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Danny Rohl was pretty vocal before Celtic’s trip to Rangers on Sunday, including taking issue with Luke McCowan’s comments, amongst other things.
The Celtic midfielder suggested ‘no team in that league touches us’ if they are on form, but the fact that Rohl got involved didn’t sit well with Chris Sutton or Kris Boyd.
Whilst Sutton disagreed with what McCowan said, because who cares about the ‘We are the best team cup’, he couldn’t understand why the Rangers manager would go down such a road, and Boyd was on his side.
“What would worry me if I were a Rangers fan is the stuff Danny Rohl got involved in during the week with Luke McCowan,” said Sutton.
Of course, that wasn’t the only thing Rohl got involved in; he also seemingly took issue with how Celtic approached their match in Stuttgart, as well as with the club’s goalkeeping situation.
Either way, Boyd thinks such comments have not ‘come back to bite you’ because Celtic came from 2-0 to rescue a draw at Ibrox.
“There was no need,” added Boyd. “Even the whole, who Celtic are going to play next. You are like it’s got absolutely nothing to do with you. It would always come back to bite you if you didn’t get the result.”
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Of course, it’s not going to be long before Celtic and Rangers lock horns again, this time in the Scottish Cup.
Celtic fans will have the whole Broomloan Stand for this fixture, which will certainly add a bit more spice, and a winner must be decided because it’s a knockout game.
It will be interesting to see what Rohl has to say in the lead-up to the next Glasgow derby, because it wouldn’t be a surprise if the media search for some sound bites.
Either way, Sutton and Boyd were critical of how the German coach approached the last fixture, with the former Celtic striker questioning Rangers’ mentality, as they told The Warm-Up.
Sutton: “The question about Rangers always comes up is about the mentality. I think Danny Rohl, after the game, said, ‘There isn’t a problem.’
“What would worry me if I were a Rangers fan is the stuff Danny Rohl got involved in during the week with Luke McCowan.
“First of all, I don’t agree with anything McCowan says. I mean, who cares? You come out and say, ‘We are the best team in Scotland.’ Who cares about the ‘we are the best team cup’ It’s about the end of the season, and who actually wins the league.
“What worries me is, why is Danny Rohl even getting involved in that?”
Boyd: “I think sometimes as a manager you can try to deflect away from your team. But we know what this way ends up in Glasgow. Everything will get twisted. Everything will get turned. All of a sudden, it becomes a headline.
“There was no need. Even the whole, who Celtic are going to play next. You are like it’s got absolutely nothing to do with you. It would always come back to bite you if you didn’t get the result.
“At half-time, he’s probably thinking, ‘it’s game over. I can do whatever I want here.’ Then all of a sudden, at the end of the match, Danny Rohl is moaning about incidents. It’s a penalty kick.”
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