Martin O'Neill Calls Graeme Souness' Claim Of No Gulf In Class Between Celtic & Rangers RUBBISH! ❌

Is there a gulf in class between Rangers and Celtic? talkSPORT's Jim White, Simon Jordan and Martin O'Neill have their say!
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[@NicholasRobinson-v2y]

i am a Rangers man. The gulf is obvious and embarrassing. Souness needs to pipe down. Martin Oneil keeps his dignity as usual on here. Others should take note.

[@mgk7963]

Fair play to you, admire your honesty, i honesty don’t think there is much between both teams. But what do I know,I’m Irish 😂

[@christophergallagher3845]

True mate but we are only 1 bad season away from losing the league like that 1 of 13

[@Klynch111]

It's definitely foolish for Celtic fans to claim there is a massive gap. Look at how Rangers won the league in 2021 and completely blew Celtic apart and ended up winning the league by 15 points. Take nothing for granted. Clement makes a few good signings in the key areas and then rangers could turn it around again. Also the fact Rangers took it till the last 2 games shows they can still put up a challenge. You just have to take your games against Celtic If you are gonna win the title as it's those games where you win or lose the title. Souness and then the likes of Kenny Miller definitely embarrassing themselves this past week, Kris Boyd actually not so much this time. 😂 Next season will be interesting once Clement brings in his own players ☘️👍

[@GimmieTheLoot]

@@Klynch111 The reality is every club is 1 good transfer window away from being a good team. Look at Leicester when they won the league.

[@TheLeechaolan15]

​​@@GimmieTheLoot Leicester didnt not get their best players in 1 window. They only signed Fuchs, Okazaki and Kanté of the first team players. Leicester's journey started 4 years before they had won the EPL.

[@jackm3720]

I’m a celtic fan and everything Simon Jordan said about Scottish football is correct. Anyone who disagrees must have their feelings hurt over it. He sometimes delivers it wrong but what he’s actually saying is a fact.

[@VamboMarbleEye]

Couldn’t agree more, on the commercial side he is so right. What he does need checked on though is “a two team league”… every league in Europe is a two team, some like Germany and France largely one! Real Madrid, 20 points clear of Barca

[@leew11k]

Yes but we don't need to be reminded week in week out we never have claimed to have the best league in the world

[@michaelmalone3633]

For all the shouting about how great the epl is how many epl teams are in euro finals this season zero and that’s aleague that gets 4 or 5 teams inthe cl and 3 or 4 in europa competitions

[@VamboMarbleEye]

@@michaelmalone3633 yep. Year in year out they struggle. With what they spend on squads and wages they should be mopping up the conference every years as well as the Europa.

[@jackm3720]

@@VamboMarbleEye absolutely, I love how everyone foams out the mouth over the epl, best league in the world and teams struggle against other teams from leagues which they see as insignificant and a ‘farmers league’

[@simonboyle7122]

12 titles in 13 years. 18 in the last 24. 5 trebles & a double in the last 7 years. The financial gulf is the biggest it’s ever been. For Souness to say there isn’t a gulf is one of the daftest statements ever made.

[@OSOK7]

I'll switch this off before Lineker comes on

[@LeftWinger9]

So you're a right wing snowflake 😂

[@rb9017]

Snowflake

[@Cornwall1888]

Even though it was 2-1 Celtic had 22 shots and Joe hart didn’t need to make a save at the other end, it wasn’t a close game

[@jackm3720]

Hmm I’m not sure. The last 15-20 minutes I was all over the place with anxiety. Rangers looked like they could possibly equalise. But the other 70 minutes it wasn’t close, but man that ending…🫣

[@seanmaguire380]

He did have to make a save and didn't. Dessers shouldn't be able to have a free header 4 yards out.

[@michaelmalone3633]

@@seanmaguire380 Celtic have done that a few times this season 2-0 up and think it’s all over should be putting teams away instead

[@jaimaUK]

Own goal and down to 10 men not mean anything?

[@garethsavage6793]

The Big Yin called Martin A Sainted Man, he was not wrong. Completely transformed our club when he came in in 2000, we've not looked back ever since. Hail Hail!

[@christophergallagher3845]

Got my season ticket his 2nd year in charge , was a great time for fans our team was amazing and manager was the best we could've hoped for with nit just his tactics but his passion

[@christophergallagher3845]

I remember shouting at the TV GET THEM TELT MARTIN during his famous Post match " shocking shocking " interview lol

[@andrewjohnston6338]

The Big Yin also claimed to be a Thistle fan for years

[@lamb11111]

Fergus McCann transformed your club, well before Martin O'Neill.

[@Rayhhh]

Rangers manager cracked under pressure in the press last week he won’t last a year

[@bigred7318]

Melt down...#1 Kenny Miller, #2 Souness, #3 Kris Boyd, #4 Onion Bears, #5 the rest of Sevco fans...

[@jimmys6566]

Watching from England. What's Onion Bears?

[@jboyle4832]

Love well said mate

[@josta2010]

@@jimmys6566 The Union Bears, the Rangers Ultras

[@jimmys6566]

@josta2010 thanks, mate. Been away for 49 years. Lost touch w the craik

[@josta2010]

@@jimmys6566 👍

[@dog6647]

O'Neil vs Souness, like Men against Boys!

[@peopletalkuttergarbage]

You're right O'Neil is a right boy

[@CK-dd7eq]

We remember how that went 😂🍀

[@gerryguinn3175]

Who is oniel many medals

[@THEOBOTS]

12 titles out of 13 year. Massive gulf😘☘️

[@sam-ze8bz]

Not bad for a team full of dvds

[@irieite9666]

​@@sam-ze8bzKyogo really hates the loyal Orange Prods, he's a Japanese Bhoy

[@irieite9666]

​@@sam-ze8bz Kyogo really hates the loyal Orange scum, he's a Japanese Bhoy

[@clario2178]

Souness is a sad sausage ☘️☘️

[@seanmaguire380]

There's a gulf in Barrhead. Diesel normally cheap.

[@AR-dn6kh]

Sky tv deal has decreased in real terms over 20 years ,thats the biggest joke ever.

[@championkhamis12]

That's why I cancelled my Sky subscription years ago, English football will not get my money.

[@josta2010]

The rest of the league at the time of the Setanta deal have a lot to answer for for the downfall. Aberdeen, Celtic & Rangers all voiced concerns against accepting it but the other teams voted for the short term benefit. Setanta eventually went bust & the league crawled on their knees back to Sky & Sky worked it right up them and has been ever since.

[@Rikki442]

Maybe the TV deal pays exactly what the league is worth?

[@spms3018]

Souness has just shown how bitter a man he is and how he has lost it as he ages

[@peopletalkuttergarbage]

Yeah it's really bitter to say one comment that's not offensive in any way 😅😅😅 Grow up snowflake ❄️

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

He s a biased blue nose that's plain to see a dirty player as well never liked the guy

[@den264]

"Men against boys" Graham !

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

@den264 yes when celtic pissed all over sourness Blackburn home and away

[@michaelmalone3633]

@@DavidBroadley-tw7ks yes and him and Murray were big contributors to the demise of rangers

[@VamboMarbleEye]

Celtic buy players for 2 million and sell them for £15-20 mil. Celtic are run in a different stratosphere than Rangers. Rangers btw have spent more money on players than Celtic in the past three seasons. Simon Jordan often talks about a two team league in Scotland. Every league in Europe is a two team league, some like Germany and France largely one team. If you want to talk about uncompetitive, is that Real Madrid that are nearly 20 points clear of their nearest rivals in Barca. I like Simon Jordan, but stick to the facts

[@missxsoph1]

Martin O'Neill a sainted man as Billy Connolly called him

[@Support-your-local-team]

As a supporter of neither, there's a huge gulf between the two in terms of mentality. Rangers look no worse in games against others but they freeze against Celtic every time.

[@jamesdoran6017]

But didn't Rangers bottle it against Ross county and Dundee 🍀

[@Support-your-local-team]

@@jamesdoran6017 Celtic dropped more points against the rest than Rangers though.

[@jamesdoran6017]

@@Support-your-local-team But we won the games that mattered in the derbies Hence champions again 🇮🇪🍀🏆💰🍾😂

[@smallies7154]

MON isnt like graeme. MON was a successful manager in his time ☘☘

[@steveosborne2297]

I think the worrying thing is how the quality of Scottish players appears to have gone down . If you go back to the 1970s or 80s every top team had at least two or three Scots in their lineup . How many Scots are now playing with the top 10 teams in the premiership ?

[@VamboMarbleEye]

McTominay, McGinn, Robertson… I’ll keep some up my sleeve. Would you like more?

[@kylowhen2639]

​@@VamboMarbleEye *Premier League

[@seanmaguire380]

How many English are playing week in week out in top 10 English League teams?

[@VamboMarbleEye]

@@kylowhen2639 Man Utd, Villa, Liverpool. Last time I checked that was premier league? 😂

[@VamboMarbleEye]

@@seanmaguire380 bench warmers of ours like Christie and Armstrong went down and coasted it. Jesus, look at wee Mikey Johnston, best player in the Championship after 4 months 😂

[@antonyware9887]

Lundstram was hated at Sheffield United. What a pillock !

[@Amery8841]

Its just a pity that Refs’ll fix it dont have a postal address on mainland Europe as well…

[@wrutherfordx3x]

I'll just remind Martin that when he came into Celtic, he spoke up the Dick Advocaat Rangers team that were light years ahead of Celtic at that time. However, if you recall, Martin's team overcame that Rangers team in his first season. So, ever since then I've realised that apart from when Rangers came back into the league and Gerrard won the title, there is not enough of a gap to think Celtic will continue on winning the title with little trouble. I believe they are a better team and have a better squad. They probably play more attractive football. But that is this season. Teams change. And the gap between either team is now not big enough to think it can't be overturned. That's naive, and Martin knows it to be untrue.

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

Yeah that's when you were cheating buying players with money u never had its called cheating u shud have been stripped off titles bent rangers

[@wrutherfordx3x]

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks So Celtic should be stripped of all those titles won whilst playing players that went bankrupt since, as they were clearly living beyond their means.

[@jimbyrne2328]

​@wrutherforCeltic didnt go bankrupt. You let your club Die.dx3x

[@nougat4416]

@@wrutherfordx3x You clearly dont understand what happened in either case

[@TheBlaert]

@@wrutherfordx3x what?

[@CK-dd7eq]

Martin O'Neill is a legend 👍🏻

[@jamesh8672]

If Celtic took there chances in all the games your talking 20 plus not if rangers took there chances your talking only 9 that's a gulf

[@VamboMarbleEye]

20 in one game haha, Jack Butland kept it respectable. What a keeper

[@jamesh8672]

Defo said that I like the hole point there's good keepers at both sides cos it means good games intense games makes it even better when you score

[@Klynch111]

​@@jamesh8672I'm worried for next season that Rodgers doesn't really get a keeper in who is up to the standard of hart.

[@Bert-lw1ot]

Neither of them can win a game in the champions league. Standard of football is awful. Scotland used to have world class individual players, they’re miles off it now

[@Sheepo209]

Celtic beat Feyenoord in this season's group stage

[@jackjones1249]

Villa got spanked 6-2 by Olmpiacos, so pipe down.

[@Bert-lw1ot]

I tried to be fair, and reasonable…but I couldn’t give a F, angry, dour sweaty socks in the comments! Your league is trash, and your country isn’t any better! Vote yes next time you get a referendum

[@Bert-lw1ot]

Sad little sweaties getting angry! Your league is awful, and your country is worse

[@seanmaguire380]

West Ham got spanked by Leverkusson. Arsenal by Bayern and City destroyed by Madrid operating under strict La Liga FFP rules. Unlike City who have 130 breaches ignored by FA. Man Utd spanked in the group stages.

[@liamnugent4146]

The game is over the rebels have won 🏆

[@CELTIC1888JINKY]

No gulf? Fs they have won 3 majors in 12 years enough said. There is gulf on the pitch and a gulf in money available, theres a gulf in profits. Rangers need to accept celtic are way ahead in everyway.

[@brianharkin]

You can't spend £6 million on players in Europe and compete anymore and Celtic and Rangers ain't doing that even how many players do Celtic and Rangers have on their books worth between £1.5 to £3 million teams in England spend millions just to make Champions League football and some of them don't even make it or when they are their don't compete so it is impossible for Scottish football.

[@brianharkin]

@@tevildo45 Because Scotland is not competitive

[@garymacdonald7165]

Ask smugballs Jordan how on earth Rangers got to a Europa Cup final recently(2022),(including a 2-4 away win at current CL finalists,Borussia Dortmund) and had the top goalscorer in the tourney,James Tavanier (7 goals) despite playing in a pub league and having no cash for decent players this past decade!

[@WolfeTone66]

True & I’m not wishing to disrespect Rangers because that was an unbelievable run to get to the final & very unlucky not to win it, but the debate is about Celtic & Rangers the facts speak for themselves. Celtic have taken 10 points from a possible 12 this season against Rangers & I think there’s every chance they’ll beat Rangers in the Cup final. If that happens, then it’s indisputable that there is a gulf between them. There’s no point in talking anymore, Rangers have got to do it on the pitch.

[@vincentmcnabb939]

@@WolfeTone66 That's not his point, though. Gary's point, as I understand it, is that Rangers are not as dismal as Jordan portrays them in recent years due to their excellent European results; their last ECL group stage results of course notwithstanding. I'm also a Celtic fan but certainly would agree with this analysis.

[@WolfeTone66]

@@vincentmcnabb939 ..Yes, I agree..👍

[@philsoro491]

How did they get there? An extremely favourable draw. Playing against teams that were pretty average. Folks seem to forget this. The only big team they went against was Dortmund. All the others weren't heavyweights of Europe

[@raulduke574]

Legend Martin o neill hail hail

[@reo41527]

Would sour-ness have same attitude if liverpool were second to man city 12/13 years?...he be laughed off sky...oh wait, he was

[@jamesdoran6017]

Souness is a bitter man 🇮🇪🍀

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

He looks a bitter hun

[@lfcspectre4335]

Sir Simon & Marty = Top LADS Proper Clobbers 💯 Facts

[@royferguson2297]

Ross County and Dundee sunk Rangers not Celtic if Rangers had won those games Celtic would not have won the league, if the there was a big gap Celtic would have strolled the League.

[@chrisd3211]

Hearts an killie helped yous back into a race when out of it an had sacked a manager 🤔 same logic applies lol yous couldn’t beat the champions all season an in the end it was your undoin 💚

[@donmurpway]

If celtic never existed rangers woulda won.

[@Cruioooi78]

Brendan Rodgers won the mind games and won the league

[@johnwatt72]

1 point out of 12 this season! There’s yer gulf

[@michaelgreen7682]

rangers would have been 1 point behind

[@mgk7963]

The old firm and their fans are pathetic, both living in the past, fed up of their religious and political bullshit, outside Glasgow both communities have long since moved on, iam Irish, but prefer to follow inverness calmly, beautiful people and beautiful part of the country

[@TheJpf79]

Simon Jordan. Starts off with "So Martin your opinion on this thing because I'm not a football man" then goes right into a big list of his opinions of football in a place he's little idea about.

[@brijules]

In regards to clubs in Scotland not as good as they used to be, Celtic/Rangers not as good as in Martins day, well it is obviously down to Sky money being heavily invested into English clubs and infrastructure. That money has ruined the game in the UK. When Martin O'Neil was the manager of Celtic he purchased Chris Sutton (£6m), Neil Lennon (£6m) and John Harrison (£6m) - £18m. Today Celtic would not be able to purchase any of these players due to the inflated costs of English based players; I guess on average and being conservative these 3 today would cost £75m. A ridiculous sum but one Celtic can afford. Celtic won £3m for winning the SPFL last season. The same amount of money an English League 1 team wins for being runner up in the play off final. Sky Sports has decimated Scottish Football. Not just in players but in lost coaches/coaching, infrastructure and clubs going to the wall. If you want to stop bemoaning the state of Scottish Football then distribute the cash properly and pay Scottish Football at least a third of what English Football receives, which is £6.7bn. If Scottish Football is to be on a more equal football, as what it used to be before Sky came along, then pay the money, pay at least £2bn for the rights. Or, how about this for a revolution of UK football, redistribute the leagues and include Celtic, Rangers and other top Scottish Clubs into the English league system and have a British League, with Scottish clubs having access to the billions on offer.

[@JHCFC88]

Sadly will have to agree with Simon Jordan with regards to Scottish football. I think a lot of us up here feel very defensive about our game, especially when its lazily slagged off by uninformed pundits but the reality is its hard to disagree with any of the arguments he put forward.

[@aidanpidgeon364]

3 trophies in 13 years, Celemont was supposed to be the saviour for Rangers, he came in at the league cup final so hadn't to do much work to get to a final, loads of talking mostly on one side , voices need to kept silent 😶 until the business has been done 👍.

[@Laura-oz9tv]

Clemont hasn't had his best 11 fit yet, sellick had 2 first team players fit and started to crumble if they had gers injury woes they would be 2nd for a certainty fs

[@josta2010]

@@Laura-oz9tv Cry me a river. Very rarely does a team have it's best 11 available for the full season. Injuries are part of the game, unfortunately, & you deal with it. It's not a physio the rainjurs players needed, it was a hypnotist. It was only Clement that believed that you could beat Celtic in the head to heads.

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

Every english team s been knocked out off europe best league in the world champs league final at wembley no english europa final a wee boat ride across the irish sea to dublin no english

[@seanmaguire380]

No Scottish either

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

I know but we're not claiming to be the best league in the world

[@johnnyoranges]

Look at Graeme Souness playing and managing record. Then look at that of O'Neil and these two clowns. There's a MASSIVE GULF.

[@sussyboi5624]

Why do the English media feel the need to continually knock scottish football. Its not the nest but we have some cracking games in the Scottish premiership. Its not all about money and we enjoy it.

[@hbos9709]

Lol talksport throwing Martin under graemes bus 🚌 🤣

[@paulkane1911]

Aye short bus

[@Crashawsome]

Rangers: The manager needs to go, we need a massive clear-out, season after season of failure Also Rangers: There's not much between the teams

[@morganmcgarry2172]

What a misleading headline. It’s nothing to do with Matin v’s Graham… the reality is that no one wants to answer the question about whether the rangers are good enough and whether the will improve enough for next season… Unfortunately another bottom of the barrel interview…

[@irieite9666]

We took back Scottish football in August 2000 with that 6-2 demolition and its been Celtics ever since.

[@alansmith4655]

Larssons chip 😚

[@Jamie__1]

Nice selective memory, im pretty sure we won the next old firm game 5-1, a demolition job you might say, and Alex McCleish won titles after 2000 as did Walter Smith he won 3 in a row, of coarse after that came all of the tims tainted titles until they actually had some competition back in the league

[@MnM-sq6pr]

​@@Jamie__1 how many trebles have celtic won since that reinvented club came back into the league, argument doesn't hold up well now does it 🤔

[@irieite9666]

@@Jamie__1 6 of the last 24 titles.

[@garymelrose9727]

@@Jamie__1 Ironic reference to 'selective memory' hun. Tell me, has Eck repaid his EBT yet? Did Walter? Even more irony talking about 'tainted titles' when you support a team that's only been 'successful' through financial doping, tax evasion and cheating...before you surrendered and let your team die...while the MIGHTY Galsgow Celtic still won 18 out of 24 this century. Hmmmmm...hun tears are the sweetest. 🤫 Not exactly indicative of 'some competition back in the league, eh? 😉🤣 Oh - and by the way, it's 'of course', not 'of coarse'. Free education - you're welcome. 😉

[@lfarrell6375]

Jordan decries Scottish football. But remember the EPL teams get £100m plus TV money. The Glasgow clubs £3m. And the EPL is only a quality league because 70% of the players are imported from abroad. Probably no more than 70 ENGLISH players play regularly in their OWN league . Explains to some extent why England consistently fail in competitions. They have a very small talent pool to select from.

[@iainsutherland1113]

I’m a Rangers fan and I have to agree that we’re way them just now. I’m actually getting a bit sick of us having opportunities to close the gap and failing to take them !!! Celtic were a mess when we stopped 10 in a row but Rangers never built on that. We were in great place after the Europa final and again we failed to invest - we’d still have got our arses handed to us in the CL games but domestically we fell apart then as well. I agree with Graeme in that Celtic aren’t beating us heavily on the pitch but the point is they are still beating us.

[@chrisbarrett4037]

Kenny Miller and graeme sour ness are absolute muppets. They thought Rangers won the league and are now BITTER they didn't. Both of them shouldn't be on our screens because they are so far detached from reality, it's laughable

[@Bernie61dee]

Souness is a freak of nature

[@maryanneurie3149]

Celtic fan all my life & cannot abide the adoration for Rod the Tory because he's a Celtic fan , I for one couldn't care less what rod stewart has to say

[@monty3854]

Im a Celtic fan but its brilliant to see how riled up Souness has made them 😂

[@aero2507]

How are they riled up? They're debating..keep up

[@monty3854]

@@aero2507 Because Jim White can't drop the fact that Souness doesn't consider him a football man. I find that hilarious, Jim's a tool. So is Souness.

[@CK-dd7eq]

​@@monty3854 Souness is a complete Muppet. Just a bitter old man with no class whatsoever

[@bryandaun6873]

As a aberdeen fan. I agree with Simon. The money is the big issue we just don't get the same investment as other leagues. Its one of the best supported league in Europe. Unfortunately the product isn't as good as it could be.

[@arronblack67]

As a Celtic fan, the quality has diminished over the years due to the lack of money which isn’t the two clubs fault. In terms of the two clubs Celtic are light years ahead of rangers on and off the pitch. However I would still have Celtic and rangers over the English tourist premiership any day. Half and half scarves and home fans celebrating getting beat 🤣 “best league in the world” NONSENSE

[@haroldmacdonald-ne1tz]

IF THE BHOYS WEREN'T FOUNDED, SEVCO WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY WON THE LEAGUE, CAN'T WAIT TILL WE GET TO 56 TITLES IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE WERE FOUNDED A DOZEN YEARS OR SO AFTER RANGERS, HAIL HAIL 🍀🍀🍀💪👏✅️

[@johncopeland3826]

Its not just the performances on the field as far as being a gulf in class between Celtic FC and Rangers ! Its the way the clubs are governed and run behind the scenes ! Its the financial stability for which to evolve and improve each season ! Its the squads available and the sell on values ! Its the honesty and integrity and openess to everything ! Its the fanbase and the respect and admiration from other clubs and organisations world wide ! And its the stadium's also ! One is crumbling through neglect and lack of funds while the other is as strong as the Rock of Gibraltar ready to grow at any time ! Guess which is which ? Thats the gulf between the two clubs !

[@freddiefreeman4119]

The PFL isn’t as competitive as it should be either Simon as the Top Six pull further away from the rest of the league. If the rich get richer and the others get penalised for trying to keep up this will get worse. In less than ten years the PFL will be hardly worth watching

[@rossmcatasney8209]

Nice click bait... Does O'Neil even call it rubbish?

[@kylowhen2639]

*O'Neill

[@flaw3dgenius222]

Rangers fan here, There is a big difference in terms of quality. When Ange came in to Celtic he spent 4x the amount of the full league. How anyone can see that kind of outspending doesnt create a gulf between every team in the league nevermind just Rangers is baffling!

[@Klynch111]

Celtic fan here, and I'm not trying to start a row, but I'm just saying,Rangers spent big under dick Advocaat and that's the main reason why you ended up in the mess you were in. Sure Celtic also spent big but Rangers definitely a lot more. And Celtic were still able to win the league that season despite you splashing £12 mill on flo. Rangers at that time also brought in de boer, and the fees rangers were paying at the time were high even during those days. Yeah Celtic now have a lot more money to spend, but going back to ange, it was a full rebuild he was doing, rangers need to do the same.

[@flaw3dgenius222]

@@Klynch111 Ange spent 50 million in 2 seasons... pretty sure we never spent that much in the 90s over 2 seasons. But thats not the point, the point is theres a big gulf in class as big spending creates that gulf.

[@markyoung6215]

I'm a Ranger fan and I can honestly say the gulf has been there for years. Souness has the same outlook as our board which is why we've been so far behind Celtic for so long

[@muirislandjim453]

Celtic didn't have their best game & won 1-0. Rangers had one of their better performances, only lost 1-0 and barely had 30% possession.

[@paulmcewan8144]

Hail Hail the Celtic and the women Celtic are well Hail Hail 📢🇮🇳🏆🏆🙌🙌😄👍👌,📢🇮🇳🫶🏆🙌🙌😄👍👌

[@iainjolly9648]

We can talk about the quality of scottish football all we want but we all know the money just isnot in the game. Financially scottish clubs including the big 2 cannot compete. Jordan talking about the need for more competition is a mute point because any decent young player coming through is getting picked off by the riches of the premier league. Its a no win situation.

[@Sean_1970-ED]

Ain't sounnes still working with the Rangers? Consultant or something! Simon right they are poor but the Rangers are awful but it's a Moral Victory for Rangers 😂😂😂

[@chrisd3211]

Sourness never left the lizard

[@Sean_1970-ED]

Thought so! Knew he was still employed in some capacity.

[@David-h1f4r]

G Souness was involved with picking between the Ranger's Manager . G Souness advised f lampard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Sean_1970-ED]

@@David-h1f4r Cheers agent 🍊 That worked out well. HH 😂🍀

[@JayAlex-y8f]

It’s The Rangers

[@isnobodyreally102]

We can all sit here n debate scottish football and its quality. Its not good. Certainly not as good as it was. Though its easy to say that from a english perspective when the premier league was raised up to god tier by 30 plus years of sky sports money. There is no money in scottish football outside of the big two. The gap is getting wider too. The rich are getting richer. Fact is only 2 maybe 3 clubs in the premier league as on par club size wise with Celtic and rangers. Your Liverpool's. Man u. Now city. The others below them might have more cash but thats it.

[@ryancallaghan6975]

The Celtic side that beat rangers in all old firm games is much better than current squad, also that rangers side would destroy the current rangers team even tho they got beat back then

[@gerardoneill3805]

For the best league in the world,how many teams are competing in the European finals?

[@liberalslayer7220]

That’s funny but here’s a pub quiz question in the last ten years what has the highest number the amount of times the English teams have won or competed in a final a European competition or the amount of wins that Celtic have won in the champions league. The complaints about money falls apart when you compare the financial situation that the likes of other teams from Europe have compared to the old firm that has won Europa and conference league titles and achieved better results in the champions league.

[@stornoway1950]

Absolute rubbish from Martin just look at who has been carrying Scotlands coefficient in the past vew years Celtic have been an embarrassment in Europe so there is no gulf between the teams Souness was spot on.

[@Fightsandfunnys]

Souness doesnt watch scottish football, why value his opinion on it?

[@johnoneil4456]

Simon Jordan spot on

[@EarnInvestSave]

Simon isnt stupid is he , knows when he says anything controversial about Celtic or Liverpool the views go up by 10 -20x more

[@gordonwilson1631]

It’s the quality and depth of a squad that makes the difference. It’s about money. The English Premiership is over inflated with financial misdemeanours going on left, right and centre. Yet to be resolved, if ever. Football is too predictable, with an exception every ten or so years. Not good or fair enough.

[@goodluck-mx4qr]

12 titles out of 13, that is a gulf in anyones book.

[@margaretmontague4489]

Jim White says he's not a football man, he's a rangers supporter.

[@millsy1861]

The quality of Scottish football in the 90s and 00s was much better than now. Its dreadful now, Rangers have had Goldson at the back for years hes absolutely woeful, im a palace fan and Gary Cahill left us for free about 4 years ago aged 35 he was very good for us and i didnt want us to release him, i couldn't understand how a Celtic or Rangers didn't sign him, hed have been the best CB in the SPL.

[@Whatever10000]

Simon using expressions from the sun "newspaper" should tell everyone all they need to know about where his viewpoints are based from. He probably still has doubts in his mind about the 96 souls being robbed from their fellow supporters.

[@confudeddude]

SOUNESS "ZIP IT" AS SOON AS YOU CAN. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Nowadays in a world of VAR and CAMERAS Rangers no longer have a friendly Ref playing for them.😊😊😊😊😊😊 Simon you are doing a Grand HONEST job.

[@elitestuntman5195]

Yh there’s such a gulf in class that they need Gollum 2.0 to hold their hand throughout the season 😂

[@evangillies7572]

There was a gulf if it was a close league table lol , teams crumble when injuries happen

[@igolfjtweetler4097]

Aside from anything Celtic have 130m in the bank and The Rangers have sfa.

[@TimmyRipkey-zj7sg]

Unless it is your money wtf has that got to do with anything? Most football clubs have no money but still spend

[@Ligerpride]

I can't stand Souness and I much prefer Celtic to Rangers. However, I have to sympathise with Souness to an extent. The difference in points is not much, 6 points. Celtic have a much stronger old firm record this season, getting 9 extra points than Rangers. However, if you take away the old firm fixtures then Rangers have more points than Celtic. Also, even though Celtic won at the weekend, at 2-1 up against 10 men they were somewhat holding on at the end. Rangers were also the ones chasing the winner down in the recent 3-3 draw. The results are lobsided but the balance of play was not. So while Celtic are the superior team and deservedly won the league, it's just wrong to state there is a gulf in class between the 2 squads. It's this season that matters and there hasn't been a big difference.

[@vincentmcnabb939]

I'm a Celtic fan and agree with you. There was little between the two squads. Excessive injuries fro the Ibrox side in the last two months made the big difference. That said, I do think Celtic have an edge on Rangers even when both squads are at full strength.

[@HKBLUE70THSTRSIXOWE]

8 points not 6

[@brucewhelan4844]

The thing is, the quality of the BPL has gone up not just in relation to the Scottish league, but in relation to every league. It's arguably the best league in the world now. But saying it's clear of Serie A isn't as click-baitey as saying it's clear of the Scottish Prem. There are massive clubs in the Championship. They're nowhere near the level of the clubs in the Prem.

[@jimbrown2688]

It's a shame how badly Rangers have been run and the coffers emptied for very poor players or board members taking more than their fair share. We dont need pettiness in Scotland we need a strong Rangers, Dundee United, Aberdeen, Hibs so that they can push each other every step of the way. That way when Celtic win the league, weve Won the league. Souness is living in the past...

[@tomkenyon3721]

The worry for the Ibrox fans is the gulf can only get bigger as their board have made a poor job of running the club for years now and don't look like turning it around.

[@mercury8180]

Joe hart never once dropped his cigar during the game. Souness is the village idiot of the year.

[@johnadams20132013]

Martin O Neill is the better manager then Souness

[@fishingstevie8830]

As a Celtic supporter way back Celtic today have a very poor defence ? Lets be honest about it as this Scales guy he should not be near this Celtic team ..as the guys very ordinary and not good enough ( Yet Celtic hand him a new 4 year deal alike what his countryman James McCarthy had received how come ? I think Desmond and Rodgers has got that sorted out between them and is not good enough ..Only Celtic do well against the mediocre sides in Spl ..And Celtic lose many goals via high balls into their box ..The club have many millions of £s in the bank now around £70m before winning this title ..and now another £60 m pounds on top with winning this very title in which hands Celtic Champs league group games ..and season tickets shall be renewed which hands many more millions to the clubs board And also Merchandise the club are rolling in it with around £150 m as seems also Oriley maybe away this Summer to Epl ? But Celtic are still rolling in many millions of £s even without player sales out the door ..and are sitting on a tidy sum and should be a good fair millions of £s put away towards some better calibre of players in need for Europe , and from goalie to Centre back them priorities are well in need . Why are Celtic board always stingy ? This Q/ when they have many millions in their bank and in a very healthy state ..They have not played game with team or fans for many yrs now regards signings ..recent yrs singings have been because they sold one of their better players and they never touched any of their millions within bank to buy odd player as hardly spent out ..When they did it was half if that millions spent which came to them via player sale/s out door only . Nothing has come out of their bank at all Celtic fc .

[@shabad0009]

Martins Celtic side DID beat Rangers 6-1 back in 2000.

[@jboyle4832]

Only one man talking sense

[@DanielCurley-k1p]

The gulf between Scottish SPL and EPL is much wider than ever financially as is the quality of Celtic and Rangers

[@davedoogan6650]

If your auntie had baws she'd be your uncle.

[@colmdevlin5340]

I just want to say there is nothing wrong with "low hanging fruit"

[@flames1441]

Rangers shouldn’t have let Kent & Morelos go as they are so much weaker now. Celtic are no better but there definitely is a gulf between the sides though

[@StevenWalker-il4rl]

Rangers were in the Europa League final 2 years ago !.. Hello ! If thats how you compare Scottish football ? And the last European final where the Selik were there ? 😂😂😂

[@markohara6749]

Rangers have played anti football for years they invented that style 😅

[@Conor-nd9nr]

Shite observation Simon, disregarding old firm is too easy for you because you disregard the Scottish league because of its worth, Celtic and rangers would be top 6 teams within couple years playing up there. And somebody prove anything different

[@gordonsmith1845]

Rangers were missing half a team FACT

[@AlanRoss-k9s]

Just as Celtic put out their reserve team in the first game at Ibrox. Just accept your simply 2nd best.

[@djmull63]

Souness can't say anything else as blind Rangers fans are his pension.

[@phillydavison]

Stephen Warnocks interview about his time at Villa under O'Neil was very eye opening.

[@richardsmith9615]

What did he say?

[@kylowhen2639]

*O'Neill

[@6oodfella]

If this Rangers team is as poor as he's ever seen, what does that say about the current Celtic team that the league went down to the second last game of the season? Shouldn't they have had the league sown up weeks ago if that's the case?

[@kevinrobb86]

Yes but 1 win in 10 years at home in the CL

[@tomcolvin8199]

Who is the muppet in the middle.

[@thomasoflaherty3520]

Kermit.