Celtic clinch the title.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37451

'Clinch'.... are they serious? They play in a league where it's like Barcelona playing in the Sunday League.
Why not just send them the title in August and save us the bother of even pretending this has any credibility. It would also save the fuel and time wasted travelling to games to perpetuate this farce.

alibarthez · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1072

i know and they hand out plaudits like they have beaten Barcelona Real Madrid Bayern Munich and Chelsea en route to winning it.

Not helped by the fact I cannot bear Brendan Rodgers.

The Bishop · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:57 am

To use the popular cliche, you can only beat what is in front of you, seems very apt in this case, as Celtic did. Most SPL Premier league players are at best average championship/good L1 players in England. TBF if I pulled my old boots out I could still make a living playing in that League.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

alibarthez wrote:

i know and they hand out plaudits like they have beaten Barcelona Real Madrid Bayern Munich and Chelsea en route to winning it.

Not helped by the fact I cannot bear Brendan Rodgers.

Bear or bare?

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PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

It will be a relief to all that they've finally clinched the title it was getting a bit nervy up there.

johnjo · **Joined:** Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:57 pm **Posts:** 321

Just think Ross County a middle of the league side signed Franks and Holden last season. Two free transfers from Pools, and Rangers signed two from Accrington.

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2475

Not sure why was it on the BBC main news yesterday...

Malcolm Dawes Knew My Father · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2011 4:25 pm **Posts:** 4198

With Rangers still skint in comparison to Celtic, the one horse race that is the Scottish Premier League isn't going to get competitive any time soon.

The only way to even things up is for Celtic to be forced to appoint Lee Clark as manager for the next 5 years.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37451

It's like a Grand Prix where Celtic are driving an F1 car and the rest are driving Lada's or a milk float with a flat battery. Pointless.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12367

From 1891 until 2017.
Rangers won it 54
Celtic 48
Others 19.
So in nearly 140 years the Scottish title has only been outside of the big two nineteen times.
This year is no exception, and so it will go on. It's thirty four years since neither Rangers or Celtic won it (Dundee United in 1983).

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Hope it's this tight again next season to keep it interesting.

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:04 pm

Malcolm Dawes Knew My Father wrote:

With Rangers still skint in comparison to Celtic, the one horse race that is the Scottish Premier League isn't going to get competitive any time soon.

The only way to even things up is for Celtic to be forced to appoint Lee Clark as manager for the next 5 years.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

derwent wrote:

From 1891 until 2017.
Rangers won it 54
Celtic 48
Others 19.
So in nearly 140 years the Scottish title has only been outside of the big two nineteen times.
This year is no exception, and so it will go on. It's thirty four years since neither Rangers or Celtic won it (Dundee United in 1983).

I'd always assumed the last non Old Firm winners would have been Aberdeen when Ferguson was manager, I thought they won it a few times in the 80's.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12367

PJPoolie wrote:

derwent wrote:

From 1891 until 2017.
Rangers won it 54
Celtic 48
Others 19.
So in nearly 140 years the Scottish title has only been outside of the big two nineteen times.
This year is no exception, and so it will go on. It's thirty four years since neither Rangers or Celtic won it (Dundee United in 1983).

I'd always assumed the last non Old Firm winners would have been Aberdeen when Ferguson was manager, I thought they won it a few times in the 80's.

Aye you're right, Aberdeen won it in the two seasons following Dundee Utd. Memory's going, I thought the Dons won it the two years before, but it was after.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12367

83, 84 and 85 were the only three years in succession when an old firm team didn't win it.

The Bishop · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:13 pm

TBF Scottish Football became uncompetetive when the Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers stopped playing in the English FA Cup!

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:57 pm

I had £1000 on them to win the league. Now what to spend my 25p on

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37451

25p

... How did you get that much?

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Must have bet before they got Rodgers as manager and a few players who've played in the premiership.

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:26 pm

Snowy wrote:

25p

... How did you get that much?

Special offer!

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37451

Invest it wisely

The Bishop · **Posted:** Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:50 am

Snowy wrote:

Invest it wisely

Put that 25p on Celtic winning the league next season and then in a years time you can brag about having 26p!!!!

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7425

It's never going too change, £21 million TV rights for the Scottish Clubs, £5 billion for the Premier League and let's be honest around 6 half decent teams in the top of the English league who struggle to compete in Europe along with another 6 mediocre teams below them and the rest just there too make the numbers up, Premier League the best in the world my a*** !
All I can say there are loads of mugs out there shelling out a £100 a month plus too watch s**** !

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Didn't happen

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Celtic clinch the title.

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