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Titolo: Celtic

auguri a questa gloriosa squadra che oggi ha vinto il suo titolo di campione
di Scozia e ritorna nella Champion Leaugue...
ed allego, scusate ma in inglese... i 10 motivi per cui il celtic e'
campione....
10 REASONS WHY CELTIC ARE CHAMPIONS
publish date: 7/4/2001 14:55:32
1) Henrik Larsson
What more is there to say about the super Swede, who recovered from the
horror of last season's broken leg to become the scourge of Scottish
defences once again.
His current haul is 47 and counting. And to think he cost just #650,000!
2) Martin O'Neill
John Barnes may have been a great player for Liverpool, and occasionally
England, but he was a mere rookie as a coach. It was no surprise that the
weight of expectation at such a big club weighed too heavily on his
inexperienced shoulders last season, with Kenny Dalglish, nominally director
of football, seemingly reluctant to get too involved.
O'Neill, on the other hand, had served a long apprenticeship, first as a
player under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest, then cutting his teeth as a
manager at tiny Wycombe Wanderers before proving his mettle in the
Premiership with Leicester City.
3) Joos Valgaeren, Johan Mjallby and Ramon Vega
Rafael Scheidt is history, Olivier Tebily banished to the reserves and
instead there are three reliable, if unspectacular, big blokes at the back.
Valgaeren was an unknown when he arrived but slotted in effortlessly,
Mjallby's career was transformed when O'Neill switched him from midfield and
Vega, a mediocre performer in an average Premiership team, has not looked
out of place.
4) Consistency
The ability to win games without playing particularly well is the hallmark
of a champion just as much as possessing the league's top scorer. For every
resounding home success there was a single-goal scrape at places like Dundee
and Aberdeen.
5) Celtic 6 Rangers 2
This was the first body of evidence that Celtic's good start to the season,
which had seen four out of four wins recorded, really was built on solid
foundations. And that Rangers' new-look defence was fatally vulnerable.
Bobby Petta gave new signing Fernando Ricksen such a roasting that Rangers
took off the Dutchman after just 23 minutes. Larsson scored a memorable goal
after making a fool of Bert Konterman.
That day boosted Celtic's confidence levels to an awesome high while at the
same time sowed seeds of doubt at Ibrox that were quick to grow throughout
the season.
6) Neil Lennon, Alan Thompson and Chris Sutton
They cost millions of pounds but each came with a pedigree from seasons in
the Premiership. Sutton is still not the prolific goalscorer he once was but
filled the role of targetman foil for Larsson perfectly. Thompson slotted in
effortlessly on arriving in September and Lennon eventually signed in
December. The Northern Ireland international became the pick of the bunch,
proving himself to be a real rarity -- a tackling workhorse that not only
wants the ball but once it is won but is also prepared to use it.
7) Fewer injuries
Alan Stubbs and Morten Wieghorst were both missing for long spells through
serious illness but it was not until Stilian Petrov broke his leg at St
Johnstone in March that a regular first choice was put out of action in the
long term. Rangers, on the other hand, saw big name after big name disappear
on to the treatment table.
8) The home record
Away wins were always in plentiful supply but dropping only two points at
Celtic Park before the split is nothing short of remarkable. Ex-Celt Derek
Whyte, the Aberdeen captain, reckoned the 60,000 or so faithful made
Parkhead a fortress. He should know: the Dons were beaten 6-0 there, as were
Kilmarnock.
9) Dressing room harmony
Of course, a winning dressing room is usually a happy one. But while Rangers
were busy denying constant suggestions of a split between the Dutch
contingent and everyone else, Celtic were happily huddling their way to
success.
O'Neill was quick to bomb out Eyal Berkovic, who perhaps showed his true
colours when he responded by saying he was happy to sit on the sidelines and
pick up his big wages.
And while Dick Advocaat's man-management techniques still baffle most
observers, O'Neill's arrival quickly saw erratic bit-part player Petta be
transformed into a menace down the left flank.
Mjallby, too, must see O'Neill's arrival as a breath of fresh air yet there
were still roles to play under the new man for old stagers like Tom Boyd and
Lubo Moravcik, who both did enough to earn new contracts.
10) Winning both of the February Old Firm showdowns
If Rangers were to have a chance of stopping Celtic's relentless march
towards the silverware it was by winning the back-to-back clashes in
February.
But Celtic held firm and won the first, the stormy CIS Insurance Cup
semi-final 3-1, before pipping their rivals 1-0 at Parkhead in the arguably
more important league clash.
Rangers, with their injury crisis at a peak, knew then that salvaging the
season was now beyond them.

La scheda di Martin O'Neill, tecnico campione scozzese con il Celtic:
1952: Nato a Kilrea, Irlanda del Nord. 
1970: Giocatore al Lisburn
Distillery. 
1971: Vince la coppa d'Irlanda. Passa al Nottingham Forest
1972: Debutta in nazionale contro la Russia. 
1978: Vince scudetto e coppa
di lega con il Forest. 
1979: Il Forest vince la Coppa dei Campioni,
O'Neill salta pero' la finale. 
1980: Vince la Coppa dei Campioni con il
Forest. 
1981: Passa al Norwich City dopo aver segnato 48 gol per il
Forest. Passa al Manchester City 
1982: Raggiunge i quarti di finale ai
Mondiali. 
1983: Passa al Notts County. 
1990: Comincia da allenatore con
il Wycombe Wanderers 1991: Il Wycombe vince la FA Cup per la prima volta
nella storia
1994: Il Wycombe promosso per due anni consecutivi arriva in
seconda divisione. 
1995: Passa al Norwich City. 
1995: Passa al
Leicester City a meta' stagione. 
1996: Il Leicester promosso in premier
league. 
1997: Il Leicester vince la coppa di lega in finale con il
Middlesbrough. 
2000: Il Leicester vince la coppa di lega sul Tranmere
Rovers. 
2001: Passa al Celtic dove vince scudetto e coppa.
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campione....
Meno male che in Galles non c'è il campionato... ;-)
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