(25-08-2015, 22:30)1Wattie Wrote: SCO
I think you`ve found out how good Malmo are now but I`ve got to say I never saw that scoreline coming I`ve got a tenner on Celtic winning 1-0 in Malmo.
I won just over £100 on Malmo FF qualifying v Celtic and was very confident of my bet coming in after watching Celtic's previous unimpressive quali ties. The second leg epitomised Celtic's weakness in their slow build up play and they were found out by another streetwise Euro team. We can all observe how it works - there's an opportunity for the Scottish Champions to earn a quali place in the Champions League but that's easier said than done and our standard of football is awful compared with even the middle ground of European football teams. I'd say we're no better than the Irish league when one looks at the Euro stats that cover say the last 10-15 years. Sure, the Hoops are better than anything that the Irish league can offer but the overall comparable Euro stat of success and failure is similar - just another sub-standard football league where their best players will quickly cross the Irish Sea to flavour English football at the first opportunity. Scottish football is in decline and it aint gonna change any time soon and anybody who regularly watches match highlights will easily concur with that view! Also there is no quick fix!