SPFL Posts

25 Oct 2026 17:47:24
Hi

Celtic manager MON seems to see a different game from everyone else!

25 Oct 2026 18:41:03
Golfeggman, remember he is the manager of Celtic and is always going to push his agenda because he knows they are struggling. He's never going to be honest about the state they are in or about what he has got wrong. Remember we have been in a worse state but have tried to sugar coat it and it doesn't work.

23 Oct 2026 22:11:41
Hi

After Celtic get humped again its now the refs fault according to some Celtic fans, they never accept they were not good enough.

24 Oct 2026 07:53:36
The place was half empty as well Golfeggman, with the green rabble refusing to attend euro & 'some' cup games apparently.

23 Oct 2026 08:07:48
Scotland co efficient now in tatters. Although its funny watching the Tims get skudded. Scotland have now dropped out the top 20 after Sweden over taking us last night. there's a huge repair job needed. And will now necomena real up hill struggle for teams in Scotland to qualify.

23 Oct 2026 09:47:37
So far down the list, & number of teams qualifying being reduced & more pre qualifying rounds, it will take a couple years to climb back up! Players not rushing to play here in a league going backwards!
Is anyone on here confident it can happen??

23 Oct 2026 10:45:48
Europe is a bonus for us , right now we need to start winning leagues consistantly.

23 Oct 2026 11:21:04
Bigtrfc we desperately need Europe for income. Its going to be a huge hole in the accounts.

23 Oct 2026 12:33:13
I think it can be a good thing for our league.

23 Oct 2026 12:35:32
Ohh well, we can't complain after failing miserably on both attempts to beat two European minnows.
Fingers crossed we can add some points next season.

23 Oct 2026 13:55:26
Few people on here where obsessed about Europe for too many years.

We simply must win the SPL again and very quickly, it's not even a debate, it's absolutely critical and has been for years now, yet some just wanted players who are capable of winning a couple of games in Europe, our first priority and last priority must be the league title

Everything else comes after that, Celtic can't win at tiddlywinks in Europe, they appear not to care, because they are rich and have titles after titles, some day they will sign players who will do well in Europe, why?

Because they concentrate on winning league titles and collect money, which they can spend to win the next trophy and more money,

We have got it very badly wrong for too many years

Time to concentrate on the proper prize again,

23 Oct 2026 14:08:45
We have a young squad , if we can build a ruthlessness to win games consistently and pick up trophies and not need a major rebuild every season then we should get through qualifiers no problem and be back to winning games in group stages of Europe.

23 Oct 2026 14:27:29
OK EHL, you got me!
How does vastly reduced income & poorer recruitment be a good thing.
We will be one step above League of Ireland at the current rate..

23 Oct 2026 16:08:43
Bar72, a drop in Scotland's UEFA coefficient is generally a sporting and financial disaster, I'd also argue that it could act as a necessary structural correction.

By forcing a period of reduced income and diminishing the league's ability to attract expensive foreign talent, this decline can break the Scottish Premiership's reliance on short-term fixes and trigger radical, long-overdue reform in youth development.

Reduced income removes the financial cushion required to scout and pay wages for low to mid-tier foreign imports. Clubs are forced to look inward, turning their focus toward maximizing the asset value of their own academies.

When clubs can no longer afford to buy ready-made, average squad players from abroad, they must fill out their matchday squads with academy graduates, meaning players receive the high-intensity first-team exposure they need to develop and the overall standard of the domestic talent pool rises out of pure necessity.

The financial squeeze forces a shift from a consumption model to an investment model which is widely evidenced across Europe, particularly in Scandinavia.

Sad as it is to say, the reason its not happened in Scotland before now is because of the unique environment we have with both Old Firm teams and our recent period in the lower levels.

23 Oct 2026 16:35:14
EHL, Going out of Europe is a complete disaster unless your saying u could trust those at the top to make changes. Effectively you're saying we need to nuke the whole Scottish league setup, rip it up and start again. While a total restructuring is maybe needed it's never going to happen.

Especially with the same old faces running things. They had opportunities to sort things but just bury their heads in the sand and we're heading for league of Ireland and Wales the way we're going.

23 Oct 2026 17:06:51
No Kaiser, that's not at all what I'm saying.

23 Oct 2026 18:07:58
Thanks for a very good explanation EHL, unfortunately any changes you are suggesting are years down the line as current contracts dry up. assuming the powers that be change the current system & at least consider a reserve league, the only change imo, will be a downward spiral as young talent will head south in their droves.

also thinking if it's such a good idea why are other teams outwith the Old Firm & SPL not flourishing??

23 Oct 2026 19:55:53
Sorry Bar72, I wasn't implying that it is a positive that our coefficient is crumbling, just highlighting that it could trigger a much needed reset in Scottish football, especially around youth development.

I agree, the liklihood of it happening is slim, but we there is always hope.

23 Oct 2026 19:59:15
Absolutely correct again bro

Scotland is quite unique in that we have 2 major clubs that don't only have a healthy football rivalry

They have the extremely unhealthy and hateful rivalry that comes from ancient religiously based ignorance and hatred, but both have massive worldwide support and expectations of beating each other,

This has undoubtedly been the most affecting area of our game in this country, we don't have clubs competing in a sporting competition, we have at the head of it the religion aspect and it's been damaging in the extreme to the credibility and success of the country, spending money on foreign players was not primarily to improve our team, it was to beat them, and vice versa,

Celtic have been in charge of the league for some years now, and that is absolutely fine by them, why m because " at least we beat you" is the only real answer they care about, and we would more than likely be exactly the same, so , the millions spent on foreign talent over the past 20 years has enabled Rangers to get to 2 Euro finals admittedly, but has it really made any difference to the standard of Scottish football, or the credibility? Well Celtic were toyed with by half of Europe, Rangers couldn't win a game v Jaggy thistle , and we are going backwards,

Time to concentrate on winning the league before even attempting to get anywhere in Europe, Wnning the league means that you are building , and Rangers have at least started with the right gaffer for the task right now , he understands the game here.

23 Oct 2026 20:07:40
EHL it is nice that you mentioned out model.

Unfortunately the winning culture at the Old Firm and the demands placed forced clubs to invest heavily on the playing squad whilst simultaneously neglecting the foundations.

In Scandinavia the focus is on streamlined squads and high youth integration.
Thus promoting a culture where the fear of failure is negligible allowing you get players to play with freedom and expression.

Unfortunately this has its negative consequences for example a few injuries to key players can leave you trying to plug gaps and some key departures can cause temporary drop in league standings.

A careful deliberate reinvestment then follows ensuring that a high percentage of signings work seamlessly.
Recruitment is done on wether players fit the unique culture of a team.

This approach has saw a huge increase in talent via youth pathways and has measurable success in Continental competition.

We have 4 representatives in Europe this season for example.

2 champions League - league phase
1 Europa League - League phase
1 conference league - League phase

4 Danish clubs - all conference league

And 1 swedish club.

23 Oct 2026 21;49:26
No kaiser , Spending lots of money on the wild goose chase in Europe is all very good when you have consolidated your position in your own country, Rangers haven't done that in a long time, bringing through players is almost impossible when you are trying to win Europa league or any other league, only spending money on players will give you a chance, but the reason for that enigma is simple, spending money on foreign players who aren't in the top tier is severely detrimental to the young players in your club, thus chasing Europe every year will stop any young player coming through because the club won't take the chance, they will play the players who cost money and they will be foreign players mostly, nothing whatever wrong with any player from abroad, but it will always be at the detriment of the youth trying to make the team, years upon years will mean virtually no young players coming through the system, as witnessed by the total lack of talent coming from academy to first team and staying there, concentrate on building the team, challenge for the league and try to re in still the winning attitude in the club is the best way forward, we now have successfully brought in and improved ( hopefully) a few guys who will make the club money, it should be a couple a year, not saturation, or nobody will want their kids at Rangers.

24 Oct 2026 08:03:55
Its very true Nato, and very similar to the culture and approach in Holland and Belguim in that fans are willing to accept periods of decline in order to rebuild, which allows clubs more time to invest in youth (both from academies and through transfers).

The simple fact that we nearly ran our club in to the ground again after seeing it going through administration and liquidation speaks volumes.

24 Oct 2026 10:28:20
That should have been a true wake up call, my hope is that we can now see a player trading model appear and we take deliberate steps to invest in all critical areas.

Sterling and Souttar clear options to leave for different reasons.

Hampus Skoglund and Casper Widdell to replace i believe would represent very prudent business.

I really like what Ross McCrorie brings to the squad.

25 Oct 2026 04:47:41
Sterling has more chance of extending his contract than being sold, Nato.

21 Oct 2026 19:13:00
Just taking my seat at Petershill. Let's go ladies. Hopefully a wee win for the jambos tonight as well.

21 Oct 2026 20:05:49
Huge game.

21 Oct 2026 21:30:26
Great result for the ladies, specially with Hearts winning 4-2👍.

21 Oct 2026 21:34:13
Got your wish Cooper, thanks to some horrific goal keeping.

22 Oct 2026 00:05:18
Lead extended to 5 points. Wilko with another cracker but helped by that horrific goalkeeping you mention EHL.

22 Oct 2026 06:58:46
We're looking strong this year, the physicality we added in the summer is really starting to pay off.

22 Oct 2026 12:03:54
How much does it cost to attend ladies game? looks positive this season.

22 Oct 2026 16:23:00
Season tickets are about £120 (£30 for Seniors and Juniors).

On the day its usually about £5-10 and free to kids.

22 Oct 2026 17:01:39
Not my cup of tea but of course great to see the girls doing so well and of course noting how much work and effort they've put in throughout their life's to get to where they are now.

They deserve every plaudit they get. Just not my thing to watch.

22 Oct 2026 17:58:42
Know folk that have ladies ST just basically to boost mygers.

22 Oct 2026 18:02:10
Not really my cup of tea. but over the last couple of years I'll watch the highlights and check the score, I never thought I'd ever be doing that 😊.

22 Oct 2026 23:43:25
Thanks ehl, prices ok, my great grand daughter wants to see a ladies game.

19 Oct 2026 19:55:43
Hi

All Celtics problems now gone after beating Hearts, and are world beaters again!

20 Oct 2026 01:35:00
Yeah looks like there world beaters again in their fans eyes and were terrible again in our fans eyes.

Never changes.

I still think we win the league.

20 Oct 2026 06:52:48
The ways of the Old Firm, are fickle.
1 week your up, next week your down, at least it's consistent!

20 Oct 2026 13:28:37
BAR, bonkers more like, some are so dramatic after us drawing a game against a decent Dundee side, I could maybe understand it better if we're coming off the back of a barrel spell, let's just win the game against St Johnstone.

20 Oct 2026 13:33:16
Never added, a game we should have won with at least a couple.

20 Oct 2026 13:41:07
Weve dropped points in 3/9 games star. Beat Celtic twice and still 4 behind. Its not being dramatic its recognising the results over the first 1/4 of season is not title winning form. Project that over the next 3/4 you don't win league dropping points in 12 games.
We now need to go on another winning run to make up for that so that the next 1/4 we win say 8/9.

As much as i believe we are better than Celtic they are usually more efficient in beating the other dross than we are.
But i see plenty of encouragement and good players mate. 2 old firms at Ibrox still so its definitely not time to panic.
I have an issue with McInnes subs at the moment or lack of but that's a different issue.

20 Oct 2026 13:58:45
BigDado, just off of 7 wins though mate, should have won that game on Saturday, be more blips along the way, just like Celtic with drop points, remember 29 games remaining, well it was far too dramatic for me, I couldn't believe some of the stuff i was reading.

20 Oct 2026 16:31:34
Just like all our problems went when we beat them well in the cup then managed one nil victory at their place,

We beat them easily in there last season.

20 Oct 2026 16:41:37
Overreactions as normal, but so was saying Celtic are rubbish just because we comfortably beat them twice. They have won all their other games and scored plenty while we have dropped points and just scraped through in most games.

20 Oct 2026 17:32:24
John, all I'm looking for is improvement and that's I'm seeing, too many players were off it against Dundee, but we took our chances we win by at least couple, I just feel reading some of it after a draw against a decent Dundee side at Dens Park was poor, why i never looked, especially after 7 straight wins, we will never win every game, we have a strong squad now, and it will only improve as the season goes, well it should with players understanding their teammates much more.

Kasier, don't think anyone said they were rubbish, but ain't close to the squad they had a few years ago, imho we have a better squad and still a long way to go, If we improve but we don't win the league (we won't be far away) that will do me, but if we don't, even with vast improvement we will still hear McInnes out.

20 Oct 2026 19:47:38
The St Johnstone game won't be easy they have been half decent so far.

20 Oct 2026 21:01:19
I'm looking for a price on Presley to be Scotland manager next , I think he's a certainty for that - or Parkhead at some point, He's done some job at Dee.

21 Oct 2026 01:25:18
Many forget we have a very young team. There will be bumps in the road but I can see the team only getting stronger as time goes on.

21 Oct 2026 08:27:10
You're so right bar one extreme to the ether


Dundee tried hard to contain Rangers and very poor defending let them in but we could easily have scored 5-6.

22 Oct 2026 08:31:30
To balance that out though, Dundee could have scored 4 themselves. They had plenty of chances also.

22 Oct 2026 08:54:54
Tom Presley is certainly out of the Craig Brown, Craig Levien and Steve Clarke school of boring people with monotonous voices 😂.

22 Oct 2026 17:51:33
The guy looks like a dosser, i always called him porridge chops.

23 Oct 2026 12:55:42
Steven Pressley has a great football knowledge, I seen years ago what he's was trying to do with Falkirk.

Stevie, look like world beaters is a myth in they fans heads mate, 6 big games lost each game.

19 Oct 2026 17:56:55
Still disappointed after the weekend, it's never a good weekend when they gain 2 points on us. Watched the game after a day session in Glasgow and even in my delicate state, I was shouting for the team to speed up everything was too slow.

Celtic are not going to have a Nancy period so we have to be far more ruthless than we showed on Saturday. Watched the first half at Parkhead yesterday seriously how bad were Hearts no wonder England laughs at the standard of the football up here.

18 Oct 2026 22:22:22
What a terrible time to come from Edinburgh, Hibs bottom of the league and Hearts humped 7-1.
Wonder how many scarfs I will see tomorrow 😭😭🫣.