Richard Gough can’t bear to admit it but Celtic are the top dogs in Glasgow.
Over the last 18 months three of the four domestic trophies handed out have been grabbed by Ange Postecoglou with a large deposit put down on another SPFL title thanks to a nine point lead backed up by a 27 goal difference advantage.
If those stats increase on Saturday it will be party time in the east end of the city with the real prospect of a fifth treble in seven seasons.
Gough managed one treble during a nine-in-a-row spell at Ibrox, even from the west coast of America the situation in Glasgow causes him distress.
Speaking to the Daily Record he admitted:
I don’t like to say it but Celtic have a better team than us at the moment, I think the majority of the Rangers supporters would agree with that.
They have better players, they run around more. Stuff like that, if Rangers are going to beat them first they’ll need to match that energy but in Old Firm games you are always hoping for the best.
Michael has done very well since he’s been there and he’s got a chance to win the Scottish Cup. So if Rangers can go there and get a result on Saturday then it might put a marker down for the semi-final as well.
Look, Rangers have a decent group of players. We just haven’t won there enough over the last 10-15 years. The last four or five years have been much closer because the quality of players at Rangers has been better.
But I still think at the moment Celtic are stronger and the league position proves it. The Japanese boys who have come in have all been very disciplined. They’re good signings and they’ve worked very well.
Then, obviously, they brought in a manager who no-one knew very much about. But I spoke to Craig Moore about him at the time and he said, ‘He’ll get them going Goughie – he’s a good one!’ And, unfortunately, he was right!
Moore called that one correctly, just as Postecoglou has on virtually every big decision he has had to make over 20 months in charge of Celtic.
While the rest of the country speculates and debates over Saturday’s line-ups and outcome the Celtic boss is carrying out business as usual behind closed doors at Lennoxtown with his only pre-match comments expected to be at Friday’s pre-match media conferences.
