purplenose
Well-Known Member
To be fair I did say challenging for a top four after five years. Not getting there.
As for players coming here? We signed VVD, our playing in Europe gives them a platform only the top six in England can. That’s why we can attract young players.they also know we understand they want to move on. We will never be invited to play in England. Both of the Gkasgow teams have too much baggage. I wouldn’t have ya for that alone. Never mind if we got there and took up two places English clubs have now. It’s a non starter. We are were we are. And that’s the way it will be. Us even qualifying for the CL is brilliant. I’m just hoping we can sort out our fucking defence so we do t get mauled all the time. That to me is a realistic goal. Going for 3rd place in the groups is a level I would take right now.
I think even after 5 years it would be a tall order for either old firm club to finish top 4. Do not underestimate the difficulty City and Chelsea had breaking that Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal cartel. To easy to claim those clubs have bought it, whilst without the benefactors neither would claim to have been able to achieve what they have, they have also had to become extremeley well run clubs in order to compete at the top of the Premier league. Were Celtic or Rangers to suddenly move to the Premier League with comparable budgets to the other top 6 clubs I suspect it would be much more difficult than many up there believe to break into what is now a very strong top 6 rather than the big three of 10/15 years ago.