It’s not been a great week for former Rangers man Graeme Souness after watching Celtic beat his old team.
Not only did he have to endure the 3-0 thrashing on Sunday – thanks to goals from Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi and Callum McGregor – but he’s had a nightmare few days in the media.
On radio station talkSPORT earlier this week Souness insisted that the gap between Celtic and Rangers is not as big as made out and comes down to the Bhoys having better strikers than the Ibrox side.
His comments were ridiculed by Celtic supporters, with other pundits such as Martin O’Neill pointing out the inaccuracy of his statements too. Now another prominent football personality has challenged his comments publicly – Troy Deeney.
Troy Deeney notes ‘big gap’ between Celtic and Rangers
Speaking with Souness and Simon Jordan on YouTube show Three Up Front, Deeney said when asked if he’d seen the derby: “I did, yeah. I felt like they (Rangers) got battered, personally.
“When you watch the Liverpool game, it’s Man United, you can watch that emotionless and go, Liverpool were miles better than that team. My eye test said Celtic were a better team. There did look a big, insurmountable gap.
It was in response to another rant from Souness about the statistics in the match such as shots on goal and the like. He just isn’t taking this derby defeat very well at all.
The excuses have come thick and fast. While they do, the root of problems at Rangers won’t be addressed – so all of this complaining suits Celtic.
Brendan Rodgers reality can’t be easy for rival fans
Brendan Rodgers owns football in Glasgow. It’s really that simple. He’s now been in charge of the derby on 19 occasions and he’s only lost once, winning 15.
It’s a remarkable, unprecedented record of dominance in the history of the fixture. It’s why so many heads are being scratched across the city – they simply can’t fathom it.
It’s easier for pundits such as Souness to downplay the situation rather than face up to the cold reality of where they stand in Scottish football. Long may it continue.
