06 Dec 2017 21:25:31
I tuned in to talkshit this afternoon while driving and they (Hawksby and Jacob) were bumping their gums as to how wrong it was for teams to parachute out of the Champions League and into the Europa League. No mention of how obscene it was that countries can have 4-5 teams in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE even although they are not champions of their association. Completely avoided THAT and the fact that it is all about MONEY.
06 Dec 2017 22:11:13
just to add to these type iff comment from the media , liverpool got a great result tonight 7-0 and the englush media are saying amazing performance, superb, all the other accolades that go along with a result like this and imo they deserve the praise but not one person saying how bad spartak where and all the other crap they said about celtic after psg and munich games! no wonder i love to see english teams get pumped in europe.
{Ed0333's Note - Or maybe Liverpool were just too good for Spartak and made them look ordinary? And I think it’s fairly evident outside the SPL Celtic aren’t really that good. Correct me if I’m wrong didn’t you lose to PSG and Munich and didn’t set the world on fire with your performances?
06 Dec 2017 22:31:31
truth is tho, Liverpool could go out on Sat/ Sun and get beat by West Brom, Watford, CP etc although they are clearly a "bigger team" than all of those.
06 Dec 2017 22:46:13
I’ll support anyone who’s playing an English team! Love nothing better than seeing those arrogant ***** getting pumped! None of them will win the CL this year and that’s with 5 of them in the last 16! And your first mistake tiny tim was listening to that garbage at all! Let’s face it anybody who employs Barton to talk about football can’t be taken seriously!
06 Dec 2017 23:04:08
Here Ed 033333333 did you fall out with the three button on your computer 😂😂 or get your finger stuck?
{Ed0333's Note - once I started tapping the three button I couldn’t stop myself
07 Dec 2017 06:18:17
Yeh, thanks Ed 033333 for reminding us we have of the lowest budgets for any Champions league team where as English Prem teams have squillions to squander. It's not a level playing field and the gap gets wider every year. If you lot down in Engerlund hadn't got your phoney TV deals you would be playing second fiddle to the other big leagues. We get slated up here for having a huge advantage due to our budget but that's fine, we accept we are too good for Scottish football but the arrogance of your typical Prem supporter is staggering though. Do you believe Crystal Palace or Everton are a bigger club than Celtic with regards to fan base? I don't. I'm not particularly bothered about your over inflated cash rich league but if we were invited in, we would be one of the biggest clubs in the prem, that's a fact and I also think that's what terrifies the PL chairmen. Add to that your cash, the appeal of playing to full houses at a bouncing CP every second week and our veciforous away support, we could attract massive players to play for us. I think we would do quite well thank you very much.
All this is academic though, we are where we are and that's that. We did enough over two legs to get third spot in a group with two of the best teams currently playing in Europe with our wee 'diddy' team. That's fine by me. We are Celtic and we are the greatest club in the world! (in my humble opinion)
{Ed001's Note - there are a number of teams with lower budgets than you, Maribor for instance. If you can't even get simple stuff like that right, how can anyone take the rest of your nonsense seriously? You aren't in the English Prem, so you are not as big worldwide to a TV audience, sadly that is what matters more than a proper fanbase in the modern era. No point even discussing 'what if you get in the English Prem' as you simply are not going to be allowed to get in there. Not only would you need the agreement of the Premier League, Football League, SFA and the English FA, you would then need UEFA to agree to be eligible to compete in Europe, if you then qualified.}
07 Dec 2017 09:19:24
I’ve always thought that was a pipe dream anyway getting to epl, tbh, it’s only the last ten years the money has really started to ruin football in Europe, before that Porto and Monaco competed in a final, sadly this will prob never happen again, I’d like to see teams from the top 5 countries compete against themselves and leave them to it, then teams like PSV Celtic Anderlecht Ajax Benfica Porto Steau Dynamo Kiev etc could all have a chance of winning tournament, a much more even playing field, and the top euro comp. can just let real Barcelona Munich Paris and whatever English team has the most money at the time play one another until their hearts content.
07 Dec 2017 10:14:30
totally totally agree we will never get into the English and Welsh Premier League, never.
If you had £100 in your pocket and someone you dislike walked up and just asked nicely for you to share that - would you. Not a charity case, or for any service.
Yeovil think one day they will get into the E&WPL, so why would they vote to give a bigger team a chance at that spot.
It just simply will not happen.
07 Dec 2017 10:18:35
Cjb a don't think that'll be out the question, uefa would certainly love that. A European league is our only way out of Scotland if that's the route the board would consider.
07 Dec 2017 10:23:02
also a funny observation.
When the Chinese league suddenly started offering ridiculous money for average PL players, the bum squeaking in the E&WPL was audible up here.
Went from best league in the world to "most competitive" and other buzzy words like that.
07 Dec 2017 10:43:56
Half of the EPL is full of awful teams and most of them can't even fill their tiny wee stadiums. It's a joke.
07 Dec 2017 11:14:43
Did Everton not get pumped 5 - 1 at home by the mighty Atalanta you know the giants of Italian football. didn't hear all the drama attached with the heaviest defeat at home by a European lightweight, talk about Embarrassing for the English League. Rather lose to a Fantastic side. Maybe if Celtic draw them in the Europa if possible this can be settled.
07 Dec 2017 14:47:58
yes kwaj
along with Chelski v PSG and Man City v Munchen, that would most certainly put it all to bed.