anyone catch

[GlasgowBandit]

Yeah AC, Inter, Juve all supporter less.....

Corrupt as f**k as well.

Ohh and both AC and Juve have been to CP in the past few years and not won.   I guess thats because we're peripheral right?  And we'd have beaten Juve in Turin if it wasn't for that diving french surrender cheese eating monkey Trezeguet diving!

[Ironside]

that said the top euro teams are closing in fast on the old firm due to worldwide tv and the fact the old firm rare get a game shown outside of the uk

[TightEnd]

facilities and money they are streets ahead of the old firm but not in worldwide support

well that debatable

Liverpool are massive in the far east,and now more so in the US

Arsenal and Chelsea more recently so

Newcastle I'll give you

Outside the East coast of the US, Ireland and Scotland I don't know where Scotland have "gobal" support from non-scots orirish/irish-americans

[Ironside]

current strengh of squad wise the old firm isnt even in the top 30 in the world

but if a euro league was sorted and all teams left there domestic leagues celtic and rangers would be top 10 every season

[GlasgowBandit]

you are kidding me?

Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea all there in terms combinations of support, facilities and especially money

Celtic is in a peripheral non-competitive domestic league compared to them

That said, I hope as a British football fan that Celtic do well against Barca

Money yeah.

Support none of them come anywhere near Celtic or Rangers.

Facilities you been to Celtic Park or Ibrox?  Or any the teams training complexes?

[TightEnd]

I used to play table tennis for my county and we would train regularly at the top Premiership and SPL training grounds and let me tell you this, the quality of ping pong table at The Cliff exceeds any Scottish facility by miles

[gatso]

current strengh of squad wise the old firm isnt even in the top 30 in the world

but if a euro league was sorted and all teams left there domestic leagues celtic and rangers would be top 10 every season

this is a joke right?

[bobby1]

I don't dispute that we are probably one of the weaker sides in the last 16 of the UCL, however that doesnt make us a peripheral club the stature of Celtic Football Club is massive their are possibly 4 teams in the World who have a bigger fan base and recognisable brand name that is akin to Celtic. 


You don't really believe that do you?

What you are saying is that in Italy, England, Spain, Germany and South America there are only 4 clubs that are bigger clubs than celtic?

I can only think of 3

Real Madrid
Barcelona
Man U

...........

nothing in Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina or any other English team comes close

 


I do find the "peripheral team" comment entirely objectionable I must say, oh I did earlier!

Go on then Give me another English team?

Arsenal? Liverpool? They dont even come close. 

Of course...

step 1 talk rubbish about Celtic/Rangers...delete as appropriate
step 2 get all defensive and asume that the English are just having a go at Scottish footy for the sake of it
step 3 Instead of accepting that your view is daft and that what it boils down to is that you are incredibly biased turn the discussion to English footy instead and attack where applicable.

rinse and start again.....

[GlasgowBandit]

facilities and money they are streets ahead of the old firm but not in worldwide support

well that debatable



Outside the East coast of the US, Ireland and Scotland I don't know where Scotland have "gobal" support from non-scots orirish/irish-americans

Try Canada, New Zealand, Austrailia, Japan, Spain, Germany, to name but a few palces where Celtic have a massive support.

Give me any other British clubs that can regularly take 10,000 - 20,000 fans to away Games in Europe?  As well as pull in 50 - 60k in folk for pish poor league games.

Celtic and Rangers in the EPL with the finances that go along with it would be top 4 every year.

[GlasgowBandit]

I used to play table tennis for my county and we would train regularly at the top Premiership and SPL training grounds and let me tell you this, the quality of ping pong table at The Cliff exceeds any Scottish facility by miles

When was this?

[Ironside]

ed i mean dan nope

if celtic and rangers were able to get the same money for media rights and prize money as the rest of the competing teams they would be able to compete in quailty of players and wages with the top teams due to there support

thus ensuring them a spot at the top table

currerently rangers and celtic hace 2nd rate players due to the fact they get a small fraction of the tv money the bigger nations get

[TightEnd]

you are kidding me?

Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea all there in terms combinations of support, facilities and especially money

Celtic is in a peripheral non-competitive domestic league compared to them

That said, I hope as a British football fan that Celtic do well against Barca

Money yeah.

Support none of them come anywhere near Celtic or Rangers.

Facilities you been to Celtic Park or Ibrox?  Or any the teams training complexes?

I've been to Parkhead and Ibrox

Not a patch for the neutral on the Emirates, or St James Park, or Old Trafford. Superior ot Anfield and Stamford Bridge. Not as good as Man C's Eastlands, or Bolton's Reebok (for architectural flair). Huddersfield's is striking too 

but then I have no axe to grind, or bias in this

[TightEnd]

I used to play table tennis for my county and we would train regularly at the top Premiership and SPL training grounds and let me tell you this, the quality of ping pong table at The Cliff exceeds any Scottish facility by miles

When was this?

1974, Under sevens

I played against the top players in my age group

[bobby1]

facilities and money they are streets ahead of the old firm but not in worldwide support

well that debatable



Outside the East coast of the US, Ireland and Scotland I don't know where Scotland have "gobal" support from non-scots orirish/irish-americans

Try Canada, New Zealand, Austrailia, Japan, Spain, Germany, to name but a few palces where Celtic have a massive support.

Give me any other British clubs that can regularly take 10,000 - 20,000 fans to away Games in Europe?  As well as pull in 50 - 60k in folk for pish poor league games.

Celtic and Rangers in the EPL with the finances that go along with it would be top 4 every year.

Bandit, you are on the wind up arent you?

[TightEnd]

facilities and money they are streets ahead of the old firm but not in worldwide support

well that debatable



Outside the East coast of the US, Ireland and Scotland I don't know where Scotland have "gobal" support from non-scots orirish/irish-americans

Try Canada, New Zealand, Austrailia, Japan, Spain, Germany, to name but a few palces where Celtic have a massive support.

Give me any other British clubs that can regularly take 10,000 - 20,000 fans to away Games in Europe?  As well as pull in 50 - 60k in folk for pish poor league games.

Celtic and Rangers in the EPL with the finances that go along with it would be top 4 every year.

Bandit, you are on the wind up arent you?

Bandit, the majority of Celtic support overseas is ex-pat or Irish by background

it clearly doesn't have the indigenous support that a Liverpool has in the Far East, to pick but one example