Success in Europe for Scottish teams should evoke widespread joy and optimism.
But that's not how a daily call-in based on turf wars, spats and festering recriminations works, you see. If Celtic, Rangers and Hearts thriving in Europe cannot unite then nothing will. Philippe Clement was giddy after his side's 4-0 pasting of FCSB but he's been told not to get too excited yet. Jim McClean, Rothesay, said: "Rangers supporters shouldn’t get carried away, that was the worst European team to come to Ibrox for years."
And that was echoed by another unimpressed observer. James Brown, Glasgow, said: "FCSB were easily one of the worst teams I have seen in a long time but I heard nothing from Pundits McCoist, McInnes and Hutton about that. Dessers is the biggest wean since Morelos. He and Butland should have been booked for feigning injury."
James Logan, Glasgow, said: "I notice that the terrible trio of Messrs. Lowe, Flett and Stevenson were all very quiet after Celtic’s great result in Italy. Muppet of the week must be Gary Stevenson who suggested the Atalanta scoreboard needed adjusting as it only went up to nine."
But Celtic's gutsy draw has been seized upon with many of their detractors ruing their newly-found defensive stubbornness. Alan Flett emailed: "It's time that Celtic were banned from playing in Europe altogether. A lucky draw vs the diddy league champions and they're celebrating like wildfire, whilst their 7-1 thrashings are swept under the carpet. They commit GBH on Scottish football on a yearly basis and it must be stopped."
And it was similar from another Celtic cynic. Graham Roberts, Edinburgh, said: "The Celtic fans really are like no other fans. They've ridiculed Rangers for playing in the so called European
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