Royal Gooner wrote:Brandon wrote:Yeah, I think it'll take a couple of seasons for Rangers to actually start challenging Celtic.
I'd swap Aberdeen and Hearts from your prediction, but who knows with Rangers? They could immediately finish in a Europa League position for all we know. Hopefully Scotland can reclaim a second CL spot in the future though—will be good for the league.
I do find it interesting that when Rangers got kicked out Scotland did have 2 CL spots and 3 high starting EL places. Now after Celtic's one team league for 4 years, they're now left with 1 in the 2nd round CL and 2 of their 3 EL teams starting in the 1st round with Faroe and Gibraltarian teams.
They never did think of the consequences that throwing Rangers out would destroy their coefficient did they?
This is total and utter shit.
Firstly, you're completely wrong in saying that Scotland lost it's two Champions League qualifying places in the period after Rangers went bust. The last season Scotland has two places was the 2009/10 season, and Rangers didn't go out of business until 2012. Scottish football was already on the decline before their demise.
Secondly, you're also talking total shite about the coefficient taking a massive hit after Rangers left the division.
Here's the coefficient points earned in the four years before Rangers went bust:
2008/09: 1.875
2009/10: 2.666
2010/11: 3.600
2011/12: 2.750
And here's the four years after;
2012/13: 4.300
2013/14: 3.250
2014/15: 4.000
2015/16: 3.000
So, to conclude, in the four years prior to Rangers going busting, Scotland's coefficient points equalled 10.891, or 2.723 per season. In the four years after, the total is 14.55, or 3.648.
In the four years since Rangers went bust Celtic have gotten into the group stage twice and even made it into the round of 16 in 2013 as well. I know you love to pedal this lie that everything went tits up after Rangers got the boot - which was just what they deserved - but you've proved time and time again you don't know what you're talking about.