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  1. Wow. "I have a third hand source who says an interim CEO, who conveniently can't be reached today for confirmation, in his first major act in his interim post is going to ride roughshod over the 4 leagues/associations who have shown an ongoing commitment to the pyramid since inception in favour of the one who have treated it with utter contempt until 5 minutes ago. Not only that, they are going to implement it, including all the rule changes that would require drafting, legalising and review prior to being accepted at all 5 AGM's (June) in time for next season, but even having "got it done" there will still be an embargo on license applications in order to let the Juniors catch up with their senior counterparts, thereby nullifying the entire point of Tier 6 (promotion/relegation) for an unspecified period as a result" Top stuff. Anyone else think the conversation was as follows: "Ho big fella, welcome into post. We want Juniors in at tier 6. What say ye?" Interim CEO (slightly confused): "Eh, aye, OK, whatever" "We're in lads, Tier 6 it is" Nothing would surprise me in Scottish football, but I'd be absolutely astounded if any of this came to pass. I think there would be a lot of unhappy people if it did, without any sort of consultation.
  2. I see there are a couple of people in the Juniors forum talking about a "licence embargo until further notice". Doesn't seem to say any such thing on the SFA licensing site, assume this is not actually true?
  3. £3k (P) + £3k (P) + £4k (R1) + £5k (R2) + £6k (R3) I believe, for getting to R3 from the prelims. Plus share of gate receipts.
  4. South Challenge and EoS Football Nation Q Cup? Need to be licensed by March 31st I believe to be eligible for the Scottish Cup the season after.
  5. Ground is only 1 of the 4 areas that make up the license requirements. Clubs are reviewed on set items relating to: Ground Criteria First Team Football Criteria Youth Team Football Criteria Legal, Administration, Finance and Codes of Practice Criteria Ground Criteria alone actually makes up less than 50% of the license requirement, in terms of action points. 18 of 37 individual requirements are park / ground specific. When you take the time to read through it, it appears there's been a lot of undue scaremongering about licensing. Entry level appears to be a fairly low bar of good minimum standards that it makes sense, in this day and age, to aspire to.
  6. Might not be too far off there, though they may also look at the teams within each seeding group and try and pair them if there are, for example, potential derby matches which would be good for interest /the league. They may want to make sure those teams are in the same section at Tier 6. Of the teams rumoured so far theres potential for at least one (new) derby match, if they end up being accurate.
  7. This. I would expect that at the very least those who have applied and were in attendance last night would also be looking to attend the EoS meeting to compare and contrast, doing their due diligence on both options. Would be surprising if any of the clubs who have applied were swayed at this stage by only listening to one side of the debate. Perhaps suggests they weren't fully on board pre application to begin with and maybe looking for reasons to hold off. Which is fair enough I guess, but you'd hope that anyone applying had already looked at the pros and cons well in advance and had applied based on those, in which case the meetings don't really change anything.
  8. In fairness, I think this post is, in 5 lines, a fair reflection of both sides of this debate. From the Junior non movers and naysayers, it seems all about the here and now: The current quality of the first team on the park, today. For the teams moving and those that support the pyramid it seems far more about what they hope the club (all encompassing) will be and could be in the future, by making the move. Where they are more likely to fulfil their ambitions. Take Blackburn as a good example of that. Not a club from the Superleague, but they have worked tirelessly for years to put the infrastructure and process in place to grow their club. They had already started and they are doing well on the park this year, despite being in a lower league. People can poo poo their application based on their current league position all they want, but surely they are in a great position, because of the work they have done behind the scenes and the infrastructure they have put in place to grow and improve quickly in the EoS league? Theres more to this, in my opinion, than simply how good a team is on the park in the here and now, because that can change (and quickly - it does in most leagues on a regular basis, look at Albert's success in the West so far this year, or Ashfield relatively recent rise and fall from bottom to top back to bottom, or Selkirk in the LL sitting fifth from second bottom (I think) the season before). Success/quality of first teams is, generally, cyclical. This seems more about the vision that clubs have for themselves in the future and where they see the best chance of that vision being realised. I think there's more to judging any of these teams than just their current form on the park. Id say this is more about applicant clubs, as an entire package, than applicant first teams in isolation.
  9. St Bernard's, who have been suggested, sign Derek Riorden today.........
  10. Standard for new build community facilities these days is usually 252 lux, which satisfies the recommendation. But its only a recommendation, not a requirement, like it is to have 300 lux for Bronze. You wouldn't not get the license for only having 100 lux say, as floodlights are not a requirement at all for Entry level (currently).
  11. Or they have applied already in order to meet the deadline and the meetings are to either ratify the decision or withdraw the application prior to the EoS AGM?
  12. Hawick and Vale would go into South of Scotland would they not, rather then East of Scotland? Like Threave did?
  13. I think he is saying they have taken 28 from the last 30 after a slow start, not that they need 28 from their remaining games. Talking about current form.
  14. Whatever people think of the Lowland & Highland league, you'd be as well knocking them off the bottom of the pyramid if this goes ahead. What's the point in all the teams in those leagues putting in the effort to get licensed / join the pyramid if they get usurped by SPFL youth teams?
  15. It was a joke, as you had mentioned Cumbernauld Colts, in the post I quoted. No idea why you have brought up the other two Cumbetnauld teams.
  16. Surely if the Old Firm are getting Colts teams parachuted in further down the pyramid then the converse of that is that Cumbernauld get a team parachuted into the spl. [emoji14]
  17. You sure? If he is it must have been a fairly long time ago. Montrose before Colts and full time with Aberdeen for at least two years before that. Edit: Don't think he ever was. Hence my confusion at the link.
  18. I'm sure it'll be on the highlights, but looked to me like the shire player got annoyed at not getting a foul on the touchline and chased the (different) Colts player till he got close enough to have a lunge from behind and wipe him out, the ball no where near in any sort of playing distance. You could take your pick from violent conduct or endangering an opponent, it was a mix of both. "tripped him" seems more than a little blinkered. As I said, sure the highlights will show it, so it may look different to one of us on second viewing. Didn't see what followed, but was described to me as "handbags" so I'll assume there was nothing in it. No idea what the link to Falkirk Academy is. [emoji4]
  19. Aye, he should have gone, everyone in the ground other than the one who makes the call could see it was 100% a red card. Just one in a long list of nonsense decisions against both teams on the day from what is the worst display I've seen in quite some time from a team of officials (all 3 made some bizarre calls). Thankfully, didn't have much of an impact on the result. Shire were by some distance the better side all over the park and in the end 3-0 flattered the visitors somewhat. But for a few cracking saves and a few poor misses it could / should have been more for the home side, the home keeper not having to make any sort of save in the 90. Better team won comfortably, no doubt.
  20. Its my favourite of all of them, behind Empire. I thought it was a fantastic film.
  21. FWIW, I said the same about TFA. Though there didn't seem to be as many instances in that and they at least seemed in the right places. This one started out that way, in the opening scenes, which I thought set the wrong tone for the whole movie. Plus, as above, I don't like Poe, which didn't help. Just my opinion, I know folk will disagree, I'm not trying to convince anyone.
  22. Mostly agree. I was pretty disappointed. From the opening scene where Poe is taking the piss out of Hux for cheap Disney laughs it felt (unfortunately as my daughter has that on all the time) like a descendents film. I half expected a musical interlude. It totally detracted from the seriousness of the situation for me, and not in the way Ford depicted Solo in the originals where it added to the scene. This was just forced Disney pish that added nothing. Similarly when Luke threw away the lightsaber. Luke has never, ever, been that jovial. The Leia scene, less said about it the better. For me, Adam Driver saves the film from getting the worst of the franchise tag. His portrayal of Kylo Ren was excellent, and along with Ridley and Hamill, carried the film. There was nowhere near enough of them and far too much pointless storylines. The Finn/Rose half hour was cringe worthy and a total waste of screen time that should have been devoted to Kylo, Ray and Luke. And there was far too much of Poe. As a character I have no time for him. I think of I was part of the rebellion he'd 100% be the victim of a friendly fire incident. Every time he comes on screen I think Nick from "New Girl" has wandered onto the wrong set. He's just totally out of place for me and when compared to, for example, Cassien in Rogue One, who is a similar character, he just comes across as a complete child. Overall, pretty disappointed, but for the 3 main characters who I didn't get enough of and the throne room scene. Of the new films, Rogue One pisses all over this. Too Disney, not enough Star Wars. One last thought. I thought they missed an opportunity for those of us who grew up with this franchise during the Kylo/Luke fight scene. Master, Apprentice, fighting, Luke surely knowing he was about to enter the force, surely "if you strike me down I will become more powerful than you could ever imagine" had to be the line. Even though I didn't like the film, I still reckon that would have had me welling up.
  23. Yep. A better comparison for the BSC>Alloa, Stirling>Falkirk argument might be, for example, Clyde playing in Cumbernauld, which no one bat's an eyelid about (quite rightly as location is largely irrelevant to the merits or otherwise of any club really, I don't buy that argument either).
  24. gaz5

    Breaking Bad

    Just finished watching this again from start to finish. Absolutely first class TV, beginning to end, in so many ways. The final season is some of the finest I've ever seen, with the third to last episode one of the best, pillar to post, heart and mind messing TV episodes ever. Everything about it is spectacular, the closest thing I've ever found that could rival S01E13 of Sons of Anarchy which I still hold as the finest episode of TV I've ever watched. If anything, the second run through was better then the first and that has prompted me to start rewatching the other series in my all time top 5 to see how they stack up second time through. Nearly finished first season of Battlestar again already.
  25. Yep, agree on the save. As well as the keeper did, he shouldn't have been given the chance to get anywhere near it. Anywhere but where it went it's a goal. Don't disagree Stephen hat a couple of niggles that I saw, but in the Refs defence Andy had one on him right in front of the dugout and Kyle (I think, may not have been him) hat another not long after. Didn't think any of them on either side warranted any attention personally, other than the one the two of them got booked for going head to head. Given the game (there wasn't really a bad challenge other than Dels, which was only stopping a break and no more than a booking). Nothing to warrant either team finishing with less than full compliment anyway I don't think. Ref never really had any impact on outcome. That was mainly poor finishing from Colts in the first 35 they were in control then a bit of class from Andy when he got his opportunities. That's what seperated the teams I think.
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