It’s all about the money

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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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  1. I think something called “Rangers” have lost more european finals than any other scottish team.

     

     

    a new record.

  2. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    Wonder if the SMSM will he asking Ange about the Huns signing Ramsey😂😂😂😂

     

     

    Smoke and mirrors😂😂😂😂😂

  3. couldn’t have played out any better than the way it did , delighted , they deserved it to finish that way.

  4. glendalystonsils on

    What a feckin relief! . It would be bad enough the huns winning but nothing compared to the hunguff we would have to put up with from the MSM.

  5. Don Hutchison – ” you have to feel emotional for the Rangers fans that are crying”

     

    If pis*ing yourself laughing is emotional then yes

  6. I actualy do believe winning or losing a football tie on penalties is absouletely shite,

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    wah wah wah

  7. 2 hours 45 minutes of hell followed by one second of ectasy ! It was worth it. Hearts complete my week.

  8. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    Give them credit, it’s almost as good as winning the European Cup.

     

     

    Aggghhaahaaaaa….😂😂😂😂😂😂

  9. Now r=they have lost on penalties instead of bringSCottish theywil claim to be British, Why the feck did they not have te penalty shoot oy at the stateart????????

  10. I never watch the huns , other than against us.

     

     

    Please tell me there were tears at the end.

  11. MY GOD THAT WAS A HARD WATCH

     

    so thankful Frankfurt my new second best team

     

    sweet dreams CSC

     

    HH

  12. Hassan i Sabbah on

    It’s Franks’n’Beans for dinner tomorrow, washed down with copious amounts of hun tears and finished with a humungous helping of jelly and ice cream.

  13. Phew — that was close.

     

    There is a reason that EF are the 11th best team in Germany.

     

    They think they are the Harlem Globetrotters with all their flicks and tricks.

     

    Why pass when you can run up blind alleys.

     

     

    The GM team in Germany.

     

    Never thought I would ever support them but hey ho.

     

     

    The game wasn’t fit to grace an Inter Toto Cup Final.

     

     

    Great result though.

     

    Hopefully Seville will be safe tonight.

  14. So here I am in the hotel room in mallorca, above a bar called the Scotsman

     

    ( whose breakfast is a full English ,go figure that wan) watching gol Spanish programme ,and I hear a big awe noooooo from down there , yehuvtaelaughcsc

  15. I live in earshot of one of the few sevco pubs in the Southside massive, in the middle of the green triangle.

     

     

    Had turned the game off but heard the cheer for the goal from the pub. Head phones then on and tunes.

     

     

    Read a few updates, felt Frankfurt would score.

     

     

    Get to the pens. I was in a far away room talking on the phone and then I hear a cheer….oh f@#$ i thought…

     

    But, wait a minute, it’s my fellow Celtic fans neighbours……cheering with gusto. Checks here, takes an age to update……Yaldy 😁 now tuned in for laughs😂🤣

  16. Heavy bill for that,

     

     

    Flight £ 800

     

    New Orange top, £ 80

     

    Spending money ,Digs £ 500

     

    Double if you took a Wean.

     

    ST money to be paid £ 600

     

    4 boxes of Kleenex £ 4

     

    Gas,Electric,Council tax bills that you dodged,for a once in a lifetime chance.waiting when you get back.

  17. i dont like this short sighted myoptica tight reaction on here.

     

     

    i wanted rangers to win, and get out coefficeint points up.