Celtic in meltdown but Rangers need a way to capitalise | OneFootball

If there is one thing that St Mirren’s surprisingly comfortable victory over the Dark Side yesterdat proved, it is that Wilfried Nancy is an abysmal manager. He is up there with Russell Martin. Celtic in meltdown is comedy.

A uniquely dreadful start

Unless we are wildly mistaken here at Ibrox Noise, no Old Firm manager in history has ever outright lost their first three matches. We might be misremembering this. We know Ange started pretty badly as well. Martin himself hardly shone a beacon either. And Jansen wasn’t great either. Nevertheless, we are pretty sure this is the first manager in history of either side to lose his first three matches. That is a pretty unique achievement. Very well done to him. We found the whole thing very amusing.

Celtic dragged down a notch

Celtic, kings of Scotland for so long, have now been pulled down a notch. They have lost two cup finals in a row. There was lots of crying from Gollum there. Either way, what really matters is Rangers taking advantage of this.

Rangers problems remain

The problem is we are rubbish too. Ibrox Noise is not thrilled with Danny Röhl. He is fractionally better than Russell Martin. Not by much, but he is better. That would not take much.

Röhl and big matches

The big problem with Röhl is struggling and choking in big matches. Yesterday would have been one of those. Röhl would have struggled on the occasion. He has not won a single big match yet. That is something Ibrox Noise discussed earlier.

Celtic meltdown mirrors Rangers past

Celtic are also melting down completely. They have made an appalling managerial choice. Rangers have done this recently too. They seem to be copying the Rangers School of Recruitment. They appointed a truly awful manager. He does not understand Scottish football or his club. Bringing in managers ignorant of the Scottish game is self defeating. Rangers fans have lived through this repeatedly.

Hearts the real threat

Unfortunately for Rangers, we may not be good enough to exploit Celtic’s weakness. Hearts are. That is the biggest problem. Hearts are clearly superior to both Old Firm teams. The gap is considerable. They are serious title contenders. They will be there at season’s end. Whether they can sustain it is unclear.

Hope and bitterness

Celtic and Rangers have bigger squads and resources. We hope Rangers do great work next month and want the chafe gone. We want quality wheat brought in. Who knows. It might be possible.

Freefall and frustration

The hilarity at Celtic is beyond words. It is however bittersweet because we are not capitalising. We have a fractionally better manager than Celtic. We are not convinced by our German boss. Our squad is atrocious. But Celtic are in true freefall.

Squad quality and finals

Celtic’s squad is okay. We will not pretend it is diabolical. It is better than ours. It is badly organised. Their manager has no clue what he is doing. He has already lost a cup final. Rangers have not suffered that. The last cup final we played, we won. First time manager Philippe Clement took us all the way against Aberdeen.

The lingering question

Celtic are atrocious. Celtic in meltdown. That headline remains true. Rangers must raise our level to exploit it. The question remains. Can we?