King taunt Rangers chairman Dave King tells Celtic they will NEVER win ten-in-a-row..

[ian1964 10,724]

...insisting only TWO titles have been won in direct competition with Gers.

 

The Ibrox chief has dismissed the notion Brendan Rodgers’ men are targeting a seventh straight success

 

By Andy Devlin

 

DAVE KING has lit the blue touch paper under the new SPFL season by claiming Celtic ‘won’t even get close’ to winning ten-in-a-row.

 

The Gers chairman has even dismissed the notion Brendan Rodgers’ men are targeting a seventh straight success.

 

With his side out of the top-flight picture for four years, King insists only TWO of Celtic’s six successive championships have been won while in direct competition with Rangers.

 

Earlier this week, King brokered the peace deal with Mike Ashley which frees the Ibrox side from the clutches of Sports Direct — promising millions of pounds worth of immediate income.

 

And King said: “My response to ten-in-a-row is this — Celtic have got two-in-a-row. They would need to win another eight to get to ten. Do I think there’s a chance they could win another eightbefore we win the league title? No.

 

“Celtic have six league titles but the concept of nine-in-a-row is a competition between Rangers and Celtic.

 

“If Rangers went into the English Premier League and Celtic stayed behind in Scotland and won 20 league titles there would be no point saying to Rangers fans they had won 20-in-a-row becauseit’s irrelevant if Rangers are not there.

 

“Rangers were removed from the top league for four years. Celtic have the titles but they don’t have nine-in-a-row against Rangers — it only recommenced this season. As far as Rangers areconcerned Celtic don’t have six-in-a-row, they’ve got two.“They’ll never get ten, never get to ten. They won’t even get close.”

 

While King is targeting domestic silverware this season, he’s also eyeing a sustained run in Europa League.

 

The club returns to the European stage after a six-year absence and while just one first-round team — Maccabi Haifa — out of 100 made it through to the group stages last season, King insisted:“Being back in Europe is absolutely vital.

 

“It would have harder for Pedro Caixinha to bring in some of the players he’s attracted. I’m not sure someone like Alves would have signed without European football.“If we would have missed the Europa League this year it would have been tantamount to failure in everything we have been doing to take the club forward.

 

“It would have been a disaster if we hadn’t made the Europa League. It was critical.“We are unseeded, but with the resources we have the first two rounds should be manageable.

 

“It’s really going to depend if we land an Everton or a Villarreal in that final game, we won’t be seeded.“Rangers is not a small club, we’re a club that’s being rehabilitated and that one in 100 should certainly be a lot less for us.“I’m optimistic we can make the group stages.”

 

King was this week celebrating his biggest victory since ousting the previous Rangers regime.

 

Hamstrung by a toxic retail deal between Sports Direct tycoon Ashley and Gers’ former chief executive Charles Green, the Ibrox side were missing out on a multi-million pound jackpot.

 

King always knew he had to remove the spectre of Ashley if he was to restore Rangers to its former glory and on Wednesday afternoon, at precisely 2.54pm, he came good on that pledge made to supporters.

 

But he stressed: “Vindication might be a bit strong, but there’s a certain level of satisfaction. It’s something that was clearly incredibly important to the club.

“It was challenging, it was always going to be challenging, so there was always going to be a feeling of satisfaction at achieving what we did.

 

“You’ve got the added burden of it not just being a commercial issue but we made a commitment to the supporters indicating that within the first three years we expect to do these things.“Getting the retail division back under control was certainly one of those things.

 

“It took longer than I expected. If you asked me at that point if I thought it would take two years of a very bruising and personal battle then I wouldn’t have expected it.“So there’s a sense of satisfaction that we hung in there and got the right deal for Rangers.

 

“The supporters will judge if it was a credibility issue.“Even if we couldn’t achieve it I don’t think it would necessarily have become a credibility issue.“It’s an area, where at the time of regime change, put their trust in a group of people and part of that trust was that we could achieve this sort of thing.“It’s good to have done it.”

 

King’s peace deal with Ashley will inject millions of pounds worth of fresh income into Gers with King promising to continue to back Gers gaffer Pedro Caixinha in the transfer market.

 

He added: “The plan that Pedro has in place we’d have to fund anyway. What this will do is give him more flexibility in January. This was unbudgeted for. We were running things on theassumption we had no income from retail.

 

“It meant any shortfall had to come from soft loans from various directors.“This will bring an immediate revenue stream into the club and will give Stewart and the director of football some flexibility in January. We will have cash we didn’t expect to have.

 

“It saves me knocking on the door and saying to Douglas Park, ‘Douglas, can you write me another cheque.’“We have to get to the point where we don’t need soft loans. That point will come when we’re back in Europe on a regular basis.

 

“If we manage the club on the basis we will have regular European income then we will be nearly there. We have been running the club on a Championship budget.

“Once we are in balance we can move away from soft loans.”

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1194249/dave-king-celtic-rangers-ten-in-a-row/

[Bearman 9]

The Racist will be bealin'

[ian1964 10,724]

Better Chance We’ll Win 10

 

DAVE KING spoke to RangersTV this week about whether he thinks the Light Blues can halt Celtic from winning ten titles in a row.

 

https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/better-chance-well-win-10/#.WU7h-vC8dZg.twitter

[Tannochsidebear 2,410]

I know King has had a fantastic few weeks but I really wish he wouldn't talk about them, or wind them up. It serves no purpose but to sell papers and fire up our opponents, neither of which is in our interests.

 

Stick to the good work behind the scenes please.

[917 191]

He has finally achieved great things this week, but he wants to give it a rest now. He will be back in SA so maybe won't see it, but this sort of talk makes Caixinha's job harder.

[Bearman 9]

I like it that he's coming out with this stuff...why not?

 

After all it is only 2 two titles won in direct competition with Gers?

 

He's spot on!

[barca72 440]

Listen, a lot of people have been saying that the board never stands up for itself etc., now when King gives them a dig they want him to ratchet down the rhetoric.

He's not playing around with all of these signings. He wants success now, and at their expense.

Keep going Dave and get under their skin. 55 is coming.

[boabie 230]

I know King has had a fantastic few weeks but I really wish he wouldn't talk about them, or wind them up. It serves no purpose but to sell papers and fire up our opponents, neither of which is in our interests.

 

Stick to the good work behind the scenes please.

 

I'm not a lover of it either mate. But when we have everybody who ever had an auntie who visited Ireland, played for the Glitters, or once listened to a Dubliners record commenting in great detail about what a good mate with connections to the Ibrox boardroom told them suddenly appearing as an expert on all things Rangers, to say nothing about Mutton, Hartson, Griffiths or dozens of similar dumplings spewing shyte about our club then King should imo be cut some slack.

I'd rather he just came out and said they were an IRA loving shower of paedophile sheltering bastards to be honest.

[Gribz 850]

The main aim is to win the title again and I think by 2018/19. Last season was all about a return and solidity yet it was a bit of a roller coaster again. This season with all the changes and additions is all about improvement and giving the fan a view that we are getting better. It all about closing that gap. We have to remember where we was in the last few years plus Celtic totally upped their game with us returning - they sensed fear. Had that been Delia's team last season no way would they have been unbeaten or won by such a large margin.

 

Brenda's real test starts now.

 

For me we just have to concentrate on ourselves and start winning more matches against the Ross Countys and St Johnstones.

 

I have no issue with DK's statement at all - he has walked the talk this week so is entitled to this.

[ian1964 10,724]

For me DK is only saying what I, and a lot of Rangers fans, believe. We are not allowed to claim our titles won during the war because the league was weakened!, same for their titles as far as I am concerned!, the league was weakened when we got voted out!.

 

We are certainly now on our way back to dominating Scottish football, however we have to still do it on the pitch, let's get behind the team and board again and push all these Rangers hating scum all the way.