GORDON PARKS ANSWERS YOUR cAllS AS we tick down towards the Premiership curtain-raiser, fans are starting to get a bit tetchy and predictions are becoming bolder.
No love lost in a Hotline where Old Firm fans attempt to lay early markers for the campaign ahead.
Arrin Geddes, irvine, said: “I see we’re getting the season’s predictions from Rangers fans already. Once they’ve finished polishing their ‘respect’, ‘much stronger’ and ‘stamina’ trophies, they can head over to Celtic Park to see the two trophies Celtic won on merit last season. That’s exactly the same amount their team has taken 10 years to amass.”
Bud Hay, Dumfries, said: “The Premiership hasn’t even started yet and we have Rangers fans making comments that suggest they believe they will have the title in the bag. Celtic will do their talking on the pitch so bring it on.”
ian McKendrick emailed: “Celtic fans are going on and on about the signings Rangers have made but it’s a bit rich to talk them down. I don’t remember the signings Celtic have made being standouts for their previous clubs.”
Eddie Easson, Ballingry, said: “I said on here weeks ago and was slaughtered for insisting Rangers would need to sell in order to buy. One player has gone, another on the way and more to follow judging by the amount of strikers they’re signing.”
Gordon Ashley, Ayr, said: “Harry Kewell will prove to be a masterstroke this season. Within a few weeks you can already see improvements. Liel Abada, David Turnbull, Matt O’Riley and Reo Hatate all look different players and Yosuke Ideguchi looks a great replacement for the captain.”
John Bruce emailed: “Four years ago Rangers
realised it was no longer good enough just to have a ticket to one of the European parties. They wanted to attend and stay as long as they could. Since then the team and the fans have had some memorable nights.
“Now the penny seems to be dropping at Parkhead, and hardly anyone will recognise who the oldies are as all they talk about is 1967.”
cameron Hall, Edinburgh, said: “Rangers and Celtic are the Poundland versions of Chelsea and Manchester City and just as dislikable as their English equivalents. Unfortunately for the last few decades no other Scottish club has been able to compete financially with the Old Firm taking it in turns to buy the league. Rangers have been the Chelsea to Celtic’s Man City for some time now and they probably won’t be buying the league again any time soon.”
George Wilson, West Sussex, said: “Caller Eddie Easson said I should have a trip up to Govan from West Sussex. Does he not realise Rangers supporters travel from all over the globe to watch them. I see fewer games now that I’m retired but when I moved from Scotland to London I was a debenture and season ticket holder for years.”
Jamie Mclaren. Maryhill, said: “The obsession some Celtic fans have with all things Rangers really is perverse. It’s like having a creepy stalker. They should worry about their own affairs especially, with the Champions League around the corner. Angeball and all its schoolboy naivety was painfully and embarrassingly exposed last season in Europe.”
Jimmy Mac, Glasgow, said: “The guff from Neil Doncaster that VAR cannot be introduced until halfway through a season is unbelievable to say the least. Is VAR not being introduced from the start to allow a certain club to gain points by a host of dubious decisions?”