Like this they will not, not one bit no. Ronny Deila has warned Celtic's title rivals that the reigning champions are even better than last year as they begin their defence of the Scottish Premiership crown. The Hoops will unfurl the Championship flag for the fourth consecutive season when Ross County visit Parkhead on the opening day of the new Scottish top-flight campaign on Saturday. And Norwegian manager Deila, who led Celtic to a Premiership and League Cup double in his first season in charge, is looking forward to seeing an even more dominant campaign from the Glasgow team this term. "It is going to be a nice day and hopefully we can do the same as last year when we beat Dundee United 6-1," he said. "It is going to be tough but I think we are a better football team than we were at the same time last year - hopefully that will give us more points. "I learned a lot last year and I am still learning. But it is the same challenge that we had last year. We want to win games, entertain and win trophies. Now the season starts and I am looking forward to it." The financial clout of the Parkhead club compared to their opponents means Celtic are the overwhelming favourites to extend their dominance of the top-flight in the continued absence of Glasgow rivals Rangers. But this might not be enough to save him from criticism from the Celtic faithful, who expect better things from their side in Europe after their dismal exit from the UEFA Champions League in the qualifying rounds last year. This week's narrow 1-0 win over Azerbaijani outfit Qarabag FK in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie has left their progress to the play-off round hanging firmly in the balance. Challengers prepare for difficult hurdle Domestically, the Hoops finished the season 17 points ahead of nearest rivals Aberdeen, but Deila expects the Dons to run his side closer this season. "Aberdeen will be our main challengers. They have kept their team from last season and have added good players too," he said. "They are going to be stronger and have already shown that in the Europa League." Good things are also expected of newly-promoted Hearts, who ran away with the Championship title last season, as they begin their top flight campaign at home to St Johnstone. Rangers' failure to see off Motherwell in last season's Premiership play-offs means the Ibrox club face another year languishing in the Championship. However, there is an air of optimism around Ibrox not seen since the club was forced to start life in Scotland's bottom tier following liquidation in 2012. Mark Warburton's appointment by newly-appointed chairman Dave King has been greeted favourably by a Rangers support that had become dejected by erratic performances on the pitch and distracting boardroom battles off it. The Gers open their second tier campaign against relegated St Mirren on 7 August. Wooft http://m.fifa.com/world-match-centre/nationalleagues/nationalleague=scotland-premier-league-2000000001/news/newsid/266/874/3/index.html
He has a point an unhappy allan maybe won't win them the title. What the stupid ****er fails to mention is seeking their best player to their rivals won't help them win the ****ing thing either
The best part about this whole saga is that Scott Allan is an average player at best. He's no even the best young Scottish midfielder at Hibs, that would be Fraser Fyvie.
By far the biggest RFC arse licker of them all. His musings on all things Rangers are verging on the ****ing hysterical Like i said the other day, the press are basically doing everything in their power to make sure Allan ends up at Ibrox...they'll get their wish soon enough
Would hate to be the poor **** who'll have to put up with Billy 's ire on Monday morn Complaints dep bombarded
by Chris Graham | Contributor As the new season looms, and with it the hope of improved fortune on and off the pitch, a new attitude towards regular proponents of misinformation in the media has been adopted. Press credentials were sent out this week and although the publications and broadcasters that use Graham Spiers will receive their usual allocations, they have been informed that the press passes they have been given cannot be used for the now freelance Spiers. They are free to send someone to cover games at Ibrox but Spiers will not be admitted. Chris McLaughlin will also not be admitted using BBC credentials following a number of questionable reports over the past few years including some that were outright propaganda for the previous regime. Spiers has long been a champion for the flat earth, Sevco brigade in Scottish football – those determined to spread the myth that Rangers are a new club. He has been caught out many times, over a period of several years, telling outright lies about Rangers both in print and in broadcasts and the new board has now lost patience. Despite his denials, with Spiers' career in sharp decline, he has recently reverted to filing match reports for a fee. He will no longer be doing so for games at Ibrox. Both he and McLaughlin will also lose access to any pre- and post-match press conferences. The BBC Scotland response has been sadly predictable. Instead of acknowledging the culture of bias which pervades their news and sport departments, they have decided to 'boycott' Rangers. To be clear, BBC Scotland, a publicly funded body with hundreds of staff, is refusing to service hundreds of thousands of Rangers fans because one of their staff members is not welcome at the club. That is the level of arrogance in Pacific Quay and the level of contempt they hold for Rangers. McLaughlin has a long history of churning out Media House propaganda on behalf of the previous regime. Who can forget his bus interview with the Easdales and his wild claims of inflated share holdings? Despite this he has been given opportunities and cordial advice to attempt to balance his reporting on the club. That advice has not been taken. McLaughlin's latest stunt was to engineer a negative report after the 2-6 Hibs game. The BBC Scotland headlines were all about a handful of arrests amongst a 4,000 strong Rangers crowd despite an eight-goal thriller. McLaughlin persuaded the match delegate, former Celtic employee George Douglas, to breach SPFL guidelines and give him his negative story. (This **** is actually serious ) So what should have been positive news for Rangers fans is quickly turned into a negative through the bitterness and lack of balance of a single BBC employee. This is what the club faces and what senior BBC Scotland producers choose to encourage amongst their staff. The club has been strong and fair on this. We have not acted like the second team in Scotland ( You know how big a ****ing eejit you are dealing with when he can't even bring himself to mention Celtic, who I assume are the 2nd Biggest club and who refers to Rangers as "WE") and banned journalists for one-off questions or stories we did not like. This is a reaction to years of unacceptable, malicious reporting from the individuals involved. All media organisations remain welcome at Ibrox - including the BBC. What will not now be tolerated are individuals who deliberately lie in print or ignore documented fact to try to lower the standing of the club or damage the Rangers brand. Senior club officials met with senior BBC Scotland figures shortly after the EGM to put across their concerns and attempt to find a solution. Rangers tried everything they could to avoid this ban but BBC Scotland refuse at all levels to address their problem. Instead of petulance and failing in their duty to a huge section of their audience, BBC Scotland would be better examining the inaccuracies, PR misinformation and outright lies that have been churned out by several of their employees and ask why such people seem to flourish in their organisation. The club is taking a much more proactive approach with the media as a whole. Many positive stories are being generated and bridges built. (Aye, I can see that.) Meanwhile questions are being asked of anomalies in reporting like the recent use of photos of Ibrox in a Guardian piece about policing in Scotland. The editor was contacted and the club’s displeasure about Rangers being shoe horned into a negative story which had no relevance to us was made known. Rangers are also aware of discontent amongst online fans at the spread of falsehoods on the internet. The main culprits being Phil MacGiollabhain and Bill McMurdo Jnr with his ironically named ‘Rangers Supporters Loyal’. Both The Rangers Standard (TRS) and the Copland Road Organization (CRO) have had a great deal of fun over the years debunking the myths of MacGiollabhain and more recently McMurdo. We will continue to do so and there can now be no doubt that they are being fed their misinformation from the PR representatives of the old regime at Rangers. These PR representatives also continue to contact the mainstream media with their tall tales, despite being given short shrift by credible journalists. (So credible that he won't even name them) However, with their stories being so demonstrably wrong – such as MacGiollabhain’s recent claim that we had sold only 8,000 season tickets and his fantasy accounts of dealings with Sports Direct – the prevailing view within the club is that normal operations over the coming weeks and months will serve to further discredit these individuals to the point that even their most ardent fans desert them. Put simply, as the rebuild continues on and off the park their lies will become more and more transparent. So as we continue to see improvement and additions on the pitch, there are also some signs of our club slowly dealing with legacy issues off it. Long may it continue.
