Walter Smith
Scottish football player and managerWikipedia
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Sep 10, 2026
Frank McAvennieHOST
You know, like Rangers are singing about Tommy Burns.
Frank McAvennieHOST
Celtic are singing about Walter Smith.
Frank McAvennieHOST
I'm going, really? When did we become that?
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Society.
Simon HoustonHOST
We've discussed it before and I've seen you guys singing that.
Simon HoustonHOST
Terrific song about Walter Smith and Davy Cooper.
Simon HoustonHOST
I've pulled folk up about it.
Simon HoustonHOST
I know.
Simon HoustonHOST
Really? It's embarrassing.
Simon HoustonHOST
My mind always goes to that image of Walter Smith Carrying Tommy Burns' coffin at his funeral.
Frank McAvennieHOST
Which says everything about the guy, doesn't it?
Simon HoustonHOST
100%, aye.
ScottHOST
But the possession stats might not show it.
ScottHOST
But there's an app, and I think Walter mastered it, to be fair, in allowing a team to have possession but not hurt you.
ScottHOST
You know? And you need to be relying on your backline and your defensive midfielders, of course.
ScottHOST
And I think on Saturday we managed to do our jobs properly, which was nice.
ScottHOST
I hate these games.
ScottHOST
Despise them.
ScottHOST
I only ever enjoyed them under Walter Smith because we were guaranteed a win, let's face it.
ScottHOST
I can't even...
ColinGUEST
He's a dinosaur.
ColinGUEST
We need somebody else in." Well, I was going to- That would have happened ...it's funny you refer Countess, because when you were talking earlier, I did think about that, that, you know, let's remember when Walter Smith came back in his second spell, his first league title was after Rangers were defeated by Countess and never had European football that season.
ColinGUEST
Mm-hmm.
ColinGUEST
Just putting that out there.
HefHOST
I think to our detriment in Europe, for example, I think that we were maybe too cautious and almost uninventive, almost like as if we were just quite happy just to see out games and draw.
HefHOST
Very Walter Smith.
HefHOST
If we can draw our way to Europe and pick up one nils here and there, then it would have worked.
HefHOST
So...
Richard GarnettHOST
they're chasing the game well that's not to
Mark JonesPANELIST
say that's not to say that it's not a good idea to start them in these certain matches these games when they've got to be pretty solid it feels like again it's not a thing it feels like every other team does they put they put players that you would normally see as centre-backs play them at full-back and Guardiola had a back four of them at one point didn't he for City and Arsenal do it all the time oh Walter Smith loved it at Everson Mike why why he loved the centre-back at full-back they um you know the And there's nothing...
Mark JonesPANELIST
It's a little bit of a hangover, I think, from the kind of Trent and Robertson kind of era, I think.
Mark JonesPANELIST
Liverpool don't have those players who can do the job.
Lewis AirdGUEST
It was a much better feeling at full-time with that strong 1-0 win than maybe if you went and you bet Dundee by four.
Lewis AirdGUEST
It feels a lot more rewarding because you're grinding, you're working hard and you're creating a lot of chances and you just edge it and you just get it over the line obviously there'll be times where it clicks and we'll just absolutely run over teams with this style of football and there will be times where they adjust to it and we maybe don't come away with the three points but we are going to need to get used to it because it is just what Derek McInnes football is like but fans put up with Walter Smith for a long time and I mean, think of what he was doing in the Manchester run.
Kyle McLeanHOST
The greatest manager that Rangers have ever had and arguably one of the most pragmatic.
Kyle McLeanHOST
And I certainly think, I mean, that's one of my favourite words on this podcast is pragmatism.
Mixu PaatelainenGUEST
Celtic were lucky to get one each draw and we were a better team the Rangers matches I believe I remember when we first played against Rangers using the 4-3-2-1 system 15 minutes played I'm standing it's my technical area and Rangers manager
Laurie FinlaysonHOST
Walter Smith at the time?
Mixu PaatelainenGUEST
Walter Smith, sorry.
Mixu PaatelainenGUEST
Walter Smith was standing on the edge of his technical area.
Mixu PaatelainenGUEST
And then we are passing the ball, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, and dominating the game.
Mixu PaatelainenGUEST
And he turns to his fans, what's going on? What are they doing? What's going on? I loved it.
Lou Reed FosterGUEST
I think the thing that stands out for me most of all about that time was it was the first time I remember going into a season with a little bit of optimism.
Lou Reed FosterGUEST
Because, you know, growing up sort of during the Walter Smith era, early 2000s, late 90s, we were in the doldrums, weren't we? We'd been circling and draining for a couple of years and sort of going down seemed like an inevitability at one point.
Lou Reed FosterGUEST
It's very similar to where we've been the past couple of years, really.
Lou Reed FosterGUEST
And then Moyes comes in and stores a little bit of pride again, like similar to where we are now.
FlexGUEST
Of course, top player though.
Stevo the MadmanHOST
Walter Smith was the manager.
Stevo the MadmanHOST
They finished 14th this season.
FlexGUEST
They finished 14th.
Tim SherwoodHOST
Walter Smith, a legendary manager.
FlexGUEST
Walter Smith, Scotsman.
Tim SherwoodHOST
But not at Everton Without being too unkind, it's a poor team, innit?
Stevo the MadmanHOST
Mm-hmm.
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