G_H Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Scottydog said: Add in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire derbies, the top flight could have a derby every week. From a financial point of view it’d be.....interesting, great even for some. For most L1 clubs it’d be a step up but for Championship clubs it’d be a big drop in revenue and for any team unfortunate enough to be relegated into it then it would be devastating. If it was to go ahead Airdrie (for example) would benefit by having only 1 visit from teams in the lower half of L 1 such as Stranraer and Peterhead and gain by having a visit from better supported teams like Dundee and Dunfermline. Conversely Championship sides would suffer due to the exact opposite. A top flight team being relegated would suffer worse yet again with a visit from Stranraer aa opposed to two visits from one of the ugly sisters, a visit from 30 fans as opposed to 3000 is quite a stark change in fortunes, probably too much so. Conversely, it would be an experiment to see if a 20 team division would increase crowd numbers due to the reduction in monotony that would come with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auldtoonbairn Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 4 leagues are crap if they want to leave the spl as is then the bottom divisions should go from 3 to 2 adding brora and kelty 12 ,16, 16 easy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, G_H said: Conversely, it would be an experiment to see if a 20 team division would increase crowd numbers due to the reduction in monotony that would come with it. I think it would increase crowd numbers in that sense but there isn’t a cats chance in hell that the likes of Dundee, Dunfermline, Morton, QotS and evening Alloa would see an increase in crowd revenue compared to the current set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, auldtoonbairn said: 4 leagues are crap if they want to leave the spl as is then the bottom divisions should go from 3 to 2 adding brora and kelty 12 ,16, 16 easy Top flight needs a shake up too, has to be bigger and more accessible to clubs, a 12 team league with 1 up 1 down and 1 potential other is nonsense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 16 hours ago, Fawkirk Wull said: Can you confirm that Morton are one of the teams that are having SEVERE financial problems Given that we have multiple sources of cashflow, were operating on a break even budget anyway and now have got the furlough covering our entire player wage bill through the autumn, we're really not. Thanks for playing anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFC1878 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Given that we have multiple sources of cashflow, were operating on a break even budget anyway and now have got the furlough covering our entire player wage bill through the autumn, we're really not. Thanks for playing anyway. What about non-playing staff? The groundsman for instance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 15 hours ago, DiamondJack85 said: Heard that the proposal Airdrie put forward to the reconstruction group was to extend the Championship to 20 teams in a 14-20-10 setup. Think a 20 team Championship playing each other twice would have been excellent and its probably the only format to allow proper reconstruction to happen without it impacting any clubs unfairly. That sounds absolutely shite, glad it got turfed out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 3 hours ago, AFC1878 said: What about non-playing staff? The groundsman for instance. Furloughed as well AFAIK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Morton have even furloughed their social media guy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 4 hours ago, virginton said: Furloughed as well AFAIK. Grass must be some length. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Furloughed as well AFAIK.You can’t have furloughed your ground staff. The pitch will need maintenance over the summer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steakngravy Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Probably borrowed some sheep from Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel wickson Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, steakngravy said: Probably borrowed some sheep from Aberdeen. Didn't Kilmarnock use them ages ago, possibly just in the close season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embow Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, lionel wickson said: Didn't Kilmarnock use them ages ago, possibly just in the close season? Fairly sure they had a tup (ram) as a mascot back in time, maybe as far back as the 1960's? Possibly brought some ladies in to keep him company but maybe not in the tupping season. Mind you, I suppose it would depend if the farmer wanted the ladies to have some TLC! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Fairly sure they had a tup (ram) as a mascot back in time, maybe as far back as the 1960's? Possibly brought some ladies in to keep him company but maybe not in the tupping season. Mind you, I suppose it would depend if the farmer wanted the ladies to have some TLC!This lockdown has clearly been going on too long [emoji40][emoji6] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 13 hours ago, embow said: Fairly sure they had a tup (ram) as a mascot back in time, maybe as far back as the 1960's? Possibly brought some ladies in to keep him company but maybe not in the tupping season. Mind you, I suppose it would depend if the farmer wanted the ladies to have some TLC! According to Steve Finan's brilliant book 'Over the Turnstiles' Kilmarnock had three resident sheep at various points during the 1960s who combined mascot and grass nibbling duties. They were named Angus, Ruby and Wilma. Aye , you're right, this lockdown has gone on far too long. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 14 hours ago, steakngravy said: Probably borrowed some sheep from Aberdeen. I'm pretty sure that sheep were regularly used to graze the pitch at Cappielow in the early decades; IIRC there's a photo of some of the Scottish Cup winning squad with one of the sheep acting as a 'mascot'. They would have died of starvation going by the quagmire Cappielow's pitch resembled in the 1980s but could probably do the same job again now. 15 hours ago, Nowhereman said: You can’t have furloughed your ground staff. The pitch will need maintenance over the summer Of course because how else will we play all those big games coming up. Given the frosty relationship between the groundsman and the club of late I suspect he'll be told to just stick a lawnmower on it in September and deal with it then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 22 minutes ago, virginton said: I'm pretty sure that sheep were regularly used to graze the pitch at Cappielow in the early decades; IIRC there's a photo of some of the Scottish Cup winning squad with one of the sheep acting as a 'mascot'. They'd have loved the grass down there on the coast. Salty, self seasoning mutton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartcraig Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 59 minutes ago, Specky Ginger said: According to Steve Finan's brilliant book 'Over the Turnstiles' Kilmarnock had three resident sheep at various points during the 1960s who combined mascot and grass nibbling duties. They were named Angus, Ruby and Wilma. Aye , you're right, this lockdown has gone on far too long. Do clubs with artificial pitches use electric sheep, the kind that androids dream of. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embow Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Specky Ginger said: They were named Angus, Ruby and Wilma Aha! The latter two not tups then, ewe'll have noticed. Yup! It's time lockdown is finished to let all the "sheep" out and about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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