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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Someone said earlier the LB Kosic ? was blowing out his erchie. I have him at Parkhead in a heartbeat.
Glorious night. Agent Ramsey, in ye come , assignment over ☘️
council puttin those benches back now….
party time (for the pigeons) – https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/forms/webcam/Webcam.aspx
Thank goodness. I huge pen miss that now consigns the hun to two rounds of non champions CL qualifiers.
I think that is a good result,
don’t you?
HH
Phil
Ended up watching the last 5 minutes and the penalties.
I think I’ve aged about 10 years but it was worth it in the end.
A glass of wine poured to finish the night. 👍🏼
Aaron’s miss has cost the scheisskopfs tens of millions.
Looks like the huns will have to BORRE some more money now.
Aint it all a bloomin’ shame.
not many fireworks going off tonight .
Oh and to the TRFC people that ever decided on a ‘tangerine’ kit & Sloop John B on the tannoy – 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
turkeybhoy
ice pack after gettin lamped by a chair – 10 euros
gettin pumped on penalties – priceless
Now onto the Bears Den for more hilarity.
TFOD.1 EuL campaign — cover all the bases.
The ref was unbelievable — performance to order.
Plus the VAR official — have the TFOD2.1 played that card before?
No matter — all that gym work by the full squad means nothing in the end.
Gym bunnies but not footballers.
wonder if jinky and jimmy bell watched the game together
Spikey,
Yep.Lol.
Back on line , good result , almost unbelievable that the Hun got beat at penalties given their match time practice of said skill … not read back so apologies for a statement of the bleeding obvious
Trying to be as objective as I can , genuinely – was a major European final ever contested by two poorer teams?
It was an appalling game of football.
I don’t recall a single moment of top class football breaking out.
On behalf of the UK Unionists can I apol;ogize
ERnIE / JBH CSC
Would you rather win the league or lose the Europa Cup final? 🍺
And as a bye the bye the gol programme had the Frankfurt can zone all through the game , but not one second of the Huns zone
I’m away to YouTube to watch Kris Boyd talking about the biggest signing in Scottish football history since Gazza 😂
Huns GUBBED !
Thank you GOD.
Aaron Ramsey….Superstar…NOT///
HH Eintracht.
used to hate fireworks at this time of night…
Lundstram is “Heartbroken ” most of his opponents are leg broken
In all the relief spare a thought or a prayer for all those workers, air staff, police officers, and that beautiful city that was so kind to us.
Lets face it, we might have scripted that if we had had the guts. Losing to the last penalty, after 120 minutes of footie, with a cup final on Saturday. Lovely stuff.
Delicious Hun tears
Ernie
For all that I am not against your pre match pen shoot out, no for it either, but you have to admit, that was delicious tonight so it was
Dont normally (well i try ma best) drink during the week…to large Taliskers noo!
running oot of underpants PMSL
So not splitting CL TV money….did millions just stay with us…..oh no….anyway ;-))
H.H.
More irony.We had an Aussie and a Japanese boy score 2 penalties.Well,a wee bit of Irony.But just as delicious.
Keep me right now, the Scottish Cup is now arguably the biggest prize/ best achievement by a Scottish team this season?
It’s so hard to keep up.
That’s Living Alright……
Murdo Fraser 🤣
Have the huns claimed that losing the Europa final is better than winning the league yet ?
Any ugly scenes……………..
?
MARKIEBHOY on 18TH MAY 2022 11:20 PM
Lundstram is “Heartbroken ” most of his opponents are leg broken
Or noses or jaws or skulls.
How wasn’t that challenge a yellow card.
I really enjoyed a beer midweek!!!!!!!!!!]]
Sorry, my fellow Scottish Unuionisrs = no ritoing thank God
Oops.
Just woke my old man up calling to sing songs. Forgot he has charity work in the AM. Screamed from my front porch ‘the Huns are defeated!’ and my dad asked me to not get arrested tonight.
I don’t watch the Old Firm playing very often but had to watch them today as I told folks at work it’ll go to spot kicks and Tav will miss. Ramsey missing was better.
What a beautiful day. Took a half day at work to plant some nice green holly shrubs. Got totally covered in dirt as the heavens opened but boy did the heavens deliver.
Wee prayer for Seville said and West Sixth IPA popped.
Have the old firm not suffered enough?
Giddy.
HH!
before the final
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after the final
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