Rangers confirmed yesterday that they would be withdrawing from The Sydney Super Cup after failing to cope with the heat from their supporters. The Ange’s Homecoming Tour featured a Glasgow Derby match in Sydney in November while the World Cup takes place in Qatar.
Australian media outlet Optus Sport tweeted an excellent response to the Ibrox club’s decision, referring to Rangers as a ‘supporting act’.
Ange Postecoglou's Homecoming Tour™️ loses one of its supporting acts 😫
More 📝 https://t.co/iUxIanW4QQ#OptusSport pic.twitter.com/6iSS1QN3TG
— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) March 31, 2022
The statement that Rangers posted stated that obligations to the club weren’t being met. Although, given that Celtic were first announced and the branding was all relating to Postecoglou returning to Australia and bringing his team with him. The rationale behind their withdrawal is clearly a move to placate the hoards of fans that were against the decision.
The move is said to net Celtic more money than prize money from winning the Cinch Premiership. Whilst their Glasgow rivals were said to earn less, as they were merely a marketing gimmick, the decision ruffled a few feathers and hampered relations between Rangers and their supporters. As a result, their board buckled under the pressure.
Spare a thought for the thousands of Rangers fans in Australia that have now found themselves with tickets for a Celtic friendly.
Who will touch them now or anytime for a pre-season friendly tournament?? But hey jo, as they’re forever singing, “no one likes them they don’t care”. Despised globally
HAIL HAIL
KEEP THE FAITH🍀🍀
A sizable money-spinning opportunity for any club, taking place at a time when every professional league in Asia is on break for the World Cup? Gee … I wonder if the organizers will be able to find a well-supported club from Japan, Korea or Southeast Asia to take the place of stRangers FC?
Oh wait. You say the list of prospective replacement clubs has already reached double-digits? What a surprise!
Do not want the scum from ibrokes to go anyway! As of before, it is not servcos fault, it was they big boys that ruffled their feathers and ran away!. My God , how long are this scum going to use this excuse again??? And again.!! MIDDENS¡! Go and crawl back in the duñg heap you crawled from under.!!!! All they would have done was caused bother, as they do every where they go. Celtic will enhance the Scottish football in that part of the world without other scum making clowns 9f themselves as they do time and time again!.