After Rangers’ dominance over Celtic was once again flexed at the weekend, we’ve seen plenty of deluded Parkhead-centric voices scramble to win the war of words online.
From bashing Rangers fans to deluding themselves over the quality of their squad, newspapers, politicians and supporters alike have been driving themselves nuts over their Ibrox inferiority complex.
And we’ve all just been sitting back, enjoying the meltdown, and indulging in the popcorn.
The latest instalment of digital toilet paper comes from the Scottish Sun who – desperate to paint Celtic’s obvious downsizing as some kind of transfer window triumph – also look to take aim at Rangers.
It’s always the same from these tabloids – Rangers bad, Celtic good – and in this particular piece of Pulitzer Price worthy analysis the newspaper claims Celtic “reign supreme” in the transfer market.
Accompanied by a picture of Glorious Leader and Scottish Rugby chief Dom McKay, this latest splurge of financial propaganda has had Ibrox supporters in stitches.
According to the paper, “Celtic reign supreme over Rangers in the transfer market” having made an apparent £32.8m profit in transfers since January.
Whilst we’ve plenty of reason to doubt these figures it’s not just in the failure to recognise Celtic’s sizeable downgrading where the newspaper misses the point.
It also fails to recognise that from the two squads, Rangers’ is packed full of assets and Celtic’s contains a team of relative unknowns.
Oh, and expensive flops such as Vasillis Barkas and Albian Ajeti.
Anything for a cheap dig at Rangers and the opportunity for Celtic fans to delude themselves, however – but bluenoses have seen the funny side on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/newcosnedders/status/1433357604986761217
https://twitter.com/steviesouness/status/1433182317720264712
https://twitter.com/AthleticIce/status/1433156409189969921
Rangers fans have the choice – digital news desks rely on their clicks. If you want the sports press in Scotland to change, it is completely up to you. Click wisely.
Rangers fans have also been slaughtering another tabloid this week for their decidedly different approach to both sides of the Old Firm.
