Barry Ferguson comes up with a rocket science way for the Ibrox side to win the title. How did Celtic not think of it??
Eric Knott 
As a pundit, Barry Ferguson isn’t the worst out there.
He can be balanced when he needs to be, and often, he jumps to the defence of Celtic.
Unlike other pundits of an Ibrox ilk.
But in his article in this morning’s Daily Record, he’s really getting a bit over excited.
Now, I suppose you can’t blame him when you consider the position his favourite side are in.
Thanks to our frugal board, they won’t have a better opportunity than they have now to win a league title.
To be fair to Bazza, he’s come up with a real rocket science way for the Ibrox side to wrap up this season’s title.
Wait for it.
Wait for it.
Here it comes.
Get 12 points out of 12 in the next four games before the split!
Wow, just WOW!
How in the name of God did Celtic not come up with that?
Here’s Bazza’s masterplan:
First, I’d look at the next two weeks before the split and four massive league games. Deal with Hibs at Ibrox, win the biggest game of the season at home to Celtic eight days later and follow that up with wins away to Dundee and Ross County. Take 12 points from these games and you’ll go into the post split fixtures in an incredible position. It really is that simple.
It really is that simple!
Bazza reckons if that doesn’t get the adrenaline pumping, then the Ibrox player are wearing the wrong shirt.
Which, to be fair to him, is spot on.
It’s this next paragraph that kind of throws a spanner in the works:
Over these next few weeks they are about to have their temperament examined as well as their ability to handle the pressure. And I’ve seen enough from this group of players already to believe that they have the mentality and the bottle required to finish what they have started over these last six months.
Barry is jumping the gun here in my opinion.
You see, three key take outs in that paragraph are something the Ibrox players often lack.
The ability to handle pressure.
Bottle.
Mentality.
Barry has seen enough this season to believe they have it.
But, and this is a big but, they didn’t have it when they faced us at Ibrox last September, albeit under a different manager, and they didn’t have it when they faced us last December.
Under their current manager.
You see, playing us really is the litmus test when it comes to title credentials.
So regardless of what Barry believes, he should pause those beliefs until the full time whistle next Sunday week.
Fair dues, if they manage to beat us, then Bazza is fully entitled to those beliefs.
Now, I’m sure most Ibrox fans were fully sure we’d be headed to Ibrox with the disadvantage of having no manager on the touchline.
Fortunately for us, and unfortunately for them, that has not come to fruition.
During both tenures as Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers has only lost 1 game to the Ibrox side.
He has won 12, drawn 2, and lost 1.
Philippe Clement’s record, on the other hand, stands at played 1, lost 1.
Now that’s pretty ominous, and I’m fairly sure the messiah has his players all fired up to right that particular wrong.
But, despite all the poor performances we’ve seen this season from Celtic, one thing you cannot dispute is Brendan Rodgers’ ability to own the Ibrox side.
He has an uncanny ability to consistently get all of his calls right in these games.
I don’t see that changing on the 7th of April either.
And I think this is what Barry Ferguson completely underestimates.
It would have been a huge blow to us to have been missing Rodgers from the dugout at Ibrox.
But he’ll be there now, and he will see this as a huge opportunity to prove to everyone that he is still an elite, top tier manager.
Many people are writing off Brendan Rodgers as a busted flush, including a lot of our own support.
Clearly Barry Ferguson thinks he’s a has been, and that Philippe Clement is the real deal.
Just as Barry Ferguson should pause his beliefs until the final whistle on the 7th, people should reserve judgement when it comes to Brendan Rodgers until then too.
Then, and only then, will we be in a position to decide what Rodgers is, or isn’t for that matter.
As for Barry Ferguson?
His rocket science approach to the next four games is ground breaking.
How Celtic didn’t think of it is beyond me.
But I have just one question for him.
What happens if Celtic steal his masterplan, and score 12 points out of 12 in the next four fixtures?
What then Barry?
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens, won’t we?
Me personally?
I don’t see it being as straightforward as Barry thinks.
There are a lot of twists and turns left in this season yet.
You’d better believe that.
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Do you think for one nanosecond that the ‘Baz’ produced this brainwave himself ? Nah ,that was his Mrs ! She’s the one calling the shots after her huge inheritance . She tells him which colour of socks to wear on a Wednesday ! What are the chances of Hector reading his ghost typist column in the daily Record ?
Billie
So you are saying that Ferguson’s wife is a fan of Sevco, your point being?
(2012 all huns like yourself were hilariously claiming that the team and the company were separate entities)
Billie
Why did your old club send innocent people into a death trap?
Erm ,hello Billy boy …don’t you know that the ‘ Baz ‘ signed all his dough and assets over to his Mrs to avoid Hector and his nasty habit of wanting his fair share of money ? I don’t know …some peepel eah !
“As a pundit he can be balanced at times, unlike all other rangers pundits.”
It would be great if all pundits were fair and balanced no matter what game they’re covering but unfortunately ALL pundits have biases and that will never change. What we can do though is try our best not to be a hypocrite, judging others for having a bias when we know we do too. You can’t take the moral high ground when we ALL have our prejudices.