Scottish Football

[MarkBRFC]

1 hour ago, sharpysharps86 said:

No idea how reliable a source this is, but that is quite frankly hilarious. What a shambolic appointment.

Exactly what we should have done with Ismael after his first few weeks in charge.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Steve Kean 'knows the club' so come on Celtic and get him in.

[simongarnerisgod]

hearts for the spl😁

[Gav]

18 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

hearts for the spl😁

Well beaten Rangers today 👍

[chaddyrovers]

Good to see Hearts doing so well. 

Nancy has been a disaster at Celtic

Has Rohl did ok/good since his appointment at Rangers? 

[simongarnerisgod]

11 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Good to see Hearts doing so well. 

Nancy has been a disaster at Celtic

Has Rohl did ok/good since his appointment at Rangers? 

he`s got them more organised than martin had them,they need to get rid of half their squad though,a lot of them ar`nt very good,hence they are struggling in the spl of all places🙂,their position says it all

[DE.]

Hearts apparently the first team to win four consecutive games against the Old Firm since the mid-80s. Fair play. One of the biggest obstacles for any underdog team to overcome is dealing with the pressure of facing a team with a big reputation. It's a psychological barrier rather than strictly talent or even form related. Definitely suggests they're the real deal this season. 

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, DE. said:

Hearts apparently the first team to win four consecutive games against the Old Firm since the mid-80s. Fair play. One of the biggest obstacles for any underdog team to overcome is dealing with the pressure of facing a team with a big reputation. It's a psychological barrier rather than strictly talent or even form related. Definitely suggests they're the real deal this season. 

hearts extremely well organised and incisive on the counter attack,i think this is definately their year,provided they can handle the continual run of attritional games with everyone going all out to stop them ,hibs up next which certainly won`t be easy

[DE.]

11 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

hearts extremely well organised and incisive on the counter attack,i think this is definately their year,provided they can handle the continual run of attritional games with everyone going all out to stop them ,hibs up next which certainly won`t be easy

Even if they don't quite get there this year, they've got a strong foundation to build on if they're smart over the next few years. Granted this season really does seem like the best chance to break the Old Firm monopoly, with both teams struggling far more than you'd expect. 

[Gav]

19 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Good to see Hearts doing so well. 

Nancy has been a disaster at Celtic

Has Rohl did ok/good since his appointment at Rangers? 

Rohl has steadied the ship thats for sure, they've been ok in the league since he arrived, but they are lacking in real quality across the squad, its going to take a big rebuild to bring them back to title contenders.

[Gav]

I’ve just watched one of the games of the season, the Edinburgh derby which Hibs finally won 3-2 against Hearts.

Who says this league only has 2 teams.

[rigger]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

I’ve just watched one of the games of the season, the Edinburgh derby which Hibs finally won 3-2 against Hearts.

Who says this league only has 2 teams.

I think most people say, the league has no teams that are any good.

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, Gav said:

I’ve just watched one of the games of the season, the Edinburgh derby which Hibs finally won 3-2 against Hearts.

Who says this league only has 2 teams.

The last 135 years says so.

Celtic are only three points behind and have a game in hand. This is despite them having a supposedly 'disastrous' season so far with Rangers not that far behind in third place and they had the football genius of Russell Martin in charge at the start of the season.

The whole league is a complete joke and always has been. It needs a complete reset to make it into an actual competition.

[Gav]

39 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

The last 135 years says so.

Celtic are only three points behind and have a game in hand. This is despite them having a supposedly 'disastrous' season so far with Rangers not that far behind in third place and they had the football genius of Russell Martin in charge at the start of the season.

The whole league is a complete joke and always has been. It needs a complete reset to make it into an actual competition.

So Hearts are top, you think Celtic are threatening and Rangers are not that far behind?

Thats 3 teams isn’t it? 

[Upside Down]

9 minutes ago, Gav said:

So Hearts are top, you think Celtic are threatening and Rangers are not that far behind?

Thats 3 teams isn’t it? 

You're deliberately missing the point here and you know it.

Besides, it's not even January yet so we'll see how things stand towards the end of the season before concluding this isn't going to finish the same way that 110 of the 135 SPL seasons have finished.

[DE.]

People call it a two team league because, by and large, only two teams ever win it. You have to go back to 1985, 40 years ago, to find another winner. Celtic have won 13 of the last 14 titles, so it's more like a one team league these days.

Of course there are other teams there, but the suggestion is that they are mainly there to make up the numbers, which is difficult to argue. 

That's not to say the other teams don't have value - of course they do. It's just not very exciting for an outsider when you know the same team is pretty much always going to take the title. Fans of the other teams can have hope of their club getting into Europe, or avoiding relegation against the odds, or winning one of the domestic cups, so for those invested in an SPL team it's not a total loss. It's just a shame the odds are so heavily stacked in one team's favour (two technically, but again, 13/14 of the last league titles have gone to Celtic). 

Another team challenging at the top is great to see. Even if Hearts don't get there this year, I hope they can build on this base and become a genuine threat in future years. It can only be a positive for the competition as a whole. 

Edited 1 hour ago by DE.