Bring Your Own Socks Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Ek's budget is double rovers budget this year Half the EK team are ex-QP whereas Rovers could only afford three. There's your problem right there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Think the SPFL side get home tie last as part of the agreement when pyramid system was put in place. Just another obstacle put in the way of HL/LL side.It's the same hurdle as L1 and L2 divisional play-offs where the team in the higher league gets home advantage in the second leg/s. Gets really steep in the Premiership play-offs for the fourth placed Championship side. But there's some sanity to it all. The teams that do get promoted know they've made it on merit. I guess the big picture is, over time, fourth tier becomes stronger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Potato Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) Just looking at my tissue I did back in June before odds were published. Stirling Albion price at the time was based on a takeover and injection of 350k which collapsed. Underestimated Annan a little but it was clear 2 months before a ball was kicked who’d be battling to avoid the playoffs. Peterhead 2/1, Stirling Albion 3/1, Clyde 11/2, Edinburgh City8/1, Elgin 16/1, Queens Park 16/1, Annan 20/1, Cowdenbeath 25/1, Berwick 33/1 and Albion Rovers 50/1. Edited March 28, 2019 by Disc Potato 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowden Cowboy Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 19 hours ago, DA Baracus said: There's automatic relegation (usually) for those who finish bottom of the Lowland League. The only reason it isn't the same in the Highland League is that there isn't a league below in the pyramid. So every other league isn’t the same and no overriding reason why leagues need to have same set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick1867 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 14 hours ago, Bring Your Own Socks said: He still calls it the European Cup He still thinks Steaua Bucharest are the holders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) On 28/03/2019 at 10:45, The Moonster said: It's a pretty decent safety net to be fair and the trapdoor was introduced after a lot of crying about it. It should be 1 up, 1 down and a play-off between 2nd/3rd/4th and 9th from SPFL2, just like every other league. There isn't a "2nd/3rd/4th" to take part in these play-offs though. You'd need to have play-offs before the play-offs to decide all that, and that would mean both the LL and the HL finishing at least another week or so earlier. I don't understand the obsession people have with uniformity across the play-offs. Each league should have a system that works for its own particular scenario. The 9-2-3-4 play-offs work for the Championship and League 1 because both leagues are the same size, play the same number of games and finish at the same time. It wouldn't work for the Premiership because they have 2 extra matches and thus finish later, and it doesn't work for League 2 because there are 2 different leagues below rather than 1. The obvious solution which wouldn't require any changes to the schedule would be for 10th to go down, and the HL/LL play-off winners to come up, and then for the League 2 play-off to be between 9th in League 2 and the HL/LL play-off losers. Edited March 31, 2019 by craigkillie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 He still thinks Steaua Bucharest are the holders European football has been on a downward spiral since the demise of Eastern European teams sponsored by state police torturers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Steaua were the army team for what it's worth. Dinamo were the Securitate team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 31/03/2019 at 18:07, Hampden Diehard said: On 29/03/2019 at 11:40, Mick1867 said: He still thinks Steaua Bucharest are the holders European football has been on a downward spiral since the demise of Eastern European teams sponsored by state police torturers. And all the supporters got a flat rent free. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowenan Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Which team do you think will win the playoffs this season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Pit_Owns Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 17 minutes ago, lowenan said: Which team do you think will win the playoffs this season? We don't know who is in the Play Offs yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowenan Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Haha, true. Well, we do know East Kilbride will be in it, and most likevel Cove Rangers as well (with Brora Rangers still having a matemathical chance). The big question is whether it will be Berwick Rangers or Albion Rovers that they meet in the final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Toboggan Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, lowenan said: The big question is whether it will be Berwick Rangers or Albion Rovers that they beat in the final. FTFY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowenan Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 That would be interesting, but history suggests otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 It will definitely be Cove. Haven't seen EK this season but in my opinion, Cove aren't really any great shakes. By the sounds of it EK are a better side from everything the LL people say. It would maybe be good for the Highland League if Cove finally went up, but I can't see it happening this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Would agree with the above, Cove don't look brilliant this year and would expect EK to have too much pace up top for them. It would be good for the HL to get rid of Cove but I want to see them suffer again. The choice of Cove or EK is a pretty grim one for an away fan point of view. Neither offer anything at all and the status quo would be a better option (but to see Harvey take Berwick down would be absolutely hilarious). Brora on the other hand would be fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 32 minutes ago, Muzza81 said: Would agree with the above, Cove don't look brilliant this year and would expect EK to have too much pace up top for them. It would be good for the HL to get rid of Cove but I want to see them suffer again. The choice of Cove or EK is a pretty grim one for an away fan point of view. Neither offer anything at all and the status quo would be a better option (but to see Harvey take Berwick down would be absolutely hilarious). Brora on the other hand would be fun. Four games per season (at least) between Cove and Cowdenbeath sounds attractive though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nightfly Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 On 30/03/2019 at 23:46, craigkillie said: The obvious solution which wouldn't require any changes to the schedule would be for 10th to go down, and the HL/LL play-off winners to come up, and then for the League 2 play-off to be between 9th in League 2 and the HL/LL play-off losers. Relegation from League 2 is never going to be straight forward, as the leagues below need to be balanced out. Whether one, or finally two teams, are relegated to the LL, re-jigging is going to be required in the LL tiers. with some teams not knowing where they will be playing until after the final play-off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen Cowden Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, Marten said: Four games per season (at least) between Cove and Cowdenbeath sounds attractive though... Cove are a horrible club, be careful what you wish for ( change Cowdenbeath to “any other SPL 2 club) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 If it is Cove who make the final then I'll maybe head to the home leg of the final and cheer on either Albion or Berwick. F**k Cove. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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