mick90 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 P&B `ramblings` seem often to be based on misinformation and ignorance .. OK for debate, I suppose. Top of forum, for instance, suggests Scotland`s recent misery ` might end sometime.. ` .. possiblly an author content, merely, with the very occasional visit to a major finals ... recently, of course, made much more accessible by both UEFA and FIFA ? However, that still leaves it a highly optimistic christmas wish .. given the overwhelming factors against .. all pathways atwww.scottishfootballmagazine.yolasite.com/Women are well placed ... but only u-17 men have a decent shout at a major (expanded) finals. .. and they don`t seem to `progress` in Scotland like Germany and France. Those with more optimism seem to by-pass the entire history of our game and the real statistics of its current mess. Scotland did lead for almost 50 years, between 1872 and 1920 ... since when `performance` .. as points and goal difference .. have consistently declined as FIFA expanded, apart from a slight blip owing to much weaker opposition when Soviet Union and Yugoslavia broke up. The `condition` of clubs and production systems also declined from the first World War`s losses, until boosted hugely by the post WWII `baby boom` and big pre-TV attendances ... giving an entirely false position in club and national standings between 1960 and 1980 ... since when the decline is more stark, due to ancient organisation and poor practice at SFA and SPFL, who completely ignored the `modernising` CHESTER report (1968).Fifty years ago, we needed a concrete `pyramid` of real clubs and real competition to keep pace with developing countries. Now, five decades too late, SFA/SPFL will finally grant us an entirely FAKE system, which only 1 % of clubs (and kids..) can access. With almost 100% access in other countries, that doesn`t augur well for a game which already suffers from VASTLY reduced attendances, finances, youth population and competition compared to `best year` 1967. At least `pyramid` is now in the lingua, as well as `Community Clubs` .. SFA`s only hope of a better future and over 200 currently baking ... which have very little chance of changing the football landscape significantly if they cannot access real competition, cash, facilities, coaches,etc ... or be included in a true national pyramid, as most clubs abroad will be. Without this new investment and competition, SPFL will continue to decline rapido .. as will all subsidiary systems denied `inclusion` and opportunity by SFA.To get to a REAL state of major change and upward mobility, the COMMUNITY CLUB must be compulsory organisational standard for everything outside SPFL .. and have a realistic access pyramid (which means L1 and 2 merged, regionalised and expanded, fed by 4 premier regions and 8 districts), rather than the utterly hysterical Highland-Lowland ... and there has to be a VAST reduction in club numbers, where Scotland already has around SIX times the European average per head .. 7000 just too many, too weak ... 400-500 about right, allowing all current senior, junior and top ams to `lead` their local re-formations, with `membership` .. a crucial financial base .. averaging around 1000. But, only Holyrood can deliver modernisation to this workable level. Hampden certainly will not ...Dear Santa .. sorry I got rid of the chimney in 1985 .. but ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullywee Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Aye, same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 P&B `ramblings` seem often to be based on misinformation and ignorance .. OK for debate, I suppose. Top of forum, for instance, suggests Scotland`s recent misery ` might end sometime.. ` .. possiblly an author content, merely, with the very occasional visit to a major finals ... recently, of course, made much more accessible by both UEFA and FIFA ? However, that still leaves it a highly optimistic christmas wish .. given the overwhelming factors against .. all pathways at www.scottishfootballmagazine.yolasite.com/ Women are well placed ... but only u-17 men have a decent shout at a major (expanded) finals. .. and they don`t seem to `progress` in Scotland like Germany and France. Those with more optimism seem to by-pass the entire history of our game and the real statistics of its current mess. Scotland did lead for almost 50 years, between 1872 and 1920 ... since when `performance` .. as points and goal difference .. have consistently declined as FIFA expanded, apart from a slight blip owing to much weaker opposition when Soviet Union and Yugoslavia broke up. The `condition` of clubs and production systems also declined from the first World War`s losses, until boosted hugely by the post WWII `baby boom` and big pre-TV attendances ... giving an entirely false position in club and national standings between 1960 and 1980 ... since when the decline is more stark, due to ancient organisation and poor practice at SFA and SPFL, who completely ignored the `modernising` CHESTER report (1968). Fifty years ago, we needed a concrete `pyramid` of real clubs and real competition to keep pace with developing countries. Now, five decades too late, SFA/SPFL will finally grant us an entirely FAKE system, which only 1 % of clubs (and kids..) can access. With almost 100% access in other countries, that doesn`t augur well for a game which already suffers from VASTLY reduced attendances, finances, youth population and competition compared to `best year` 1967. At least `pyramid` is now in the lingua, as well as `Community Clubs` .. SFA`s only hope of a better future and over 200 currently baking ... which have very little chance of changing the football landscape significantly if they cannot access real competition, cash, facilities, coaches,etc ... or be included in a true national pyramid, as most clubs abroad will be. Without this new investment and competition, SPFL will continue to decline rapido .. as will all subsidiary systems denied `inclusion` and opportunity by SFA. To get to a REAL state of major change and upward mobility, the COMMUNITY CLUB must be compulsory organisational standard for everything outside SPFL .. and have a realistic access pyramid (which means L1 and 2 merged, regionalised and expanded, fed by 4 premier regions and 8 districts), rather than the utterly hysterical Highland-Lowland ... and there has to be a VAST reduction in club numbers, where Scotland already has around SIX times the European average per head .. 7000 just too many, too weak ... 400-500 about right, allowing all current senior, junior and top ams to `lead` their local re-formations, with `membership` .. a crucial financial base .. averaging around 1000. But, only Holyrood can deliver modernisation to this workable level. Hampden certainly will not ... Dear Santa .. sorry I got rid of the chimney in 1985 .. but ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 m'kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 P&B `ramblings` seem often to be based on misinformation and ignorance .. OK for debate, I suppose. Top of forum, for instance, suggests Scotland`s recent misery ` might end sometime.. ` .. possiblly an author content, merely, with the very occasional visit to a major finals ... recently, of course, made much more accessible by both UEFA and FIFA ? However, that still leaves it a highly optimistic christmas wish .. given the overwhelming factors against .. all pathways at www.scottishfootballmagazine.yolasite.com/ Women are well placed ... but only u-17 men have a decent shout at a major (expanded) finals. .. and they don`t seem to `progress` in Scotland like Germany and France. Those with more optimism seem to by-pass the entire history of our game and the real statistics of its current mess. Scotland did lead for almost 50 years, between 1872 and 1920 ... since when `performance` .. as points and goal difference .. have consistently declined as FIFA expanded, apart from a slight blip owing to much weaker opposition when Soviet Union and Yugoslavia broke up. The `condition` of clubs and production systems also declined from the first World War`s losses, until boosted hugely by the post WWII `baby boom` and big pre-TV attendances ... giving an entirely false position in club and national standings between 1960 and 1980 ... since when the decline is more stark, due to ancient organisation and poor practice at SFA and SPFL, who completely ignored the `modernising` CHESTER report (1968). Fifty years ago, we needed a concrete `pyramid` of real clubs and real competition to keep pace with developing countries. Now, five decades too late, SFA/SPFL will finally grant us an entirely FAKE system, which only 1 % of clubs (and kids..) can access. With almost 100% access in other countries, that doesn`t augur well for a game which already suffers from VASTLY reduced attendances, finances, youth population and competition compared to `best year` 1967. At least `pyramid` is now in the lingua, as well as `Community Clubs` .. SFA`s only hope of a better future and over 200 currently baking ... which have very little chance of changing the football landscape significantly if they cannot access real competition, cash, facilities, coaches,etc ... or be included in a true national pyramid, as most clubs abroad will be. Without this new investment and competition, SPFL will continue to decline rapido .. as will all subsidiary systems denied `inclusion` and opportunity by SFA. To get to a REAL state of major change and upward mobility, the COMMUNITY CLUB must be compulsory organisational standard for everything outside SPFL .. and have a realistic access pyramid (which means L1 and 2 merged, regionalised and expanded, fed by 4 premier regions and 8 districts), rather than the utterly hysterical Highland-Lowland ... and there has to be a VAST reduction in club numbers, where Scotland already has around SIX times the European average per head .. 7000 just too many, too weak ... 400-500 about right, allowing all current senior, junior and top ams to `lead` their local re-formations, with `membership` .. a crucial financial base .. averaging around 1000. But, only Holyrood can deliver modernisation to this workable level. Hampden certainly will not ... Dear Santa .. sorry I got rid of the chimney in 1985 .. but ... Head's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Breathalyzer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We can't get to a tournament, our population is too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We can't get to a tournament, our population is too low. f**k off, Supras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrfields_Largs Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 f**k off, Supras. ^ ^ rape apologist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Oracle Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 P&B `ramblings` seem often to be based on misinformation and ignorance .. OK for debate, I suppose. Top of forum, for instance, suggests Scotland`s recent misery ` might end sometime.. ` .. possiblly an author content, merely, with the very occasional visit to a major finals ... recently, of course, made much more accessible by both UEFA and FIFA ? However, that still leaves it a highly optimistic christmas wish .. given the overwhelming factors against .. all pathways at www.scottishfootballmagazine.yolasite.com/ Women are well placed ... but only u-17 men have a decent shout at a major (expanded) finals. .. and they don`t seem to `progress` in Scotland like Germany and France. Those with more optimism seem to by-pass the entire history of our game and the real statistics of its current mess. Scotland did lead for almost 50 years, between 1872 and 1920 ... since when `performance` .. as points and goal difference .. have consistently declined as FIFA expanded, apart from a slight blip owing to much weaker opposition when Soviet Union and Yugoslavia broke up. The `condition` of clubs and production systems also declined from the first World War`s losses, until boosted hugely by the post WWII `baby boom` and big pre-TV attendances ... giving an entirely false position in club and national standings between 1960 and 1980 ... since when the decline is more stark, due to ancient organisation and poor practice at SFA and SPFL, who completely ignored the `modernising` CHESTER report (1968). Fifty years ago, we needed a concrete `pyramid` of real clubs and real competition to keep pace with developing countries. Now, five decades too late, SFA/SPFL will finally grant us an entirely FAKE system, which only 1 % of clubs (and kids..) can access. With almost 100% access in other countries, that doesn`t augur well for a game which already suffers from VASTLY reduced attendances, finances, youth population and competition compared to `best year` 1967. At least `pyramid` is now in the lingua, as well as `Community Clubs` .. SFA`s only hope of a better future and over 200 currently baking ... which have very little chance of changing the football landscape significantly if they cannot access real competition, cash, facilities, coaches,etc ... or be included in a true national pyramid, as most clubs abroad will be. Without this new investment and competition, SPFL will continue to decline rapido .. as will all subsidiary systems denied `inclusion` and opportunity by SFA. To get to a REAL state of major change and upward mobility, the COMMUNITY CLUB must be compulsory organisational standard for everything outside SPFL .. and have a realistic access pyramid (which means L1 and 2 merged, regionalised and expanded, fed by 4 premier regions and 8 districts), rather than the utterly hysterical Highland-Lowland ... and there has to be a VAST reduction in club numbers, where Scotland already has around SIX times the European average per head .. 7000 just too many, too weak ... 400-500 about right, allowing all current senior, junior and top ams to `lead` their local re-formations, with `membership` .. a crucial financial base .. averaging around 1000. But, only Holyrood can deliver modernisation to this workable level. Hampden certainly will not ... Dear Santa .. sorry I got rid of the chimney in 1985 .. but ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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