I’ve said for a while that very few people realise the enormity of what happened in Scottish football in 2012. Some thought there would be a three-year blip before ‘normality’ was restored. Until very recently prevailing perception is that the current ‘abnormal’ circumstances may last 10 years. The old normal isn’t coming back.
When I talked about how few people realised the permanent consequences of Rangers liquidation on the Scottish football to my brother, he was of the view that the penny wouldn’t drop until Newco were in their second season in the Premiership.
They had all the excuses in the world when they were in the lower leagues, and a genuinely good excuse during their first season in the top flight, but when things don’t improve in the second season, a retrenchment will start.
By then it will be evident that the legendary gap below Celtic is huge, that Newco are effectively cannon fodder, that their fans are a cash cow topping up the coffers of every club they visit (including Celtic), but that no matter what they pay for their season tickets, Newco will always be underfunded.
Season ticket sales at current levels are not sustainable to watch a team fail so miserably. Even this miserable team is not sustainable with the current business model. The retrenchment will be real and painful. Questions are now being asked about how they get themselves out of this mess (16 years too late). There will be no answer.
They will win the odd game against Celtic, and pick up a cup occasionally (if Ross County can do it anyone can), but Newco will only win the league if Celtic get their big move. Many football fans in Scotland will live the rest of their lives only seeing Celtic win the league. Just think of that for a moment. Buying your losers ticket each season will be a painful business. Some will find other things to occupy themselves with.
The real question that should be asked, is how sustainable is a Rangers club that’s as much chance of winning the title as St Johnstone? The answer will be evident by this time next season.
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WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 7:33 PM
Is joe garner oot A&E yet?..?
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I believe he’s now on I, O and U.
Consonants start next week…
Paul67, Mod 1 &2
I demand that you remove every single post criticising that marvellous manager Mr Warburton.
I would hate to think that the wider world would gain the impression that Mr Warburton was doing anything other than an admirable job in his current role.
These haters, cynics and begrudgers are only attempting to besmirch the reputation of one of the games finest managers.
Yours sincerely
Mr Tim Smugly Laughing
Frankie Boyle on facebook:
“If you’d told me as a kid we would have to fight global racism but Celtic would be 20pts clear in the league I’d have taken it.”
Made me laugh!
KTF
Natknow @ 7.39
Post of the week!
Jimbo67
GENE
Hope Vale stay up ! Loved the name Port Vale FC since i was at primary school , always looked for their results don’t know why but i did !!
Post on FF…
Is it time to take a gamble and take on debt?
JIM PAYNE on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 7:44 PM
Natknow @ 7.39
Post of the week!
Jimbo67
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:-))
An open goal!
Park Road 67
Strange because there isn’t a place called Port Vale – think they took the name from the building in which they were founded.
Anyway this season has been a shambles – wrong manager appointed who brought in 3rd and 4th div Portugese players – started reasonably but quickly found out. Got more than 30 on playing staff full of loanees etc. No balance to the team and today was awful – Michael Brown has his work cut out think we have won 8 pts in last 11 games – relegation form.
Dog sitting at the moment so its walkies
Starry
Never heard of it.
Can you believe Christy Moore is playing Hamilton?
ITALIABHOY on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 7:50 PM
Post on FF…
Is it time to take a gamble and take on debt?
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Tell me that’s a genuine post on there..!
Starry plough
Don’t know about one in Hamilton but there was a vultures perch in Easterhouse,a bit of a mental shop,saw the Irish Brigade in it,probably about 25 years ago,it’s long gone though
16 ROADS – CELTIC ÜBER ALLES… on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 5:19 PM
Ballymurphy Bhoy signed for Celtic during the week.
See his Granda in the picture big Eamon – one of the most fanatical Celtic supporters in Ireland :
http://belfastmediagroup.com/dream-comes-true-as-connor-signs-for-celtic/
A proud occasion in the history of this famous wee district.
Marvellous.
HH.
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Bliddy marvellous when you see one of your own living the dream,mate.
Nae harm to him,I hope he never scores against the huns-cos thur deid!-but a Euro final will be nice.
Wish them,and all in The Murph,my very best.
HH
Auldheid
So it’s about nice new stadiums now? What has happened to Res 12 and the push for Persistance beats Resistance. Have you conceded that it’s not now our PLC who lead the way and that we have to rely on others who we know already have no intentions to rock the Arc. You also forget St Johnston if we pull off the treble?
MWD
Natknow
Ah but you see I was never a striker. Well at football at any rate.
Jimbo67
Natknow, it’s a 5 page thread.
Deluded doesn’t begin to cover it.
They truly are doomed. Again.
Stairheedrammy ,
One of my brothers married a lassie from Madrid . They live in Pozuelo which is in the suburbs .
Spaniards still don’t talk openly about the civil war . Too many skeletons in the cupboard .
I like Madrid but I don’t like their attitude towards Catalonia.
Also , one of my sisters married a guy from Seville and they live in a wee place called Espartinas .
I watched a Real v Barca game with my Betis supporting brother in law . He ( along with the majority of guys in the pub ) wanted Real to win .
I thought this was strange .
So what’s your point , I hear you ask .
Dunno for sure but in my limited experience it looks like Spain is united now … but against Catalonia .
A post from hun media. This just sums up their absolutely deluded mentality:
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Personally I don’t think our squad is that bad..Of course it’s not a patch on previous ones but we’ve just been promoted. .
Compared to the **********. ..who have a ton of cash
Wes or Gordon ….Wes
Hodson or Lustig. ..hod
Keirnan or Svevchenko ..sv
Hill or their other wan…hill
Wallace or Tierney. . Happy with Wallace
Rossiter or lego eater…Ross
Tonal or Rogic ..not sure
Hyndman or Armstrong. .not sure
Moh or sinclair. .sinclair
Mckay or Forest. .Mckay
Miller or dembele. .not sure
I feel leadership and ability to change the system let’s us down more than our first choice personel
An absolute bampot!
KTF
Was at a funeral today on the Black Isle. My best mates mum. Sad, but good to see some folk.
Got home just in time to see the second half of the egg chasing. Seemed to be the usual repeat sad luck story for Scotland, but no back they come to nick it. Great game, well played.
Football turns out good too. Mare points dropped by Mary Shelley’s “Rangers”, and the Dandies win to nick second place. The Cousins win too, to kick start their assault on third. Huns in meltdown. Breid man walkin’, but they cannae afford to mutually consent him. Shame :)
Everything in the sporting arena going as I would like it to. Wish I had something to bet on.
Auldheid
Apologies. Meant to put a wee cheeky smiley after that first Q as I was being facetious. The second Q is the serious Q.
MWD
Starry
I googled it, looks like dixie Deans ran it for a while but no idea where it is
HAMILTONTIM
Just a wee chat on FB typical hun comes into a peaceful chat and says ” it wis in Church St I’ll take any wager”
I think it was the Auld wummin Meechans pub doon the auld toon:))
Christy in Hamilton magic:))
Hamilton is Green and White!
NATKNOW on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 7:56 PM
It’s a real thread! Poster is suggesting borrowing £15M to £20M to begin to close the gap. Never mind the fact they can’t keep the lights on just now without soft loans or the fact that financially (along with everything else) they are toxic.
Who’d touch them?
KTF
LEFTCLICKTIC
Dixie was in Hamilton at one point, so wis Bertie and Jinky of course:))
I was too wee but those places were legendary in the 70’s!
Rough House as ma Auld Da’ wid say!
HH
VFR800 IS NOW A MONSTER 821 on 4TH FEBRUARY 2017 8:04 PM
That’s my favourite kind of post… So funny.
Celtic Park or Ibrokes ?
£30m in the bank or debt?
1st or 3rd?
Brendan or Magic Hat?
Etc
MOONBEAMSWD
Facetious,is it?
Yer only playing at that.
A really facetious b…..d would have pointed out that it has all the vowels once and once only,and in the correct order.
And then challenged others to provide another word which fits the same criteria.
VFR
if you remember at the start of the season one or two of the tabloids got some ex players to come up with the best team comprising of only the current Celtic and sevco squads,wee Joe Miller was the only one to get it right when his team was Celtic players 1-11,he rightly said no sevco players were good enough to get into the Celtic team
Stupid huns doesn’t sum them up….
ITALIABHOY / VFR800 –
Incredible. It astounds me that they still don’t realise how much crap they’re in.
Warbiola on SSN…..
” We have to get back to winning domestic and European titles.
Are we going to throw £20/30/40m at it, no.
But we have to get back there”.
The slavering gobsheen that lays the golden eggs :-)
HT
Christy Moore is playing Hamilton? I’ll go draw half time , Christy full time. Worth a fiver.
Fred C
Surely Shawheid is better than Spain, what were your brother and sister thinking about :-)
BMCUWP
Abstemious
Jimbo67
JIM PAYNE.
Indeed. I am one but rarely the latter.
Starry
A brave one drinking in the auld town! :-)
Happy, happy days on the park for our hooped heroes at the moment. I do think tomorrow will be a real challenge though with Celtic coming through 2-0.
JMc
I’d stick a fiver on Christy HT/FT!
Won’t find out until tomorrow morning about tickets.
BMCUWP
I didn’t say I knew what it meant. Though I doubt you are
Jimbo67
HAMILTONTIM
Naw no me I never drank in the Auld Toon, my cousin just told me the Vultures was where the Stonehouse is now, stupid big mouth hun I should have taken his money:))
Aye canny wait for tomorrows game, I think it will be tight up there but our class and fitness will take the day!
This team’s oan a roll!
BMCUWP
IF you take the S and replace with F, the E and replace with A, the V and replace with C, the C and replace with I the O and replace with T and then IF you add IOUS it’s spells Rangers then, Rangers Now, Rangers forever Champions 2016/2017 going for mare.
IF facetious
MWD