Ally McCoist turned the tables on talkSPORT sparring associate Alan Brazil after being teased in regards to the prospect of Rangers turning into the worst ever staff in Champions League group stage historical past by the Celtic-daft breakfast present presenter.
A 1-0 defeat to Ajax of their closing Group A fixture at Ibrox subsequent week would see Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s males end with six defeats out of six and a objective distinction of minus 19 - equalling the undesirable file set by Dinamo Zagreb a decade in the past.
Though they might be spared this season by Viktoria Plzen who face Barcelona of their closing recreation and the Czech aspect have a objective distinction of -17 - so there may be loads at stake for Gers forward of their assembly with the Dutch giants. Nonetheless, regardless of a wretched marketing campaign and the prospect of that ‘worst ever’ tag, Rangers might truly nonetheless end third and drop into the Europa League. That may require the Gentle Blues to higher their 4-0 defeat to Ajax in Amsterdam on matchday one and is extraordinarily unlikely.
But it surely didn’t cease McCoist utilizing that reality to get again at Brazil who was noising up his pal about Gers’ woeful run after Celtic, regardless of selecting up two factors in Group F, crashed out of Europe altogether simply 24 hours earlier than Rangers’ 3-0 defeat to Napoli on Wednesday.
Brazil mentioned: “The Gers host Ajax on Tuesday understanding that defeat would go away their imprint on this competitors because the staff with the worst ever group stage efficiency - Dinamo Zagreb in 2011/12 completed with a objective distinction of minus 19. Rangers have misplaced 5 out of 5 and conceded 18 greater than they've scored. Ally… what do you consider these stats.”
McCoist mentioned: “That’s poor however the one factor I'd say is we nonetheless have an opportunity of qualifying for the Europa League. You're out. Out of Europe. We’ve lasted every week longer than you.”
Earlier on the present, McCoist had bemoaned the actual fact massive weapons comparable to Barcelona and Juventus have parachuted into UEFA’s second tier competitors and into the Europa League. And Brazil mentioned: “Maintain on a minute and let me rewind you about 17 minutes if you mentioned ‘What a joke, Barcelona, Juventus and them out of the Champions League they shouldn't be allowed within the Europa League.' However Rangers are allowed? Is that proper? How does that work?”
McCoist mentioned: “No, however I’ll take it. How lengthy have you ever labored with me and know I’m a hypocrite? You must know by now.”
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