Falkirkfan6871 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Have some faith in Magic said: They can't even get the relegation bit in the transition season right Surely at least have a play off between bottom of championship and the team that comes third in division 1. There needs to be a threat of relegation from the league. Im sure the season the spl went to 10-12 teams there wasn’t relegation or am I wrong? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogo1910 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 They know if Queens go down with Falkirk it’s bad news for the tv deal and crowds. 12 teams makes perfect sense. Do we want to see a Championship with Alloa, Arbroath and Montrose next season? Yes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeodhasXD Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 34 minutes ago, Yid_in_Exiile said: So long as there are NO COLTS anywhere in the mix, I can live with what they come up with. If two or three part time Clubs are up and then automatically stay up for the 2020/21 season then that would obviously be an added benefit to Ayr. Can't see how 44 league games could possibly work with three other National Cups, but that is detail. I remember last time it was touted to split the top two leagues into 3 leagues of 8 come the end of the season. 3 rounds against the other 11 then 7 in the split makes it down to 40. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkirkfan6871 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Just now, pogo1910 said: 4 minutes ago, Falkirkfan6871 said: They know if Queens go down with Falkirk it’s bad news for the tv deal and crowds. 12 teams makes perfect sense. Do we want to see a Championship with Alloa, Arbroath and Montrose next season? Yes. Arbroath vs Montrose will be box office viewing on BBC Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Falkirkfan6871 said: They know if Queens go down with Falkirk it’s bad news for the tv deal and crowds. 12 teams makes perfect sense. Do we want to see a Championship with Alloa, Arbroath and Montrose next season? Yes because they would deserve to be in the Championship. Falkirk have been utter shite and do not. Edited May 7, 2019 by RiG 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DutchBorderer Posted May 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, accies1874 said: You always see folk hit out with the "But Spain, Germany and the Netherlands have them" patter, but you never hear of the shite countries that I assume also use B teams. Can anyone name them in order to aid the collective P&B argument? [Mention]HibeeJibee[/mention], for example? Dude, the Colt teams (we call them Young Ajax/PSV/and so on) have ruined our lower leagues and anyone from the SFA trying to butter fans up to their inclusion is lying through their teeth as to the reasons for their inclusion; these officials can and should be considered snake oil merchants as far as I'm concerned. We had Young Ajax win our Championship in 2017/2018, partly because their side was stacked with first team members who needed some game time and a fair few players like Carel Eiting and Noussair Mazraoui who will be playing Spurs tomorrow. All Young/Colt teams play in front of empty stands, bring zero away fans, and cause a dip in attendances whenever they visit a real club because, frankly, no one can get excited about playing them. The Scottish pyramid has enough problems on its own without Colts running around shitting up the place. Edited May 7, 2019 by DutchBorderer 93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Were Falkirk ever "box office"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 They know if Queens go down with Falkirk it’s bad news for the tv deal and crowds. 12 teams makes perfect sense. Do we want to see a Championship with Alloa, Arbroath and Montrose next season? If Montrose win the play offs then all 3 will be in the league on merit so yes, I'd absolutely want to see them in the championship next season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 They know if Queens go down with Falkirk it’s bad news for the tv deal and crowds. 12 teams makes perfect sense. Do we want to see a Championship with Alloa, Arbroath and Montrose next season? Yes. Particularly at the expense of falkirk. Get Doon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, Falkirkfan6871 said: They know if Queens go down with Falkirk it’s bad news for the tv deal and crowds. 12 teams makes perfect sense. Do we want to see a Championship with Alloa, Arbroath and Montrose next season? I take it you cant read, as the restructure proposed wouldnt come into force until 2020/21. You'll be a seaside league team next no matter what. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Falkirkfan6871 said: Arbroath vs Montrose will be box office viewing on BBC Scotland. Well that didn't take long, the tired straw man about ostensibly unappealing TV fixtures. 1) The BBC are under no obligation to pick such a fixture; 2) But in any case, some of the best televised games from the lower leagues have been the ones between the supposedly smaller teams; 3) Why is this of concern to a Falkirk fan anyway? Edited May 7, 2019 by The Master 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, Falkirkfan6871 said: Im sure the season the spl went to 10-12 teams there wasn’t relegation or am I wrong? There could have been but some diddy team didn't meet the stadium criteria. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinkyBairn Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Makes sense. Championship needs a strong Falkirk imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 As others have said, changing the entire league structure to facilitate adding in colt teams from the arse cheeks would be an absolute farce. I dont even get the supposed benefits for a start. A fair amount of pro players playing throught Scotland or abroad have played at the arse cheeks until they are released at 18 or 19. Those players then go to other clubs and make a decent career for themselves. All that would happen with colt teams is that players would hang around the arse cheeks for longer and reduce their chances of a decent career. Never mind reducing the quality of other teams as a consequence. Get the idea so far to f*ck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Just now, JinkyBairn said: Makes sense. Championship needs a strong Falkirk imo. It's survived well enough without one for 6 seasons. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBorderer Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 This is the list of average number of away fans the Dutch Championship sides bring on their travels; To put that into perspective, Ajax sells 0.9 percent of their away ticket allocation - PSV sell 1.7 percent - and that's with our country being as small as it is. So yeah, enjoy all 10 or so Premiership fans the Colts will bring to a rainy Tuesday night fixture at Tannadice. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 They know if Queens go down with Falkirk it’s bad news for the tv deal and crowds. 12 teams makes perfect sense. Do we want to see a Championship with Alloa, Arbroath and Montrose next season? Why not half the problem with Scottish football is teams like Falkirk and Raith think they have a right to be in the higher leagues because they are "big clubs" that's a dig at owners and boards btw not fans, no one can say Alloa don't deserve to stay up this season and Arbroath have been outstanding in league one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, Falkirkfan6871 said: Arbroath vs Montrose will be box office viewing on BBC Scotland. 1. Yes it would 2. The prospect of Dundee derbies will more than make up for the loss of Falkirk rattling around half a stadium against Queen of the South but thanks for playing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, Nizzy said: Were Falkirk ever "box office"? On Saturday they were. Popcorn sales through the roof. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post R.R.FC Posted May 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2019 The ‘two Premiership clubs’ thing is laughable as if we don’t know who they will be. Why should we bend over backwards to help and develop the old firms youngsters? If playing in League Two is suddenly going to help the Old Firm and produce great young players for Scotland then why didn’t Rangers take that approach when they were down there? Nope, instead they decided to chuck money at diddies like Kevin Kyle, Fran Sandaza, Faure and Cribari. It shows how backwards the people in charge are that they think colt teams are the solution because they do it in Spain, Netherlands, Germany etc. There are a hundred other things these countries have in place which aid the production of youngsters. The number of pitches, coaches and the set up of even local sides in the Netherlands is light years away from what we have. I’d rather we set those things up first and gave them a chance before going straight in with colt teams which is putting the cart before the horse. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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