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  1. Push pineapple, shake the tree.
    17 points
  2. Surely the best thing to do right now would be to add the West Premiership at Tier 6 in time for 19/20 whilst negotiations are ongoing for the East to allow the West clubs to progress? It seems it would be very easy to include the West Premiership (maybe it could be renamed West of Scotland Football league for consistency?) into the pyramid. I'm also not understanding the issues with the Junior Cup - why not just keep the name Junior Cup and include all of the non-league leagues in the competition? Surely that would increase the revenue from the cup too with more teams and better chance of marketing?
    14 points
  3. Lessons on how to beat the Tories from the woman who went out of her way on TV to tell folk to vote Tory.
    12 points
  4. Just to be clear here, anyone who would prefer from an economic or political perspective that they'd rather we all paid more for our health care but less for our alcohol is a moron.
    12 points
  5. This post is rubbish. Firstly you're comparing the signings of a manager who had three windows against a manager who has had one window and been in the job a matter of months. That's like comparing the striking sorrow of a Sunday morning hangover after going hell for leather on an away day to the hydrated highs of a Wednesday morning. Not comparable. If we were however to compare players in and out then Moussa drags down the percentage of signing capability by enough to already have McIntyre ahead. Every position that McCann and even Hartley could never see needed changing has already been corrected. McGowan isn't starting (Robson will be very good), Kerr isn't starting (Not good enough), we actually have wingers, Dieng is the best keeper since Bain, Nelson and Curran is a very good partnership and Ryan McGowan was excellent on Saturday and clearly better than the centre backs McCann continually brought in from the stables of the United Kingdom (Bar Hendry). The results improved pretty much exactly when he came in aswell. Livi away we were thumped before Hearts at home and Celtic at home. If you really think he could've stepped in the door and guided the footballers we had to victory in them games then you're more stupid than everyone thinks. Drawing at Easter Road and drawing at home to Sevco were excellent results that McCann would've has us beaten in and was already a marked improvement with the exact same players as McCann had as we waited on January coming. Not to mention playing most of the game against Sevco with ten men and taking 4/6 from our direct competitors at home. Saturday was actually our second win under McIntyre in five having had a brilliant result to beat Hearts at Tyne castle, which only one team has managed this season. With his own squad we have been beaten once from five where we should've been two up at half time and played good football until the last 20 minutes. Unfortunately Big Dopey Innis gave away a comical penalty before knocking us out the cup a few days later and being sent packing back to London Circus (I wonder who brought him in). In the form table we currently sit comfortably in top five. McCann couldn't even go five games unbeaten in the Bet fred cup, losing to Dunfermline at home with his near strongest team (not to mention Ayr United decimation in the LC). If this was Barry Smith in charge you'd become a documentary figure after hitting triple figures of masterbating on a daily basis. Sometimes you have to accept you were wrong. The Non Deluded One is happy to. Not only is McIntyre improved us he's playing the way we all wanted for years. It'll take a turn for the worse for us to go down now with the players we have in our squad. Don't get me wrong we may well go down but now we have the quality to be looking to avoid even the play offs. Which would be a magnificent job from the ex-DAB McIntyre. We could potentially look to get a better name in than McIntyre but he is earning himself a contract next season and I think I claimed I'd not be back until he leaves in a fit of fury. A great turnaround from the man. Not reading this Anne Frank excerpt back to proof check it will either make sense or I won't. I don't give a f**k. Thank you.
    10 points
  6. John Woodcock. A man where every syllable of his name is a slang term for a penis.
    9 points
  7. Got the weight down to 88kg so that's 17kg down in total now. Even starting to see a hint of definition in the upper body in the mirror too. Marathon training going well too, did 18 miles on Saturday at average pace of 9min per mile. Health kick been going about 5 months now and loving it, it's done my mental health the world of good. Leaps and bounds from the very dark place I was in previously. So glad I just committed to it eventually.
    8 points
  8. Can we please stop using the term ex-pat, they are immigrants.
    8 points
  9. 7 points
  10. If Jim Mac ever reads this he’d be thinking ‘see if a vacancy comes up at St Johnstone, Motherwell, Killie I’m fucking taking it’ - and who could blame him. He played Parrish and he made a James Hunt of it, as for Hamilton’s mystery injury - very convenient. He got rid of Boyle and Innis - both a pair of donkeys. He’s replaced Cammy Kerr. He’s permanently signed 2 strikers miles better than what we had. I think we should lay off him a bit. No Wonder our home form is much worse than our away - Dens is a tough gig.
    6 points
  11. Richard Leonard believes that the seven MPs who abandoned the mumbleclown now face a spell in the political wilderness. And he'd certainly know how that feels as leader of the branch office.
    6 points
  12. As I think has already been mentioned, the long and the short of it is - regardless of who took issue with what and when - the most recent minutes make abundantly clear the EoSFL’s quite sensible opposition to a geographically overlapping league in the Pyramid. This is an opposition that is fair, clear and should be maintained. Changes to the game - ie the addition of new leagues ( the Juniors) - are as important as they are desirable, but these changes should not be made simply for expediencies sake or, worse still, for the sake of the continuation of a body with no realistic or necessary place in the future of the game. Why create a portion of the Pyramid in the east that, geographically, mirrors that which is already there? Why? I’m at a loss to be able to answer this question, other than it suits Ian Maxwell to keep Tom Johnston onside and reveals the man as another in a long list of those who care not a jot about doing the right thing, only the easy thing. The EoSFL’s reps have been wrongly criticised in this thread when I believe that they have been both consistent and correct - Tom Johnston and the SJFA quite simply shouldn’t be represented at a meeting (the PWG) dedicated to discussing the interaction of leagues in the current and projected Pyramid, only the ERSJFA, the NRSJFA and the WRSJFA should. They are all represented by this one man simply for the preservation of this one mans job. Sadly, there’s probably no coincidence that Ian Maxwell and Tom Johnston each have an office not so very far separated along a reasonably short corridor at our National Stadium. Everyone else represented at the PWG have no such office. Go figure what’s being said during the coffee breaks at Hampden Park.
    6 points
  13. They are all recorded and are published if I get them. I'm working on getting them all for this season. Just a question of committee passing them along.
    5 points
  14. Good to see the east of Scotland league sticking tae their guns there isnae any way there can be two leagues the same its daft, had it for years and it disnae work
    5 points
  15. Surely if they were careerists then they wouldn't be doing this? They aren't stupid, they know they'll likely lose whichever seat they stand in. The properly careerist thing to do would be for them to get in line behind Corbyn.
    5 points
  16. So they want a People's Vote, but won't have a by election to let the people in their constituencies decide whether they still want them representing them now that they've quit Labour. And, rather than contest their current seats in the next election, they're going to stand in marginals to split the vote and let the Tories in. A bunch of cowardly, pro austerity, pro privatisation, pro war Red Tories.
    5 points
  17. Another thing worth mentioning re GC, is that his substitutions are miles better than AA’s ever were. On Saturday 1-0 up with 20 minutes to go GC could have thrown McGinty on to shore up and defend what we had ( something AA would have done), instead he brought on 2 strikers McDonald and Mansell and went for the 2nd goal, I also think that GC is more tactically astute.
    5 points
  18. The leaked minutes are very interesting and worthy of a good look. I would just be wary of drawing too many conclusions from them as they are only one part of the picture. It's clear a lot is being said in back channels regardless of how accurate the minutes are. It looks like everyone on this thread knows more about the specifics and problems of expanding the pyramid than Ian Maxwell does. He appears to simply want the juniors in the pyramid and be able to tick this box and then focus on what he deems to be higher priorities. He seems not interested in the details even if it means strange and bizarre ideas like two separate regional leagues covering the same region. To absolutely no-one's surprise, this lack of concern for the base of the Scottish pyramid is just another reflection of the overall lack of vision and leadership in the SFA as a whole. It must be remembered the EoS risked going out of existence for the benefit of Scottish football by haemorrhaging all their best clubs to create the LL. Their objections to the East Juniors joining at tier 6 are perfectly reasonable. The onus is on the juniors to find a way to obey the wish of the majority of their members to join the pyramid. That said, right now the following possible general outcomes, in descending order of probability, appear to be: 1. The PWG makes no headway. More east juniors defect to the EoS, leaving an even more fractured rump of mainly smaller clubs spread out over Fife, WL and Tayside and more problems for them down the line. The rest of the junior regions remain outside the pyramid. Clydebank join EoS. A possible WoS league enters the picture again as ambitious west junior clubs grow impatient. 2. East juniors split into north and south. The south league joins pyramid at tier 7 underneath EoS premier for one last season of conferences, or possibly underneath EoS lower divisions at tier 8. North form a Tayside league, possibly merging in some way with north juniors. The juniors then move over as a block into the pyramid. Exact details of north junior pyramid participation and HL involvement to be solved later, most likely postponed for years. 3. West juniors enter the pyramid for next season, but the north and east don't - the juniors find a way to solve any internal issues caused by some regions being in the pyramid and others not. As a result fewer east juniors defect to EoS thinking that if the west is already in, the east will follow at some point, and the east juniors restructure to keep members content for now. 4. EoS and East Juniors find a way to merge, possibly involving the HL/LL boundary line being adjusted. This allows everything else to be more or less solved amicably after that over a transitional season or two. 5. The SFA somehow railroads the east juniors into the pyramid at tier 6. What happens after that is anyone's guess, with litigation as @Robert James suggests a very possible consequence, but its also possible that all parties involved reluctantly accept that absurdity is an inescapable fact of Scottish football life, and find a way to muddle through it for the foreseeable future. I imagine some posters will think option 5 should be placed higher up the list....call me naive but I have faith in the power of common sense even in Scottish football. There's all manner of variations on the above, but those look to be the main possibilities at this stage. The north seems to be one of the main variables at present. It's unclear how much desire there is up there for them to join the pyramid. If they do - what is the HLs attitude to this? If not, what needs to happen for the rest of the juniors to join whilst leaving the north on the outside? Does the NCL want to be fully incorporated into the pyramid? If not, would their attitude change if the north juniors do get in? Still so many questions yet to be answered.
    5 points
  19. So you don't want additional taxation but are happy for a tax on ill health because you can afford it. Textbook Tory logic. Plenty of people work, but would be unable to afford prescriptions. Minimum pricing isn't a tax btw. You need to stop reading the Daily Mail
    5 points
  20. Crowds over 200 so far: 603 Linlithgow v Camelon 528 Bonnyrigg v Dalkeith 520 Linlithgow v Broxburn 484 Broxburn v Linlithgow 426 Bonnyrigg v Tynecastle 415 Camelon v Linlithgow 414 Musselburgh v Dunbar 400 Tranent v Bonnyrigg 361 Bonnyrigg v Haddington 358 Dalkeith v Bonnyrigg 347 Bonnyrigg v Dunipace 336 Linlithgow v Blackburn 326 Bo'ness v Bonnyrigg 321 Bonnyrigg v Crossgates 320 Bo'ness v LTHV 320 Linlithgow v Ormiston 320 Linlithgow v Preston 320 Tranent v Bo'ness 318 Dalkeith v Tranent 314 Musselburgh v Newtongrange 303 Penicuik v Hill of Beath 300 Penicuik v Newtongrange 296 Bonnyrigg v Sauchie 296 Dundonald v Bo'ness 290 Bo'ness v Dunipace 290 Linlithgow v Heriot-Watt Uni 272 Musselburgh v Hill of Beath 270 Dunipace v Bo'ness 270 Linlithgow v Stirling Uni EOS 268 Tranent v Dalkeith 266 Bo'ness v Tynecastle 263 Bo'ness v Dundonald 260 Newtongrange v Penicuik 256 Linlithgow v Edinburgh Utd 250 Tranent v Haddington 246 Bonnyrigg v Tranent 240 Bonnyrigg v Dundonald 232 Musselburgh v Tweedmouth 230 Crossgates v Bo'ness 225 Bo'ness v Burntisland 225 Inverkeithing v Linlithgow 224 Musselburgh v Penicuik 220 Easthouses v Newtongrange 220 Linlithgow v Craigroyston 220 Haddington v Bonnyrigg 219 Dunbar v Musselburgh 208 Penicuik v Arniston 200 Arniston v Penicuik 200 Easthouses v Penicuik Crowds under 40 so far: 39 Crossgates v Tynecastle 39 Tweedmouth v Oakley 38 LTHV v Dunipace 38 Tweedmouth v Hawick 37 Leith v Oakley 37 Tynecastle v Burntisland 36 LTHV v Crossgates 35 Eyemouth v Dundonald 35 Hawick v Arniston 35 Heriot-Watt Uni v Ormiston 35 Ormiston v Heriot-Watt Uni 35 Stirling Uni EOS v Ormiston 35 Stirling Uni EOS v St Andrews 33 Hawick v Musselburgh 33 Stirling Uni EOS v Blackburn 33 Tweedmouth v Easthouses 32 Hawick v Easthouses 32 Leith v Peebles 31 Leith v Easthouses 30 Dunipace v Eyemouth 30 Eyemouth v Tynecastle 30 Hawick v Oakley 30 Heriot-Watt Uni v Inverkeithing 30 LTHV v Dalkeith 30 LTHV v Dundonald 30 Stirling Uni EOS v Jeanfield 30 Tynecastle v Eyemouth 28 Ormiston v Jeanfield 26 Leith v Tweedmouth 24 Stirling Uni EOS v Preston 23 Stirling Uni EOS v Inverkeithing 20 Craigroyston v Stirling Uni EOS 12 Stirling Uni EOS v Craigroyston
    4 points
  21. I'm looking forward to seeing how Finn Graham gets on next season in the Championship.
    4 points
  22. There's a simple answer for all the expat clowns who voted for Brexit but are now moaning. You won, get over it.
    4 points
  23. At the end of the day you and gotw and myself will Never agree on things as we all want what’s best for our clubs but that guy is just an idiot and best ignored , I do and will continue to talk pish but it’s only a game and if we can’t have banter there is something wrong
    4 points
  24. 4 points
  25. Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine
    4 points
  26. "As a taxpayer" The calling card of a moron.
    4 points
  27. It's extremely likely that loads of such cases have already happened but just weren't in the news. Surely we rely on the law here, which will most likely see her jailed for some time? This shit is horribly callous in regards to the baby. The child is absolutely innocent. Have a fucking word with yourself. Show some fucking humanity.
    4 points
  28. Krfc10 don't bite m8 I don't think half these clowns who spent there days spouting vitriol about clubs like ours even attend the games. They simply check the scores on a Saturday then post shite all week
    4 points
  29. I realise I'll probably be alone in this, but I think it's pretty shite personally. Another Americanism that we feel we have to adopt over here. Its so arbitrary who goes in and who doesn't. Everyone has their own feelings on who were key figures in their time watching the team and figures around the club, and that's the way it should be, not some set list. So many players/ figures have made a valuable contribution over the years who won't get near being inducted. I would prefer dinners to recognise teams of certain eras. If the players are no longer with us then their family members can be invited along. Do a wee video about the team and the characters, certain matches etc from the time, and interview key figures if we can. The team that got to the Scottish Cup SEMI final in the 1930's, The team that reached two semi finals in the early sixties, The Ormond era side, the Alex Rennie side, Totten's Saints, the 3rd place Monaco squad, and of course the Cup Final team, etc.
    4 points
  30. Going back to some of the aforementioned places, as I was driving up from England with time to spare on Saturday, I turned off the M74 on to the A70 and took in the delights of the legendary Rigside and Tarbrax before eventually crossing over at Queensferry on the road back to god's country. Sadly darkness had fallen, so likely didn't get the true picture of these places. At Rigside, I turned right into the schemie streets, which had a menacing aura about them (likely due to the murders mentioned before). Then on the entrance to a footpath, I spotted a bloke lying face down on the ground, who looked like he'd fallen or collapsed. It dawned on me that I may need to stop and help the guy, when thankfully I caught view in the rear mirror of a woman and bloke running over the road to (hopefully) assist him. Just trying to explain that the only reason I was driving along this street, was due to being told on P&B it was particularly grim would have been an interesting conversation. Tarbrax appeared on my SatNav fifteen miles or so later and seemed to be the only place in a kind of no man's land between the Lanark and Livingston areas - and even then you had to turn almost 2 miles off the main road to get to it. It was too dark to differentiate it as a particularly desperate place - and maybe the daylight landscape was required to appreciate this one.
    3 points
  31. Also the current Tay dividing line is being used for the Lowland League advert on both the LL site & the SFA's own website
    3 points
  32. Tom Robinson Band-Glad to be gay
    3 points
  33. It gives political parties too much power.
    3 points
  34. 3 points
  35. Is there going to be a northern splitters branch? The Independents against independence
    3 points
  36. There should be 7 by elections.You stand for election on your partys manifesto
    3 points
  37. Time to print the 3 Key documents in order together to make life easier. Credit to Burnieman for Jan & LocheeBoy for email. Minutes of Meeting Sub Group of the Pyramid Working Group Wednesday 14 November 2018 Attendance: Ian Maxwell (CE, Scottish Fa) - IM, Laura Dougan (Head of football Governance Scottish FA) - LD, Sandy Bryson (Head of Registrations Dept Scottish FA)-SB, Vicki McMullan (Disciplinary Dept Manager & Judicial Panel Secretary Scottish FA)-VM, Iain McQueen (Asst Secretary/Treasurer SJFA)-IMcQ, Tom Johnston (Secretary SJFA)-TJ, George Fraser (Chairman SLFL)-GF, Andrew Renwick (Vice-President EOSFA)-AR, John Greenhorn (Secretary EOSFA)-JG, Richard Osborne (Secretary Southern Counties FA)-RO. IM welcoming everyone to the first sub-group meeting of the Pyramid Working Group. He confirmed that the Pyramid Working Group had previously discussed the structure and agreed the implementation of the proposed changes for 2019/20. A disciplinary process comparison report, compiled by VM, was circulated to members. IM confirmed East, South and Lowland Leagues have fairly similar discipline procedures and fall under the jurusdiction of the Judicial Panel Protocol. SJFA football is different. TJ confirmed that he had already looked through the disciplinary comparison document and had no problem with implementing changes within the SJFA to bring its disciplinary systems into line with the Scottish FA's disciplinary systems. He felt that it would benefit the clubs to make these changes and that SJFA clubs would comply with any changes the SJFA made in this respect. IM asked TJ & IMcQ if they would still impose fines on players, as well as a suspension. TJ stated that they would still impose fines because it does not impact on the incurring or serving of player suspensions. JG stated that the whole system requires harmonisation not just the discipline. AR suggested that discipline for all leagues should be the same and, due to this, felt that fines for SJFA players should no longer apply. TJ & IMcQ explained that the fines are used to generate income for the SJFA and its regions. TJ advised that the SJFA administers its own player discipline and suspensions, mainly through volounteers, and the money generated by disciplinary fines was an essential part of these processes. LD confirmed that the Scottish FA would not deal with the discipline for the SJFA leagues. The administration of the discipline for these clubs would only fall under the responsibility of the Scottish FA when the clubs concerned compete in the Lower Pyramid Play Off matches. GF asked if a suspension list would be produced for the SJFA clubs. TJ confirmed that there is already a suspension list on the SJFA website every week and that practice would continue. RO asked if the Scottish FA would deal with the claims process for SJFA clubs, or if the compliance Officer would cite the SJFA team staff if they should be sent off, in the same way as senior clubs. It was confirmed that the Scottish FA would not deal with the claims process for SJFA clubs and the compliance officer would not issue notices of complaint to the SJFA team staff. Such matters will continue to be dealt with by the SJFA in accordance with its disciplinary sytems and processes. RO suggested that the best way to deal with this issue is to produce a set of Lower Pyramid Play Off Rules. This was agreed and GF advised that he would progress this. It was acknowledged that the rules would require to provide for all possible routes to potential promotion/relegation. A registration comparison document, compiled by SB, was circulated to the members. There was a general discussion regarding registration deadlines and the difference between the leagues and the different deadline dates. LD proposed that the Lower Pyramid Play Off Rules should detail the registration requirements for all clubs participating in the Play Off competition. AR confirmed that the Lower Pyramid Play Off competition is run by the Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL) and they would construct the set of rules. There was a general discussion regarding club licensing for SJFA clubs, as only clubs who have a club license and gain full Scottish FA membership are eligible to compete in the Lower Pyramid Play Off competition. TJ said that the requirement for a club license might focus the attention of some SJFA clubs. However he pointed out that there would be some clubs who would never be interested in promotion. A club may never be in a position to gain a Club License. GF confirmed that the SLFL will create a set of revised Lower Pyramid Play Off Rules and put a proposal out to all concerned. RO suggested that those that deal with the fixture scheduling from each league/association and the SJFA should meet prior to the beginning of the season and come up with a calendar suitable to all. There was discussion about the date of the last league match for each league. TJ confirmed that the SJFA leagues finish on the third Saturday in June each year. However, he did advise that the SJFA will be reducing the number of their competitions and bringing the end of season for the leagues forward, so they finish earlier. This is a process that has already started. IMcQ said that local cup competitions cause problems and the SJFA had looked at trimming these and making league games a priority. There was further discussion regarding registration deadlines for signing players and possibility of signing recreational players. RO asked if a date for registration could be written into Play Off Rules. Along the lines off "only players signed before 31 March will be eligible to play in the Play OFF Competition". SB agreed that he would approach the IT department and produce figures on the number of players signed after that date in the SHFL and SLFL. TJ confirmed that the SJFA would amend their sanctions/suspensions to mirror the Scottish FA. TJ confirmed he would liaise with LD and VM regarding the disciplinary procedures. LD confirmed that unintended consequences would also be looked at. There was a suggestion of a trial year but it was felt it would only be delaying the change. IM suggested it would be a trial year anyway, as it is unlikely that a club would be in a position to go up , due to not having a club license. It was agreed the group would meet again in early January 2019. Minutes of MeetingSub-Group of Pyramid Working GroupWednesday 9 January 2019Attendance: Ian Maxwell (Chief Executive, Scottish FA) - IM, Laura Dougan (Head of Football Governance, Scottish FA) - LD, Sandy Bryson (Head of Registrations Department, Scottish FA) - SB, Vicki McMullan (Disciplinary Department Manager & Judicial Panel Secretary, Scottish FA) - VM, Tom Johnston (Secretary, Scottish Junior FA) - TJ, George Fraser (Chairman, Scottish Lowland Football League) - GF, Andrew Renwick (Vice-President, East of Scotland FA) - AR, John Greenhorn (Secretary, East of Scotland FA) - JG, Richard Osborne (Secretary, Southern Counties FA) - RO.IM stated that the draft Minutes were now available from the meeting on 14 November 2018 and they would be circulated to all members after the meeting.AR complained that the Minutes were not available before now and that there seemed to be a reluctance to produce and distribute Minutes. IM explained that they were late due to workload.LD confirmed that TJ had amended the SJFA Disciplinary Procedures to bring them into line with the Scottish FA’s Disciplinary Procedures. The only difference was that the SJFA would continue to issue fines. The Claims Process would also mirror the Scottish FA’s process and requires clubs to produce video evidence. LD mentioned that the SJFA process for Team Staff discipline was more severe than the Scottish FA. LD stated that she was more than happy with the progress made by SJFA and would continue to work with TJ where required.AR and JG declared their disappointment that SJFA club discipline would not be dealt with by Scottish FA. LD stated that this was not possible due to resource and that SJFA leagues would continue to administer their own discipline.RO explained that each organisation has its own rules. The Play Off Rules will cover all organisations.LD further explained that when all clubs, who qualify, go into the Play Off competition, they will be governed by the same set of Play Off Rules. There will be uniformity.IM reiterated that when clubs enter the Play Off competition, they will all abide by the rules in place for that competition.TJ confirmed that he had already written to the SLFL to say that the SJFA would agree to the Play Off Rules. He stated that the objective must be to protect the integrity of the Play Off Competition.AR asked TJ how the SJFA leagues were run. TJ stated that the leagues dealt with their own administration. AR asked why the SJFA leagues were not represented at this meeting. TJ confirmed that he was the representative.AR asked if the accumulation of cautions procedure for SJFA clubs would be the same as Scottish FA. LD confirmed that this would be the case.IM asked GF to confirm the position with the draft Play Off Rules. GF stated that he would have to get a formal proposal from the working group to proceed. He confirmed that the Play Off Rules need agreement from the East, South, SLFL and the Scottish FA.RO mentioned that this had not been the case in the past. GF confirmed that all parties must agree to the Play Off Rules. IM stated that if there was an agreement at this working group, then that would be all parties in agreement. JG stated that could not be the case as he would have to run the information past the EOS FA Board first.There was a brief discussion on the agreement and whether majority agreement would suffice or if all parties had to agree. LD asked all parties present if they felt there was anything at the moment that would mean they could not agree to the proposal. She acknowledged that there were a few hurdles to get over but asked all parties if they felt there would be formal opposition.JG mentioned that the SHFL were not represented at the working group. This was followed by a general discussion regarding the demarcation line and the geographical issues regarding that and how some teams would potentially have to travel large distances.AR stated that it looked like the East were objecting to everything, but insisted that this was not the case. He felt there were grey areas and his Board may have objections relating to in particular discipline.RO asked why, if there was a general desire for this to work, could the working group not focus on developing the rules and making it happen, rather than trying to find fault. JG said it was the job of the working group to make it happen.AR said that he expected the new leagues to be represented at the NPGB. LD confirmed that they were already represented by TJ. AR also asked about the obligation on SJFA clubs to comply with audit regulations. TJ confirmed clubs require to do this at the moment. GF asked TJ if there was any feedback from SJFA clubs on the floodlight issue. TJ stated there was none at all. He said that the SJFA clubs have always known they would need floodlights to progress.IM stated that he felt that there was nothing that could be considered a “show-stopper” and felt the process could be fairly straightforward. He stated that if there was a vote – for the wrong reasons – to stall the process, the Scottish FA Board would consider such action.GF confirmed that there was a SLFL Board meeting on 17 January and a general meeting on 7 February. The East confirmed that they had a meeting soon and RO confirmed that the South had a meeting scheduled for end of February. All parties agreed to keep their clubs up to date.IM agreed that he would produce a proposal, along with LD, to allow the SLFL to progress the Play Off Rules, as required by GF.AR mentioned that the contentious matter was Tayside. That would be where the East clubs would have an objection. JG clarified that rather than Tayside, another East league would be the issue. There were already East leagues and there could be no room for another one. AR said that the Pyramid must be extended to north of the Tay and the West as there was a gap there.TJ said that the SJFA has Tayside and West Lothian clubs and he would not be willing to tell them that they had to join the EOS FA to progress. TJ said that the matter had already been agreed by the Scottish FA Board and that AR and JG were going over old ground. The decision has been made at Scottish FA Board level and it has to be agreed how it will work. It cannot be changed or challenged at this stage.IM suggested that the appetite from clubs for the Pyramid could change over time. Clubs who are not interested at the moment could be interested in the future. It was the purpose of this working group to make the Pyramid work.AR declared that there would be objections from the East. IM asked if the fundamental objection was the geography issue. There was a general discussion regarding the 25 clubs leaving the SJFA at the end of Season 2017/2018 and joining the East of Scotland and who was responsible for that. IM stated that consultation was not a one way street and that communication from EOS FA surrounding the process could have been better.LD asked parties to be upfront with their concerns so that the process would not be delayed. She asked for any problems to be dealt with now and not further down the line.JG asked SB about a proposal he made for a change in the Scottish FA’s Articles. SB confirmed that the proposal had been received and would follow the normal Rules Revision process as Articles could not be changed during the course of the season.TJ asked IM to alert the Scottish FA Board to the direction of travel as he felt, due to the concerns raised at this meeting, that there could be an issue with the working group being able to comply with a Board directive
    3 points
  38. Maybe the blame will be laid at the door of the fucking morons who voted for Brexit, eh??
    3 points
  39. Took my 7yo daughter to her first football game yesterday. She loved it. Sydney absolutely battered CCM but just could not score (a proper goal). I think CCM spent about 5mins in the Sydney half in the 2nd half.
    3 points
  40. We beat Hearts at Tynecastle a couple of weeks ago. Draws with Kilmarnock, and Accies. McIntyre has picked up as many or even more points in the past 4 or 5 matches as McCann managed in his entire spell in charge this season. When McIntyre has signed a load of utter duds who contribute nothing and look completely out of their depth from day one, like Mendy, Moussa, Hamilton, Innis etc did, then you can make the argument that his signings are no better. So far the only guys who haven't contributed anything are Robson and O'Sullivan, and it's unfair to label them duds as they've not been given any opportunity to show anything because the team McIntyre is putting out is doing reasonably well, all things considered. How folk can claim this is no improvement on McCann is beyond me. We're playing better, look more organised, look more capable, the players don't look out of their depth in this league, and we're picking up more points. How is that not an improvement? Are people expecting us to suddenly rocket into the top half of the table or something? I agree that perhaps Hadenius and Woods are not really an improvement over Spence, or Madianga or so, but that's the only part of the team McIntyre hasn't improved significantly in January in my opinion. It's a tough window, teams are not willing to let good or promising players move easily. Considering contracts expire in the summer, McIntyre was never going to be able to go out and find a similarly talented midfield replacement for Kamara. Totally unrealistic to expect that in the January window, so it's understandable that he hasn't been able to significantly improve one specific area of the side. Dieng doesn't look like a flapping clown like Hamilton, Horsfield isn't pulling up any trees but he looks reasonably competent and not completely broken like Kerr. McGowan similarly solid but unspectacular. Dales a bit ineffectual but looks like he might have a goal or an assist in him now and again, and at least he's managed to be ineffectual for more than 60 minutes without a leg falling off, which is more than can be said for Roarie Deacon. Wright is the type of creative, dynamic winger/attacking MF threat we've lacked for a couple of years. Nelson looks a natural goal scorer, and Curran is a complete pain in the arse who never gives the defence a moment's peace. All of these players are an improvement on what we had before McIntrye and before January. I have no faith McCann would have been able to improve us to anything like that extent considering the complete arse he made of recruitment in the summer. If McCann was still in charge and we were relying on Moussa instead of Nelson, Spence instead of Scott Wright etc, I'm convinced we'd still be sitting bottom of the table behind St.Mirren. Agree with Jupe. I think we'd have been a lost cause by the time the split came around.
    3 points
  41. EK have been far too consistent, the best team thus far which isnt surprising given the experienced SPFL boys they have in their ranks that would strongly test most League 1 clubs. Only 9 goals conceded all season. Fair play, a well run club with a real desire to engage with their community, invest in their facilities and try and improve on and off the pitch.
    3 points
  42. I was quite pleased with 7 until somebody started showing off.
    3 points
  43. Membership of the Queens Trust is at its highest in over 7 years at 210+ members. Why call it quits?
    3 points
  44. WOT. He only started getting a game for us after Docherty heidered Carswell and was banished to the bench (a situation that was terribly handled by Aitken in the end up). He started his first match for us on the 18th of March, racking up a grand total of 23 minutes game time prior to that. He also played in midfield for Ayr. I'm gobsmacked he's trying to take credit for the development of Ross McCrorie. The man has no shame.
    3 points
  45. It should be stripped from him clydewith.
    3 points
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