“Sell Out Saturday, show everyone the SPL doesn’t need the Old Firm to thrive”. Discuss.
You have to admire the Aberdeen fans, and fans of every other club in the league, even Kilmarnock fans, who are clearly infuriated by the actions of their chairman. For perhaps the first time in history they have stood up to their clubs and football administrators and effected real and genuine change in our game.
Aberdeen fans produced this Sell-out Saturday graphic, urging people to “show everyone the SPL doesn’t need the Old Firm to thrive”. By ‘Old Firm’ I am sure they don’t mean the cash-cow rivalry Celtic had with Rangers, they mean without Rangers, and without Celtic too.
For every other club in the SPL, Celtic are now their most precious visiting brand. For fans of every other club in the SPL, Celtic are a competitive irrelevance. This season our income is likely to be greater than that of every other club in the league. We pay superstar wages while, for the most part, they pay real world footballers real world compensation.
In short, the SPL doesn’t need the SPL to thrive. The clubs may (or may not) believe they need Celtic to pay bills, but recent events have demonstrated that might not be the case.
There is another problem to consider. If the SPL keeps Celtic, in a decade or so they will have Newco-Rangers, and the whole dysfunctional business will start all over again. Kick Celtic out now and Newco-Rangers will never materialise in the manner it would if Celtic remained.
SPL fan power has one more club to sort out.
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SKY 428
We’re going to win the league ;-)
HH
Chanel #428, and like the other Chanels, its stinks currently…
We are not designed to attack
Zero service to forwards who are having to come deep to get a touch
Sideways and backwards followed by hopeful punts
Friendly or not, this hurts.
Are we allowed to be worried now?
This could be a real embarrassment pre season or not! Come on the hoops !
i think pl has got it right to be fair, does anyone honestly think all that team needs is a centreback and forward, were teh f7ck is big sammi?
I’m on Celtic TV but can’t get connected to the game…….on the home page but nothing there to connect to the game …..???
Dread to think how many Real Madrid will take off us on this showing. We should play diddy teams in pre-seasons as games like this must affect confidence at the start of the season.
Cheers lhads
Very much in the we need a centre back camp, but there is much more missing than that.
We dont need centre half or so a lot of people om here yedterday said
Aye right !!!!!!!!!
we were good for 12 minutes me thinks
Thank Feck im watching this on the PC,,,i feel sorry for anyone who paid for it,,disgraceful !!
HH
SURELY THIS WILL SERVE AS A WAKE UP FOR SOME PLAYERS. THE SEASON IS HERE.
Celtic, too much passing tae the rear or across the park..
NOT BEING DIRECT…
Coaching.. problem?
Ah am sure it is..
Ye canny keep passing back..and allowing the opposition to fortify their defensive line..
It jist disnae mak any sense why Neil. disnae stoap this..
Stupid..
Passing back and Passing. ACROSS the Park instead of
alway making sure the oor players.. either hold the ball and tak a man oan.. or.. mak sure that every pass to a colleague in FORWARD..
Kojo
Still.. Laughin… of Course.
Sorry about the caps lol
Yeah,lets not buy anybody. ………….embarassing.
I love it when we get humped in friendlies. It normally means we have a good season.
Dread to think how many Real Madrid will take off us on this showing. We should play diddy teams in pre-seasons as games like this must affect confidence at the start of the season.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dread to think how many Norwich will take off us on this showing. We should play diddy teams in pre-seasons as games like this must affect confidence at the start of the season.
Celtic’s back 3 getting well and truly spanked.
Lubo.
It’s a continental version of kilmarnock last year, NL will be launching teacups at half-time…hopefully!
istanbulcelt on 21 July, 2012 at 18:37 said:
lol very true
The only surprise for me………. is that people are surprised. Year in year out decent teams hit us for 3 minimum, with the minimum of fuss.
anyone know av. age of ajex team?, how much you think they spend on their football department?
Ajax have scored 32 goals in pre-season already.
Ajax are playing like a team from an unknown planet in an unknown universe.
No surprise really to be honest
Need 2 new centre halfs for Europe.. Wilson is pants, rogne injury prown and too slow . Charlie too slow aswel.
We get 1 b4 Helsinki game we should qualify then go get another and a striker.
Doubt it will happen thou.
We tend to have a formation that affords decent opponent acres of space
How many shots have we had this entire preseason?
I struggle to see any strategy
I think the BDO sponsor that comes up round the pitch is the same lot that are going to spank Rangers through the HMRC!
I dont think Neil will go ballistic. He will let them know that we probably will meet a better team if we negotiate Helsinki. We have not managed that since Gordon Strachan days.
HH
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 21 July, 2012 at 18:43 said:
we will not meet a better team in CLQualifiers, this ajex team is very good indeed.
Glamour friendlies eh.
Men against boys so far. Wanyama possibly the only one with pass marks. Midfield and forwards non-existent. Defence worse than that. Worrying times.
fan-a-tic on 21 July, 2012 at 18:42 said:
We tend to have a formation that affords decent opponent acres of space
How many shots have we had this entire preseason?
I struggle to see any strategy
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Are you blaming Neil lennon?
How very dare you!
Are you a hun?
(Only jokin’ by the way)
Personally i don’t know whose fault it is.
Honest.
Any time Forrest has had the ball he has been muscled of it with ease.
Stephbhoy
Yep they are good. Dutch champions these last two years. Still think it is possible to meet a better team.
HH