bluebell1

Eh maybe they have forwarded there payment and committed to the pyramid by stating intention to join eosl for next season. As the only 2 who have forwarded application and payment at this time they are being allowed to progress. Nobody else is being accepted at this time until the mess we are currently in is resolved and clear way forward agreed. Lthv have been awarded there licence which is totally separate to being allowed to progress with application. Would hope the embargo will be lifted soon and clear way forward agreed. We can but hope

Blackburn and Dalkeith a believe

Absolute Nonsense, Bluebell had a bus at game and a number of cars. Not the biggest support but easily 50 on equal to canelons if not more. Just ask tags in the social club it was busy both before and after the game and he thanked us all as it was certainly one of his busiest days.

On current standings Forfar wouldn’t be in the league

Point 1 any alternative that is put forward by sjfa you dismiss. You should really try and look at what’s better for football overall. Too much politics from everyone is clouding the overall jusdgement for me. Personally if we’re talking about football standards and improving the product a super duper league would do just that. The clubs will decide, nothing at this point is time wasting. Time wasting has been done constantly over the last number of years by blatant non engagement and activity. point 2 i am not hung up about the grade to be honest however the eosl sjfa etc seem to all want there own identity within the structure. a true amalgamation under the sfa is probably my preferred option if that means in the long run a body to replace the eosl and sjfa etc then so be it. My original point was around the Sjfa response up until possibly now has been very poor and they have contributed heavily to the current fiasco which is killing there grade. For me they still have time to rectify what they have failed to engage in previously but the clock is ticking

There’s no outline from sjfa at the moment was kinda hoping we would have got that on Tuesday. However, assuming there would be 2 east leagues at tier 6 is also possibly off the mark. I am Led to believe that a combined east/west superleague at tier 6 is also a potential proposal with regionalised leagues below. Now personally under a pyramid structure which allows junior clubs to obtain licence and scrap the reinstatement rule and possibly the junior brand. The formation of that league would be a real step forward. However, time is still of the essence and agreement by I would predict Ayrshire based west clubs potentially a stumbling block. But we couldn’t argue what a potentially exciting league we would have. As said previously the sjfa should have been active a long time ago. It’s up to them to save the grade and action is required urgently

Obviously you weren’t at the meeting, I personally found it very worthwhile and lots of points for discussing. There was an element of arrogance and scaremongering at times but that is no different to the “if the juniors don’t join the eosl now, you will join at tier 7,8 or 9” scenario when in fact no decisions have been made. An assurance was given by the SJFA who are in dialogue with the SFA that they will work towards joining a “pyramid” for end of next season. They also accepted when pushed from the floor that they need to keep to this timeline. The SFA Stewart Regan have previously stated that the juniors will join at tier 6 and assurances this is still the case are to be sought and a plan agreed at the egm. For me Its up to the clubs now, they basically stay with the juniors for another year and trust the SJFA and SFA to amalgamate to some sort of agreed pyramid or they don’t trust this to happen and move across now under there own accord. There was a stronger together theme throughout the evening which you can’t really argue with but as said each club needs to decide the best course of action they believe. What is clear to is that failure for the SJFA to deliver on pyramid inclusion for the end of next season will for me be a final blow to the juniors and a complete incompetence which will destroy the grade. There was also an acceptance from the top table that this should have been addressed and engaged with some time ago but we are where we are the next few months to a year will either see massive change or the demise of our junior football. A twist or stick scenario

Have heard the east superleague team is Camelon