Comments on: The Zombie Nation: Notes on Scottish football’s demise.

By: Kerstin Lundqvist

Kerstin Lundqvist — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:26:39 +0000

Remember when Scottish club Football were great : 78-87. Celtic beat Real Madrid 78-79, 2-0 at home but lost 3-0 away. Rangers knocked uot both
PSV Eindhoven and Juventus in 79-80. And Aberdeen and Dundee United achwed a lot in 80s.Abeeden evev won Cup-winner Cup in 82-83.

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By: Iain Swan

Iain Swan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:22:55 +0000

Rhimjimmy, My plan to save Scottish football is not to reform the Champions League , as you rightly say , it is never going to happen. I am merely pointing out why the hysterical reaction to Scotland’s failure in European competition is misplaced given the current climate.
I am not whining , merely pointing out the manifest unfairness of the Champions League and imploring the Scottish media to be realistic about our clubs’ chances in European competition.
As for your point about the rich clubs always dominating I would argue that clubs like Celtic, Ajax, Steaua Bucharest etc would never have won the European Cup if the current format had been in place. The chances for the smaller clubs are greatly diminshed by the changes to the competition over the past decade or so.

By: rhimjimmy

rhimjimmy — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:03:37 +0000

“Arsenal Versus Barcelona is worth more in television revenue than Rangers versus Barcelona, the days of fair play and level playing fields are long gone”

They never existed. The rich clubs have always, ALWAYS, dominated football.

You’re plan to save Scottish football is “reform the champions league”. Epic fail. Not going to happen. You need a new plan.

Uruguay has a population roughly equivalent to Scotland and just won the Copa America (besting Messi’s Argentina on the way) and finished as Semi-Finalists in the World Cup. Surely you should be seeking to emulate Uruguay, not sitting back and whining about how the Champion’s League isn’t fair.

If you can’t have a top class league (which, frankly, you can’t) surely you should seek to produce as much young talent as possible and export to the world’s top leagues then build a decent international side instead?

I don’t see capitalism coming to an end any time soon so you’re always going to be the small fry compared to more economically powerful leagues. This doesn’t mean you can’t have good football though, but you will need to change your priorities from club to country, produce a lot of young talented players and be a feeder league. It works for the Dutch.