How many rounds do Celtic go through? Two rounds? So I. Theory four wins. If they win each leg. How many group games do they tend to win. I'd imagine in last three years they won't of won many more than the English teams. Even with extra games.
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How many rounds do Celtic go through? Two rounds? So I. Theory four wins. If they win each leg. How many group games do they tend to win. I'd imagine in last three years they won't of won many more than the English teams. Even with extra games.
ger147
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3 rounds.
Doon frae Troon
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With all due respect Doon, you ain't comparing like with like.
Would you like to introduce a handicapping system
Would it include Wigan and Hull?
GreiginFife
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Pretty much the teams that have qualified from England so can't see how you could have any more considering those are the ones that qualified. So 3 out of 4 teams from the English league consistently do equal or better than one team from Scotland? I can see your point now, silly me.
Biased system of qualifying? It's the same co-efficient for everyone. Pretty sure that beating Karagandy is up there with playing and beating Real Madrid.
Yes, Celtic have had some good results in the competition down the years, as have (at one time) Rangers, and no one should deny that, but consistently? Erm no....To even try to compare reeks of some sort of desperation.
USER1999
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Didn't arsenal play Celtic in a qualifier a few years ago? 5 1 aggregate if I remember. Obv Celtic are equivalent to arsenal in the CL then. Clearly.
Doon frae Troon
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_F.C._in_European_football
There you go.
Group stages two out of the last three years. [that's last the 32 to the slow ones on here]
GreiginFife
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Are you genuinely saying the Group stages are the last 16? Not sure I'm THAT slow but in all the years I have watched the CL, the last 16 has been the knock-out stage. Maybe it's different in your wee world where playing a qualifying team should be considered equal to playing a top level co-efficient team.
Based on the above statement, I am oot.
Last 16 group stage... oh my stars...
Oh and I still don't know what you are trying to say. I know Celtic made the KNOCK OUT STAGE two times in the last three years, as I stated in my first post, I acknowledge that they got as far as Arsenal and Man Utd one year. But beyond that, they are simply not as good and cannot even be considered as good on a consistent basis. No team in Scotland can.
Edit, I see you spotted your mistake and tidied it up. Last 32 is still a knock out though surely...
GreiginFife
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Come on Murph, they would have been tired with all the quality oppos they played before those games.
USER1999
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Arsenal would have been tired too, half their squad was still on holiday, and the rest hadn't played for months.
Doon frae Troon
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Greig...being serious for a change.......would you have expected better of a Scottish team than what Celtic have managed to achieve in the last three years.
My comments were aimed at the guy who described Scotland's main league as a pub league.
I was quite offended by that, but not surprised as he was obviously indoctrinated by the EPL brainwashers.
A league where very few English players participate.
My comments were aimed at the guy who described Scotland's main league as a pub league.
I was quite offended by that, but not surprised as he was obviously indoctrinated by the EPL brainwashers.
A league where very few English players participate.
Doon frae Troon
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Tell you what .......lets have a wee quiz for all the fans of teams in the EPL and Skybet league
Can you list/name 5 English first team squad players ?
Can you list/name 5 English first team squad players ?
GreiginFife
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No, I would not expect them or any Scottish team to do better. As much as I dislike the EPL and agree that it is foreign saturated, its not the teams that need to be English as such, so its fairly inconsequential when you consider that the Old Firm teams havent exactly been brimming with Scottish talent and, ultimately, are our only real representation in Europe. So its folly to criticise the EPL for that issue.
There is no competition in the SPL or whatever its called these days, no competiton kills a league and the guys lambasting the Scottish top flight are not far off the sad truth. Celtic got thumped 6-1 over two games by a middle of the road team, but they will still go on to walk the top league in Scotland. What does that tell you? It certainly doesnt say that we can offer anything by way of a contest to the EPL teams whether any of us think that fair/just or not.
MegaSteve
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Never has been nor ever will be such a thing as the EPL... So no requirement to use English players... Would be good to see a few more playing at the top level either here or overseas though...
GreiginFife
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Only used to save me typing Barclays Premier League each time which sounds like a product placement ad when its said multiple times in one conversation. But thanks for the pedantry.:thup:
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USER1999
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Surely a first team player is different to a squad player? First team squad player? No idea.
Pedantry rules!
chris661
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But it is a bloody pub league though.
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Its not far off though - maybe about League 1 standard
And plenty of English players in the Prem League
Only about 32% according to the Dyke report. Not good for their own domestic league
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I reckon the ability and talent of the players makes the league good or not as opposed to the nationality of the player.
