14 Apr 2025 14:34:23
Hypothetically scenario for the apologists, happy to play a weakened team in dead rubbers if it helps the Europa League cause.
We beat Bilbao - which I think we will.
Semi-Finals are 1st and 8th May.
Last Old Firm game could potentially be the 4th May ( 2nd game week ) .
Are you applauding Ferguson for playing a weakened side in a dead rubber against Celtic as we have bigger fish to fry?
Knowing that a weakened Rangers side could be on the end of a heavy defeat?
14 Apr 2025 15:25:05
Yes. Weakened team for me,
14 Apr 2025 15:26:05
Said this on your last post on the discussion page mph, Celtic and Aberdeen are different teams for me, I was very happy fielding the players Barry choice against Aberdeen and i wouldn't be greatly concerned if we lost that game on Sunday, but Celtic is different and i want the strongest available 11 players on the park.
14 Apr 2025 15:36:47
So MrPH u would potentially sacrifice a Europa final, mb win it and gain 25 million, interesting,
14 Apr 2025 15:53:02
Mph well named. I was glad to see that team against the sheep. I expected a better performance but happy to see players getting a chance in a dead rubber. It's all about Bilbao. see sense man.
14 Apr 2025 15:55:14
As I have posted on Johns rumour post, winning the EL is pot 1 ECL next season and worth a fortune to us not only in getting money for playing in it but gives us a potentially more favourable draw as a pot 1 team.
But naw let's sacrifice all that and risk injury etc and tiredness just to beat them lot in a pointless game that means hee haw to us, not to mention they are already in the ECL and would make more cash than us next season for that reason but hey it's a meaningless 3 points. Big win for us am sure, a day of gloating!
14 Apr 2025 16:04:42
4th may celtic.
14 Apr 2025 16:31:14
Rotate, ensuring the likes of Cerny, Raskin and co are fresh but cbs, keeper and so on can play the game. Swap striker anyway because we don't know what we're going to get from any of them. I would love for us to have the headache of it tbh.
14 Apr 2025 16:36:51
I'd be expecting our priority to be Europe 100% and show that lot zero respect and play a "weakened team". No old firm game is meaningless but our squad should be used for league games if it may impact any European progression.
14 Apr 2025 16:38:30
Absolutely weakened team.
What I would be saying is play Hutton, play propper, recall king? Give Nsio a game and Curtis Bajrami and so on, absolutely.
14 Apr 2025 16:50:34
In their correct position Stevie?.
14 Apr 2025 16:51:28
We get to the semi final, shouldn't be a game against Celtic in between them.
14 Apr 2025 16:51:53
Shouldn't be any game.
14 Apr 2025 17:03:43
Reality my post could be irrelevant come thursd Night, however another fine example of support from spfl.
14 Apr 2025 17:30:58
Yip weakened team, sometimes you need to think with your head, not your heart. Mph you were on last week slating bf for playing the same players all the time, he changes it up your still bubbling ?.
14 Apr 2025 17:57:42
We finished the Aberdeen game with 6 or 7 players who will possibly start on Thursday.
So they weren't protected from injury?♂️.
14 Apr 2025 17:59:37
The Celtic game, just like Aberdeen at the weekend is just another dead rubber going by the mindset of some.
So why do we want the SPFL to help us out with fixtures?
14 Apr 2025 18:09:34
It's incredible there's even a debate on it. couldn't care less about the game on 4th if we've a semi to play.
14 Apr 2025 18:14:24
Mph a Rangers Celtic game is never a dead rubber game mate.
14 Apr 2025 19:50:59
It's not very hard is it? We would like to put out our strongest team v celtic, more than likely wouldn't if we were going to be playing in a semi final of a euro cup. If the spl could move the game then brilliant, we could play our strongest against both. It's not that we don't care about Celtic game, it's about using your head and thinking which one is more important for us as a club, that's the European game. I'll just be happy to be in that predicament.
14 Apr 2025 20:01:46
Not true by going by many on here that have changed their tune Mystar and the last two have been dead rubbers.
14 Apr 2025 20:06:21
Massive difference between Aberdeen or any other club and Celtic storm, MASSIVE.