Rangers SPL Champions
Posted by: graham55 on 22 May 2005
Respect is due!!!!!!!!
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Posted on: 22 May 2005 by Steve G
I'm already half-way through a bottle of bubbly and there will be plenty more to follow that!
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by long-time-dead
The BBQ is on, the beer is chilling and I am going to love going into work tomorrow morning.
I suffered on Friday so revenge will be sweet !!
"Oh, the Bluebells are blue !"
I suffered on Friday so revenge will be sweet !!
"Oh, the Bluebells are blue !"
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by Steve G
It's been a good weekend for me - my office is part of the Livingston stadium so I'm happy they stayed up, then this today. Very nice indeed.
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by long-time-dead
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
Nice one James 
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by TomK
I only just heard the news as I went to see Revenge of the Sith this afternoon. As Celtic appear never to get beaten by fair means have we had the usual load of excuses trotted out?
1. The ref's a Mason
2. The linesman was spotted wearing a Rangers top a while back.
3. The team was tired after a long season.
4. The team was unsettled by speculation about O'Neill.
5. The Motherwell manager's a former Rangers player (oops - that's actually true!)
6. Hibs lay down to Rangers.
7. The SFA is biased towards Rangers.
Etc etc.
I think a dram or two may be downed tonight!
1. The ref's a Mason
2. The linesman was spotted wearing a Rangers top a while back.
3. The team was tired after a long season.
4. The team was unsettled by speculation about O'Neill.
5. The Motherwell manager's a former Rangers player (oops - that's actually true!)
6. Hibs lay down to Rangers.
7. The SFA is biased towards Rangers.
Etc etc.
I think a dram or two may be downed tonight!
Posted on: 23 May 2005 by cunningplan
I take it there are no Celtic fans on this forum, based on what's been posted so far.
Regards
Clive
Regards
Clive
Posted on: 23 May 2005 by Steve G
quote:Originally posted by cunningplan:
I take it there are no Celtic fans on this forum, based on what's been posted so far.
There used to be one as Stallion was a Celtic fan - shame he's not around at the moment!
Posted on: 23 May 2005 by Lomo
Och Ay, does any other team get a lookin?
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by alex95
Its been an exciting season in the SPL and am delighted Rangers won it, we seemed to be written off after the Old Firm defeat at Ibrox.
There are some positives to be taken from the season though it was still a two horse race, namely Aberdeen, huge improvement from the last few years, it might not be too long before they are nudging at the big two again and Hibs, they have played some vibrant attacking football this season if they can keep their youngsters and Tony Mowbrey can build on that who knows.
The week after the Old Firm match Celtic lost 3-1 at home to a very impressive Hibs side and that was the beginning of the end for Celtic's title.
There are some positives to be taken from the season though it was still a two horse race, namely Aberdeen, huge improvement from the last few years, it might not be too long before they are nudging at the big two again and Hibs, they have played some vibrant attacking football this season if they can keep their youngsters and Tony Mowbrey can build on that who knows.
The week after the Old Firm match Celtic lost 3-1 at home to a very impressive Hibs side and that was the beginning of the end for Celtic's title.
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by Steve G
quote:Originally posted by alex95:
There are some positives to be taken from the season though it was still a two horse race, namely Aberdeen, huge improvement from the last few years, it might not be too long before they are nudging at the big two again
While teams like Aberdeen and Hibs will take points of the old firm during the course of a season it'll be a long, long time before they'll be able to compete over the course of a full season. Neither Rangers or Celtic are particularily strong sides (by their standards) at the moment but both will strengthen significantly during the close season. Next year I'd be surprised if there is any less than a 25 point gap between Celtic in 2nd place and Hibs, Hearts or Aberdeen in 3rd.
quote:
and Hibs, they have played some vibrant attacking football this season if they can keep their youngsters and Tony Mowbrey can build on that who knows.
They will need to make progress because they only got the last European spot on goal difference from Abderdeen and Aberdeen (who now have a good management team) will strengthen in the summer.
quote:The week after the Old Firm match Celtic lost 3-1 at home to a very impressive Hibs side and that was the beginning of the end for Celtic's title.
For some reason this season Hibs have always run Celtic close in their games but have never been able to threaten Rangers. The last time Hibs came to Ibrox the media were spinning it as a likely win for the Edinburgh side but they actually got pummelled. Perhaps it's because both Hibs and Rangers are footballing sides, but Rangers are better at it? Celtic suffer against teams with a fast attack which might explain why Hibs always trouble them.
Anyway it's likely to be an interesting close season as David Murray has promised a few more significant signings and Celtic have a lot of work to do, including clearing out the deadwood.
Regards
Steve
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by Steve G
quote:Originally posted by Lomo:
Och Ay, does any other team get a lookin?
No, unless one of the other sides can find themselves a Russian sugar-daddy (Romanov at Hearts hasn't delivered anything as yet).
With home attendances of 50-60,000 for the old firm and at best 10-15,000 (and many much lower) for the rest there is a huge gulf in income between the old-firm and the rest.
It's not that difference from England where at best 3 teams are capable of winning the title there.