Not the player to get us to the last 8 of the Champions league...Might be the player to get Blackburn into the top half next season. haha Blackburn are terrible

Michael, London,

sour grapes .......look at your squad and our squad without your green and white glasses and there's no doubting the difference in quality. Yes you beat us in the uefa cup a few years back but i remamber you had henrik larsson then and some other decent players , apart from nakamura you are woefully lacking in attacking talent , you'd kill for the likes of Benni McCarthy and Gamst Pedersen. I see your 'legend' Lennon is turning out in league 1 next season.....

Chris, Manchester,

The lad never got the chance to make a choice because Celtic never made an offer. They registered their interest with Breda but that's as far as it went because ultimately Strachan wouldn't sanction it. For proof of this all the journalist had to do was pick up the 'phone to Breda.

As for who's the better club, not that again. Celtic are a far bigger and better club and Blackburn play in a far bigger and better league.

Michael, Glasgow, Scotland

the reason that Celtic are not welcome in England is due to the fact that we are a world class football club. With quite literally millions of supporters worldwide. A relatively low income in relation to the EPL. But still capable of beating you lot.... Man U, Liverpool and Blackburn in recent European excursions. Can you imagine what we would be like with big bucks. Eat your heart out 60,000 real fans most weeks. You lot can only dream about it.

jonbhoy, paisley, renfrewshire

There is no doubt Ritgers looks at this moment a good prospect for Blackburn as they try to climb up the English Premier league... They have done well under Mark Hughes... On the other hand, Celtic FC are a worldclass brand and command a massive following worldwide (approx 100,000 fans in Seville) and have in recent years look to be on the ascendancy in Europe again under the new management. Any unbiased football fan can see by Celtic FC display over the two legs against AC Milan in the Champions League they were unlucky not to pull off another great result against Italian opposition. It was only a few years ago that Celtic knocked out English Premiership opposition in Europe, that being Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers.

Dom , Cape Town, South Africa

mark, the EPL must be truly huge quality,if a team that would, according to you, only finish just above the relegation places at BEST can beat man u, benfica, copenhagen and push AC MILAN all the way in the last 16 of the champions league. how far would blackburn get to in the champions league? infact when was the last time they were in it?

Martin, Glasgow,

Mark in Blackburn shows the usual ignorance in talking about Scottish football. Celtic were knocked out of the Champions league in extra time by eventual winners Milan.
In Scotland there are only three teams with a real chance of winning the league, about the same as the Premier in England.
And as for pub leagues, it wasn't us who only yesterday had final confirmation of who was actually relegated, five weeks after the league finished.

mark, Edinburgh,

Blackburn a little club made big because of all the TV money in England when the bubble bursts watch you go like Leeds and dont forget was men against kids when we beat you 2-0 at Ewood Park. Would take us 2 years to get used to your League then with the money and class of players we would attract, teams like Blackburn will be in the Chamionship.

Stevie, Glasgow, Scotland

Mark from Blackburn Rigters Didn't knock back Celtic as Celtic had not placed a bid with NAC Brada for him. Secondly in the last few years we have beating Liverpool over two legs, would have beaten Man U over two legs in the Champions League group stage, oh and beat a wee team called Blackburn 3-0 on aggragate did some one say men against bhoys! Not to bad for a pub team. Oh I we also have 50000 season ticket holders & have not had to slash or prices to get 20000 gates one thinks you support the pub team.
Hail Hail

Martin Logan, PERTH,

we took blackburn apart 4 years ago. we would take them apart now. they are a nothing team. best players in the world 'week in week out'......utter nonsense. stop believing skys marketing machine, the EPL is not only incredibly overrated but extremely uncompetitive.

blackburn have never and will never come anywhere close to being in celtic's class

dave, melbourne, Oz

There is no doubt that the Premiership is a much more attractive league than the SPL and I agree that Rigters made the right choice. However, if Celtic were in the Premiership they would be a class above Blackburn with the freedom to spend higher wages and hence improve their squad. They are a huge club with a huge fan base and unlike Blackburn they would compete for trophies and give their loyal supporters something to sing about. Mark, do you remember the Uefa Cup a few years ago? That "Pub League" team sent you tumbling out of Europe... Hail Hail!!!!

Caolan, Belfast, Ireland

I do remember Celtic beating Blackburn 2:0 at Ewood Park in the UEFA Cup in 2003. Celtic also got to the last 16 of the CL last year losing out to the eventual winners, AC Milan, in extra time. What have Blackburn ever won. 1 League title? 10th last year in their league, no real prospect of European football never mind CL action.

Martin, London, UK

Celtic would at best finish just above the relegation places in the Premier League - to say they are a better team than Blackburn is nonsense. Rigters obviously chose to test himself against some of the best players in the world week in week out rather than take the easy option of playing in a pub league.

Mark, Blackburn, Lancashire

It's ranger & Celtic who are both after the confused Ritgers until He chooses some diddy team in the EPL for big wages & then the headline reads only "CELTIC miss out on WONDERKID" .... LMAO .... Sad, sad, sad ....

It was Drenthe who I was keen on who played out on the left wing & set Ritgers up for His Goals .... Without Drenthe Ritgers won't look half as good .... If We'd been in for Drenthe & lost Him then I Would be upset,

We were linked with Koyte 4/5 years ago & didn't go in for Him, I've only recovered from that when He went to Liverpool & looked past His best, just the way Rafa likes them up front .... DUH !!!!

HAIL !!!! HAIL !!!!
CHAMPIONEES !!!! CHAMPIONEES !!!!

Jim Kerr, Strathclyde, North Lanarkshire

he turned down a great oppurtunity to sign for a team like celtic they are a better team than blackburn rovers and are guarenteed european football each year he has made a bad choice that he may end up regretten.

John, Surrey, England