf, Weiss, Davis, Edu, Naismith. They're not bad. Jelavic can't play as far as I'm aware. Diouf I will give you but is he definitely allowed to play? Weiss probably won't play, rarely does in big games. He's very inconsistent, not helped by his manager. Edu and Davis are rubbish. Naismith though certainly. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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