Poor attendances suggest Celtic need Rangers

[RANGERRAB 3,770]

I don't, I wish we never had to play them ever again!.

 

They need us. We don't need them.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

we would survive much better without them certainly but we are both stronger together.

[bossy 0]

If you look at the 5 year summary in Celtic's 2013 annual report you will see that season ticket sales are down 23% compared to 2009 and average attendances are down 19% in the same period.

 

Those are the 'official' numbers. They may or may not be 'massaged' (e.g. promotions, free tickets, season ticket holders counted even if not there).

 

When you look at the numbers for Rangers, I think they suggest that our gates have been holding up better than those of Celtic. In other words, we need them less than they need us.

[RANGERRAB 3,770]

If you look at the 5 year summary in Celtic's 2013 annual report you will see that season ticket sales are down 23% compared to 2009 and average attendances are down 19% in the same period.

 

Those are the 'official' numbers. They may or may not be 'massaged' (e.g. promotions, free tickets, season ticket holders counted even if not there).

 

When you look at the numbers for Rangers, I think they suggest that our gates have been holding up better than those of Celtic. In other words, we need them less than they need us.

 

Have to say I'm ultra-sceptical about the number of ST holders they claim to have.

[bossy 0]

Have to say I'm ultra-sceptical about the number of ST holders they claim to have.

 

Your comment notwithstanding, any business that admits losing 20% of its customers had to have a problem.

[Doc 280]

If you look at the 5 year summary in Celtic's 2013 annual report you will see that season ticket sales are down 23% compared to 2009 and average attendances are down 19% in the same period.

 

Those are the 'official' numbers. They may or may not be 'massaged' (e.g. promotions, free tickets, season ticket holders counted even if not there).

 

When you look at the numbers for Rangers, I think they suggest that our gates have been holding up better than those of Celtic. In other words, we need them less than they need us.

 

Says everything you need to know about the SPL's "product". It's shit, been shit for years, getting shitter every season, and won't stop getting shit until Rangers get back to liven things up.

 

Our gates on the other hand are just about "defiance". We're going to watch Rangers just to spite them. Aren't we???

[Hildy 0]

We have an inability to talk about this without getting bogged down in a 'they need us more than we need them debate'. We look at Celtic and our hatred for them is so deep that some of us don't want to play them again: ever.

 

Where did this bizarre mentality come from? Should we only play clubs that we respect, like or admire? Are Celtic just too nasty to confront on a football pitch now? Are we afraid of them?

 

Is anyone seriously suggesting that the mind-numbing boredom of our situation last season and this is more satisfying than a square-go against Celtic in the top division? If they are, they are saying that risk-free football without tension and uncertainty is better than games where elation is the reward for victory and despair is the price of defeat.

 

Samuel Johnson once said that if a person is tired of London, he is tired of life. With this in mind, I would suggest that if a Rangers supporter is tired of the Old Firm contest, he is tired of hard-edged competitive football.

 

Let's stop the kidding. Let's look forward to locking horns again with Celtic. We don't need to like them, but we should relish squaring up to them.

[ian1964 10,761]

I am sickened by the whole of Scottish football, I still buy my season ticket and go and support the team, but I do not miss playing the BHEASTS.

[bluebear54 0]

There's a distinct air this week of hacks wanting some kind of better product for next season. What's driving it, I wonder?

Don't panic, though, the cyber warriors will soon be out in force to derail any thoughts anyone's having.

15 year olds who've hardly been at a game running the agenda of the national game .......

[barca72 440]

We have an inability to talk about this without getting bogged down in a 'they need us more than we need them debate'. We look at Celtic and our hatred for them is so deep that some of us don't want to play them again: ever.

 

Where did this bizarre mentality come from? Should we only play clubs that we respect, like or admire? Are Celtic just too nasty to confront on a football pitch now? Are we afraid of them?

 

Is anyone seriously suggesting that the mind-numbing boredom of our situation last season and this is more satisfying than a square-go against Celtic in the top division? If they are, they are saying that risk-free football without tension and uncertainty is better than games where elation is the reward for victory and despair is the price of defeat.

 

Samuel Johnson once said that if a person is tired of London, he is tired of life. With this in mind, I would suggest that if a Rangers supporter is tired of the Old Firm contest, he is tired of hard-edged competitive football.

 

Let's stop the kidding. Let's look forward to locking horns again with Celtic. We don't need to like them, but we should relish squaring up to them.

 

 

Do you forget who was in the vanguard of the group who tried to kill us, 18 months ago? Some things outweigh boredom !!! How could you possibly look at a contest with them as being a "sporting" event?