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Celtic Champions Already??

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  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,170
    That is what you call a hammering. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    What Celtic faced last night was a totally different beast to what they face week in week out. Quality, pace, strength. No real surprise in that result. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,118
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    What Celtic faced last night was a totally different beast to what they face week in week out. Quality, pace, strength. No real surprise in that result. 
    The level of Scottish football doesn't help them at all. When you coast through most games against opposition that is probably on par with the bottom half of the Championship, i imagine it's difficult to suddenly up your game a few levels to compete in the CL.

    One other thing to note is how bad Slovan Bratislava must be if Celtic pumped them 5-1.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,125
    guinnessaddick said:
    mart77 said:
    Chippycafc said:
    Kris boyd has just had a great rant and fair play to him. 
    He was spot on that not a single Rangers player gets in that Celtic team
    Celtic makes things happen, Rangers hope things happen.

  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,085
    edited October 2024
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    What Celtic faced last night was a totally different beast to what they face week in week out. Quality, pace, strength. No real surprise in that result. 
    The level of Scottish football doesn't help them at all. When you coast through most games against opposition that is probably on par with the bottom half of the Championship, i imagine it's difficult to suddenly up your game a few levels to compete in the CL.

    One other thing to note is how bad Slovan Bratislava must be if Celtic pumped them 5-1.
    The quality of teams outside of Rangers, Celtic,  and maybe Aberdeen is really L1 level. Right now Rangers would probably be mid-table Championship, Celtic pushing for promotion in the Championship or battling against relegation in the English Premier League.

    As an example, Scott Fraser was atrocious for us, hadn’t kicked a ball all season, and he just went straight into Dundee’s match day squad last weekend after signing for them (he even came off of the bench). As awful as Charlton are, we would probably survive in the SPL. 

    I love Scottish football for familial reasons, plus I like that it feels like a bit of a throwback to a slightly less corporate, sanitised time compared to what’s happened in the English game. I try to get to a couple of matches a season and watch a fair amount on TV (watching matches on BBC Alba is particularly crazy!). But in terms of quality, it’s absolutely abysmal.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,314
    Celtic throw away a two nil lead to draw but Aberdeen are  a very good side this year.  Might have a close title race.

    Rangers guaranteed to close the gap with a win at Killie today. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,791
    Henry Irving said:
    Rangers guaranteed to increase the gap with a loss at Killie today. 

  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,118
    Rangers are awful this season, just 1 goal scored in 4 away games.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,222
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Rangers are awful this season, just 1 goal scored in 4 away games.
    The SPL must be getting stronger.
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,645
    https://x.com/WJShorts/status/1849906021118116174?t=crXJJSJugy-JRvJAJcFtwg&s=19

    Action from the Threave Rovers Vs Stranraer Scottish Cup game last night. Not sure what's better the first or second fall.

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,314
    Another Celtic win tonight but Aberdeen also ahead v the team fighting to stay in the race
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,085
    Yep, no way back after that.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,125
    Henry Irving said:
    Another Celtic win tonight but Aberdeen also ahead v the team fighting to stay in the race

  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,926
    Never heard of Jimmy Thelin and the league is Mickey Mouse but it's difficult to argue too much with his record since taking over at Aberdeen - P 15, W 14, D 1, L 0 - with that one draw in the SPL game against Celtic.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,011
    I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if Aberdeen beat them, love it!
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,230
    Are Rangers doing a spurs and looking to come 3rd in a 2 horse race 
    Come on Aberdeen and anyone but the bigoted two 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,791
    Where do rangers go from here?
    £17m loss on last year, can their afford to sack the manager? Who they gave a new contract to recently. They’re still paying the two previous managers.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,314
    Addick Addict said:
    Never heard of Jimmy Thelin and the league is Mickey Mouse but it's difficult to argue too much with his record since taking over at Aberdeen - P 15, W 14, D 1, L 0 - with that one draw in the SPL game against Celtic.
    Will someone poach him soon?
    Doing a brilliant job

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,314
    guinnessaddick said:
    Where do rangers go from here?
    £17m loss on last year, can their afford to sack the manager? Who they gave a new contract to recently. They’re still paying the two previous managers.
    And third isn't just a bad finish, it means much less money as not in Champions League so fall further behind Celtic financially while Aberdeen catch them up.
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    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,791


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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    Aren’t Rangers something like £134 million in debt ? That’s a hell of an amount when revenues are limited. I suspect they’ll be up for sale within a year or two.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,011
    guinnessaddick said:
    Where do rangers go from here?
    £17m loss on last year, can their afford to sack the manager? Who they gave a new contract to recently. They’re still paying the two previous managers.
    https://x.com/trevormfisher/status/1848165612830486721
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,170
    Henry Irving said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Never heard of Jimmy Thelin and the league is Mickey Mouse but it's difficult to argue too much with his record since taking over at Aberdeen - P 15, W 14, D 1, L 0 - with that one draw in the SPL game against Celtic.
    Will someone poach him soon?
    Doing a brilliant job

    Spurs
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,314
    Scraped a narrow win over Aberdeen in the league cup semi tonight
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,067
    Henry Irving said:
    Scraped a narrow win over Aberdeen in the league cup semi tonight
    Well, someone did mention Spurs could be interested in the Aberdeen manager 🤷🏻‍♂️😉
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,222
    Thelin was Elfsborg's manager, the SPL is a sideways move for him but an advance on his salary.
    His next move will be interesting.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,067

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,314
    If only Celtic's away form in Europe was as good as their home.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,067
    Henry Irving said:
    If only Celtic's away form in Europe was as good as their home.
    A cracking game and one where Celtic were able to make their high-press game work against a team currently 2nd in the Bundesliga. Two very encouraging results after the demolition by Dortmund. Really promising & what a game from Kuhn 👏🏻👏🏻
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,791
    Celtic open a 3pt gap over Aberdeen, who had their first loss of the season. The team in 3rd place is 11pts behind the leaders.

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