10 Feb 2026 00:18:12
Looks like Rothwell has got off to a flying start at Sheffield United sent off vs boro ?
10 Feb 2026 07:23:05
You have to wonder who scouted Rothwell and what they actually saw. Perhaps the Championship is his level, and that's fair enough. I'm glad he's someone else's problem.
10 Feb 2026 07:39:46
Certainly made a big impact on his debut. On the player's leg.
10 Feb 2026 07:53:59
Championship is a better level than our top league.
10 Feb 2026 08:11:16
You can't get away with those sorts of tackles anymore. 15 years ago, it would have been a belter. ??
10 Feb 2026 10:20:07
Cuillin, I think that's where the pressure of playing for Rangers or Celtic comes into it. The league might not be better, but they underestimate the expectations of the fans.
10 Feb 2026 11:15:25
Cuillin, you're wasting your time with it.
10 Feb 2026 12:04:07
Having just seen it, must say i never knew he could move as fast.
10 Feb 2026 12:05:09
Excellent with Leeds, but looked off the pace last night v Boro until he was sent off.
Good luck to him, and hopefully he has a successful spell at Sheffield Utd.
10 Feb 2026 12:51:54
It was Mystar who scouted him. ?
Being serious now, the Championship is a better league, but that doesn't mean an individual player can come up here and walk it. Seen it too many times before. Rothwell and his spell at Rangers, the boy was rank rotten at best.
He may do well for Sheffield down there, but I can only go on what we seen at Rangers, as I don't care how he performs elsewhere. He wasn't very good at all, and his fitness was a joke for a pro footballer.
10 Feb 2026 13:03:14
Well deserved red card as well, in my opinion. Maybe just trying to impress on his debut. Good luck to him, but glad he's not our player now, it just never worked out for him.
10 Feb 2026 13:08:47
Rothwell hasn't played for how long, so is it any surprise he was well off it? Probably trying to hard to impress and mistimed it by miles.
Our whole team's fitness in early season was laughable. Don't we remember that we were tired after 60 minutes in most games? He will be fitter thanks to Rohl, but difference between fit and match fit.
10 Feb 2026 13:28:47
Agreed, Strom, but the same could be said about any league. No guarantee that any player can make it here until they play.
How many, on paper, should have the ability but failed in reality? Lost count myself.
10 Feb 2026 13:45:36
Storm, please pass this on to that joke former pro Ben Foster lol.
If you dropped us in the Championship today, we would get relegated, really, what a numpty.
So what points do we get dropped in mid season? Guy is an idiot.
For me, the one thing would always be, if we did go down there, we would buy big for the challenge and be looking ahead at the bigger revenue and investment, and people never take that into account.
The type of players we could attract with possible Prem would be insane.
10 Feb 2026 15:00:28
They are talking that a club the size of Wrexham could have a turnover of £350 million in their first season in the EPL due to their "Hollywood" status, then I'm pretty sure both Rangers and Celtic would be fine.
The only reason the Championship is considered better is the money on offer.
They criticise the SPFL for being a 2 horse race.
Well, most of the big leagues in Europe are the same this season and most others.
10 Feb 2026 15:12:01
There's a massive misconception that our size and history would guarantee a fast track to the top in England, but the reality is that cash isn't the silver bullet people think it is. We're the big fish in a small pond up here, but that flips the moment we cross the border.
In the Championship, we lose the financial "head start" we enjoy in Scotland because every club gets a massive baseline of TV money before a ball is even kicked. We'd likely start as a mid-table side, and unless we learned the unique demands of that league, where every "smaller" team treats playing Rangers as their cup final, we'd stall just like many other big clubs have.
Even if we spent wisely and got promoted, we'd just be hitting the reset button on the struggle. This season (2025/26), 7 of the top 10 EPL teams and 3 of the bottom 10 have bigger grounds than Ibrox. We wouldn't be the giants anymore; we'd be the ones fighting to bridge a massive gap against global brands. Unless we adapted our tactics and recruitment with surgical precision, we'd risk becoming just another yo-yo club, proving that a 50k stadium doesn't guarantee success in the richest league in the world.
10 Feb 2026 20:59:20
I agree with that, Angus. Just because of the size of both Old Firm, it guarantees absolutely nothing down there. Newcastle are a big club, with all the money they want, and can't spend it. The Old Firm fans need to take the blinkers off. It wouldn't be anywhere near as easy as some think, and we would struggle to get out of the Championship.