Gianfranco Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 You'd be guaranteed one of those wonderful bridies at Dunfermline so for that reason I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I think I said that earlier in the thread It's the way forward Aye it would be some buzz trying to fit four games against each team into each season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Bhoy Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 No way should we have a 14 team league. We shouldn't have any more ridiculous splits. A 16 team league is the way forward. Give us some common sense football and no gimmicks which insults the fans intelligence as if we're daft enough to think it makes it more exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron_t Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Top flight of 2 for the Tv company's then 16 team league below that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAl Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Wait a sec, how does a split of 5/9 = 36 games for each part of the split? 34 games chief: 4 home games and 4 away games for everyone after the split. The top teams play each other home and away to give tv, sponsors, media, etc their decisive big games at the right time in the season (think like them: potentially Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs/Dundee Utd in title/European deciders playing both home and away for the last few weeks of the season). The bottom 9 teams play every other team just once, but still get 4 home games and 4 away games, to decide who's relegated or in the relegation play-off. There'd possibly be a wee mid-table of 6th, 7th, 8th post-split, but the head-to-head, one-off games nature of the bottom 9, and the chance to develop players in competitive games could keep it interesting for their fans. At any rate, it's an answer that would give fans what they seem to want with more variety in fixtures (bigger league, more promotion/relegation, less than 4 league games against most teams), yet keep the big clubs, tv, etc interested with their 'best v best' 4 times a season. So it delivers more variety in fixtures than leagues of 10 or 12, but gives more head-to-head games involving the biggest clubs (if they get their acts together) than leagues of 16 or 18 (which the vested interests will always block). In the second division, it would replace the need for play-offs (where some teams play each other for a 5th and 6th time in a league season) with an in-league top 5, with play-off-style head-to-heads but accruing league points as normal. I've added the post-split fixtures list to the previous post, at the bottom of page 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Aye it would be some buzz trying to fit four games against each team into each season.Oh, I went with just playing each other once. 41 games seems reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Oh, I went with just playing each other once. 41 games seems reasonable. I don't like the idea of an odd number of games - a 42nd could be created with a random draw. Since this would be a repeat fixture, the team who played at home the first time would play away. I'd be interested to see how many "derby" fixtures this created for round 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Also, as if copying the English Premiership / Championship isn't bad enough we've now got Conference? f**k off. About the only good use I can think of for Gaelic is the potential for a decent differentiated league name. Call it something unique, it doesn't even really matter what it translates to as only three guys and a sheep will understand it anyway. Sent from my iPhone using Pie & Bovril Like the idea of Gaelic Names: prìomh-lìg farpais lìg Lig aon Lig dithis àrd-tìreach lig Galldachd lig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 English pundits have enough trouble saying Greenock and Falkirk without throwing Gaelic in there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Gaelic league names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 English pundits have enough trouble saying Greenock and Falkirk without throwing Gaelic in there too #JustSaying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eder Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I didn't realise 14 team league was seriously being considered. 14 clubs with 6 & 8 split is the way to go. In order to make it viable a European place would need to be awarded to the club finishing top of the league of 8. Guarantees TV the main derby games in Edinburgh and Dundee also a race to the "Super Six" in the first part of season followed by Super Six 10 round play off plus The Euro-Eight play off with 14 rounds giving ample opportunity to blood young players. I hate the present split were teams play each other 3 times with 2 home & 1 away or vise versa plus the chance that you may only have 18 home games but 20 away - which is just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLichtie86 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 With 4 European places you are suggesting only the top 2 in the league getting those places, 1 to cup winners and 1 top 7th place team? When we have 7 European places yes, but not with only 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The problem with a split where there's a Euro place for best of the worst is the disincentive it creates to finish say 7th rather than 6th; and as above, when there's only 2 places to be doled out anyway beyond the CL place and cup winner place then that becomes even more ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Prince Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Can't be arsed reading the thread in its entirety but get the split to f**k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The problem with a split where there's a Euro place for best of the worst is the disincentive it creates to finish say 7th rather than 6th; and as above, when there's only 2 places to be doled out anyway beyond the CL place and cup winner place then that becomes even more ludicrous. It's easily fixed by having play-offs instead, with the 7th placed team being the lowest ranked of the entrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Roar Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 It's easily fixed by having play-offs instead, with the 7th placed team being the lowest ranked of the entrants. That would be the best solution. Also if there is ever a 3rd tier of European competition in the future then a larger league with a competitive mid table might be a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The split needs to go because it's an embarrassment. 16 teams is perfect in my eyes. Less league games yes but I don't think that's a big deal. Playing a team once home and away makes sense and the novelty of going to games would increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 A 16 team league with no split would mean clubs losing 4 home gates per season. I don't see them going for it tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The split needs to go because it's an embarrassment. 16 teams is perfect in my eyes. Less league games yes but I don't think that's a big deal. Playing a team once home and away makes sense and the novelty of going to games would increase. I think the clubs might see an issue as less games means less income. Losing 3 or 4 home games a season will surely have a significant impact on a clubs income in terms of ticket sales, corporate, merchandise etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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