The board have to continue to back him with the funds if he says it's required, and have so far tbf .
Our success rate for signings has been incredible.
Only a couple out of a LOT haven't made it ,Gucci really the only ange signing through assault wasn't able to step it up.
Jury's out on Bernabeis defending but can go forward , converted winger? Naw?
McCarthy, anyone think he was Ange's signing?
Naw me either.
Seigrist, another wait and see.
We're around the point now where the board lost faith/fell out with and wouldn't back Rodgers after some poor signings ( again not his players often, Shved) but would still pay through the roof for loanees, we may still see that on occasion but nowhere near as much as Rodgers days where the team was loanees practically.
We don't require the surgery we did when Ange arrived but if we're serious about making an impact in Europe they have to fund him those £6 million plus deals again and trust his judgement, IF he really believes its a definite profit investment, or an older player.
He's more involved it seems and far more trusted than Rodgers with the cash unsurprisingly, Eboue kouassi , Benyu , ouch.
It's a pity we cannot keep a team together for 4 seasons whilst adding to it being a selling club for that would be something special to see, an Ange team 4 seasons in the making. We could but it's not how we operate anymore .
Its the price of an underfunded domestic championship that's unbeffiting of a country ranked 9th in Europe and the highest % of the population in Europe who actually go along to the see game.
We're ripped off rotten , the championship play off between Luton and Coventry is worth more, much more but not just more than us more than everything which is nonsensical.
Luton winning on penalties earns them a guaranteed £170 million potentially £250 million should they survive the first season back in the top flight.
The whole SPFL deal is £150 million over SEVEN years.
He can claim its a record deal for our game thats true but its a terrible deal , Sky must laugh at him
Many derbies is that?
28 at least and worth way more $s than what Luton will get.
That
paragraph should be enough for Doncaster to get his jotters.
On Europe theres no such thing as a kind champions league draw but some are more difficult than others definitely as we've been part
of a few times before.
The clubs are all quality ( of course)
Pots not completed yet, but some of the groups next champions league edition have the look of being one of the toughest draws the tournament has ever seen so it's fantastic that we're in the top 32 European clubs.
Projected Champions League draw pots
Pot 1: Manchester City, Roma/Sevilla, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli, Benfica.
Pot 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto.
Pot 3: RB Salzburg, AC Milan, Lazio, Crvena Zvedza.
Pot 4: Union Berlin, Lens.
Qualified teams with pot to be confirmed: Inter Milan (1 or 2), Feyenoord (1 or 3), Shakhtar Donetsk (2 or 3), Newcastle (3 or 4), Celtic (3 or 4), Real Sociedad (3 or 4).
The 6 clubs above will be seeded, unfairly most likely Newcastle above us even though its a full 2decades since rbey were a champions league club.
Ideal draw , I'd take
Roma/Seville
Dortmund
Red Star
Celtic
Could see us challenge for 2nd certainly 3rd from those and 3rd would go down as progress to me.
More likely draw, please no, geis a wee break sevco style
Man city
Real Madrid
Milan
Celtic
Scottish football , takes many pelters from all quarters some deserved some undeserved.
Even if you gave Russia back whatever coefficient pts they've lost we'd still be ranked 10th in Europe, 9th as is , and the national team are improving as well , that spectacular result 2 V 0 Spain but its still very early days. Encouraging start though.
Won the first 2 home games a great start fantastic start.
Now it's 3 of Scotland's biggest games for a long time a real opportunity.
Norway away, followed by Georgia @Hampden and Cyprus away, huge winnable games and a real test of character.
In a way we got a head start with Haaland missing Norways first 2 games , they lost 3-0 in Spain and a 1-1 draw in Georgia.
With him in their team it's a different story if we can get a point there > success but we are decent ourselves now.
If we lost in Norway but win at home to Georgia and win in Cyprus that'd be 12pts from 15 only on gd could Spain be above us after 5 of 8 games to be played.
Our last 3 is Spain (a), Georgia (a) , Norway (h)..
I'm guestimating that a victory in Georgia would ensure 2nd at the very least, regardless of the other results, perhaps a pt V Norway at Hampden to seal it I think the top 2 qualify automatically this edition.
Which teams have qualified for the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage and do we know the draw seedings?
www.uefa.com
Right I'm tired noo im away tae lay doon bed
after typing that short story, paragraphed up to the max !