The 3-0 defeat away to Braga tonight is obviously an awful result for Celtic. They have no chance of overturning that deficit at home, NO CHANCE.
Scottish football is in tatters at the moment and this result does not surprise me in the slightest. And I couldn't even blame Neil Lennon for this result. It was always going to be tough to gel a new team together in time. He will rely on bringing a strong spirit, good structure and a steeliness to the team which will take a while but thats all he can do with such a limited squad of players. The bottom line is that the quality of player that the Old Firm can go after is falling fast due to an inability to afford them and it is worsened by the fact that the young talent isn't there.
Rangers aren't any different and they are going to struggle massively in the group stages. Both teams have midfields that would struggle in the Championship nevermind the Champions League. And elsewhere the gaps are filled by journeymen and players who were never going to make it further south.
They need to get structures in place for the future NOW because I fear they are at a major crossroads and they have just taken off in the wrong direction. Next year, no Scottish teams will automatically qualify for the group stages of the Champions League. Looking at the squads of both Celtic and Rangers, it will require massive efforts and a bit of luck for either team to qualify at all.
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