Anyone see the game tonight? Although we tried to battle for bits of the 
game, I felt we were just way out of our league tonight and the game seemed 
to show some of the shortcomings we have in the squad. Was an interesting 
point the commentator made about us being league champions for the third 
time, through to last 16 of CL again but still don't seem to be able to 
spend large amounts of money to attract bigger name players.  I agree our 
league may not be as glitzy as the EPL or other European leagues, but I find 
it a little sad that no quality players seem to want to come here.  Every 
close season we seem to every name under the sun linked with a move up north 
but nothing ever materialises.

In article <489395dd$0$58460$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk>, 
me@here.com says...
> Anyone see the game tonight? 

Yes and having seen the other matches and three of Ranger's matches I have 
to say that if a club outside the Old Firm cannot win the league this 
season then it isn't ever going to happen again. Both look truly dire with 
no prospect of improving from what I can see.

"Jim Mason"  wrote in message 
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> In article <489395dd$0$58460$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk>,
> me@here.com says...
>> Anyone see the game tonight?
>
> Yes and having seen the other matches and three of Ranger's matches I have
> to say that if a club outside the Old Firm cannot win the league this
> season then it isn't ever going to happen again. Both look truly dire with
> no prospect of improving from what I can see.

Interesting point,but i still cant see anyone apart from the OF winning it 
as usual.But i do agree both sides look the worst they have been in 
years.Cant see either making it to the last 16 of the CL this season.

JB

"Jim Mason"  wrote in message 
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> In article <489395dd$0$58460$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk>,
> me@here.com says...
>> Anyone see the game tonight?
>
> Yes and having seen the other matches and three of Ranger's matches I have
> to say that if a club outside the Old Firm cannot win the league this
> season then it isn't ever going to happen again. Both look truly dire with
> no prospect of improving from what I can see.

Celtic or Rangers will win the league this year and the closest one of the 
wee diddy teams will be lucky to get within 15 pts IMHO.

You can't read too much into pre-season games.

In article , zb@hotmail.com says...
> 
> "Jim Mason"  wrote in message 
> news:MPG.22fdfcb9e76631439898c4@news.individual.net...
> > In article <489395dd$0$58460$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk>,
> > me@here.com says...
> >> Anyone see the game tonight?
> >
> > Yes and having seen the other matches and three of Ranger's matches I have
> > to say that if a club outside the Old Firm cannot win the league this
> > season then it isn't ever going to happen again. Both look truly dire with
> > no prospect of improving from what I can see.
> 
> Celtic or Rangers will win the league this year and the closest one of the 
> wee diddy teams will be lucky to get within 15 pts IMHO.
> 
> You can't read too much into pre-season games. 

I'm not - I am reading into how dire they were at the end of last season.
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> In article , zb@hotmail.com says...
>>
>> "Jim Mason"  wrote in message
>> news:MPG.22fdfcb9e76631439898c4@news.individual.net...
>> > In article <489395dd$0$58460$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk>,
>> > me@here.com says...
>> >> Anyone see the game tonight?
>> >
>> > Yes and having seen the other matches and three of Ranger's matches I 
>> > have
>> > to say that if a club outside the Old Firm cannot win the league this
>> > season then it isn't ever going to happen again. Both look truly dire 
>> > with
>> > no prospect of improving from what I can see.
>>
>> Celtic or Rangers will win the league this year and the closest one of 
>> the
>> wee diddy teams will be lucky to get within 15 pts IMHO.
>>
>> You can't read too much into pre-season games.
>
> I'm not - I am reading into how dire they were at the end of last season.

Yet Celtic still won their last 7 games in a row. I'd agree both teams were 
pretty dire last year, but the closest team to 2nd place Rangers was 16 pts 
behind. I think Celtic will probably sign 2-3 players before the close of 
the transfer window, so I can only see them improving.

In article , zb@hotmail.com says...
> 
> "Jim Mason"  wrote in message 
> news:MPG.22fe89a5dc97df169898c6@news.individual.net...
> > In article , zb@hotmail.com says...
> >>
> >> "Jim Mason"  wrote in message
> >> news:MPG.22fdfcb9e76631439898c4@news.individual.net...
> >> > In article <489395dd$0$58460$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk>,
> >> > me@here.com says...
> >> >> Anyone see the game tonight?
> >> >
> >> > Yes and having seen the other matches and three of Ranger's matches I 
> >> > have
> >> > to say that if a club outside the Old Firm cannot win the league this
> >> > season then it isn't ever going to happen again. Both look truly dire 
> >> > with
> >> > no prospect of improving from what I can see.
> >>
> >> Celtic or Rangers will win the league this year and the closest one of 
> >> the
> >> wee diddy teams will be lucky to get within 15 pts IMHO.
> >>
> >> You can't read too much into pre-season games.
> >
> > I'm not - I am reading into how dire they were at the end of last season.
> 
> Yet Celtic still won their last 7 games in a row. I'd agree both teams were 
> pretty dire last year, but the closest team to 2nd place Rangers was 16 pts 
> behind. I think Celtic will probably sign 2-3 players before the close of 
> the transfer window, so I can only see them improving. 

I certainly hope so or this season's CL campaign could be somewhat 
embarrassing.

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> In article , zb@hotmail.com says...
>>
>> "Jim Mason"  wrote in message
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>> > In article , zb@hotmail.com says...
>> >>
>> >> "Jim Mason"  wrote in message
>> >> news:MPG.22fdfcb9e76631439898c4@news.individual.net...
>> >> > In article <489395dd$0$58460$7b0f0fd3@reader.news.newnet.co.uk>,
>> >> > me@here.com says...
>> >> >> Anyone see the game tonight?
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes and having seen the other matches and three of Ranger's matches 
>> >> > I
>> >> > have
>> >> > to say that if a club outside the Old Firm cannot win the league 
>> >> > this
>> >> > season then it isn't ever going to happen again. Both look truly 
>> >> > dire
>> >> > with
>> >> > no prospect of improving from what I can see.
>> >>
>> >> Celtic or Rangers will win the league this year and the closest one of
>> >> the
>> >> wee diddy teams will be lucky to get within 15 pts IMHO.
>> >>
>> >> You can't read too much into pre-season games.
>> >
>> > I'm not - I am reading into how dire they were at the end of last 
>> > season.
>>
>> Yet Celtic still won their last 7 games in a row. I'd agree both teams 
>> were
>> pretty dire last year, but the closest team to 2nd place Rangers was 16 
>> pts
>> behind. I think Celtic will probably sign 2-3 players before the close of
>> the transfer window, so I can only see them improving.
>
> I certainly hope so or this season's CL campaign could be somewhat
> embarrassing.

Could be, but then we had a similar squad last year and got to the last 16 
and Rangers got to the UEFA Cup final. Punched above our weight, that's for 
sure.