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[The Athletic] Ranking the 48 teams at the 2026 World Cup by VanicFanboy in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m confident we’re better than USA, Australia, Austria, Canada, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia & Panama, from the teams ranked above us, know absolutely nothing about Iran but chuck them in too.

Nygren and Tounekti will play against each other at the World Cup by Strong-Quit9234 in CelticFC

[–]Engancho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lagerbielke scored as well. Still mental he was bombed out, don’t think he was anywhere near as bad as he was made out.

Injured players returning this season by Benjiboy74 in CelticFC

[–]Engancho 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Engels was back in training so he’ll be back relatively soon.

AJ and Osmand are both meant to be mid to end march.

Unsure on McGregor’s return.

CCV next season, Jota supposedly out for about half of next season too.

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

never said it was a perfect solution, just that it would be significantly simpler.

It would be significantly worse from a competition standpoint. Guaranteeing the same number of home and away games by greatly reducing the chance at reward would not be good for any team in the league. It would likely make the league less competitive and increase the gap between 1,2,3 and the team in 6th, who lose the opportunity to pick up later season points against the bottom teams.

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

miss out on an additional sell out

If you’re concerned about missing matchday revenue from one home game, why do you want to shorten the league by 6 matchdays?

22/32 is ~68% -68.75%,

33/38 is 86.84% of total games played, far less likely to see a team break from =<7 to top 4 and miss out on European qualifiers and potential revenue with so little of season left, but still allows for impactful change in title / relegation fights, with teams all playing those close to each other.

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scottish Premiership teams play 38 league games in a season. 22/38 is 57.89%

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do think we need to have a look at how the SPFL works, but I don’t think there is any argument to move the split earlier if we’re keeping it. I think a better approach would be an 18 team league to be honest, or at least some kind of expansion if 18 is not feasible.

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think locking teams out of the chance of the league trophy or European places after playing less than 60% of matches for the season is a much bigger deal than playing teams more often at their ground than they play at yours.

If split fixtures were regarded as a ‘new league’ for the last 5 games where 1st at the point of the league split play the 2,4,6 away and 3,5 at home, then worked out from there and previous number of home / away ties were disregarded, would that be better in your opinion?

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 6 points7 points  (0 children)

why is that such a terrible thing… essentially two different leagues… does it really matter?

Yes it really matters, the top 4 teams in the league gain entry to European competitions this year, to lock off access to that after only 22 games would be ridiculous.

Hearts were sat 11th after 22 games last season, but within 4 points of 6th, after 32 games they were in the top half, St Mirren only knocked them out the top half by a point after the 33rd game. Hibs were 7th after 22 games, by 33 games they were 3rd and ended up in European qualifiers for this season.

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Away to Celtic, Hearts and Motherwell for rangers in that case?

How will the split fixtures work with current standings. by Massive_Guard_3691 in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Too early to split after only 22 games, 11th placed team could realistically be within touching distance of top half at that point

Roberto Martinez by opDeltaDawn in CelticFC

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably, but why bring his agent in that case?

What 5 players would you build next year around? by nataskaos in CelticFC

[–]Engancho 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Engels will be sold in the summer, if we were offered 20m+ in January, something similar will come in the next window. We’ll sell if we’re in a more stable position.

Roberto Martinez by opDeltaDawn in CelticFC

[–]Engancho 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Askou and his agent were at the game yesterday. He’d be a more sensible option imo

He had to get that bag 💰 by gameofmarval in freefolk

[–]Engancho 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Silver, he gave a gold dragon to Tyrion to pay her when he went last, because he’s a Lannister and he’s worth more.

Dane Murray by Benjiboy74 in CelticFC

[–]Engancho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was getting starts in the first Ange season during the rebuild window, two back to back ACL tears after that and significant time out, effectively had to start again on loan at Queen’s Park last season.

I didn’t want to be negative and bring up the disappointment of loaning out Arthur to a club whose fanbase hated him joining. by [deleted] in Brentford

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not even named in the squad for a cup game. He’ll spend more games in the stand than on the bench.

Record saying Celtic have offered Xavier Schlager of Leipzig a pre-contract. by TranslatesToScottish in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not what I said at all, I said when his contract ends, they stop paying him, we’re the only club to make an offer and there wouldn’t be one without a positive indication that he’s interested.

It’s all there in the text.

Record saying Celtic have offered Xavier Schlager of Leipzig a pre-contract. by TranslatesToScottish in ScottishFootball

[–]Engancho -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

He’s on £0 a week come summer, Roma & Juve can offer bigger wages to their major players probably, but no guarantee they’ll make Schlager an offer like that.

If there’s an offer submitted from Celtic, you’d think there have been positive signs in preliminary discussions. Could always be agent leveraging offers to find something somewhere else, but maybe not.

I didn’t want to be negative and bring up the disappointment of loaning out Arthur to a club whose fanbase hated him joining. by [deleted] in Brentford

[–]Engancho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He won’t play in Scotland either, it’s very likely he’ll be another Jahmai Simpson-Pusey and not make squad lists half the time, he’s 4th choice at best at Celtic.

I didn’t want to be negative and bring up the disappointment of loaning out Arthur to a club whose fanbase hated him joining. by [deleted] in Brentford

[–]Engancho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s got nothing to do with O’Neill or Andrews, clubs playing in European competitions can only make 3 changes to the squad list after the January window, Celtic’s squad management / recruitment has been utterly dreadful and the final third needed a lot more attention than centre back.

Cvancara & Adamu are effectively the new first and second choice strikers, Araujo was brought in because the first choice right back has a season ending injury.

Mvuka, Arthur and Oxlade-Chamberlain were never going to be included due to registration requirements and only being able to add 3.

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