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Strachan talks sense?
'They (The Premiership) give themselves too many pats on the back for being the best league in the world. It's all right at times, but I've seen some dire games there as well."
Also says there isn't that big a difference between Scottish and English Premier Leagues. http://www.sportinglife.com/story_ge...al_095220.html Personally feel he's spot on about it not being the best league in the world. Not sure about there not being that big a difference though - I reckon Sheff United would be up challenging for honours in Scotland. |
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I would have agreed with this up until recently. I thought the lower teams in SerieA and La Liga would have better quality than the lower half of the Premiership but I really don't know as I don't watch much of either.
How and ever the premiership teams have been doing quite well in European competition in recent years. The vermin won the EC, Arse got to the final, Chelsea have been very strong and Boro got to the Uefa Cup final last year (albeit to be badly beaten by Seville). |
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What if they got relegated? Not beyond the bounds of reality in a new league. |
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I would expect Rangers and Celtic to be solid mid-table PL sides. I lived in Scotland for a few years and there was a constant rumble of rumour about them leaving the Scottish league.
To be honest i think it would work for all concerned with them being interesting additions for us and making their league far more open. |
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Gordon is looking at the wrong division.
If you put each premier league side in a head to head with the big two in Scotland you would have to fancy the English side every time. He's looking at the void in our league between the top 4 and the rest without taking into to consideration that the top 4 are far superior to Scotlands elite. That void between Scotlands top teams and Englands top teams masks the fact that the their is also a void between the rest of our league and the Glasgow pair. They will find a competetive league in the championship and even then I doubt they would be promoted. |
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Charlton Sheff United Watford Fulham Newcastle Boro City Reading Portsmouth |
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Everything is overrated.
However Strachan is a lucky man to be managing Celtic. His career as a manager in England was pure mediocrity, makes a few people laugh on TV and gets the Celtic job. He will win a few titles up there and end up with a decent reputation, which he will barely deserve. Who knows, give him a few years and he may be touted as a Fergie replacement? |
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okay but take anyone appart from hearts celtic and rangers and place them aginst those teams who would your money be on then |
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there's a big difference
between one-off, high-intensity cup games and a forty game season. celtic and rangers, with current squads, would be relegation fodder. players which stand out in the spl are nothing special in the pl - look at petrov, boumsong , sutton and the like.
however, with the money from pl tv deals and the size of the gates they get, plus the fact that decent players would be more interested in signing for them, they'd get up towards the top fairly quickly. they'd definitely struggle for the first few years, though. |
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Right about the rest though |
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