Michael Stipe Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 With Celtic struggling to compete in Europe and Rangers unable (or unwilling) to beat part-time teams, is it time that the two teams merged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Classic click-bait in the title. And the rest was utter drivel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 No. It's time they fucked off out of Scottish football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 On 02/10/2017 at 11:44, JakeSAFC said: No. It's time they fucked off out of Scottish football. Problem is who would have them ? The English don't want them, they both carry too much baggage and I cant see any Atlantic League coming into the horizon any time soon. So we are stuck with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Problem is who would have them ? The English don't want them, they both carry too much baggage and I cant see any Atlantic League coming into the horizon any time soon. So we are stuck with them. The moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David990 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 If celtic and rangers left the league Scottish football would collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 If celtic and rangers left the league Scottish football would collapse. Pretty sure that was said before when that diddy side from Govan died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David990 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Scottish football is dire as it is, can you imagine what'll happen if the OF was to leave? Sure it would mean most likely Aberdeen or another team could finally win the SPL but its a product that would loose a heck a lot of sponsorship and TV money. The OF is what brings a lot of that kind of thing into the league, they both left, they would follow and the league would ultimately die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Scottish football is dire as it is, can you imagine what'll happen if the OF was to leave? Sure it would mean most likely Aberdeen or another team could finally win the SPL but its a product that would loose a heck a lot of sponsorship and TV money. The OF is what brings a lot of that kind of thing into the league, they both left, they would follow and the league would ultimately die. No one will win the SPL m8, it doesn't exist. The OF is also a major factor in the problems we have up here. The sooner they go/die the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 On 13/12/2017 at 09:58, David990 said: Scottish football is dire as it is, can you imagine what'll happen if the OF was to leave? Sure it would mean most likely Aberdeen or another team could finally win the SPL but its a product that would loose a heck a lot of sponsorship and TV money. The OF is what brings a lot of that kind of thing into the league, they both left, they would follow and the league would ultimately die. It isn't though, is it? That's always struck me as something that ex-Old Firm players and Facebook English Premier League fans like to squeak about - without ever backing it up. Scottish football would be just fine without the Old Firm. Just as it would be just fine without the Edinburgh clubs, the Dundee clubs or the Highland clubs. In fact if they ceased to exist then it would stop the 6 busloads that leave Dumbarton each week heading to Glasgow for their football/singing fix - potentially giving us diddy teams a boost crowds wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Such a shame there's nowhere for them to go. There is no real movement for European Super Leagues beyond hypotheticals and the English Leagues don't need or want to open their doors for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 David990 is a horses arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Do you support a Scottish team? And if so why? He supports either Sellik or the ****, so to answer your question, no he does not support a Scottish team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David990 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Truth hurts? I used to follow Falkirk when I was younger but I haven't really followed them since I moved away with work in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David990 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Work for the MOD, so I move about every few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdTheDuck Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Although there is no reason to suppose that getting rid of the ugly sisters is somehow going to magically fill stadia all over Scotland, it is equally true to suppose that their loss will not suddenly see fans abandon their teams either. The thought process should be, if Hearts can attract 16,000 in a league set up they have absolutely no chance of ever winning then why would they attract fewer in a league set-up they definitely could win? It is also perfectly possible that the teams going for the title will see a significant increase in attendance(s). If more than one team is realistically going for it then all the contenders will see a significant increase in attendance. At the start of any season, how many teams fans will genuinely hope they could win the championship without the gruesome twosome? Certainly the city teams, but also Motherwell? St Johnstone? Kilmarnock? There is also zero chance of no TV and no sponsorship. The Welsh League, which is largely part-time, is sponsored by a ‘Welsh’ building society and is covered by S4C television, despite 6 of the biggest Welsh clubs playing in the English league system. I cannot envisage a situation where a league with attendances twenty times greater than the Welsh League would not attract TV coverage and with that comes guaranteed sponsorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 13/12/2017 at 00:42, David990 said: If celtic and rangers left the league Scottish football would collapse. Utterly unsupportable bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Truth hurts? I used to follow Falkirk when I was younger but I haven't really followed them since I moved away with work in 2009. Shitebag. Which one of the arse cheeks do you support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee jerk reaction Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 this was always my reply when you had one of the local old firm fans giving it the "Falkirk, shire and stenny should all merge" crap, I'd say rangers ann celtic should, as the biggest 2 teams in Scotland, set an example and merge, build a 120000 super ground and have a team capable of winning against the best in Europe, with the added bonus of a rangers and celtic end so every game could be like an old firm game with it's own "special" atmosphere! the Scottish football would die without them argument is just rubbish although it would be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekorean Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 If Rangers and Celtic collapsed for whatever reason, would Thistle fill the void or Edinburgh teams dominate the league plus Aberdeen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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