Well what do fellow Irish Football fans make of the goings on at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. While i can predict what the Celtic following Irish fans reaction is what about the rest of our support who don't follow Celtic.
Rangers are in Administration. This means they will be automatically deducted 10 points giving Celtic a 14 point lead at the top of the SPL.
Also i understand if they still in Administration by the end of March they will not be allowed compete in Europe next year. This is a serious loss in revenue for Rangers.
Do Ireland fans have sympathy for the plight of Rangers.
And do Celtic supporting Irish fans who are obviously over the moon due to the fact that Celtic barring a major collapse have now won the SPL title think that a weaker Rangers would actually be a bad thing for Scottish Football and ultimately Celtic FC in the long run.
Rangers -peoples thoughts??
posted on 15/2/12
Just as well they still have an unoffical ban on signing ROI players anyway! None of our players are affected by this, spare a thought for the Norths team they have 3 players caught up in this!
posted on 15/2/12
Its just fantastic and I dont have a shred of sympathy for them at all.
posted on 19/2/12
If Rangers fold , Celtic will be in trouble too. They are like 2 peas in a pod (bad peas at that). Sky will pull out , Celtic wont have any competiton , they will suffer (more) in Europe and it will be the final nail in the coffin for the SPL. Other teams who get bumper crowds when the Old Firm teams visit , will find that cut in half.
One of the guys i play football with is a massive Celtic fan , and however much he hates Rangers , he told me Celtic will struggle if they fold.
As for Robbies "unoffical" ban crap , how many ROI would "want" to play for Rangers.
posted on 20/2/12
People are people, almost all, if not all, have prejudices, me included.Problem is, when people allow those prejudices run wild, and demonise "the other lot". N that's the point, to have demons , you also need the good guys up in the sky.I'd like to think that if there were more agnotics/ aetheists , like myself, you might even have unsegregated crowds at old firm matches.Let me put it this way " We Are The People"
posted on 20/2/12
Alex we wont know until they are actually linked with a Roi player! I've been following the game as Man and Boy since the early 80's and I have NEVER seen them express an interest in signing one of our players! Seems a bit strange to me! Also you cant make the assumption that all ROI players are Celtic fans
posted on 20/2/12
I didnt make any assumptions Robbie but i suspect that most of them might be. Your making an assumption that because a club doesnt make a bid for a player from your country that they are bigoted, they havent made any bids for Indian players too. By your logic, they hate Indians too?
posted on 20/2/12
Thats just ridiculous now Alex! Two of the top scorers in the SPL are Roi players Heffernan and Daly. Not to mention Sammon and Rooney from last season. Sorry seems a bit strange that they never bid for proven Spl goal scorers from the Republic!
posted on 20/2/12
I will make a confession and say i have no clue about Rangers , or their transfer policy, just trying to get a rise from you for a giggle, young Robbie
posted on 20/2/12
They had a couple of Indians on trial during the season Alex. They were trying to tap into the market and exploit it financial gain. It didn't go well.
They have a ROI underage 'keeper on the books btw.
posted on 20/2/12
There ya go Robbie, you can take off your tinfoil hat.