On today’s Guardian website, their football page is headed by the redoubtable Ewan Murray’s preview of the Scottish Premier League. In it, the Guardian’s main football guy north of Hadrian’s Wall suggests that Celtic are a shoo-in for their 8th SPL title in 15 years. With Rangers out of sight – and lucky to be alive – the SPL looks like being the most boring league in Europe.
Barring an ebola breakout in Glasgow, Celtic will run the table this year. In fact, given the lack of overall talent available to the SPL, the most interesting storylines are likely to be whether the Hoops can play the year through undefeated (unlikely) or if manager Neil Lennon receives more death threats (more probable).
To anyone without a vested interest, the other teams, always also-rans, are now barely relevant. The league simply doesn’t have the finances – or European pulling power – to lure imports of quality. With some of the religious element minimised (temporarily?), Scottish football will struggle to gain much press outside the British isles. The whole has become far less than the sum of its component parts.
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