26th of foot 6,084 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I am sure we all remember those carefully picked soundbites of 4-5 years past. As the Rangers bus hurtled down slope to the nether regions of Scottish professional football, the ambient mood became a cacophony of most repeated barbs, "sporting integrity", "sell out Saturday", "cheating on an industrial scale", ............. etc. Any question of the wisdom of condemning Rangers to a hoped for oblivion, or a suggestion on the future of Scottish football's well being as a result; was met with all the usual suspects beginning their answers with, "the strength of Scottish football ............... ". The game remained strong, and many argued stronger for our demise. I was reflecting on the strength of Scottish football this morning. In a calendar week, the top two in Scottish football have lost to teams from Gibraltar and Luxembourg. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,570 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Indeed. It was also fascinating to note Tom English was 'interested' in a Guardian article the other day when two Rangers players allegedly turned down contract extensions (they're actually still in talks; delayed by USA trip). It was put to him today that he hadn't commented on MW and DW's new contracts. Strangely, he's not interested in this as he doesn't find it relevant to Scottish football and thinks only Rangers fans would care. Proof from the horse's mouth that certain BBC journalists are only interested in negative Rangers stories. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,570 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 [tweet]751442702852616193[/tweet] [tweet]753163035397746688[/tweet] 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Objectivity is indeed a dying personality trait. I like to think I do have and do try to have it on most things. One thing is for sure tho, I'm certain Tom English is glad he isn't me as I'm sere as heck glad I'm not him!. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 6,084 Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 The comment from English is damning, are we(Rangers) divorced from Scottish football? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Objectivity is indeed a dying personality trait. I like to think I do have and do try to have it on most things. One thing is for sure tho, I'm certain Tom English is glad he isn't me as I'm sere as heck glad I'm not him!. I think it's hard to be completely and utterly objective, but most decent and intelligent people usually do actually try - and try incredibly hard when it's their job. Doesn't seem to apply to most of Scottish football and damningly so for the Scottish football press. They might be good at their job description as click baiters, but they are certainly no journalists by any definition of the word. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 307 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 [tweet]751442702852616193[/tweet] [tweet]753163035397746688[/tweet] Irrelevant??? Is he fishing? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragosani 69 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Irrelevant??? Is he fishing? No doubt he's hoping to start a bit of aggro, thus he can then have a moan about the big bad rangers supporters giving him abuse! Mind you, maybe somebody should say He's irrelevant to Scottish Football 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Irrelevant??? Is he fishing? he's an absolute cretin he is just dying for someone to leap in and start abusing him so he can play the victim card 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,693 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Maybe English is just smarter than I am because i'm not grasping his logic. Warburton and Weir signing extensions isn't relevant to Scottish football but Waghorn and Tavernier not signing extensions is? Is that what he is saying? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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