Do you think there’s mileage in the argument that the old firm’s refusal to pay market value for Scottish talent is damaging the league? I mean obviously there is bajillions of money floating around the EPL but they do seem to consciously massively inflate the prices of British players (how much is maguire going for? I mean, fuck me) - I’m sure it’s not altruistic but it must be a good thing for smaller teams.
Obviously rangers are worse for this because we have no money, eep.
I think Celtic & Rangers have been short-changing pretty much every other team in Scotland on transfers since at least the early 90’s, probably longer, but I don’t necessarily think the huge inflation of the cost of British players is good for anyone in the long-term.
Least of all the smaller teams as it means that in the end everyone is overpaying for players and at some point you’d expect the bubble to burst and as always the folks at the lower end of the scale are the ones who will suffer the most.
I think the only way the league would improve would be a massive overhaul of how the TV cash is divided to ensure it’s split much more evenly between all the clubs but can’t see the top two ever going for that.
assuming we get past Cluj we’ve been drawn against Slavia Prague in the play-offs of the CL, tough draw that given they got to the quarter-finals of the Europa last year
Hey but your lads looked pretty good here eh? It’s been a couple years since I’ve paid attention to Midtjylland but from when I last checked they were still a decent side so pretty good result eh
Been a hectic week so I didn’t see the game. I hear Lennon’s team selection was suspect though.
It’s obviously a really bad result at home, given the position we were in and what was at stake, but I’m reluctant to start hammering the panic button yet. We’ve started the league well, and with another couple of players we should be fine domestically, and hopefully there’ll be an improvement in Europe so we can put in a decent Europa League showing. Really stupid way to throw away £30m or however much the champions league is worth though.
With any luck we’ll be able to abandon the whole football thing soon enough.
The team competing in the CWL Championship has five members: Sean “Seany” O’Connor, Shea “QwiKeR” Sweeney, Ben “Bance” Bance, Byron “Nastie” Plumridge and Sam “Chain” Dineley.