“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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6pm vigil mass in Albufeira, a few hoops on display, not missed much by looks of things.
surely their is room for squad rotation in the league this year given the absence of the evil ones allowing us to bring on some youngesters
FAR LESS SUBSTANTIAL???
I know what I meant!!
4-4-2 with Forrest and Ledley either side. A bit more balance to the side with that formation.
What is this “Three little birds” song Tony Hamilton refers to?
looks like Big Vic is in midfield
Just back from a week in Skibbereen, internet free!! Dunno anything from the last week. Knackered now from a 7 hour drive so does anyone wanna sum up the last week for me…..
Cheers in advance.
Ps Skibbereen and West Cork – Sensational.
SffS
midfield maestro on 21 July, 2012 at 19:01 said:
6pm vigil mass in Albufeira, a few hoops on display, not missed much by looks of things.
What does that refer to, thanks.
Let’s see if change to 4-4-2 makes any difference/
Watch the difference on the pressure they put on our defense when we have possession.
we hold position and allow them to pass through our poorly spaced formation
Damage limitation, then we’ll put it down to a rusty first 45.
Either way Helsinki won’t be frightened.
Celtics unaddressed problems
A goalie that can command his area.
Centre backs that can defend and bring the ball out.
Weak full backs in the air.
Width provided by full backs only
A strong centre back.
A settled midfield and one more ball winner.
Down one coach.
But we all know this.
HH
We can get away with 3 at the back against poor Scottish opposition
Any half decent team will give you problems if they have decent wide players and the football intelligence to exploit the space
We need to play 4-5-1
But to play that way we need a CF who can hold the ball up better than Hooper
Big Sammi would be our best hope
Need to show more in the second half – a shot at their goal would be a start
HH
A strong centre forward above should read
Hull sign aboulaye Faye, now I’m not saying we should have went for him but Steve Bruce quoted ” he brings us plenty experience which, if you look at our squad, we don’t have”
We need two experienced players in my opinion, which may help,as someone just posted, to organise us on the pitch.
think he meant the soccer Algarvian…
We have to become a proactive team instead of reactive
Danny Blind doesnt half look good for his age :D
Seven Fishes Four Steaks on 21 July, 2012 at 19:05 said:
Huns accept signing ban but under protest of course.
Ally protests, of course, possible stripping of titles.
Is Wayne Grady related to craig fudley?
Ajax seem to have all the time in the world on the ball never seem to waste poscession
Free kick, Charlie territory
better Celtic
Stokes free kick – wasted
Three Little Birds is a Bob Marley song whose first lines are;
Don’t worry ’bout a thing
Cos every little thing gonna be allright.
AweNaw
Spot on, and you can add tactically inept versus European opposition, astonishingly unfit in July as per, players who cannot do basics, players bewildered as if watching shadows.
This game though has no bearing on the league season or the CL qualifiers, it’s a one-off. We can’t say it’ll have a bearing on the whole season, but it’s frustrating that nothing ever improves pre-season after pre-season.
wtf is stokes doing taking a free kick before charlie…
A 3–0 start…?
Talk about gallus !
Mon a Hoooops !!!!
Ledley was onside there
Ledley given offside – wrongly
GG thanks.
SffS
Big G on 21 July, 2012 at 18:59 said:
not for me sammi is our best left sided attacking player by a country mile, strength, pace and composure.
keyal would always be the first name on my team sheet when fit, alongside victor, brown is never a centremid, his best position wide right.
rogne, charlie, mathews and izzy make up our best back line in my opinion
Looks like 4-5-1 with Stokes on left, but Forrest already benefitting from being on the right.
Well at last we make an attempt at goal.
once again or support are fab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qFyinrniI&feature=related
ha ha that is the BDO that’s going to get der Hun!!
The bould bhoys….. Tá ár lá anois on 21 July, 2012 at 19:11 said:
It could be 3 the change 7 the game.