22 Apr 2011 22:39:40
Re :"However, I agree that scottish football as a whole needs to be shaken up"
Any other suggestions peeps?
daviet
Rangers Banter Archive April 22 2011
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22 Apr 2011 22:25:34
Re: "{Ed001's Note - not true, the clubs were in financial problems long before then}"
Hmmmmm. . I'll grant you something there Ed, but things were much worse after they threw their dummies out of the pan.
It shouldn't be forgotten that the "wee" teams agreed to the way the league was set-up initially and the way the money was distributed.
However, I agree that scottish football as a whole needs to be shaken up. In my opinion we either need 2 leagues of 20 teams, or less teams as a whole.
Furthermore, we never really benefitted from Bosman up here, given the lack of funds available to pay good quality players (with a couple of notable exceptions).
daviet {Ed001's Note - this ridiculous split needs to go as well, it is nonsensical to have the team in 7th end the season on more points than the one in 6th as so often happens. There is a definite need for the league to be expanded and for teams to only play each other twice a season. How are you meant to enthuse an audience of neutrals for a match when they know the same game will be played repeatedly over a season?}
22 Apr 2011 22:24:30
Use your brain and read the original posts again. My reply was to a post that seemed to suggest he deserved it, hence my use of question marks. My stance is the same as yours, which you would have realised if you had read more carefully.Sorry buddy, you're right. I should've read it properly rather than just a quick scan. ;-)
22 Apr 2011 22:01:01
Re: "The greed of the Old Firm trying to gather all the money to just themselves has cost everyone, including them"
It's not quite as clear-cut as this Ed.
Sure, there is a great element of self interest. But the other clubs have had a BIG say in the way the money was distributed and which TV rights package should be accepted.
In fact, it could be argued that the financial problems of the SPL in recent years can be traced back to the "wee" clubs refusing Sky's offer, resigning from the league and then accepting the offer from Setanta.
Daviet {Ed001's Note - not true, the clubs were in financial problems long before then, the SPL set up is not conducive to helping out the smaller clubs.}
22 Apr 2011 21:55:11
Did anyone else think the sectarian problem was lessening until this season?
22 Apr 2011 20:57:25
So Lennon has brought the 'sick treatment' on himself? If he had just behaved then the sick morons wouldn't have sent him bullets and a bomb? {Ed001's Note - wasn't he suffering the same kind of disgusting abuse purely for playing for Northern Ireland, even before he moved to Celtic?}
Ed he was liked by the northen Ireland supporters before he signed for Celtic. Then when he signed for them the supporters turned on him.
22 Apr 2011 20:53:29
I heard Messi is interested in a move to Rangers as he thinks the spanish pl is a terrible league with shocking facilities. heard it here first
22 Apr 2011 19:01:29
Ed i think both buyers off the club should help out rangers not because im a rangers fan but also it could be good for scottish football get good players in what you think ed ?? {Ed001's Note - I think it would help Scottish football most of all if the money was more evenly distributed. If the opposition were stronger the sponsors and TV companies would be willing to pay more and everyone would benefit. The greed of the Old Firm trying to gather all the money to just themselves has cost everyone, including them. That is why US sports do so well, because no team can just dominate year after year, it keeps interest higher. I am not saying go as far as them by having a draft system, but the TV revenues could be shared more equally and that would benefit everyone.}
22 Apr 2011 18:21:29
"So Lennon has brought the 'sick treatment' on himself? If he had just behaved then the sick morons wouldn't have sent him bullets and a bomb?
Are you serious deluded?? You mean to tell us that Lennon deserves to be threatened with his life because he has bust ups with refs/ SFA?? Get a grip son. Noone deserves this sort of treatment. Walter Smith (for example) and many other managers have had bust ups over the years with officials but they haven't recieved death threats."
Use your brain and read the original posts again. My reply was to a post that seemed to suggest he deserved it, hence my use of question marks. My stance is the same as yours, which you would have realised if you had read more carefully.
22 Apr 2011 17:52:29
BRUMA. . CHELSEA ! whos been playing too much fifa manager then ? {Ed001's Note - or it could be because he is playing now live on Sky?}
22 Apr 2011 14:53:25
So Lennon has brought the 'sick treatment' on himself? If he had just behaved then the sick morons wouldn't have sent him bullets and a bomb?
Are you serious deluded?? You mean to tell us that Lennon deserves to be threatened with his life because he has bust ups with refs/ SFA?? Get a grip son. Noone deserves this sort of treatment. Walter Smith (for example) and many other managers have had bust ups over the years with officials but they haven't recieved death threats.
22 Apr 2011 14:07:18
"Tommy Burns was liked and respected because he was a gentlemen. As of yet Neil Lennon has won nothing and is disliked. Martin O'Neill had a lot of success and did not suffer the same level of abuse as Neil Lennon has done. The common dominator is that if managers conduct themselves as professionals then don't suffer that much sick treatment."
So Lennon has brought the 'sick treatment' on himself? If he had just behaved then the sick morons wouldn't have sent him bullets and a bomb? {Ed001's Note - wasn't he suffering the same kind of disgusting abuse purely for playing for Northern Ireland, even before he moved to Celtic?}
22 Apr 2011 12:18:18
I don't expect him to be liked but the hatred from the average Rangers fan for me seems over the top. As for TB, he was a different type of player and manager (liked and admired by most) but in the end he wasn't successful as a mabager so it's easy to like the oppostion guys who don't threaten your own success
Sickboy, don't get confused with the point here.
Respect to TB for all his achievements but try telling Fergus McCann he was successfull as a manager at Celtic. Back to the point please.
The original post implys that TB was only respected because he didn't really threaten Rangers dominance at the the time. He was not a very successful manager, granted, but some of the football he had us playing is the best I have seen at Parkhead. Sorry if I've picked something up wrong, I wasn't trying to make a big issue out of it. Any way I'm sticking with 2-1 to the Hoops on Sunday, not changing my mind like some folk (c-Bear) lol
SickBhoy
22 Apr 2011 12:20:54
Lets all hope for an exiting end to end game , devoid of all this sectarian sh#te on Sunday , i hope we are talking about good players , good goals and may the best team win (as long as its Celtic lol) , i hope Celtic go with Hooper and Stokes up top and have a go , and i hope Rangers go 4-4-2 instead of their usual "watenaccio" formation lets have a classic old firm game , lets hope Mr Thomson the referee has a good , solid , fair performance , leaving us to talk only about the football .
Celtic usually play 4-5-1 in the OF games. Craig Thomson is incapable of having a good performance he is an awful referee. El Hadji Diouf to score the winner in the 90th minute would be good.
22 Apr 2011 09:53:03
JUST HEARD THE K.THOMPSON IS WILLING TO TAKE A PAYCUT TO COME BACK TO THE MIGHTY GERS
ANY1 ELSE HEARD ANYTHING ON THIS ?
he is always injured no point having a player if he can't play more than a handful of games a season
22 Apr 2011 08:59:23
It looks like Whytte and Ellis are only interested in property and Murray Park inparticular. Does it look like Lloyds want to sell us as we are the only part of MIH that is making any money for them. I think we are pawns in the money mens game and are being hoodwinked and kept in the dark at every turn
22 Apr 2011 02:38:50
Lets all hope for an exiting end to end game , devoid of all this sectarian sh#te on Sunday , i hope we are talking about good players , good goals and may the best team win (as long as its Celtic lol) , i hope Celtic go with Hooper and Stokes up top and have a go , and i hope Rangers go 4-4-2 instead of their usual "watenaccio" formation lets have a classic old firm game , lets hope Mr Thomson the referee has a good , solid , fair performance , leaving us to talk only about the football .
22 Apr 2011 00:31:36
Sickboy, don't get confused with the point here.
Respect to TB for all his achievements but try telling Fergus McCann he was successfull as a manager at Celtic. Back to the point please.
22 Apr 2011 00:10:30
Tommy Burns was liked and respected because he was a gentlemen. As of yet Neil Lennon has won nothing and is disliked. Martin O'Neill had a lot of success and did not suffer the same level of abuse as Neil Lennon has done. The common dominator is that if managers conduct themselves as professionals then don't suffer that much sick treatment.