.......according to the Scottish Press.

Those on OleOle may not be familiar wie the workings of the Scottish Press. They have a tendency to glorify things and talk aboot future happenings as if they were FACT, esp when it comes to oor good friends R*ngers (The Huns).

We call these stories Moonbeams.

Porto's exclusion from next season's Champions League could bolster Rangers' chances of being included in Pot 2 when the draw for the group stage is made in late August.

Then we get the gold at the end of the moonbeam....

Rangers would then move up to assume top place in Pot 3 and would require just one of the higher-ranked qualifiers - Arsenal, Liverpool, Schalke, Barcelona or Juventus - to fail to progress for them to move into the second group of seeds. Celtic, who have gained direct access to the Champions League group stage on the back of winning this season's Clydesdale Bank Premier League, will remain in Pot 3 with only a remote chance of gaining promotion to Pot 2.

Notice the use of the words “just one” and then the stating that we only have a “remote chance” of reaching Pot 2. We have mair of a chance at this moment than a team that are not even in the draw have we not?

So will any of the named teams get put out? Probably not, they will be seeded and should see off any opponents wieoot much bother. So, this meeja lackie has had a team that has not qualified reaching Pot 2 and named 4 other teams (who have not qualified or played a game) and predicted one of them will go oot thus causing the team that has not qualified reaching Pot 2.

There is also no mention of the fact that Porto’s appeal will probably mean they will get back in. But...it does make you wonder if he knows this weekends lottery numbers as he seems to predict the future....

For me, this is just another example of the meeja whitewashing that has happened since Manchester 2008. They are trying to peddle that R*ngers run to the UEFA Vase Final means that they are big amongst the big boys.

I reckon by the end of the summer the meeja will have The Huns playing like Brazil 70 and that the “incidents” after the game will be seen as high jinks, they will blame heavy-handed polis and will be put doon to the fans being spirited.Like Barca 72, Villarreal 2005 and Pamploma 2007 (see Franco’s polis, they are nasty bastards) they will find someone else to blame and the story airbrushed for human consumption.

On the field the ridicule and abuse their performances have received will also be forgotten (like the Greeks forget how poor to watch their team was in 2004) and Manchester 2008 will be cast up like some sort of magical fitba’ experience.

Seville 2003 announced oor return to the European stage. 80,000 in Spain for a final and nae bother. The following year oor trip to the Camp Nou meant oor links wie the major players in Europe were strengthened.

The now defunct G14 got interested. We were invited roond for tea and custard creams. We were seen as an asset and a positive addition to the party.

Manchester 2008 should have been R*ngers chance. The events on and off the fields mean they are now further away from ever being accepted than ever before. UEFA are probably cursing they never banned them when they had the chance.

How it will effect other large travelling supports remains to be seen.

There is a quote on the new Celtic away top.

“It’s not the creed or nationality that counts.it’s the man himself”

It’s a quote from Wullie Maley. For me, hopefully this is the first bow being fired across the Old F*rm tag. It’s a quote saying we are different. It’s saying we can no longer be linked to the baggage others have.

It’s time to draw lines in the sand.

Forza