CammyF 8,137 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 14 minutes ago, compo said: Yep Still mighty in my eyes 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,137 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Scott7 said: Aye. Don’t confuse might with fame. Rangers are still famous but their might is considerably reduced. Can’t compete with Southampton in money terms. Southampton! Good God. I expect @compo is thinking of a time when the Arsenal at their mightiest could just about compete with Rangers. Still mighty in my eyes, may be I'm a tad "naive" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 27 minutes ago, CammyF said: Can’t compete with Southampton in money terms. Just read that EUFA are to change fair play transfers to paying over five years from next season. It says this will stop e.g.Chelsea from signing players on long extended deals over which they can pay off a massive transfer deal. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,208 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 13 hours ago, Scott7 said: Aye. Don’t confuse might with fame. Rangers are still famous but their might is considerably reduced. Can’t compete with Southampton in money terms. Southampton! Good God. I expect @compo is thinking of a time when the Arsenal at their mightiest could just about compete with Rangers. Football and neo-liberal economics The balance between Business and Sport The balance between the Haves and Have Nots - Changes in distribution of wealth (and therefore power) - Money flows more easily upwards to the top - Everything becomes about growing and squeezing more money out of X In Scotland, Aberdeen and Dundee Utd won the title in the 80's (Hearts were very close) and reached European finals before or at the time of the change that saw home teams keep gate money (League games), rather than share it. Now much more of the cake goes to the big two teams and the rest haven't a chance. Beyond Scotland, the boot tends to be on the other foot. European competition and how they organise the financial distribution, continually tweaking it, mostly to keep the big clubs getting more money. For example, the use of a 10 year co-efficient to make sure the big clubs hoover up most of the revenue, before a ball is kicked. England has seen a hugely successful product (EPL) very well marketed and it generates amounts of money that mean any decent player that we come accross and may help us become more competitive, will be gone before you can say Willie MacKay. Mighty within Scotland, although if we don't get our act together, we are going to get cut off in a no mans land where there is one dominant team, another (us) who can occasionally get in their way and the rest. To be fair to Hearts, they are showing signs that they could become a clear third force, at least for a while. Famous globally, for now. Perhaps not so much in a couple of generations time, unless we can somehow move upwards from the Scottish League. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,024 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) From the resumption, season 1947/47 up to 1964/65 Rangers were ten times champions, Hibs thrice, Hearts twice (should have been three) Aberdeen, Dundee, Kilmarnock and another team all had one championship. The same teams occupied the runners-up spots if they weren’t winning. Some third places are interesting. East Fife and Jags twice each, Motherwell, Third Lanark and Dunfermline all once. We all know what happened after that. As buster says, Aberdeen had a brief flurry and United managed it once. So, yes, Rangers are one of the two pikes in a pond of minnows, so, mighty to that extent though not able to compete with ocean-going sharks. 33 minutes ago, buster. said: Mighty within Scotland, although if we don't get our act together, we are going to get cut off in a no mans land where there is one dominant team, another (us) who can occasionally get in their way and the rest. A warning well given. Edited January 25, 2023 by Scott7 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) Back to topic Thistle game is Sunday 12th Feb ko 16.00 on Viaplay,so yet again we are given a crap Sunday date. Edited January 26, 2023 by MacK1950 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, MacK1950 said: yet again we are given a crap Sunday date. On a crap channel. ☹️ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,420 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 We got the even crappier Saturday evening 5.30pm slot in the last round which the tims have this time round. I dont know why Viaplay decide to put our games on at such poor times when they have nothing else worth showing on their crap channels. Why not go for the tried and tested lunchtime Saturday or even a 2/3pm Sunday kick off? Although at least these games are on at the weekend, the two games the BBC have picked are on Friday night and Monday night. Fans are as usual a complete afterthought. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 56 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: On a crap channel. ☹️ RTV isn't great but it's not crap 😉 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 24 minutes ago, Bill said: RTV isn't great but it's not crap 😉 Of course it isn't it does not have Craigan which is a massive bonus. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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