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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16 Roads …….Seeing as it’s Sunday et al ;-)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzzJL5aRoQ
Marvellous Rudd, absolutely magnificent.
Jurgen Norbert Kloop – Boss Tha!
Hahaha
Ah well.
Where there
Ah well.
Where there is profit, there is lose.
Inevitably.
Such is life.
Brendan Rodgers..
https://youtu.be/CHyy39S7dVc
:) :) :)
Good morning CQN from a cold, dull and breezy East Devon.
Hope we get some protection from these hammer throwers today, not holding my breath though, what with Thomshun in charge.
YNWA
16 roads … Don’t ever come to a song fight with me ever again armed only with the Wolfe Tones. What an insult.
Find Ship Ahoy, Marxman, for starters that is, then maybe we’ll talk.
I never posted any Tones material on the blog Foxy.
Oul delusional hypnotic, hallucinations ye must be in the midst of again,sure.
Jurgen Kloop eh?
Jurgen Crap more like, the high clown of Merseyside.
https://youtu.be/-I09T0-ua2s
HH.
Good Morning Bhoys from a dark but dry Central Scotland another tough game today without any strikers.H.H.
When Friday night it comes around, sure we’re only into fightin’
Me Ma would like a letter home, but I’m too tired for writin’
It’s a long, long way from Clare to here :
https://youtu.be/G36QWbOwMGs
HH.
Fed up with your boredom selection Roads. HH
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOnC6RudwT8
been reading back a bit,not sure how religion, any religion, can possibly get incorporated into a questionable debate about a horrible child abduction. anybodys child goes missing its horrific.
HH
Really proud of my neice Tayler and her singing partner Richie who performed beautifully on The Voice UK last night! ☺
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qDWz7-x4SKY)
(www.bosieofficial.com)
Well Rudi son – it is what it is.
Either drown in a sea of Irish melancholy, or post the fighting, sabre rattling songs of your choice.
Me?
Pacifist.
God bless John Fitzgerald Kennedy, agus God bless President Donald J Trump, and God bless the Celtic of Glasgow :
https://youtu.be/bWjFAZlpaP8
President Vladimir Putin as well.
Slan.
KTF.
T B & F
Keep an eye on the Richie guy :-)
Well done to your niece Mrs & MissGFTB thought they were excellent, hope they do well
Anybody know if any of our injured stars are available for Perth
Good morning friends from a cold, slushy and sleet-strewn East Kilbride. Yeuch!
Paul67,
A very triumphalist article that seems to forget that we are only a ronny deila away from being utter mince.
I question the forum for the debate.
I also have compassion for anyone who loses a child, in any circumstances, whatever their religion.
I am also not going to enter into further debate about narrow ideologies in this particular case
Also I will not add HH to this post
Gerryfaethebrig.
BBC report yesterday said Moussa, Leigh and Stuart have started light training.
Tom Rogic nearing a comeback after 8 weeks out. My interpretation of that would be none will start.
Hail Hail
JNP cheers
BR might not have changed it anyway, the sooner Leigh gets back on the park the sooner his head will be in the correct place in my opinion
Is Jack Aitchison out of contract in the summer?
If so, is that a concern?
Just thought I would throw that out there for anyone on the blog to confirm and any thoughts on it.
P.S. My understanding is that he is out of contract.
Hail Hail
Gerryfaethebrig.
Scotty for your hat trick this week?
With no mid week game, I think Brendan won’t take any risks with the players who were injured. Especially since it is The Scottish cup on Sat and we don’t have a midweek game.
I see 9 people took Everton yesterday in goals for Shay, not me, good on them. What a time to have played a joker. If anyone of them did?
JNP
My couple of Bob on a hattrick is usually a curse so I might free Sinky up today, just think when he plays and no Dembelle to hit the pens he is in with a good shout……
But 0-1 would be good enough, every team BR puts out in Scotland I think the other team have to carry a bit of luck (or help from the officials) to keep the score down, this is not a sense of entitlement just the fact we are creating loads of chances
JNP
Also managed to avoid Everton on GFS, nearly took Crystal Palace but ended up bottling it and joining the other 52 on Etihaad FC, but as you say if any of the 9 jokered Everton could be a defining week in the competition
JIMMYNOTPAUL
Have you seen him play for the U21s?
A total of 25 mins of first-team football – scores a goal and wins a penalty. Not too bad.
Word on the streets is that there may have been one lucky Bhoy tht played their joker on Everton. But he’s been selected for a random drugs test so no official results till tonight ;-)
Anyone heading up to Perth with a spare ticket? My son thinking of going up but unsure he will pick up a spare?
DUBAIBHOY
“I loosened it for him!” – Ronny Deila
Jobo Baldie.
Brilliant that made me laugh. Well done that bhoy.
Up Over Goal.
I’ve not seen him personally. However I know he’s very highly thought of and others are sniffing about him. That’s why I was surprised to be told that he is out of contract in the summer. I was only told this verbally ( ie not seen the evidence)
Hail Hail
Wish yous would desist from stealing our songs Rudi – YNWA, The Fields etcetera.
Saint Brendan is here, at the greatest football club on God’s green earth.
The Celtic, the Champions, the trailblazers of European football.
We stole the show in 67.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery some say.
Yet still El Lions de Lisbon remain to this day, the ultimate football team in the history of European football.
It’s written.
One for the clowns :
https://youtu.be/08083BNaYcA
Incredible.
HH.
Might be worth a punt on Patrick today……
Hoopy Birthday …Patrick John Joseph Roberts
Hope city didn’t send him a card …. :-)
Oh and Hoopy Birthday …
Aidan Nesbitt
JNP
I dont know if jack is out of contract but I would give him another couple o years
Hope this happens also for LD.
Hamilton Tim
Many moons ago a mate of mine fhad the Barleycorn.was out in it a couple times during the day.I just thought Hamilton a weird place (soz mate:-)
Natknow
A change of name comp for above mentioned Hamilton Tim you were saying re hammius mosttimmiousness, I would drop Hamilton and call him
The Tim :-)
HH
Gym done and hamstring done as well. 15 minutes into my run and pain started so back to cross trainer this week.
AN TEARMANN,
I would second your suggestion for Hamilton Tim. He deserves the name The Tim.
Stop posting comments, regarding the McCann’s,the little girl was abducted,while the parents,were just along the road, having a few drinks with neighbours,hands up ,how many parents have done that,so put it to bed ,this is a little girl ,who has never been found,her parents have suffered enough,and there won’t be many days when they say if only,
Henderson to start for me today, need to stiffen up the midfield, the warning signs were there a couple of weeks ago.But then again i’m sure Craig Thomson will protect the ball players….
Moonbeams, I have had disquiet about the disappearance of Madeline McCan since day one, as has my wife who has worked on Child Protection since the early ’90’s.
She felt it stank to the high heavens and, as you have pointed out, the lack of prosecution for endangering a child is astonishing. If any of her clients from the poor working class areas of Glasgow had done the same they would have been in court pronto and Child Protection Orders taken out on the twins.
I never got the level of comfort wrapped around the parents given that their desire for a drink and socialising has, at the very least, led to the abduction and possible death of their daughter.
KTF
Is it even possible to pull your hamstring in a gym?
Jesus wept.