Europe 2022/23

[SamP]

2 hours ago, Big Ramy 1314 said:

I agree it is ridiculous, considering one of the 2 is only 10 years old...

you are wasted cleaning out sewers for a living Oracle. With this level of comment you should be a university professor.  How long did it take you to provide the above thesis?

[vanderark14]

9 hours ago, JECK said:

Affectively brainwashed folk - robbing clubs of fans who are not going to see and support their local team

Celtic haven't always filled their own ground. There were a lot of empty seats during regular league games when they didn't have rangers in the league.

That period was probably the best since the 80s when it comes to success. 7 non OF clubs won a trophy 

[ceudmilefailte]

14 hours ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said:

just reading back your earlier post ; along lines of stats show that celtic were competitive .....

is that not a contradiction then ?

the record will show at end of group stages celtic 2 pts - rangers 0 pts

 

Rangers were in the bottom three out of all the clubs in the champions league for shots at goal, possession and pass accuracy  .No one can deny they were the worst team in this years (or any years?) champions league.

Celtic's end position might have been just as bad but at least they had some amount of attempts at goal, possession and a decent pass success rate. At least they gave their opponents some sort of game. They were to a degree competitive that is all I am saying. 

Seems to me that the OF haters have added Celtic and Rangers together and divided by two to show how bad they both are.

I dislike the OF equally, but at least I can be subjective about their performances.

 

 

[ceudmilefailte]

4 hours ago, vanderark14 said:

Celtic haven't always filled their own ground. There were a lot of empty seats during regular league games when they didn't have rangers in the league.

That period was probably the best since the 80s when it comes to success. 7 non OF clubs won a trophy 

Did Rangers not have a crowd of 1500 against Partick Thistle in the 80's?

Only reason Celtic and Rangers get such big crowds is their season tickets are dirt cheap.

[slasher]

I decided to stew on last night for a bit before posting my gripes and going by the diddy club joyfest that ensued I did right 😂 It happens every time Celtic/Rangers take a hiding in Europe and is perfectly understandable….just don’t expect me to enjoy it when it’s our turn!

Anyway to my irritations from last night

(a) Kyogo - zero goals from 9 clear cut chances, contrast that with 1/2 for Giakoumakis, Ange should have been starting the big man last night

(b) Juranovic - apart from Shakhtar away he has been hopeless. Those ‘in the know’ reckon he’s away for big money in January but I wouldn’t know if that’s right

(c) If Steffanie Fraapart is blazing the trail for women refs God help us, she was hopeless last night and I’m discounting the  penalties from my assessment . 

CCV, O’Riley, Jota and Hatate all look like they have potential at this level and I’m happy we had a go but we are going to need a top class DM and others to improve to do better. That said we should have got third in this group but I’m glad we’re out altogether. We’d have been on a hiding to nothing in the Europa after the huns run last season and I don’t agree with the ‘parachute’ anyway!

[Auchinyell Sox Change]

3 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said:

Rangers were in the bottom three out of all the clubs in the champions league for shots at goal, possession and pass accuracy  .No one can deny they were the worst team in this years (or any years?) champions league.

Celtic's end position might have been just as bad but at least they had some amount of attempts at goal, possession and a decent pass success rate. At least they gave their opponents some sort of game. They were to a degree competitive that is all I am saying. 

Seems to me that the OF haters have added Celtic and Rangers together and divided by two to show how bad they both are.

I dislike the OF equally, but at least I can be subjective about their performances.

 

 

As much as i ( have always ) hated the old firm ; this is more about a contempt for stats

so we can sum it up as

celtic were shite

rangers were really shite 

[SamP]

The Oracle needs to get on to this one.  It is obviously fake news against the GFITW and nothing like George Square.  Ra Cellic fans are legendary.  And don't expect a response from the tall man.  It's all against his angels.  Who UEFA have fined their club 'more than any other' in the last ten years for their terrorist banners.

[ceudmilefailte]

21 minutes ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said:

As much as i ( have always ) hated the old firm ; this is more about a contempt for stats

so we can sum it up as

celtic were shite

rangers were really shite 

Celtic were pretty shite and Rangers were totally shite would be more my take.

[Jersey Jim]

23 hours ago, thplinth said:

Considering you are #418 that is exceptionally high praise. And to you too sir.

#418?
Apologies I have no idea what that means 🤷‍♂️

[Och Aye]

The great level of shiteness debate 

[Toepoke]

20 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said:

Did Rangers not have a crowd of 1500 against Partick Thistle in the 80's?

6087 was the official attendance. For context though it was during a run of rescheduled games due to the big freeze of 1979, and Rangers had lost the league at Celtic Park two nights earlier...

 

Rangers Fixtures 1978/79

League

(H) St Mirren 12.8.1978 0-1 Att 28,000

(A) Hibernian 19.8.1978 0-0 Att 23,000

(H) Partick Thistle 26.8.1978 0-0 Att 24,500

(A) Celtic 9.9.1978 1-3 Att 60,000

(H) Aberdeen 16.9.1978 1-1 Att 27,000

(A) Morton 23.9.1978 2-2 Att 16,500

(H) Motherwell 30.9.1978 4-1 Att 26,000

(H) Dundee United 7.10.1978 1-1 Att 27,000

(A) Hearts 14.10.1978 0-0 Att 18,159

(A) St Mirren 21.10.1978 1-0 Att 26,000

(H) Hibernian 28.10.1978 2-1 Att 24,750

(A) Partick Thistle 4.11.1978 0-1 Att 20,641

(H) Celtic 11.11.1978 1-1 Att 52,330 Played at Hampden Park

(A) Aberdeen 18.11.1978 0-0 Att 26,000

(H) Morton 25.11.1978 3-0 Att 21,500

(A) Dundee United 9.12.1978 0-3 Att 15,247

(H) Hearts 16.12.1978 5-3 Att 16,250

(H) St Mirren 23.12.1978 1-0 Att 22,500

(A) Morton 20.1.1979 2-0 Att 16,312

(H) Dundee United 10.2.1979 1-0 Att 23,500

(A) Hearts 24.2.1979 2-3 Att 16,500

(H) Hibernian 14.3.1979 1-0 Att 16,000

(A) Partick Thistle 17.3.1979 2-0 Att 18,685

(A) St Mirren 27.3.1979 2-1 Att 20,000

(H) Morton 7.4.1979 1-1 Att 15,750

(H) Motherwell 10.4.1979 3-0 Att 12,000

(A) Motherwell 14.4.1979 0-2 Att 14,612

(A) Dundee United 21.4.1979 2-1 Att 20,264

(A) Aberdeen 25.4.1979 1-2 Att 20,000

(H) Hearts 28.4.1979 4-0 Att 20,050

(A) Motherwell 2.5.1979 2-1 Att 13,052

(H) Celtic 5.5.1979 1-0 Att 52,841 Played at Hampden Park

(H) Aberdeen 7.5.1979 2-0 Att 32,000

(A) Celtic 21.5.1979 2-4 Att 52,000

(H) Partick Thistle 23.5.1979 1-0 Att 6,087

(A) Hibernian 31.5.1979 1-2 Att 5,000

 

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