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So What Is Everyones Opinion On Rangers And Celtic Joining The Premier League
Definitely Maybe
12-11-2003, 17:54
NO.
Why should they? They are Scottish, and just because the rest of the SPL is shite, it doesnt mean they have a divine right to join the English leagues.
If they were to join the English leaves, start them off right at the bottom in the Non-League divisions.
I agree with Definitely maybe. If they were to compete in the english domestic leagues then they should at least start at Division 1. I guess if they join, the Prem League will get bigger and more games will have to be played. The more games we play domesticly, the less chance the england team have of winning any honours.
There's no way they should even be allowed to join division 1, teams like Cardiff have worked hard to get into division 1 and I doubt they would be happy if Rangers and Celtic were allowed to go straight into division 1. Another problem would be the amount of travelling fans from clubs such as Southampton or Portsmouth would have to do to get up to Glasgow from the south coast.
I don't think we should spend too much time arguing about it because it's not going to happen in the forseeable future.
So its fair to say that we want those geezers to stay up north (no offence to any Rangers or celtic fans). The only way we know that celtic and rangers game has progressed is in Europe. Celtic doing better domestically in Europe where as Rangers lack flavour.
MatPhillips
12-11-2003, 22:07
first of all i've got to say i dont think they ever will! the scottish game would die (damn thats gonna be an empty funeral) and FIFA wouldn't allow that!
2nd of all, its a bad thing, they would be mid table at best, yes they would draw huge crowds, but think of the travelling, the are scottish.
if they ever did, they should start in DIV 3, meaning all their top players would leave and they would stay there!
i dont think theyre near good enough
see what happened at man yoo
ok so theyre too good for other scottish teams, but come on :o
Ypu guys have some good opinions its true tho they should have to start at the lower leagues, but i mean the 3 biggest clubs in britain by far are Man unt, Celtic and Rangers, the main reason why they prob will never get in the prem is cause the small english clubs know that they would become far stronger than them and it would be even harder for them to stay up, if you gave them a few years in england they would be in the top 10 richest clubs in the world, its all about tv money
i think they will bring more challenge to the league
MatPhillips
13-11-2003, 21:33
like Mutu said, look at what happened at Man U, they wouldn't beat our top 4 home or away very often (i'm talking Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle...IN THAT ORDER ARSENAL FANS!!)
L . F . C
14-11-2003, 03:35
i think they should
MatPhillips
14-11-2003, 19:19
hey LFC, i had that Avatar for about 30 seconds yesterday afternoon! what a coinkidink
MUTU and Matphillips u guys are right about it, (kinda) for the first couple of seasons they couldnt beat ur top 4 but after time they would be able to pick from the worlds best players as they would be in the premiership and the tv money would help cause like i said arsenal and chelsea are minor clubs compared to rangers and celtic, and probably liverpool aswell
MatPhillips
15-11-2003, 19:52
maybe, but like i said, i dont think they would start in the premier
i dont think theyre near good enough
see what happened at man yoo
ok so theyre too good for other scottish teams, but come on :o
Are You forgetting Liverpool and Blackburn Last season?
Personally I don't think its right that we play in England, but to say we aren't good enough is just stupid mate...Don't judge Scottish football on Rangers performance at Old Trafford, because they aren't very good at the moment.
if they are allowed they should start in div 3
where did cardiff start? Rangers and Celtic should start there, although I don't think they should be in the Enlish leagues at all.
adams9802
29-04-2004, 12:32
So What Is Everyones Opinion On Rangers And Celtic Joining The Premier League
NEVER!!!! They're are from Scotland not England..plain and simple...
NEVER!!!! They're are from Scotland not England..plain and simple...
And Cardiff are English??? :confused:
adams9802
29-04-2004, 12:44
And Cardiff are English??? :confused:
and how long has Cardiff been in the Primiere League...??? the reasons that Rangers wanna joing are fucking stupid and greedy, just coz they can't a decent leauge up north...christ! Cardiff being in the nationwide isn't being in the EPL!
Oh sorry, I was thinking about being in the English leagues, not just the premier.
Every club in the world is greedy, Rangers and Celtic have a chance to make megabucks, why wouldn't they want that.
I really don't see what all of you who are suggesting Rangers and Celtic couldn't compete in the Premiership are on about. Was Celtic easily seeing off your 4th and 6th placed teams last season as well as Celta Vigo (4th in Liga at time), Boavista (UEFA semi-finalists), Barcelona (3rd in Liga when Celtic beat them) and holding a whole host of other big names (Juventus, Bayern Munich, etc) overall not good enough?
UEFA Cup finalists count for nothing, eh? In my opinion, right now, Celtic could beat anyone from the Premiership right now apart from Arsenal. Man United have been crap this season, Chelsea are too inconsistent, and Liverpool and Newcastle have hardly had the best of seasons. Rangers would be a mid-table side on their current form, I'd say, but Celtic would easily be top 4.
However, I wouldn't like to see them join, as Scottish football would fall into comparison with the Welsh and Irish leagues, and we really wouldn't want that at all. :)
I think Rangers would struggle coz they don't have much money but I could see Celtic doing quite well.
its never going to happen.....ever
nath_scfc
30-04-2004, 18:26
Cardiff, Wrexham and Swansea are welsh - they should play in the Welsh leagues
Celtic and Rangers are scottish - they should play in the scottish leagues.
English leagues should be for English teams.
Simple as
Travis Bickle
30-04-2004, 18:46
Cardiff, Wrexham and Swansea are welsh - they should play in the Welsh leagues
Celtic and Rangers are scottish - they should play in the scottish leagues.
English leagues should be for English teams.
Simple as
Rakest !!
I heard they could buyout a club that goes into administration then just use their league position and carry on as normal !
The people that say they can beat the top teams in the premier are talking crap its about consistency in the premier league look how long the season is and your playing top teams week in week out, so you get to a uefa cup semi final wow, doesn't mean they're gonna put a run together when they have to play the top half of the table in a period of 8 weeks !
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