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McLeish evokes Helicopter Sunday era with claim on next season title race

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Alex McLeish has hinted that the helicopter could be about to return in reference to a very small margin that now exists between Rangers and Celtic.

His time as manager at Ibrox was action packed with many glorious highs as well as some unflattering lows.

In four and half years, he secured 7 trophies for the club, including two last day league titles and a treble. There was also a third place finish in his final season. Those early ‘noughties’ years had it all. Yes, even that memorable appearance in the Last 16 of the Champions League.

With that in mind and all of his experience and wisdom, ‘Big Eck’ is well placed to assess the current state of the Old Firm race, given the contrasting success that both teams ended last term with, respectively.

He recalled the famous ‘Helicopter Sunday’ as a reference point to what he sees as a very close contest that awaits in the next instalment at the top of Scottish football, at a press conference for Premier Sports last week:

“It is going to be a huge season coming up and it is even more important now for Giovanni (Van Bronckhorst) to go head-to-head with Ange Postecoglou. The gap was just four points in the end last season. It was pretty close.”

“If you go back to the days when the helicopter was in the air, the games every single week, throughout the whole season, mattered so much. One goal, one point. That is coming back and looks like it is back.”

“It will be great to see these two going head-to-head next year and you would think that Giovanni would have his wee black book of players he wants to bring in to put his stamp on the team as well.”

Progress

McLeish is correct and his remark on new additions to the Rangers squad is spot on.

Quality is needed to push things on and to assist in the push for the Champions League. Even for the main priority which is the title, the first choice team – the core group needs to improve.

Celtic will go to the market again looking to get better. Last January, they made the right calls and Rangers didn’t. That went a long way to deciding the destiny of the 21/22 Premiership with Parkhead also benefiting massively from automatic Champions League access for the next campaign.

It’s all about the response for the new season. In seven weeks time, we do it all over again.

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  • Jack says:

    Mans deluded sevco had there chance ok they might make money in transfer but if they don’t qualify for champions league it will be hard to hold or bring top players in Celtic_fc_1888 us already qualified as champions and will attract better players early while sevco will need to wait late on when most business is done

    • Gavin Kelly says:

      Rangers were on course to post a profit before selling Patterson, getting compensation for Gerrard, making Europa League final and guaranteeing group stage EL football again next season, there is a minimum budget already, thanks for reading though!

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