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fatbadger442

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  1. Today's news is entirely predictable. Indeed, was widely predicted. The only question that remains is whether Thomas Brown now recognises that his position has become wholly untenable. He has been made to look like a complete idiot. For everyone's sake, Brown, just fucking RESIGN.
  2. Turns out Shire voted in favour, which saddens me. However, the board have explained their reasoning (which is better than most). Effectively, the SPFL and the SFA did what they always do, lobbying for the interests of the big clubs, and they basically said that if the LL did not vote in favour of the three guests clubs, they wouldn't commit to a pyramid review. Shire are solidly in favour of a review and expanded promotion and relegation between the tiers, despite knowing they were being blackmailed, felt they had no choice but to vote in favour in order to secure the review. So, while I'm still angry at the LL, I think we should direct even more anger at the SPFL and the SFA for using something that we all (I think) want, as a bargaining chip to promote the interests of the richest clubs.
  3. He isn't "fully against". He is objecting to the possibility of a pyramid review that may suggest increased tier4/5 relegation/promotion. He is being an opportunist, using the anger against the B teams to gain support for his own self-interested status quo.
  4. This is true. Gretna, Gala,, Silly Name Broomhill etc should all go down over the next few season. Sadly, we may lose the likes of Dalbeattie and Edinburgh Uni, who voted against. But they will all be replaced by clubs who should have the right view. It isn't, I don't think, a coincidence that every club that has entered the LL from either above or below - Berwick, Shire, Bonnyrigg, Cowdenbeath Tranent, Bo'ness - are/have been opposed. Unfortunately, I think that the SFA and the LL board are working on a longer term strategy that is going to normalise B team involvement and its concretising in the "Pyramid Review" that will mean it continues to happen, whatever the view of the member clubs.
  5. So, basically a statement of opposition to greater movement between tiers 4 & 5 on the basis of self-interest, then. There's nothing to admire in that statement at all.
  6. You and I both support clubs that voted against the proposal. We need to put presure on our boards to do just that.
  7. So let's tweeting or emailing them, asking them to confirm which way they voted.
  8. Precisely the problem. The shit clubs. And the ones with the most interest in not letting well-supported clubs from the EoS and WoS into the league, not coincidentally.
  9. I support a team in the LL. I take the view that I will buy a season ticket, and I will attend away games at clubs that I know voted against this, but that I shall be boycotting away games at the other clubs, and write to the host club's chairperson in advance to explain why I am doing so - that they do not deserve the gate money, half-time draw money, or indeed the pie and bovril money, of the fans which they so clearly hold in contempt. It probably won't have an effect, but it at least gives me a voice and means that I will continue to support my club without supporting the shites responsible for this mess.
  10. We can assume, I think, that the clubs that we know were opposed to *any* guest clubs are in the list of those voting against letting 3 in. Of the current members, that includes CSS, Berwick, and Shire.
  11. The Colts teams have increased gates, but not as much as Linlithgow, Pollok, Talbot etc would do if/when they come into the LL. 2-up 2-down (minimum) is far better for the sustainability of the LL than the Colts being in the league. Boot them out, and give two more places next season to current tier 6 sides.
  12. Anybody can wander around Peebles Rovers' Whitestone Park - it's in the middle of a public park, and is not separated off by a fence. I was there just last week, and quite a few dog walkers stopped by for five minutes and then continued on their walk. At another point, some cyclists came along the river oath, saw that there was a batch on, and came over to gave a look for a few minutes. There was a trestle table on one of the paths leading into the park with someone collecting entrance fees, but most of the 150 or so in attendance came into the park via the main gates - not where the trestle table was - and just walked over to the pitch without paying to get in. There's no way that Glenrothes Strollers' ground is more open that.
  13. One amateur team from Linlithgow (although they are moving to Bo'ness) has announced that they are applying for membership.
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