Del may make it hell for old side.Byline: Anthony Haggerty; Jim McLean James Yuille "Jim" McLean (born 1937) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He is best known for his 22-year spell as manager of Dundee United; the longest-serving and most successful manager in the club's history, he led them to three major honours and established them MURDO MacLEOD Murdo Davidson MacLeod (born August 24, 1958 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. MacLeod made his name with Dumbarton in the late 1970s before moving to Celtic in 1979. insists Hibs hitman Derek Riordan would not flinch flinch intr.v. flinched, flinch·ing, flinch·es 1. To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain. 2. To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink. n. at scoring against Celtic and damaging their title hopes. Former Hoops striker Riordan netted in a 1-1 draw with Rangers on Wednesday night to hand Gordon Strachan's men a surprise lifeline in the title race. Celtic visit Easter Road Easter Road is the home ground of Scottish football club Hibernian. Located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, the stadium has a capacity of 17,500, making it the seventh largest stadium in Scotland and the largest stadium used primarily for football in Edinburgh. on Sunday and former Hoops and Hibs star MacLeod believes Riordan would gladly repeat the trick on his former employers. MacLeod said: "Riordan won't hold back on Sunday. "He will look back on his time at Celtic and not be happy with the amount of games he played. "Derek is certainly capable of scoring and I'm sure that is in the thoughts of a lot of Celtic supporters. "He will have a point to prove, he knows how tight it is in the title race but he has more affection for Hibs than anyone else. "I don't think he will look at Celtic as one of his old teams he has a soft spot for. "He is a Hibs man and will be wanting them to win. "Derek is a wonderful talent but he came to Celtic and it didn't work out for him. "I always liked him in the side to see what he could produce. "Any time he got a game he got a goal or produced something special. "He had more shots than anyone in most of the games and was never frightened to have a go. "He has settled in again since going back to Hibs and has given them a lift. "I don't know why it turned sour at Celtic, whether he worked hard enough, I don't know. "I know that Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan /strɔ:n/ OBE (born 9 February 1957, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player, and is now a football loves to see players working their socks off in training and in matches. "I don't know if Derek is that type of player, he is a special type but he is not an out-andout worker. "I think that was one of the reasons he didn't play many games for Celtic." But MacLeod reckons it is still not too late for the man Strachan once dubbed the most lethal finisher at Celtic to make it at the very top. He said: "More and more teams now want 11 players who put in a shift - no matter what their skill. "Someone might take a gamble on him but I think they would go more for his goals than his all-round play. "He could still get a move because of that." CAPTION(S): THREAT: Riordan |
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