fraser54 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Congratulations to Rangers, the new Clydesdale Bank Premier League champions for season 2009/10. It really is a tremendous achievement for Walter Smith and his Ibrox team to have the SPL title wrapped up so quickly. Well done also to the Celtic board for their own trophy of a magnificent balance sheet, but no silverware. The figures are well worthy of a pat on the back to each member of the board. The Celtic manager, Tony Mowbray also deserves a special award for contradicting himself from one sentence to the next. Last night, I watched a re-run of a movie I have seen several times before this season when Celtic take to the field. Lots of endeavour, but no end product, from a bunch of sub-standard players, cobbled together from all corners of the globe. I have been saying for ages that the back four needs addressed. How long does it take to sign a couple of half-decent central defenders? Two years? Longer? Gordon Strachan was fantastic at deflecting any criticism of his players, but Tony Mowbray is taking it to new heights. The Celtic manager believes they can win every game from now until the end of the season. Really? ââ?¬Å?Well, no, realistically we might lose the odd one,ââ?¬Â the gaffer conceded, if you will allow me to paraphrase his answer to me. The back four are hopeless and only Celtic could enter negotiations to let left-back Danny Fox leave and claim that Paul Caddis, Mark Wilson and Darren Oââ?¬â?¢Dea are adequate cover. Oh, and letââ?¬â?¢s not forget the only other natural left-back is Lee Naylor! Tony was glowing in his praise of captain, Stephen McManus ahead of last nightââ?¬â?¢s game. ââ?¬Å?A fantastic player, a great leader of men,ââ?¬Â was how he described him at the pre-match press conference. If thatââ?¬â?¢s the case, why allow him to look at loan options at a crucial time in the title race and offer up Oââ?¬â?¢Dea and Josh Thompson as the central defensive pairing? McManus might not have made much difference, but there are degrees of risk, surely? I could move on to my assessment of the midfield, but that would only slow me down in my desire to quickly sum up Georgios Samaras. He was cheered off the park when substituted last night because the fans were delighted he was getting the hook. He needs a minimum of four chances to score one goal and his big miss last night from inside the six-yard box beggared belief. The longer the game went on, you could see the nightmare scenario for the home supporters developing before your eyes. As fate would have it, up popped Danny Galbraith in the 90th minute to seal victory for John Hughesââ?¬â?¢ side and send Celtic to yet another defeat that now puts them 10 points behind Rangers and 17 goals worse off in the league table. The league is over for Celtic and the worrying thing for the Parkhead club will be the ever-increasing number of empty seats in forthcoming games. The banner laid out at half-time last night in the East Stand read: ââ?¬Ë?THE PLC DONââ?¬â?¢T GIVE A DAMNââ?¬â?¢. Well, I can tell you they had better show how much they care soon because the sensible supporters are angry and they are not going to continue spending hundreds of pounds on season tickets to watch the club scour Scandinavia for promising teenagers that might net the club a few million in a couple of years. Celtic need quality, experience and battlers in the starting XI; what they have is a disjointed and rudderless side stumbling from one calamity to the next. The way itââ?¬â?¢s going now Rangers wonââ?¬â?¢t need to worry about major investment in the summer because Celtic will have gifted them Ã?£20million. Thatââ?¬â?¢s Ã?£10m from the Cham-pions League from last yearââ?¬â?¢s capitulation in the league and another 10 on the way for next seasonââ?¬â?¢s competition. The buck usually stops at the managerââ?¬â?¢s door, but there are a few other guilty parties in the surrendering of the title before the month of January is out You know who you are! http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/sport-columnists/peter-martin-balance-act-tips-scales-to-rangers-1.1002144 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,830 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Was looking forward to this clown's rant this morning. To suggest the title is lost already is reverse psychology of the highest order. Hopefully he has more to suffer over the coming weeks! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Why's Martin O'Neill conceding the title to us? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser54 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Why's Martin O'Neill conceding the title to us? Peter Martin 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,826 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 OHHHHHHHHH!!, the pain,I feel all their pain.............................................Luvin it, GIRUY 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,886 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 To suggest the title is lost already is reverse psychology of the highest order. Hopefully he has more to suffer over the coming weeks! Keevins has been saying that as well for a couple of weeks. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstandbear 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Bi-polar...it's the only way to describe them. They win and they are the greatest football team that ever graced a football pitch...lose and they don the sackcloth and ashes and wail 'woe is me!' and all in the space of 4 days!!! mind you, makes for bloody great entertainment does it not? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 That's one angry man... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,830 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Bi-polar...it's the only way to describe them. They win and they are the greatest football team that ever graced a football pitch...lose and they don the sackcloth and ashes and wail 'woe is me!' and all in the space of 4 days!!! mind you, makes for bloody great entertainment does it not? Absolutely spot on mate... :spl: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,830 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Keevins has been saying that as well for a couple of weeks. I guess it can help their claims of their coverage being neutral... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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