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The Rangers v Peterhead
Dundee Utd v Partick Celtic v Motherwell Hamilton v Morton Hibs v QOTS St Johnstone v Hearts Alloa v ICT Ayr v Aberdeen St Johnstone v Hearts looks the tie of the round. |
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The Rangers is the name of the Plc/company. Rangers is the name of the team.
Can we move beyond such pettiness?. |
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The Rangers is the name of the Plc/company. Rangers is the name of the team.
Can we move beyond such pettiness?. |
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Should be comfortable for Celtic. Aberdeen have a tricky game at Ayr.
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The Rangers is the name of the Plc/company. Rangers is the name of the team.
Can we move beyond such pettiness?. Did you go the burnley game? Reading reports I see burnley pressed high and the Rangers struggled to deal with it. Was that the case? |
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No matter how many times you say it doesn't change the fact the club knows as Rangers FC was liquidated and this is a new club.
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If Celtic really have made 4 bids that have been rejected for Scott Sinclair we either need to ask Villa what they want and pay if it is considered value for money or be looking elsewhere.
With the parachute payments they'll be getting Villa won't have to sell. |
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No matter how many times you say it doesn't change the fact the club knows as Rangers FC was liquidated and this is a new club.
Did you go the burnley game? Reading reports I see burnley pressed high and the Rangers struggled to deal with it. Was that the case? Celtic fans should remember the shambles of their club 1990-94 and how easily they spiralled out of control and how 2012 could have happened in 1994. Without that literally last minute BoS loan, it would have. 2--Yes, I was. It was a disappointing performance, at least for 60-65 mins. With the later subs, we started to play and ended the game much better, with more drive and a better shape. Burnley played well and looked sharp, but we frankly made them look like Barca. Was there a gap?. Yes. PL vs SPL. But not imo as much as it is or should be. Burnley and Celtic are the two best teams we will play this season, so that's a saving grace. They were surprisingly good, but we did flatter them with a poor performance. Where we danced too much around the box, they were quicker and sharper and ruthless. First 60 mins, we gave up far too much space in midfield. Failed to press enough. Not enough movement overall. Waghorn too wide, Miller not moving enough. McKay blew a bit hot and cold. The subs looked much sharper. Rossiter looks a wee gem, tough wee lad as well at 19. Dodoo looked quick, O Halloran has great pace. Now the defence: AWFUL. Only Wallace played well at the back. Tav had a nightmare, and needs to improve or imo we go with the better if less flashy Hodson. Hill was surprisingly poor (maybe just a bad day), Kiernan had another suspect game, Wilson fine when he came on. Everyone knows that our CH's are our Achilles heel. On Saturday, they were exposed too often by clever passes. Hill at 37 maybe fine but as an older player losing pace, needs a younger quality CH and Kiernan isn't it at SPL/Euro level. Wilson is left footed like Hill so that's out. IMO pay the damn wages Adrian Mariappa wants or look for someone like Kyle Bartley. Nothing drastic is needed, just two CH's with pace and positional nous. Ironically, we may already have the answer: Crooks. He is 6'4, a big big lad, and from what I have seen, is strong, physical, has pace, reads the game well, and for a British defender, has two good feet and passes the ball very well, either out of defence or as a DM. However, I'd still prefer him in midfield with Barton and get another quality CH. Saturday WAS a wake up for some fans. Too many think Barton and Niko means we are heading back to the level we were, when we won leagues and competed in the CL as a serious club. We aren't, we are a vast improvement on 2012-15, but far from the finished article, still a work in progress. Rangers and Celtic essentially need to have teams far too good for the SPL, teams of a top EPL quality, teams that are designed to compete at European level. IMO Celtic aren't or at best barely are, and we are still behind Celtic. |
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1----No, the club wasn't. The Plc was. And incorporation does not equal that either, as the sporting club and Plc remain two legal entities. As proven legally in a court of law. IF Green had not managed to start a new Plc and transfer over the Rangers assets inc history (which sounds odd but is legally a requirement), THEN we would have died. As we would have had no stadium to play in, or continuing history. Its the Plc that owns the bricks and mortar assets and on paper the history. Yes, we came close, far too close, to dying. Never again. But we managed to survive. If we exist for another 1000 years, the year of 2012 and how we got there should never be forgotten. Never again.
Celtic fans should remember the shambles of their club 1990-94 and how easily they spiralled out of control and how 2012 could have happened in 1994. Without that literally last minute BoS loan, it would have. 2--Yes, I was. It was a disappointing performance, at least for 60-65 mins. With the later subs, we started to play and ended the game much better, with more drive and a better shape. Burnley played well and looked sharp, but we frankly made them look like Barca. Was there a gap?. Yes. PL vs SPL. But not imo as much as it is or should be. Burnley and Celtic are the two best teams we will play this season, so that's a saving grace. They were surprisingly good, but we did flatter them with a poor performance. Where we danced too much around the box, they were quicker and sharper and ruthless. First 60 mins, we gave up far too much space in midfield. Failed to press enough. Not enough movement overall. Waghorn too wide, Miller not moving enough. McKay blew a bit hot and cold. The subs looked much sharper. Rossiter looks a wee gem, tough wee lad as well at 19. Dodoo looked quick, O Halloran has great pace. Now the defence: AWFUL. Only Wallace played well at the back. Tav had a nightmare, and needs to improve or imo we go with the better if less flashy Hodson. Hill was surprisingly poor (maybe just a bad day), Kiernan had another suspect game, Wilson fine when he came on. Everyone knows that our CH's are our Achilles heel. On Saturday, they were exposed too often by clever passes. Hill at 37 maybe fine but as an older player losing pace, needs a younger quality CH and Kiernan isn't it at SPL/Euro level. Wilson is left footed like Hill so that's out. IMO pay the damn wages Adrian Mariappa wants or look for someone like Kyle Bartley. Nothing drastic is needed, just two CH's with pace and positional nous. Ironically, we may already have the answer: Crooks. He is 6'4, a big big lad, and from what I have seen, is strong, physical, has pace, reads the game well, and for a British defender, has two good feet and passes the ball very well, either out of defence or as a DM. However, I'd still prefer him in midfield with Barton and get another quality CH. Saturday WAS a wake up for some fans. Too many think Barton and Niko means we are heading back to the level we were, when we won leagues and competed in the CL as a serious club. We aren't, we are a vast improvement on 2012-15, but far from the finished article, still a work in progress. Rangers and Celtic essentially need to have teams far too good for the SPL, teams of a top EPL quality, teams that are designed to compete at European level. IMO Celtic aren't or at best barely are, and we are still behind Celtic. |
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Celtic game tomorrow live for all Celtic TV subscribers and not just outwith UK and Ireland.
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Celtic game tomorrow live for all Celtic TV subscribers and not just outwith UK and Ireland.
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Jokers. Seems like a cash-grab to get subscribers
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Looks like Scott Allan is away on loan to Rotherham.
Signed for no other reason than to piss off the other side who wanted him. Neil Lennon gets a 5 game ban from UEFA.
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Can only be about 100 at the Celtic U20 v Annan game.
Cracking goal by Annan. |
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Celtic U20s 5-1 Annan
A brass neck for Sevco who only beat them 2-0 I think O_O The new boy from Dunfermline Crossan scored, Aitchison the 16 year old scored, Nesbitt got 2 and Hendry got the other. |
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Celtic u20 5-1 Annan Athletic.
Maybe now ayrshireman1 will understand why I wasn't rushing to wax lyrical and heap praise on his team beating part time Annan Athletic? |
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The Irish team Dundalk knocked out BATE Borisov and have qualified for the CL Play-offs. If Celtic get through that would be some draw, only having to beat an Irish team to qualify for the Champions League, wee short trip over would be ideal.
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The Irish team Dundalk knocked out BATE Borisov and have qualified for the CL Play-offs. If Celtic get through that would be some draw, only having to beat an Irish team to qualify for the Champions League, wee short trip over would be ideal.
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Celtic u20 5-1 Annan Athletic.
Maybe now ayrshireman1 will understand why I wasn't rushing to wax lyrical and heap praise on his team beating part time Annan Athletic? |
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Reading the report seemed like they were very impressive. Zipped the ball around very slickly by all accounts.
They played some good football. |
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Celtic u20 5-1 Annan Athletic.
Maybe now ayrshireman1 will understand why I wasn't rushing to wax lyrical and heap praise on his team beating part time Annan Athletic? I clearly stated a few posts back, that when I remarked at the lack of praise for Rangers, it was NOT to do with the team on the park. But the club's ability to rebuild on and off the park and to attract big names (Barton, Krancjar) to the SPL again. |
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Reading comprehension not a primary function in Catholic schools I see.
Your mask is slipping quite quickly. And just to clear things up for you I've never stepped foot in a Catholic school in my life. |
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Oh dear.
Your mask is slipping quite quickly. And just to clear things up for you I've never stepped foot in a Catholic school in my life. ![]() C'mon the Bhoys |
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Craig Gordon making another mistake in Europe.
Constantly makes errors which leads to goals. |
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Aye but how many girls schools ??
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Craig Gordon making another mistake in Europe.
Constantly makes errors which leads to goals. Guaranteed European football until Christmas and probably around £8m through Europe so far so we need to get the chequebook out. |
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