Hartsons mouth is 2 years behind his brain in the shoite he spouts but I'm willing to give him the benefit of doubt with this .Bump!!!
Hartson reckons 2 years, minimum.
Over 20 years ago but that one still hurts with how quickly it turned. I would say though there were strong rumours at that time of a number of players not getting on with Advocaat which probably accelerated our fall.I remember 2000 when O'Neill took over the piggery and we all thought Rangers were uncatchable. We had won the league by over 20 points, were unbeaten against them the previous season, and had just spent big money to add to the best squad in the country.
It fell apart, and they won the treble.
Not saying that is going to happen again as I am confident in our present team and manager, but I tend to prefer laughing at Celtic after we have picked up trophies and beaten them, not before a ball is kicked.
They will strengthen, they have players to come in so we cant be complacent, aslong as we concentrate on our game and strengthen at the right times we will stay one step ahead of them IMO , champions league qualification is massive for us not only does it give us a financial boost it helps us attract better players, and as for their fans they were in denial with all this can you see the rangers coming patter
This.They will improve within the next month or two. We need to keep our focus and concentrate on our form.
The problem is that their situation is easily reversible.They are a poor side just now, but we can't fall into the trap that they did and dismiss them as an irrelevance. Complacency is our biggest enemy.
I don’t think we’re ahead of ourselves on this one.It's all very well being upbeat about how we are are playing and looking forward to the season ahead but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
This.I don’t think we’re ahead of ourselves on this one.
The difference between us and them is thar we know WE still have work to do and that it is us who need to do it.
We will not get complacent.
A goalie, four defenders, a couple of midfielders and a couple of strikers.We don’t know but we will have a better idea in July.
I wouldn’t get too cocky about this anyway, football can turn on you in as little as a week, we’ve seen it before.
LOL I really underestimated how shite they wereA good chunk of that team won’t be there next season I’d imagine but i agree with your whole point that there probably isn’t too much in it
We can start of by remembering our, the management team’s, big, big battlecry last season.Also remember, between 1st Dec and 2nd Jan our 4 away games are Hibs, Hearts. Aberdeen and Celtic.
Anything can happen and we can't afford to think about what they do.
Everyone has an opinion mate but I'm sorry they are poor all over the park with the defense being exceptionally poor.Middle to front they aren’t that bad
If they sort their defence and goalkeeping position then they will challenge for sure
We don’t want to be complacent in any way
Take care of our own business and look after ourselves only and we will be fine
Middle to front they aren’t that bad
If they sort their defence and goalkeeping position then they will challenge for sure
We don’t want to be complacent in any way
Take care of our own business and look after ourselves only and we will be fine
^^^^ ThisAs long as they’re several points behind at the end of the next few seasons , that’ll do me.
Middle to front they aren’t that bad
I know you posted this month's ago but the back 5 for them last night was right up there with Pedro's starting teams.This idea that they're us pre Gerrard is idiotic. They have their problems, and we can still get better, but they're starting from a far, far healthier position than Gerrard had to.
The difference is in terms of resources they have available to throw at it. Whether they are willing is another matter, but their wage bill should be a fraction of what it was and they have pulled in some hefty transfer fees to fund spending.I know you posted this month's ago but the back 5 for them last night was right up there with Pedro's starting teams.
I remember 2000 when O'Neill took over the piggery and we all thought Rangers were uncatchable. We had won the league by over 20 points, were unbeaten against them the previous season, and had just spent big money to add to the best squad in the country.
It fell apart, and they won the treble.
Not saying that is going to happen again as I am confident in our present team and manager, but I tend to prefer laughing at Celtic after we have picked up trophies and beaten them, not before a ball is kicked.
Miles or kilometres.Just thinking there, how far behind do you think they are? I reckon they’re where we were about 2 years ago, NOW!
So where will they be at the end of the season when they need 13 players? Where we were 3/4 years ago?
it’s Gona take more than 1 or 2 transfer windows to even get up to a par IMHO!
1. tgey can’t afford it.
2. Loads of new personnel behind the scenes.
3. New manager.
4. Time for players to settle and gel
5. They’re only looking at doing it half arsed because they’ll probably keep the back room staff.
There are more reasons but I think they’re in for a massive shock.
Hopefully we keep going and kick on again next season.
Spot on!I watched them last night and they are honking. Having said that we need to keep our eye on the ball and worry about ourselves only.
They can strengthen all they want but their manager is Warburtonlike in his setup. That won't be enough to avoid dropping points needlessly unless they miraculously start signing top quality players who can make that work.Middle to front they aren’t that bad
If they sort their defence and goalkeeping position then they will challenge for sure
We don’t want to be complacent in any way
Take care of our own business and look after ourselves only and we will be fine
A country mile behind and Tom English, of all people, last night put it into perspective. If the league started right now, we could field 2 teams, and no more signings were allowed, then our second string team would take the current Celtic one to the cleaners. He isn't wrong either.
They need another 6 or 7 top quality, not average squad filler, players that hit the ground running on top of the CB and Japanese striker they've signed just to be semi competitive. They are then fully dependent on not getting any serious injuries, no covid outbreaks and having a pristine disciplinary record as they would still have zero depth to their squad if they lost any for a prolonged period of time. They need to keep Christie, which I can't see, and the Japanese needs to be as effective or better than Edouard whom he will replace. That's a lot of if's and but's and finger crossing.
The same people in here defending them by saying you can't write them off, they'll still hammer the dross and won't be worse than last year are very likely the same posters under Warburton and Pedro who were vociferous in highlighting why we were miles behind Celtic in terms of winning mentality (they only have McGregor, Thumb, Rogic and the 2 wantaways left who have that experience), individual quality and depth of squad, whilst also arguing we were light years behind them, would win nothing and struggle to get second from Aberdeen.
I called the league in September last year when I saw the mess they were in, and was shot down repeatedly by the one game a time, they know how to win a league, we don't, let's see if we can play after Xmas when it counts crew. I'm calling it now this season. They have far, far, far too much to do and zero time to do it. It's not happy clapping, it's using my eyes and applying common sense.