ColinRFC1982 0 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Before a ball was kicked on Sunday we were told about a gap. The question was, how wide is that gap exactly. After the dust had settled and Rangers had emerged victorious, that question was answered. There is a gap and it's bigger than we thought. Rangers did not just win on Sunday, they outplayed Celtic and looked stronger in every department. Rangers look like a Club that is moving forward, with good players and a great manager. Celtic, by comparison, look like a Club that has completely lost their way, a rudderless ship, with players who are not good enough, players who are passed their sell by date and with a manager who has no ideas. Celtic may decide to part company with their current manager, and it looks like they will. However, where does that leave them? Celtic would still have a top heavy squad that is full of players that are not good enough or past their sell by date and on large long term contracts. Any potential new manager would have to clear the decks of those players and would have a huge rebuilding job to do. With a hectic pre season scedual and Champions League qualifying stages only a few weeks after the season ends, will a new manager have Celtic ready in time? Rangers' preparation for next season started almost a year ago. Foundations have been put in place throughout the course of this season, that have given Rangers momentum going in to next season. When Mark Warburton walked in to Murray Park he found a blank canvas. This allowed Mr Warburton to put his own stamp on things from day one, he brought his own players and his own brand of football. Playing in the Championship has allowed his ideas take shape and given his new squad time to gell, without being put under too much pressure. Going in to next season, Rangers will strengthen again. Mark Warburton has already stated that he would like to add up to 7 new players. That sounds like a big job, however, work began on this front "weeks ago". Warburton, Weir and McParland have already set about identifying the players they want to introduce to sqaud. There is no doubt Rangers will be stronger next season and the fans have every right to be excited as what we have witnessed this season has been nothing short of miraculous. The football Rangers have played has been great to watch and the Rangers fans have been lapping it up every weekend. they have filled Ibrox, or any other stadium played at. Celtic, on the other hand, have been playing to empty stadiums week in week out as they've been treated to absolute dross. It seems like that has put their fans to sleep as they have completely missed what has been going on over at the other side of town. As they begin to wake up, they will realise that their club have fallen behind Rangers and the Celtic board have their work cut out to stop Rangers' March towards their 55th title. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,744 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 IMHO, this was all "paper" talk. Various Championship teams have put Premiership teams out of the cups for years running, even the Yahoos have been missing from many a cup final since we were voted out. If this happened, hardly anyone in the West of Scotland really bothered. Last season at the League Cup game and now as we have met them, the media starts their gap-mantra again. The point here is, no-one really knows how far we are away from challenging the Yahoos or - dare I say it - Aberdeen and Hearts over a full season. Hearts stormed into the top tier and are still well in the upper half. That should make people think before talking about gaps. But many just blather on about high-earning would-be EPL targets and that they "must" be superior to the rest. After all, they are on the verge of Five tainted on the trott. But the reality is that the Scums bloated squad of high-earners fails to be any sort of the dominant force they are on paper. I guess the Scumhut would be full to the roof if they were actually playing even close to how we do. But they don't. And rows upon rows of empty seats prove that ... for years. I guess that the Scumhut will see exacty two sell-outs next season. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 in theory the gap was a whole division based on what we've seen ourselves and hibs amongst others form lower leagues achieve against so called superior opposition not much. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,034 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The only gap is between the pundits ears 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,376 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 What is a gap is it the same as asking how long is a piece of string? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 What is a gap is it the same as asking how long is a piece of string? Depends where you cut it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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