Just seen that the Jam Tarts smashed The Rangers 4-1 last night lol
Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
Yeh, happy days lol
Warbo on a thin crust right now
Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
Could be !!
Rumour doing the rounds is BT Sport want the exclusive rights for Scottish football
To be fair, their coverage us much better, especially with Chris Sutton being the ultimate WUM
To be fair, their coverage us much better, especially with Chris Sutton being the ultimate WUM
Warburton appears to be cracking
From The Herald;
You do seem to be a team that makes it hard for yourselves an awful lot.
MW: “Don’t forget we are second in the table.”
But…
MW: “No buts. I’m not being rude. We’re second in the table so no buts. Yes, of course we can get better. That’s how a team learns, moves forward, gels and grows. But we are still second in the table. There is an awful lot of negativity.
“Last night was a poor result, unacceptable by Rangers’ standards in terms of display and the result itself. But we are still doing okay in the last eight games. We haven’t been too bad.”
Shouldn’t you be second in the table?
MW: “Why should we?”
Because you have the second biggest budget in the country.
MW: “Is that how it works. In that case, why weren’t Derby promoted from the Championship? Why did Leicester win the Premier League? Answer my question. If it works for that logic, why did Leicester win the Premier League?”
Okay, let’s put it this way. There have been times when you’ve said Celtic have a far bigger budget than us so they should be winning the league.
MW: “Celtic have been in the Champions League for how many last years. Five years? Where have Rangers been in that five-year period? I’m serious. Where did Leicester come in terms of budget, yet they won the Premier League against teams with far more.
“Brentford got into the play-offs and has the third smallest budget in the Championship. Budget doesn’t always guarantee you success. Far from it. I spoke about Celtic in terms of European experience, a squad full of international players. When we played them at Parkhead I’m watching internationals come off the bench.
“Again, they have built the squad in European football and Champions League, and we’ve got to get there. I have never been derogatory about them. I’ve said we’ve got to get there. We have to build and get to that point.
“We haven’t a squad of international players, not at the moment. We haven’t got a squad of international wages, not at the moment. But we have to get to it.
“The disparity, well a lot of players are not on the numbers I hear or mentioned in the media. They are so wide of the mark – I would never divulge it – it’s quite scary. So budget doesn’t always guarantee you.
“Should we be in second? We got promoted. It’s disrespectful to Aberdeen and Hearts who have been in Europe for the last few years, and have squads that are battle-hardened from those type of games when team comes together. We had eleven new players come in. I hear your question but I hope I answered you.”
Do you not feel, though, that you should be further ahead of Aberdeen?
MW: “Why?”
With the squad and budget that you have got. If you accept that Celtic should be so many points ahead because of their budget, should the same not apply to the gap between yourselves and Aberdeen?
MW: “I’m saying budget, Champions League and international experience. Aberdeen have a smaller budget but they have a squad that’s been together longer. They are battle-hardened in Europe.
“We have got to get there. We want to get in to Europe, that’s the target this year. Then we get the squad together to go to the next level. We have to build. We have to catch Celtic. That’s what we have to do, catch Celtic and get ahead of our rivals.”
But after 22 games you are the same distance (25 points) off Celtic are you are at the bottom of the table.
MW: “And? I’m reading in the paper Celtic are on a record-breaking run.”
They have done…
MW: “So, take away their record run and they win four games less, how many points are they ahead? 13. If we won one of those games, now it is ten. They are on a record run, all credit to them. They are breaking a record going back how many years?”
Even if you were to discount Celtic, do you not feel that Rangers should be further ahead?
MW: “Our job is to finish second, it doesn’t matter by how many points. There’s been no mention of that before.”
From The Herald;
You do seem to be a team that makes it hard for yourselves an awful lot.
MW: “Don’t forget we are second in the table.”
But…
MW: “No buts. I’m not being rude. We’re second in the table so no buts. Yes, of course we can get better. That’s how a team learns, moves forward, gels and grows. But we are still second in the table. There is an awful lot of negativity.
“Last night was a poor result, unacceptable by Rangers’ standards in terms of display and the result itself. But we are still doing okay in the last eight games. We haven’t been too bad.”
Shouldn’t you be second in the table?
MW: “Why should we?”
Because you have the second biggest budget in the country.
MW: “Is that how it works. In that case, why weren’t Derby promoted from the Championship? Why did Leicester win the Premier League? Answer my question. If it works for that logic, why did Leicester win the Premier League?”
Okay, let’s put it this way. There have been times when you’ve said Celtic have a far bigger budget than us so they should be winning the league.
MW: “Celtic have been in the Champions League for how many last years. Five years? Where have Rangers been in that five-year period? I’m serious. Where did Leicester come in terms of budget, yet they won the Premier League against teams with far more.
“Brentford got into the play-offs and has the third smallest budget in the Championship. Budget doesn’t always guarantee you success. Far from it. I spoke about Celtic in terms of European experience, a squad full of international players. When we played them at Parkhead I’m watching internationals come off the bench.
“Again, they have built the squad in European football and Champions League, and we’ve got to get there. I have never been derogatory about them. I’ve said we’ve got to get there. We have to build and get to that point.
“We haven’t a squad of international players, not at the moment. We haven’t got a squad of international wages, not at the moment. But we have to get to it.
“The disparity, well a lot of players are not on the numbers I hear or mentioned in the media. They are so wide of the mark – I would never divulge it – it’s quite scary. So budget doesn’t always guarantee you.
“Should we be in second? We got promoted. It’s disrespectful to Aberdeen and Hearts who have been in Europe for the last few years, and have squads that are battle-hardened from those type of games when team comes together. We had eleven new players come in. I hear your question but I hope I answered you.”
Do you not feel, though, that you should be further ahead of Aberdeen?
MW: “Why?”
With the squad and budget that you have got. If you accept that Celtic should be so many points ahead because of their budget, should the same not apply to the gap between yourselves and Aberdeen?
MW: “I’m saying budget, Champions League and international experience. Aberdeen have a smaller budget but they have a squad that’s been together longer. They are battle-hardened in Europe.
“We have got to get there. We want to get in to Europe, that’s the target this year. Then we get the squad together to go to the next level. We have to build. We have to catch Celtic. That’s what we have to do, catch Celtic and get ahead of our rivals.”
But after 22 games you are the same distance (25 points) off Celtic are you are at the bottom of the table.
MW: “And? I’m reading in the paper Celtic are on a record-breaking run.”
They have done…
MW: “So, take away their record run and they win four games less, how many points are they ahead? 13. If we won one of those games, now it is ten. They are on a record run, all credit to them. They are breaking a record going back how many years?”
Even if you were to discount Celtic, do you not feel that Rangers should be further ahead?
MW: “Our job is to finish second, it doesn’t matter by how many points. There’s been no mention of that before.”
ijjysmith
Calm
Didn't Rangers get smashed the other night @Mikey_Fitzgerald ?
Yeah They got battered by hearts , terrible result and woeful performance
KennyEdin1
Player Valuation: £500k
Looking at it from a purely sporting context (and yes I'm a Celtic fan, but being objective). Rangers (as a promoted team) are actually doing well this season. Last season Hearts got all manner of praise for finishing 3rd. Rangers at the minute are 2nd, Allbeit Aberdeen have a Home game in hand. And in my opinion have a better squad and team.
Celtic's form has been incredible this season. Based purely on on budgets Rangers are where they should be, just that no one can live with Celtic's form.
Though as a Celtic fan. Its brilliant to see them continue to suffer.
centralTon
Player Valuation: £10m
Let's hope their suffering continues (doubt it tho'
) next Sunday against Greenock's finest.
KennyEdin1
Player Valuation: £500k
Let's hope their suffering continues (doubt it tho'
Its a cup game. And hopefully you play against the players you're up against and not the occasion.
They're squad really isn't all that to be honest mate, and they don't benefit from the organisation and familiarity that Aberdeen do to overcome it
centralTon
Player Valuation: £10m
EHRM!!!, Ragers have actually struggled this season and despite them having the second biggest budget in the league, they've scrapped by in more than a few games. Celtic will probably win the league by a record margin (not good for anyone), but there's no certainty that Ragers will finish second.