Rangers Rumours Archive October 13 2016

 

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13 Oct 2016 10:12:30
Atlantic league still on apparently. Rangers and Celtic rumoured to be the only 2 Scottish clubs that will be able to join if it does happen.



13 Oct 2016 15:41:41
I don't think this will happen but it is way more likely than English league accepting us.



13 Oct 2016 16:17:52
Can this happen? Would UEFA allow it? Would Rangers and Celtic still play domestic games?
I can see something happening with European football, like darts have the PDC and the BDO. It's all gona end messsy I think.



13 Oct 2016 17:43:08
Messy or not it's necessary that something changes.



13 Oct 2016 19:22:54
They've said it would involve those clubs leaving their domestic leagues. Should have happened years ago. **** Scottish football.



13 Oct 2016 18:54:04
Seems reasonable. No other Scottish Clubs have the 'fan appeal' worldwide. A bit unfortunate for Hearts perhaps but can't see too many people that really matter being too upset!



13 Oct 2016 21:59:15
If a group of teams outwith the usual suspects that are continually in Quarters and Semi of CL, if they got together and pushed this Atlantic Lge through and told UEFA to do one then I think UEFA would have to go with it. Again I'm talking about a lot of teams over Europe big clubs that have had to settle for the scraps! I think this could be done so that teams could still play in their domestic lges. The big say 10 teams who are always getting to the final stages NEED the others teams like Ajax Dortmund Nice Athens etc these teams an us are being denied the chance to compete and setting up this lge that would consist of 15-20 top teams could be done and what will UEFA do stop us from entering competitions we can't win! We could make more money doing this AND I think UEFA will go along or else the CL would be crap, its gotten pretty boring already the key is to be able to still represent domestically.



14 Oct 2016 10:47:29
Its Fifa that would need to ratify it. Uefa are already making changes to the Chamoions league purely to benefit the big boys. If access to the Champions league is to be closed off to the smaller nations then they have no need of Uefa. Think about the TV revenue from demand for games from this league in Scotland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden possibly Portugal. If the Man Utds and Barcas don't want us playing against them, then I have no problem going to Ibrox every other week to watch Ajax, PSV, Anderlecht, Rosenborg or Porto if Portugal get involved.



14 Oct 2016 15:13:55
I agree with most of what is being said by remembering Scotland only has 2 big teams.
Look at La Liga. so Real Madrid, Barcelona are always there or there abouts in the CL, so unlike the SPL these teams would stay in the domestic league leaving other big Spanish teams like Valencia, Athletico, Villarreal etc stuck where the old firm is!
Do those 'nearly' teams want to play in those Atlantic league? Where does it all stop?
I'm sorry but I don't think you can play football or make decisions based on fan base.



14 Oct 2016 17:09:36
Stop talking mince mate.



14 Oct 2016 19:46:14
Plenty of mince getting spoken on this subject. with all due respect the PSV's, Ajax's and Anderlecht's of this world are not the teams they were 30 years ago. and i wouldn't pay money to go and watch Rosenberg in a 100 years. Porto maybe.

call me old fashioned but i'd rather watch us play Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts in rip-roaring end to end battles. along with Old Firm games. What the old firm need to do is negotiate their own TV Deal. its the only way they'll have the finance to compete in Europe. at the minute we receive a pittance when you consider the viewers we get on Sky / BT to watch us.



14 Oct 2016 20:04:28
What about teams organizing a new tournament! I know I keep going on about bringing the CUP Winners Cup back but I'm sure the money involved if UEFA were behind it would be laughable compared to Champions Lge! So instead of a Lge that's played over a season could clubs not organize a competition that's played either on a different day or time than CL or the EL or would we even have to, if UEFA are not going to give clubs the opportunity to raise finances then could this be possible?
If UEFA want clubs to settle down a bit or buy time then they should get CWC back ( prob another lge format as it makes sense financially) and make it lucrative to the clubs involved the disparities between the CL and EL is way too much!



14 Oct 2016 22:40:24
If it's going to be an Atlantic league then let's go for it. Let the fat cats go and have their private party, but guarantee people will get fed up watching the overly paid prima donas ( don't blame them ). Money is getting too important in this world and taking the sport out of sport.



15 Oct 2016 11:57:56
Fancy explaining your name mate? Is it 'hung one 88' or 'hun gone 88'? Either way, it ain't clever or funny, first one you're portraying yourself as sectarian, second one as a bigot. Which one is it? Certainly isn't 'banter' unless it's purely over exuberance on your behalf of course.



15 Oct 2016 16:23:14
Think its a case of over compensation for having a small asset.



18 Oct 2016 14:34:44
spart7 - love it haha.



18 Oct 2016 14:07:34
I may be wrong but I am sure that there is a UEFA directive in place since the 50's that states that no club can play league football in a country other than there own (Swansea, Cardiff etc in the English league prior to this coming in to place) .

This all came out in the 90s when we tried to join the English League.

Presumably this Atlantic thing would require a seismic shift in UEFA rules if indeed they have the appetite for it.

Personally I agree with the guy who says he would rather play against Aberdeen etc. Big European nights are special and if they became the norm then it would detract from these occasions. I know that there are financial aspects to this but that is a matter for the footballing bodies to work out.

Having said that, I also agree with the guy who said **** Scottish football.



18 Oct 2016 20:25:42
We all need to perform better otherwise it would just be even more embarrassing. Haha onwards and upwards though.



23 Oct 2016 11:49:20
From our own perspective we should be less worried about an Atlantic League at present and more worried about having a team that can compete with Celtic and Hearts. This Budge lady at Hearts is head and shoulders above what we have at Rangers. She is involved on a day to day basis whereas King is a bit like David Murray, full of talk and no action.

Our best player at present is an ageing striker, we have lost our most skilful player for the season, no doubt more messing about on the training ground, the young Liverpool lad, Rossiter of whom I had high hopes is consistently struggling through injury as are the two lads from Accrington Stanley and we don't have a captain with the qualities needed to lead the team on the Park.

Before we start worrying about Europe we have serious issues to resolve on the playing field.

It is a catch 22, we need quality to compete to get into Europe and we need to be in Europe to get quality. We will need at least two quality players in January, and we won't secure them from the biscuit tin and we should hopefully already have identified two or three that we can acquire in the summer.

Players like Waghorn should be sold if we can secure the correct fee since I don't see him scoring the goals needed in the SPL! Of course a hat trick from him and a couple of goals from elsewhere in the team agains our enemies tomorrow and I might change my view.



23 Oct 2016 12:45:46
Unless the quality of player improves significantly we won't be playing in Europe for some time so perhaps an Atlantic League is our best option.



 
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