Outdated Agency followers are used to preventing over who's the higher crew. Now they're arguing over who's worse. Rangers picked up the embarrassing document because the poorest performing facet in Champions League historical past nevertheless it was hardly a breeze for Celtic as they ended a winless marketing campaign with a 5-1 thumping in opposition to Actual Madrid. Rangers followers settle for they had been guff – and so they urged Hoops supporters to do the identical.
Gordon Ferguson, Kilwinning, stated: “ Celtic scored two targets and received two factors greater than Rangers. It’s hardly a gulf. Is it simply doable the 2 golf equipment have in the end been rank rotten?”
Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, stated: “You must snicker on the Celtic gamers congratulating one another after solely dropping 5-1 to a Actual Madrid facet who performed with the handbrake on. Celtic have invented a brand new trophy, the Possibilities Created Cup! Celtic are each bit as unhealthy as the remainder of the Scottish golf equipment in Europe this 12 months.”
Martin Baird, Glasgow, stated: “Celtic followers are unusually blissful to have been outplayed and outclassed at UCL degree so long as Rangers did worse it appears? Each golf equipment had been outclassed at this degree. Moderately than celebrating failure I prefer to rejoice the newest excessive factors for Rangers in Europe resembling final season’s last. Can any Celtic fan inform me what their most up-to-date excessive level in any European competitors is for his or her membership?”
George Wilson, West Sussex, stated: “I'll completely settle for my crew was garbage within the Champions League and deserved nothing. Celtic supporters alternatively are telling us they had been nice and would have received extra factors in the event that they hadn’t missed so many possibilities. It’s comical listening to the argument of who was the least worst. Virtually as comical as wildly celebrating a late such as you had received the cup if you find yourself 5-0 down.”
Ange Postecoglou didn’t escape criticism as Lewis Doyle emailed: “He says he's in charge for the defeat, we all know that Ange. Here's a tip, get gamers who've the ability degree to no less than time tackles and go a ball.”
Tam Williamson, Lanarkshire, stated: “Madrid was a meaningless recreation to Celtic however Ange desires to kind out the defending. We misplaced targets to St Mirren and Hearts too simply so it got here as no shock that Actual scored 5, regardless that their two penalties had been a joke. If Ange gambles with the identical squad of gamers and coaches within the CL we are going to find yourself an entire laughing inventory similar to worst-ever Rangers.”
However John Melrose, by way of e-mail, stated: “Dropping 5-1 to the European champions isn't humiliating. Celtic managed as many photographs on course within the Bernabeu as Rangers did in each house recreation they performed in. Dropping seven targets at house to a mid-table Liverpool with the entire of the UK watching and ending on zero factors with the worst document ever, that’s humiliation.”
Gerard Kelly emailed: "Rangers followers can say what they need about our crew, however we help our crew win, lose or draw. Rangers followers stroll out after conceding three targets. That’s not a fan, that is somebody who's egocentric and expects their membership to win each recreation. Welcome to actuality, your crew isn't that good.”
Rangers had harm issues and Robert Livingstone, Palm Seashore, stated: “Large Nikola Katic was wonderful for Zurich in opposition to Arsenal, full blooded however not bowed, he performed his coronary heart out, he by no means stopped or gave up. Oh how Rangers should remorse letting him go.”
Hearts sealed one other depressing Euro week in Istanbul and Neil Renton, Edinburgh, stated: “Robbie Nielson says Hearts European journey has been a studying curve. If that studying curve is that they’re nowhere close to nearly as good as they need to be and Craig Gordon must be dropped then he’s proper.”
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