There is no point bleating that tonight’s Europa League final is the weakest imaginable, Newco are there because they are good enough to eliminate two German sides and a few weaker opponents. If they win, fair play to them, they deserve their day in the sun. I expect them to lose.
Either way, the outcome will determine relative financial strength in Scottish football. This season Newco will return an operating profit for the first time in their history. Sales of Patterson to Everton and the management team to Aston Villa, already ensured a bumper year. The run to a European final could make them the highest earners in Scotland, eclipsing Celtic in this regard for the first time. It will bestow no more than a stay of execution to a side with gaping structural deficiencies.
The importance of Celtic winning the league this season cannot be overstated. Irrespective of what happens across the city, access to Champions League income ensures our place at the top of the income chart is virtually assured next season. If we are there alone from Scotland, the benefits Newco gain from this season will seem no more than a dead cat bounce. If two clubs are there, we compete on equal terms, against a team spending from income, not debt.
It’s all about the money, nothing else determines long-term outcomes.
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`’ERNIE LYNCH on 18TH MAY 2022 10:07 PM
`BIGRAILROADBLUES on 18TH MAY 2022 10:05 PM
More than flesh and blood can take. I’ll have another beer.`
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You want to be careful. You might get a taste for it.”
You can be very droll, Ernest.
Eintracht will never have a better chance
Well, if it goes to pens, surely Sevco are the more experienced side?
Goodnight all.
What is it with this ref? There is a huge disparity in his decisions.
Getting more careless by the minute,Eintracht.Giving the ball away in good positions
Ugh, this is ominous.
As dull a 15 minutes of play you are ever likely to see. Not even tactically fascinating
HOT SMOKED on 18TH MAY 2022 10:19 PM
ERNIE LYNCH on 18TH MAY 2022 10:07 PM
BIGRAILROADBLUES on 18TH MAY 2022 10:05 PM
More than flesh and blood can take. I’ll have another beer.`
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You want to be careful. You might get a taste for it.”
You can be very droll, Ernest.
Referee,what can you say.WTF do they get them?
Listening to “Come On, Come On”, Mary Chapin Carpenter
HOTSMOKED
I don’t think they will allow Tavernier to take all 5 penalties.😊
Men of the match for Sevco:
1. Tuta (out in his own – congrats)
2. Knauff (what an asset to Sevco this guy’s been)
3. Sow (embarrassing the great football nation of Japan)
Och am away tae ma beed!
Night all!
From we never stop to please God make it stop in a few short days.
Barisic forces good save.
Frankfurt 2 1….I feel it in my water penalties….wtf ;-))
H.H.
Aussie just misses.
That goalkeeper one of the Von Trapp family?
Better from Hauge.
Knauf looking dejected.
Again poor finishing from Frankfurt. 21 attempts at goal and McGregor has barely made a save
The way the Hun sets up defence, regardless of personnel, closes down spaces very quickly.
Huns pressing high. They can smell a possible mistake.
Turkeybhoy….that is an ancient reference….glad to see Ordogan sic….is so well supported ;-))
H.H.
Anyone’s game, listening to “All The World Is Green”. Tom Waits
Huns looking fitter.
Eintracht shot just over.
The higher the TRFC press all the better for the counter-attacking Frankfurters
If the Huns win this, I am not looking at media for 2 months.
Roofe maybe coming on.
Bye kick,FFS.
I’m afraid this is going to pens. Two teams are not brave enough.
And Ramsay.
Mind you- what a miss by Banjo boy
Van Bronk subs the sub for penalties.
Huns just miss.
close
Some save by Trapp
Huns all over them now.
Diving, diving, diving.
Tav with a 20 yard free kick.