IN response to comments made by First Minister Alex Salmond, the club have released the following statement: âWe are very disappointed with the First Ministerâs claims that Celtic âneedâ Rangers and that Celtic âcan't prosper unless Rangers are thereââ. "This is simply not true. In a series of interviews given just three days ago, we made it abundantly clear that Celtic has a well-defined strategy and a business plan independent of the fortunes of any other club. That remains absolutely the case. âThe predicament of Rangers is clearly a serious and complex matter with a whole range of possible outcomes. âHowever, we are extremely well-qualified to make our own position clear and have no wish to see this being misrepresented for political reasons .â
Mr Salmond's comments are nothing but political popularity-seeking grunts designed to make him appear to show empathy with Rangers fans. In reality they mean nothing and carry no weight whatsoever. Good to see Celtic coming out with this statement.
Salmond's a band wagon jumpin fat **** who would rim yer ****ey anus if he thought it get yer vote ...
Of course squiggy. "Celtic need Rangers". Repeat ad nauseum until the dimwit masses actually believe it.
Lawell is employed by Celtic Football Club. His job is to talk about football matters. Salmond is supposed to be First Minister and should stick to politics. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
Can anyone tell me if Alex Salmond has made a statement on the situation at Hearts? You know that other SPL team that's in financial trouble. The one he even claims to support.
I'll trust the words of Peter Lawwell before the words of a hun any day. Scottish football has been dragged through the gutter because of your club and you have the brass neck to claim Scottish football would be the poorer without you! Away and gie us peace.
This Lawell scoffed at the £9 million bid for Jelavic and was roundly mocked by Rangers fans Lawell asked for ticket money up-front and was proved right Lawell pre-empted the administration issue and Rangers fans did their nut. I'm going to start calling him "Honest Pete" from now on
I don't mean to be rude but I don't believe that a Ranger's fan, such as yourself, would be any Celtic fan's choice of arbitrator in determining what is 'common sense' in this instance. The current representatives of Celtic FC can and do speak for themselves.....unlike the current owner/s of Rangers FC who appear/s to be telling the loyal fans nothing other than what is hoped is sufficient to string them along.
Good point Peter and the fans money, Poor Dunfirmline are hit badly. I cannot see how Celtic will suffer. Either Rangers will continue in the SPL or else the won't If there won't be a Rangers, there will be other teams who will benefit, St Mirren, M'well Killie's Thistle, are but a few examples of clubs whose fans are also fans of Rangers. With Rangers not attracting these fans anymore clubs will be stronger. Of the 50,000 who attended Ibrox every other weekend at least 4 or 5k would want to attend a top match at Celtic Park. In the passing of time, a trouble free Celtic will be invited to play in the P.L. It won't happen if Rangers are in either of the leading positions in SPL
The SPL will of course survive without Rangers. But to think there will be no material affect to all the clubs is ****in delusional. SPL reconstruction anybody? I'll hand it to the Celtic PR machine, though. Timmy is lapping it up and spunkin in their drawers. Or did I get that the wrong way round?
You make my brain hurt trying to decipher the ***** you speak. Where do you come up with this pish? You and yer pals sittin around a bong in yer Cetic taps every night?
I don't even consider him in any way biased. I think he just lets ****e dribble out when anyone asks him for a quote. The ****er is desperate for any kind of attention.
