In all my thirty-something years following football I can never remember a time where the gap between Celtic and rangers was as big as it is today.
In every department our club is better, the squad, management, scouting, medical, boardroom, stadium, infrastructure – in every way possible, we’re better than them.
Even the staunchest bluenose can now see past the SMSM continuity mythology and knows they are little more than a tribute act to the former club and can only hope to be second best, they also know that this will be the case for years to come and ten-in-a-row will be eclipsed.
In today’s Daily Record, Barry Ferguson claims that rangers’ turmoil off the pitch is coming to an end, as the media are instead focusing on Pedro’s ramblings about cycles and his superb tumbler displays.
Ferguson’s image in the media is going the way of his image as a football manager, out of his depth and not very clever.
The turmoil off the pitch is as evident as it’s ever been.
Their image in world football is horrendous, numerous court cases, publicly racist fans, a squad not worth the same as Celtic’s reserves and a chairman who couldn’t seem to care less about the club.
Their humiliating 5-1 hammering at home will be repeated a few times between now and the end of Brendan’s time at Celtic, as will defeats to the likes of Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs.
The assumption that rangers are only a few of Brother Pedro’s own players away from closing the gap is reliant upon Celtic remaining at their current level, which is obviously not going to happen.
Celtic will strengthen, invest and improve on and off the field, whereas rangers will continue to trade infrastructure for survival, although there appears to be little left to offer. With Big Mike’s control over merchandising and the youth team withdrawing from competitive matches, future income is limited and more soft loans will be required as, to quote a pal, “they are a loss-making business without credit from a bank”.
Ibrox is in desperate need of repair and has been for some time, with the chairman pledging all season ticket money to improve the playing squad it seems the repairs will also be put on the back burner. Let’s hope (or not) that lessons have been learned from 2012 and taxes have been paid, I don’t think I could handle another summer of overindulgence in jelly and ice-cream.
HH
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