NafisaThe major Glasgow Derby between Celtic and Rangers always ignites the fervor of the supporters.
As for the analysts in the match, the Derby nearly always reveals which= which of the Celtic and Rangers-leaning commentators are feeling the pressure in the significant prelude. Commentators like Chris Sutton and former Rangers forward Kris Boyd.
Currently, much of the discussion has centered on Rangers offering Celtic a guard of honour as Brendan Rodgers’ team heads to Ibrox as the Scottish titleholders. It’s broadly accepted that this will not occur.
However, another debate is unfolding about whether today’s Glasgow Derby is inconsequential because the league is concluded, and Sutton thoroughly outshines Boyd and Steven Naismith with another Celtic fact that both former Rangers players simply could not accept.
Celtic icon Sutton demolishes Rangers’ ‘defeatist mindset’:
Sutton was reflecting on Rangers’ last-gasp draw with Aberdeen and praised the salvaged point as evidence that the Ibrox club’s resolve is not as robust as Celtic’s.
That remark didn’t sit well with Naismith and Boyd as both analysts struggled to justify their former team.
Sutton said on The Warm Up [9m 50s], “How can you assess Rangers, it is a dead rubber.”
Boyd: “There’s no such thing as a dead rubber.”
Sutton: “It is a dead rubber, What can Rangers do? Close the gap to 14 points?”
Boyd: “So you went into an Old F-rm game thinking it was a dead rubber?”
Sutton: “Well, I’ll tell you the difference between Celtic and Rangers. I touched on this earlier. Mentality. I still speak to people about this. I still can’t fathom that last minute equaliser at Aberdeen, the Rangers bench erupted and celebrated like they did. That was the league finished that day. That is a complete losers mentality there.”
Naismith: “Do you not just think that’s in the moment, though? In the moment, last minute, you get something out game, no?”
Sutton: “Oh come on! Drawing at Aberdeen, and you know you’re not going to get 42 goals back. What would you thought?”
Naismith: “I understand that. I understand that.”
Sutton: “Would you have celebrated?”
Naismith: “Just in that moment, yeah.”
Boyd: “The point is, in the moment, you’ve got yourself back in the game, but the harsh reality is, when you’re back in the dressing room. It’s just the moment in that you’ve scored a goal.”
Sutton: “The Rangers bench were turning round to the Aberdeen fans… You’ve just lost the league. That’s the league, done. Oh, I mean, it’s just mental. Honestly, I think that’s a losers mentality.”
When Chris Sutton challenged Boyd over Celtic’s trophy count vs Rangers:
Indeed, this is not the first instance Sutton has left Boyd unsettled when comparing Celtic and Rangers.
Just last season, Sutton left Boyd shaken again when the former Rangers player boldly claimed that his former club still surpassed Celtic in trophy totals, when the big man said this:
Now that Sutton proved he was accurate then, he has just demonstrated once more that when it comes to speaking the truth about Celtic and Rangers, his co-presenters don’t appreciate it one bit.
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