"It's what the manager brings every day on the training ground, on the field, off the field. "It comes from the manager," attests Petrov, who was part of O'Neill's treble-winning and Uefa Cup final team. Celtic, 2.44 last season, are now averaging 2.78. Of the seven players Rangers signed, only four have made more than 10 appearances and the other three have had various spells out injured.Ĭonsequently, Rangers' points per game average has increased only marginally from 2.34 to 2.39.
The challenge for the Ibrox club in the summer of 2022 was to adapt their squad to try and compete with Celtic's, which was bolstered by established internationals Aaron Mooy and Sead Haksabanovic. Rangers' marquee signing of the window, Aaron Ramsey, spent most of his loan spell at Ibrox injured. The captures of Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda and Matt O'Riley helped the challengers overtake Van Bronckhorst's Rangers and finish four points clear come May. The roots of this campaign's contrasting fortunes can arguably be traced to both of the 2022 transfer windows.Ĭeltic, after a major rebuild in the summer of 2021, trailed defending champions Rangers by six points at the winter break stage of last season. " Champions League money, the revenue will just get bigger and bigger and Celtic will be able to run far away from Rangers in a short space of time." 'Postecoglou the difference for Celtic' Rangers cannot have the consistency Celtic have and we've seen this for two years and it's continuing for more because if Rangers don't do anything about it that gap will just grow because of the financial side. "But next season it starts again and what Celtic have is consistency. They were going to lose the league then there was the cup semi-final, a last chance for them to win something. In the last couple of games, probably Rangers have pushed Celtic a little bit further due to desperation. "The gap is huge at the moment," former Celtic midfielder Stiliyan Petrov told BBC Scotland. Celtic have won the three subsequent cup and league games by a one-goal margin.īut results are all that matter and four Old Firm losses makes hard reading for Rangers supporters. The one caveat to that is the relative closeness of the recent derbies.Īfter Celtic dispatched Giovanni van Bronckhorst's Rangers 4-0 in September, the first Old Firm match of Michael Beale's Rangers tenure was a 2-2 draw in December. On that basis alone, yes, the gap has widened significantly. Last season's derbies were two wins apiece and a draw, with Celtic scoring more goals in the fixture overall. Jota sinks Rangers to send Celtic to final.We've chance of something special - Postecoglou.
So, is the gap between Celtic and rivals Rangers getting bigger?
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