Ronnie the failure

[davidy233]

I thought Molde were very decent in both games, they passed the ball well and broke at pace.

Celtic losing Van Dyke and Denayer and replacing them with Boyata and Simunovic has hurt them big time - Van Dyke sale will look good on their balance sheet though.

Moaning about SKY giving English football a massive advantage doesn't do any good though - it's not going to change and Celtic (or any other Scottish club) won't ever be getting a big slice of that Murdoch money.

 

[ger147]

Supply and demand go along with the general population of the nation. Nobody said there was an agenda or plot. The fact is until the big money got pumped into European football and Sky backed the EPL to the hilt Scottish clubs could hold their own to a certain degree. No bitterness, no misty eyes, just the way it goes.

How much Sky TV money do Molde get?

 

[Val]

Celtic, or rather their fans, are one of those clubs living on past glories and need to realise that they are not a major force in Europe any more but are just one of the also-rans.

You mean like Man U, Liverpool etc etc

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Celtic need a strong Rangers in the Prem

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Ha Ha Ha, what a wonderful thread, you can't compete in Europe because of Sky, if you had the same as PL teams you coukd compete and then you accuse the English of throwing stones north! Get over yourself, fact is you have had no credible opposition for years and your domination of Scottish football is meant to translate in to Europe,
Your not good enough, you're living off past glory and it was more than likely that money from south of the border buying your best in years gone by put you's in a strong financial position.
Accept it and rebuild your leagues rather than moaning about us.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Celtic need a strong Rangers in the Prem

How long will that take though?

Rangers may well look to buy the likes of Michael O'Halloran from St Johnstone to try and minimise the likelihood of Saints taking points off them next season - and so try and buy 2nd place in the Scottish premiership as a minimum; and so it is for any decent 'game-changing' player any Scottish club outside of the OF develops or unearths. That's how it will be - it's how it has always been. We shrug our shoulders at the inevitable - even although Rangers might be running at a huge loss they'll still manage to find the money to buy these players, as they always have. C'est la vie.

 

[Val]

Expectations need to be revised for Celtic fans. A good year is getting to the CL group stage, an acceptable year is Europa past christmas, anything less is failure and should see the manager under pressure especially if it's the same failure 2 years on a trot

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Expectations need to be revised for Celtic fans. A good year is getting to the CL group stage, an acceptable year is Europa past christmas, anything less is failure and should see the manager under pressure especially if it's the same failure 2 years on a trot

Apparently Dalia is building Celtic for next season's European challenge

 

[Jacko_G]

Ha Ha Ha, what a wonderful thread, you can't compete in Europe because of Sky, if you had the same as PL teams you coukd compete and then you accuse the English of throwing stones north! Get over yourself, fact is you have had no credible opposition for years and your domination of Scottish football is meant to translate in to Europe,
Your not good enough, you're living off past glory and it was more than likely that money from south of the border buying your best in years gone by put you's in a strong financial position.
Accept it and rebuild your leagues rather than moaning about us.

Level playing field Celtic will more than hold their own in Premiership and Europe.

 

[Jacko_G]

How long will that take though?

Rangers may well look to buy the likes of Michael O'Halloran from St Johnstone to try and minimise the likelihood of Saints taking points off them next season - and so try and buy 2nd place in the Scottish premiership as a minimum; and so it is for any decent 'game-changing' player any Scottish club outside of the OF develops or unearths. That's how it will be - it's how it has always been. We shrug our shoulders at the inevitable - even although Rangers might be running at a huge loss they'll still manage to find the money to buy these players, as they always have. C'est la vie.

Why would anyone want the cheating noisy neighbours back?

 

[davidy233]

Level playing field Celtic will more than hold their own in Premiership and Europe.

No they won't because

A) They'll never get the chance to play in the Premiership

and

B) - because of that they won't get a level playing field

 

[Jacko_G]

No they won't because

A) They'll never get the chance to play in the Premiership

and

B) - because of that they won't get a level playing field

True.

Still we in Scotland are used to being poop! Christ we don't even have a decent golfer these days!

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Level playing field Celtic will more than hold their own in Premiership and Europe.

And if Everton, Southampton or Palace had Chelsea's money...........etc
What about giving the other teams in Scotland a level playing field, you's and Rangers bought the best Scottish players from the smaller clubs for years!

 

[Jacko_G]

And if Everton, Southampton or Palace had Chelsea's money...........etc
What about giving the other teams in Scotland a level playing field, you's and Rangers bought the best Scottish players from the smaller clubs for years!

They'd still be above Chelsea! NEXT!

 

[Deleted member 16999]

They'd still be above Chelsea! NEXT!

Next will be your answer to the OF taking the best off the rest😃

 

[Doon frae Troon]

No they won't because

A) They'll never get the chance to play in the Premiership

and

B) - because of that they won't get a level playing field

Please tell me you do not believe that Celtic could not bring more to the EPL than the likes of Bournmouth, Blackpool, Wigan, QPR, Watford etc.
I think Rangers are holed below the water line now and no matter will probably never be a strong force in Scotland again.

A UK league is an obvious answer, after all Welsh teams are already in the EPL.
Perhaps a Belfast francise. and a BPL with two lower leagues North and South.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Please tell me you do not believe that Celtic could not bring more to the EPL than the likes of Bournmouth, Blackpool, Wigan, QPR, Watford etc.
I think Rangers are holed below the water line now and no matter will probably never be a strong force in Scotland again.

A UK league is an obvious answer, after all Welsh teams are already in the EPL.
Perhaps a Belfast francise. and a BPL with two lower leagues North and South.

Why does there need to be a UK league ?

The Prem doesn't need Celtic or a team from Belfast etc

 

[Val]

Why does there need to be a UK league ?

The Prem doesn't need Celtic or a team from Belfast etc

Does it need Swansea?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Does it need Swansea?

No it doesn't "need" Swansea or indeed any other non English Club. No idea why they joined the English league in the 1900's all those years ago but it seems they earned the right to be where they are right now.

For Celtic or indeed any other club to enter the football league then they would need to start from the bottom rung of the ladder and work their way up.

Will be interesting to see why Doon thinks a UK league is the obvious answer ? When it isn't needed for the English leagues

 

[MegaSteve]

Does it need Swansea?

Having found it to be one of the least welcoming places to visit for footie...

I'd say... No!