I cannot help but feel the present set of circumstances we find ourselves in , European qualification , financial challenges re TV money , and competition from other leagues for players cannot be maintained much longer as a working model for our club. Historically I have been totally opposed to Celtic moving out with Scottish football for weekly competition. I have been prepared to accept dodgy refereeing decisions skulduggery from the SFA and all sorts of other weighting against us for more years than I care to remember.
However, what I refuse to accept is the totally biased and unfair weighting of the new Uefa competitions towards the big money clubs. Rather than grub around hoping to qualify for crumbs from the rich mans table we should be in the forefront of a radical change of tack , football competition wise. I truly believe we are in a "who blinks first" scenario the fat cats and their TV sponsored cash, or the vast majority of clubs,those who are very much on the outside looking in.
This is not an argument to forget meritocracy , rather one to keep the game true to its roots. There surely must be moves afoot at some level to frustrate the elite. As a club we are continually running after a bus which is pulling further and further away from us as we chase it over the hill and out of sight
However, what I refuse to accept is the totally biased and unfair weighting of the new Uefa competitions towards the big money clubs. Rather than grub around hoping to qualify for crumbs from the rich mans table we should be in the forefront of a radical change of tack , football competition wise. I truly believe we are in a "who blinks first" scenario the fat cats and their TV sponsored cash, or the vast majority of clubs,those who are very much on the outside looking in.
This is not an argument to forget meritocracy , rather one to keep the game true to its roots. There surely must be moves afoot at some level to frustrate the elite. As a club we are continually running after a bus which is pulling further and further away from us as we chase it over the hill and out of sight