Super Saddler

How are crowds doing when proper LL teams play the ugly sisters or Hearts B? Down here in the EFL Trophy, there is a pretty good boycott of games involving U23 premier league clubs leading to some ridiculously low crowds, probably just the families of said U23s. Neither the SFA or the English equivalent seem to care one jot that generally fans do not want to watch B teams. To misquote Bill Shankly slightly, if Rangers B were playing my garden, I would pull the curtains. I would love to see the end of this experiment as it does your fledging pyramid no favours. Everyone knows it is far perfect yet but it should get there. I also worry that down here, the english fa (also not the brightest People) decide that we should drop three teams out of the EFL to be replaced by Manure B, C, and D. One in each division as we would apparently be allowed the honour to watch this mighty club(ahem). It's bad enough having Salford in there. All the best to all the LL teams for the rest of the season. I hope Dalbeattie can somehow stay up.

Hi Walsall fan in peace here. We've just signed Oisin McEntee. What did you make of him on his time with you last season? We got burned with our last player signed from Scotland, the terrible Ash Taylor who was one of the worst defenders I've seen in a Walsall shirt in over 40 years. Oisin on paper looks a much better prospect. All the best next season.

All the best to Ash and Kilmarnock. He hasn't exactly covered himself in glory for us and I was hoping for better from him coming from Aberdeen. Not the most mobile of players.

Good to see VOL getting off the mark. Probably too little too late, all the best for the rest of the season.

Hopefully he will be next season with us.

We seem to be making some good signings this year after last season's worst ever finish? Do you think Ash is another? All the best for the coming season and please finish above sevco.

Big Bad Jon won our Player of the Year award last season and was an absolute colossus replacing Craig Halkett who we feared was irreplaceable. We started the season pretty poorly as a tean and Guthrie wasn't at his best but in the last couple of months Jack Fitzwater has partnered him in defence and they've looked so strong as a CB pairing. Nicky Devlin is also very well thought of by Livi fans too. Have Walsall got any other rubbish players we could make good? Oh yes indeed we have

Hi to all Livingston fans. Good to see you going great guns at last. How is Jon Guthrie doing? He didn't appear to be the greatest defender when he was with us but seems to be doing a good job for you guys according to the match reports I'm reading. It's always good to see past players doing well even if they weren't so great for us.

If there was, they must have been totally irrelevant because no one ever heard of them.

Sorry but this is not hypocritical rubbish. I have followed Brechin as my favourite Scottish team from the 60's but at the moment Scotland has no pyramid system if the current plan to have no relegation from the SPFL remains in place or two extra paces found for Brora and Kelty. Only the most blinkered Brechin fan would suggest they weren't going to finish bottom. Again this is something to saddens me but that is the reality of it.

It's a better idea than the Premier League U-21 teams which we have now. I would rather watch the Saddlers against St. Mirren rather than West Brom's kids. Could be some interesting days out.

Brechin City. Since the 60's when they always seemed to be bottom. Good job times have changed. Doh!

You obviously haven't seen our playing budget. You are right about the travel expenses though. The same could be said about Fleetwood too perhaps even more so.

No! This must NOT happen. It seems strange that this is coming from Fleetwood considering the investment they put in to get to the national leagues. It certainly won't help our cause. Travel will not decrease for us. We would probably be switched backward and forward each season between the north and south which would not help player recruitment. The away support from teams like Plymouth is just amazing considering travelling from Devon & Cornwall. They don't seem to have a problem with it.

For the sake of your emerging pyramid system there needs to be promotion this season. I can however see this getting squashed by the Premier League which would just be for self-interest reasons. I hope that something gets sorted out to suit all parties.