Rab Douglas

I'm keen to hear Ewan's what thoughts, first of all, both on the way Martin O'Neill is messaging about this situation, but also about the selection itself.

Yeah, I, I think if there were any criticisms of Martin O'Neill's first, um, first spell, uh, and there maybe really were only a couple, um, I don't really think we ever had, uh, I mean, Rab Douglas accepted for the majority of the time he was in goals.

There was never...

I mean, he did sign, he signed Magnus Hedman, who was a Sweden international.

And I, 'cause he did, he had a major problem the first time around when he was manager with goalkeepers.

He rotated between three, didn't he: Rab Douglas, Magnus Hedman, and Javi Sánchez Broto, and Broto was the best out the three of them.

Right.

Yet, and Broto was pitched in at Ibrox, and Celtic won 2-1.

I think that was the, the beach ball game.

Somebody correct me in the, uh, if I'm wrong, but he certainly came through it with flying colors, and then was ineligible to play in the UEFA Cup final 'cause they'd signed him after the deadline, in a typical Celtic fashion.

So Rab Douglas went in goal for UEFA Cup final.

But yeah, he'd a, he had a real kind of, I don't know, blind spot or an Achilles heel when it came to goalkeepers.

Magnus Edmund the first time around and stuff like that.

Rab Douglas, obviously, would get a lot of stick.

Edwin on paper should have been good.

Edwin was a

left centre mid the other Ronaldo right back something fuck what's his name again

I'm just imagining I'm saying Rab Douglas the guy who

also was playing in that World Cup there is he Brazilian

there is Neymar yes I think if you got any football Neymar would be your type of player I like Neymar I don't know if you like you like Neymar we love Neymar

glorious journey no doubt about it do any of the players from that time get into your all time mother well 11 can I get you to between you agree

the guys that broke through really and because even when we were at that time when we the famous day when B Scott McDonald did for Celtic with two goals past Rab Douglas and Celtic blew the league and all that see if you can look back at the Motherwell team there we were still I think effectively in administration in terms of dotting the I's and crossing the T's right and when you look at which is why Celtic had no excuses that day they did of your 30 grand a week players and all that right Celtic bottled it that day big style there's no doubt about that but when if you look back the Skippy Sunday as it became known look at the Motherwell team that day I think Gerry Britton was on the bench he was he was on the pitch he was on the pitch was

Mickey Weir there anywhere it was just a

team chucked together whoever Terry Butcher could put out and Celtic only I think had to get a point was it that day

And goalkeepers have always, to an extent, when it comes to Celtic, been a wee bit of a kryptonite for Martyn O'Neill.

people will look at maybe Rab Douglas and Seville harsh as that sounds I thought Rab Douglas did a pretty decent job overall for Celtic and he continues to be a great ambassador for Celtic but Was he the best we could have done with him? Could we maybe have done something with a different goalie? We nearly had Javier Sanchez-Broto before he moved on, and a few others, but as I say, Martynu never quite nailed the goalkeeper position first time around, and maybe it's something that's hovering over him this time around.

So we'll find out in due course in the coming days if Celtic do anything about it.

But in short, Brian, I'm kind of where you are.

Doddsy slipped me in.

I put it under Rab Douglas's legs.

That was one of them.

I can't remember the other.