theoriginalhedge Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Steven W said: Glad to hear it. Best of luck with the rest of the season Thanks but I think it will take more than a bit of good luck . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde01 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Being able to choose or nominate the region you will drop into is a farce. There needs to be a clearly defined border, as is currently the case.If Brechin have any ambition to return to League 2 then the Highland League is definitely a much more likely route. You only have to look at Berwick as an example of what could happen in the Lowland League. Plus it’s constantly improving with fresh blood slowly pushing the dross down, which is not the case in the HFL either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 If anything should be getting concentrated on its straight relegation for club 42 not this farce being proposed through poor journalism!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, theoriginalhedge said: Correct. As far as every Brechin City supporter is concerned they will be going into the Highland League as it stands. We are not aware of any imminent changes and it would be foolish, if not immoral, to think that any such change would be implemented this season purely to suit Brechin City. If there is any lobbying going on , it wouldn't and shouldn't be on behalf of one club . It would and should be on a majority basis to suit a majority of clubs . As an "outsider", I don't understand why Brechin are lobbying so hard to get into the Lowland League. Yes, I know your players are mainly based in the central belt. But you'll need to overhaul how your club is being run anyway after relegation, look at Berwick for example. You'd be in a great position to get a good squad for the highland league by poaching players from the HL who live closer to Brechin then their current clubs, poaching some of the stronger East juniors players from clubs like Lochee, Broughty & Carnoustie (plenty of players there who are definitely good enough for the Highland League) and poaching "drop outs" from Tayside SPFL teams. With the Lowland League only getting stronger, the Highland League will give you a much better chance of going back up. Good luck in the rest of the season though, I have been to Brechin before and I have genuine sympathy for the club. Edited March 7, 2020 by Marten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 18 minutes ago, Marten said: As an "outsider", I don't understand why Brechin are lobbying so hard to get into the Lowland League. Yes, I know your players are mainly based in the central belt. But you'll need to overhaul how your club is being run anyway after relegation, look at Berwick for example. You'd be in a great position to get a good squad for the highland league by poaching players from the HL who live closer to Brechin then their current clubs, poaching some of the stronger East juniors players from clubs like Lochee, Broughty & Carnoustie (plenty of players there who are definitely good enough for the Highland League) and poaching "drop outs" from Tayside SPFL teams. With the Lowland League only getting stronger, the Highland League will give you a much better chance of going back up. Good luck in the rest of the season though, I have been to Brechin before and I have genuine sympathy for the clubs. The poaching system you talk about is the system we used throughout our most successful spell in the late 70's , 80's and early 90's . Not a new concept and one I would be happy to adopt even if we do manage to stay up. We are not down yet though . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, theoriginalhedge said: The poaching system you talk about is the system we used throughout our most successful spell in the late 70's , 80's and early 90's . Not a new concept and one I would be happy to adopt even if we do manage to stay up. We are not down yet though . I know, that's why I wished you good luck for the rest of the season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 02/03/2020 at 19:12, Hampden Diehard said: The Braves, BSC (cue Jerry to launch into one), Civil Service and the two uni teams probably don't represent a community. Are any of the Uni first team players students? Spartans? The LL was thrown together hurriedly but will morph into a decent division in time. Teams, SPFL current members included, will find their level. I'm unashamedly old fashioned in this. I just feel that I should chip in to the non-league lovefest occasionally. Some of the derogatory comments about established clubs are unfortunate. I see that Spartans, one of the clubs that "don't represent a community" are worth £5.2m to their local economy because of all the community work they do. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, craigkillie said: I see that Spartans, one of the clubs that "don't represent a community" are worth £5.2m to their local economy because of all the community work they do. Does that include helping Edinburgh City to compete ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I see that Spartans, one of the clubs that "don't represent a community" are worth £5.2m to their local economy because of all the community work they do.Happy to stand corrected. Hopefully the community appreciates it and supports them in turn . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Hampden Diehard said: On 08/03/2020 at 09:37, craigkillie said: I see that Spartans, one of the clubs that "don't represent a community" are worth £5.2m to their local economy because of all the community work they do. Happy to stand corrected. Hopefully the community appreciates it and supports them in turn . Spartans are probably the best community club in Scotland some of the things they do for their area are amazing however their crowds at run of the mill league games arn't all that great although they can attract a decent crowd for Scottish Cup games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I personally will not be shedding tears for Brechin or indeed any other League 2 club that gets relegated. The pyramid is glorious. No longer can teams languish in the bottom tier with the glass ceiling - they will find their level and allow a new order to emerge from the shadows. It is a truly exciting time for Scottish football.As for Brechin wanting to go into the Lowland League, they should be told where to go - straight into the teuchtar league. And they should not complain about it. Away days to Speyside, if I was a Brechin fan I’d be relishing relegation tbh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 All assuming we get to the end of the season. There must be question marks over whether we'll get that far given what's happening in Italy and the fact that there have been tentative questions over whether Cheltenham should go ahead this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobe2010 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 The pyramid is the best thing to happen in Scottish football for years.The bottom half of league 2 was a total non event for years with a couple of clubs able to retain senior league status simply by putting eleven bodies on the park.I feel for the Brechin fans who have had a horrible 3 years and i can,t see them saving themselves.Its been well reported that a number of Brechin players are overweight and that is unacceptable in the pro game.Add in McManus being in his late thirties and Hill in his mid thirties there must be next to no pace or energy in the team.How some of these managers get there jobs if they think this is an acceptable squad is beyond me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyMo Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 On 07/03/2020 at 09:17, Marten said: poaching some of the stronger East juniors players from clubs like Lochee, Broughty & Carnoustie (plenty of players there who are definitely good enough for the Highland League) and poaching "drop outs" from Tayside SPFL teams. With the Lowland League only getting stronger, the Highland League will give you a much better chance of going back up. Do you think many of these players are willing to spend up to 12 hours a day travelling to and from games in the far north / Fort William etc - possibly midweek matches too. They would have to be pretty dedicated to do that for a season or two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) On 06/03/2020 at 15:03, theoriginalhedge said: Correct. As far as every Brechin City supporter is concerned they will be going into the Highland League as it stands. We are not aware of any imminent changes and it would be foolish, if not immoral, to think that any such change would be implemented this season purely to suit Brechin City. Agree 100%. Bit of a minter when we play in this and then the board want us to be considered as being a Lowland club rather than a Highland one: Eta: For those not aware, Glencadam is the whisky distillery next door to Glebe Park. A delicate, non-peated and balanced dram that makes for an ideal and somewhat different gift for any friend or family member. Edited March 10, 2020 by Hedgecutter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 18 hours ago, jamamafegan said: I personally will not be shedding tears for Brechin or indeed any other League 2 club that gets relegated. The pyramid is glorious. No longer can teams languish in the bottom tier with the glass ceiling - they will find their level and allow a new order to emerge from the shadows. It is a truly exciting time for Scottish football. As for Brechin wanting to go into the Lowland League, they should be told where to go - straight into the teuchtar league. And they should not complain about it. Away days to Speyside, if I was a Brechin fan I’d be relishing relegation tbh You are about 5 pages too late with this . All has been explained . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, PortyMo said: Do you think many of these players are willing to spend up to 12 hours a day travelling to and from games in the far north / Fort William etc - possibly midweek matches too. They would have to be pretty dedicated to do that for a season or two. Right now Montrose Roselea have established themselves as a decent North Region Super League team. That can extend as far as the Highland League does. The only real outliers being Wick, Brora, and Fort William. It's not impossible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 22 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: Right now Montrose Roselea have established themselves as a decent North Region Super League team. That can extend as far as the Highland League does. The only real outliers being Wick, Brora, and Fort William. It's not impossible. That's a point folk aren't considering: outliers. Apart from those three journeys they'll be closer to most clubs in the HL than LL. Players and officials having a greet about having to make three journeys that add a coupla hours onto their travel over the course of the season need to get a grip of themselves. Which player is gonna say "Aye. I'm up travelling to Dingwall and Stranraer and everywhere inbetween in the league but there's no way I'm going to get a bus to Wick once a year"? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 On 06/03/2020 at 14:10, Gordon EF said: Ludicrous idea. Either the boundaries are changed or the stay as they are and clubs deal with that. If clubs can pick and choose then what's the point of regionalisation at all. I wouldn't mind a small corridor of uncertainty type thing where clubs a few miles either side of the boundary, like Tayport, can choose but not Brechin. In a few years time say the LL is filled up with bigger ex-junior clubs, and the teuchters have stopped pumping money into diddy clubs like Brora, a club like Cowdenbeath could just say 'f**k it, let's go into the HL and win it cos it's filled with shite rather than going into the LL and struggling'. Agreed. You could apply the same morals to e.g. Sunderland suddenly asking for a jump into the SPFL for an easy route into Europe as an alternative to yet again fighting a mediocre EFL League One out with the likes of Fleetwood & Wycombe. FWIW, distance/time-wise, an away day to Aberdeen would be more convenient than their existing league trips to Portsmouth, Gillingham & Bristol. On a tangent, it would be interesting to see what the SPFL would do though if Brechin decided to mothball Glebe Park and instead ground-share with a club based south of the Tay. If there's nothing stopping a club called BSC Glasgow playing their home games in Alloa, then why couldn't Brechin use e.g. East Fife's wonderful new 3G pitch? You'd like to think there would be some form of clause to prevent such a sh*tstorm scenario, but with the amount of thought that went into the boundary location, it wouldn't surprise me at all if there wasn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: If there's nothing stopping a club called BSC Glasgow playing their home games in Alloa, then why couldn't Brechin use e.g. East Fife's wonderful new 3G pitch? In yous come boys. We'll even give you first dibs on all released players. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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