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“Is Walter Smith the greatest football manager Scottish football has ever enjoyed?”

I think not.

The trusty 7 iron does the trick again. Hurrah for the boys in blue. Your sentiments and warm wishes are most welcome Mr G. And distinctly un-Scottish - in a good way. Yeah we all know there’s a distinctly unsavoury side to a hefty chunk of Rangers’ support. And we all know about the shameful bigotry that was until only a few decades ago practically part of official club policy. But fact is, they’re trying to move on. And anyway, as you said, it’s a Scottish team in a European final. Of course some pernicious sneering punters can never forgive Rangers for not being the glorious cavalier self-styled underdog team it’s OK and cool to like. The same punters who cooed over the Tic’s glorious failure in Seville. “Ah, we lost, but we did it in style” quoth they. Bollocks. Ironically, their talisman that night (top bloke, top pro, top player) Henrik ‘Magnificent 7′ Larsson disagreed with them. With the beach balls still blowing about the park, he dismissed some balloon Scottish reporter who tried to sugar the bitter pill of defeat by claiming it had all been a ‘great adventure’. Larsson reminded him in no uncertain terms that he’d take a winners’ medal over misguided romanticism any day of the week. And that’s the difference. Born winner. Something Scots could learn from. Of course maybe we ought to happy with a ‘wee dram’ and our memories of Archie Gemmell’s wonder goal to sustain us for the next trillion years. Oh and by the way…the thrust of this applies equally to the idiot huns who’d support anyone over Celtic in Europe. Here endeth the rant.

It may be ugly, but it’s hard to deny the brilliance. You may beat one, perhaps two, teams of the caliber Rangers have conquered on a fluke, but you don’t advance all the way to a European final on luck. Sir Walter has lemons I’ll be damned if it isn’t the best lemonade I’ve tasted! Here’s hoping the consistently stout defense can handle a red-hot Zenit side!

I actually think I understated my point of view, I am delighted - really - actually almost delirious about this. The fact that my foot crosses the threshold letftward is, to me, unremarkable.

`Mon the huns.

Ok - fantastic organising and man-management ability. Getting this team of decent but skillfully limited players to a European final is, quite frankly, staggering.

But….”Scottish football has ever enjoyed?”

Enjoyed?

Leave your Hibbyishness behind. OK. Enjoyed might be stretching it. The wrong word. Saluted?

Sir Walter, The Scot…

Canadian football fans might call me a traitor, but I am tossing out an idea that has been burning a hole in my brain. The two leagues should partner up to provide quality football year round and to solidify the CFL. Hear me out. ……