Milners Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Jings! The greenies won't be happy with wee Neily now. NEIL LENNON has claimed Celtic NEED Rangers. The fomer Hoops boss insisted it’s "essential" for Scottish football that the Ibrox club return to the top flight. While Hearts claimed the Championship title thanks to Rangers beating Hibs 2-0 at Easter Road, Stuart McCall’s side are a whopping 26 points behind the Jambos in the table – and still in third place. But Lennon told Goal.com he wants them in the Premiership for the good of the game’s finances. The Bolton manager said: “It’s essential for the game in Scotland that Rangers get back to the Premiership as quickly as possible. “They are struggling but new people have come in who I think have the best interests of the club at heart. “Stuart McCall had a fantastic record at Motherwell. They need to get back to the Premiership for the state of the game up there – in terms of revenue, crowds, competition. “It’s important and that’s why Scotland has struggled (in European competition). “Celtic need it as well – the competition has been missing.” Lennon guided Celtic to the knockout stage of the Champions League during his four-year spell as manager but revealed the overall deterioration of the Premiership's financial situation had triggered the sale of key players. “It all depends on Celtic,” he said. “When I was there we ended up selling the crown jewels in terms of Victor Wanyama, Gary Hooper, clashes, Foster Ledley, Georgios Samaras. “It’s very difficult to keep churning out those players but that was the financial situation. “There’s no doubt the Scottish game is significantly weaker – Hibs, Hearts and Rangers are in the Championship and they were a big loss in terms of revenue, crowds, quality and competition. “It’s lacking at the minute, it’s not in a great state. There’s seven or eight teams in in the Premiership who have average gates of 4-5,000 and with that it’s very difficult to compete with other European countries.” Lennon's comments come less than a week after Celtic star Kris Commons admitted he would love to see the Hoops' arch rivals get promoted as he was missing Old Firm clashes Jim Spence tweeted "booming". He's not wrong though Celtic needs Rangers as much as Rangers need Celtic. The other clubs don't really need them at all Edited March 23, 2015 by Milners 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperOnTheWing Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Intrest free, unsercured loan will also tell you administration isn't on the horizon. Edited March 23, 2015 by CooperOnTheWing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 The fact the loans only 1.5m is a good thing considering we were being told that we needed 10-15m. So as it stands the 1.5 will do us till the end of the season, then we'll get the season ticket money in and more than likely do a share issue, where the likes of King will put their money in. Maybe a cash for equity deal? Also regarding season tickets, won't we have to wait until we know which league we'll be i n? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Capsule Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Why didn't Dave King just put his own cash in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 He's not wrong though Celtic needs Rangers as much as Rangers need Celtic. The other clubs don't really need them at all That's not what he said tho.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperOnTheWing Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Why didn't Dave King just put his own cash in? He'll wait until we have a share issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 That's not what he said tho.... Someone did. NEIL LENNON has claimed Celtic NEED Rangers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kildog Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I love it when the Sevco fans celebrate their regular payday loans. Happy days indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Return...get back...needed...big loss...missing Script book out of the window stuff. Exactly what I'd expect from a struggling Co-dependent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik's tongue Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I wonder if they regret trying to maim wee Neil now he's said what they want to hear? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Link to full article Does Philip pay you to post his ramblings? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik's tongue Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Does Philip pay you to post his ramblings? Goal.com pay wee Neily for his. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Are Phil McFakeName's blog based on any facts at all, or are they just what he hopes is happening? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik's tongue Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Are Phil McFakeName's blog based on any facts at all, or are they just what he hopes is happening? The latter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Capsule Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 He'll wait until we have a share issue. Sorry, I meant why didn't he loan the money? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 “It’s lacking at the minute, it’s not in a great state. There’s seven or eight teams in in the Premiership who have average gates of 4-5,000 and with that it’s very difficult to compete with other European countries.” Can anybody show me the link to where his popcorn-ness has performed detailed analyses on average gates per head of population across Europe? Perhaps showing trends over time and with relative success factored in? You, know, so it doesn't look like he's just making it up as they're missing their twins*. *As regularly stated on here: the only club suffering in any meaningful sense since Rangers died is Celtic. But that's understandable, because they're gloryhunting permavictims with a misplaced superiority complex too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 He'll wait until we have a share issue. who's buying the shares? Actually........who's underwriting the share issue?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milners Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 That's not what he said tho.... True but looking at the fall of Celtic attendances shows that they need your lot as much as you need them. I find it quite funny that the diddy clubs are not really effected that much without Rangers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottxs Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Rangers take a loan from the 3 bears. But where's honest dave to put money in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accietilleyedye Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 He'll wait until we have a share issue. Where will these shares be available for sale , you know listed for the potential shareholder to know the company is not being run by charlatans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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