Lex Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Definitely an interesting set up and I hope they do well. Hopefully see them in League 2 at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigstuff Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Nothing to do with Mids and Lochar as they are not licensed and haven't taken the coin from the sfa like your shower at least dick Turpin wore a mask oh and I think the players at Annan have been chased 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 2 hours ago, theProdigy said: I wouldn't say it reflects badly on anyone tbf... These boys are, for the most part, good players! Three of last years group are playing at Annan (Raffi Krissian, Jean Guy Lucas & Tony Riberio) and one is at Glacis United in the Gibraltar Premier Division (Yves Nyami)... Albeit this is a small number but, a few have come back for a second year and a few will have gone to other clubs so I'd say they will be working to a success! Maybe didn't word it properly, but my point being that that there has been plenty of comment on how this looks bad on Scottish football, they're not a proper club etc but at the end of the day this is what a proper pyramid should be. Anyone should be able to start a team, playing on council pitch with your mates, and be able to aim at making the Premiership. Granted Edusport are charging a fair wedge for the priveledge, but fair play to them. I always think its sour grapes / jealousy from fans of clubs who have been unable to achieve anything for however many years, that someone has started a team and managed to get into the Lowland League 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theProdigy Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Nothing to do with Mids and Lochar as they are not licensed and haven't taken the coin from the sfa like your shower at least dick Turpin wore a mask oh and I think the players at Annan have been chased Krissian scored for Annan at the end of last month... Maybe he is not getting his contract renewed but that happens to many players! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theProdigy Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Maybe didn't word it properly, but my point being that that there has been plenty of comment on how this looks bad on Scottish football, they're not a proper club etc but at the end of the day this is what a proper pyramid should be. Anyone should be able to start a team, playing on council pitch with your mates, and be able to aim at making the Premiership. Granted Edusport are charging a fair wedge for the priveledge, but fair play to them. I always think its sour grapes / jealousy from fans of clubs who have been unable to achieve anything for however many years, that someone has started a team and managed to get into the Lowland League Yeah I completely get you! A full functional pyramid should work that way... I, for one, hold no sour grapes against Edu and wish them well! I have nothing against the team, coaches or players... They've done their job tbf! But yeah I do feel that some teams voted them into the league and have decided they don't like them as they are better than expected... But you'll always get those people no matter what level you are at! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 8 minutes ago, honestly united said: Maybe didn't word it properly, but my point being that that there has been plenty of comment on how this looks bad on Scottish football, they're not a proper club etc but at the end of the day this is what a proper pyramid should be. Anyone should be able to start a team, playing on council pitch with your mates, and be able to aim at making the Premiership. Granted Edusport are charging a fair wedge for the priveledge, but fair play to them. I always think its sour grapes / jealousy from fans of clubs who have been unable to achieve anything for however many years, that someone has started a team and managed to get into the Lowland League I am sure the young boys playing On the "council pitches" of Paris dreamt of one day playing in the LL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo87 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Better than still playing on the council pitches of Paris surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 16 minutes ago, geo87 said: Better than still playing on the council pitches of Paris surely? Not sure, I bet you their council pitches are better than some of our grounds! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowenan Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Will fight with Hawick and Selkirk at the bottom of the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimmo's Notes Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Obviously, they've done well to win promotion but given the nature of the team, what percentage of the championship winning side are likely to be there next season, could it be a case of having to start from scratch with a new squad of players? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theProdigy Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Obviously, they've done well to win promotion but given the nature of the team, what percentage of the championship winning side are likely to be there next season, could it be a case of having to start from scratch with a new squad of players? Yeah it'll be a different team... But each year they have been in the south, the squad has got better and they have been better coached so I'd expected them to be around mid-table 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Interesting piece:http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15292489.Edusport_chief_Chris_Ewing_hopes_players_can_start_a_new_journey_at_Hampden/?ref=arc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Appears their new intake arrived today: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinabear Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I still find the existence of Edusport in the LL quite bizarre but fairplay to them. Does anyone at all watch their games? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born To Run Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 1 hour ago, edinabear said: I still find the existence of Edusport in the LL quite bizarre but fairplay to them. Does anyone at all watch their games? I believe some locals in Annan do when Athletic play away. On Saturday at BSC, there were a fair number of fellow Academy students watching on. It probably doesn't help that both they and BSC see themselves as Glasgow teams, but are currently exiled. Harder to build a long-term organic support that way. ...and as for the last post, behave yourself sureiknow. Ridiculous comment. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureiknow Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 45 minutes ago, Born To Run said: ...and as for the last post, behave yourself sureiknow. Ridiculous comment. It's called a joke. As in a sense of humour. Not to your taste it seems but sure I know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmc80 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 It's called a joke. As in a sense of humour. Not to your taste it seems but sure I know. Sense of humour? Casual racisim? Same thing really i suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinky Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Anyway,if this is another batch of boys for their academy it can only strengthen and improve their squad...like most people I really don't know what the end game is with Edusport but in the meantime it does add something different to the league which we can only judge in due course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
info Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 They had 50-60 players registered to play in the South last year. If they do the same in the Lowland how do they play their strongest team every week?? Surely there is a danger of this influencing the table. No player is going to pay the kind of money you are talking about and not want to play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 According to Twitter they had 6 home based players playing in their game last Saturday, including "older" players Bryn Halliwell and Ryan McCann. Surely the point is to give the French players who have paid their money a chance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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