ChrispPancake Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, ali_91 said: This is all very well for a fan of a tinpot team from the seaside leagues to say, but the carrot of getting to go on the piss in Central Europe somewhere means that the bigger clubs like St Johnstone, Motherwell and Kilmarnock would never vote for something that jeopardises our European places. So, which one are you, Frankie Boyle or Kevin Bridges, cause that wiz funny... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Having a split too early in the season also increases the likelihood of teams in the bottom half having (potentially a lot) more points than those in the top half. Might not seem like a huge deal but it doesn’t seem fair telling the club in 7th - that might only be a handful of points off European football at that point - that their season is effectively over when there’s still double figures worth of games left. The 5 games just now rarely makes much difference. It doesn’t look particularly professional for a top-flight club to be releasing a statement with their hopes and wishes list in the style of some sort of high school discursive essay, by the way. Yes. Shame Ayr didn’t apply that logic before casting their vote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 40 minutes ago, realmadrid said: Thats not true The game at Ibrox was postponed on the 25th of September as Rangers qualified for the cup semi finals meaning the game that was due on the 2nd of November could not be played. BT announced there section on the 30th of September. The league would have known the situation by then. Oooft. Brave man - taking on Craig on a matter of the detailed workings of the SPFL. He’s well informed and defends them - always. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, johnnydun said: Oh, this has made my night. Still so bitter after all these years, at least they now know they will be playing us in the Championship next season. My favourite quotes... "As a veteran of 86' I have hated them since. Now, I went them gone. In fact, I am doing an extra line on the lotto, If I win I will buy them and finish them." "Would love them to go under though, nice spot for an aldi. Hate them." "Assuming this goes on for several more months, clubs like Dunder will find themselves in dire straights unless a benefactor fronts up. There should be no govt financial relief for football clubs. If there was it should also be provided to the Rolling Stones. We're all in the entertainment business. Hearts will survive this no matter how it plays out. Entirely possible that Dundee will not." And my personal favourite..... "All the stuff about 86. Like many I was there. The moral reality is Hearts were champions" Do they not know you lot are bomb proof. You have survived all the chancers from Ron Dixon to Fat Harry McLean and somehow survived. Edited April 21, 2020 by realmadrid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Pet Jeden said: Oooft. Brave man - taking on Craig on a matter of the detailed workings of the SPFL. He’s well informed and defends them - always. He can defend them all he likes, we as a club knew on the night of the Rangers quarter final that the game was postponed . The club stated it would be played later in the year and removed the fixture for the website that day. To be fair to the league the probably assumed Rangers would not qualify for the last 32 never mind last 16 of the Europa league . When the game would have been played was anyone guess but it will be a unique season in which after visiting Celtic Park on day 1 of the league season we never returned to Glasgow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tungston weasel Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 So don't pay them. Coronavrus has changed everything. time for a reboot, and that reboot puts scottish football interests at the heart of scottish football and if UEFA don;t like it they can go f**k themselves Make scottish football great again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 All I have to add is I have images of dad being like the Italian priest who had filters on as he gave a sermon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: And even if you can fit in the games Splitting the league after 26 games out of 40 is a lot of shite. Half way through the league then telling 8 clubs they cannot compete for European places, poor stuff. Possibly would only realistically affect 2 or 3 teams but it is very early to bring the shutters down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Can't we come up with a solution where no team is disadvantaged or misses out on promotion except Hearts who get relegated? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) Livi announce their reconstruction plan- A permanent 14-10-10-10 with a 6/8 split in the top flight, 2 up, 2down with a play-off spot between 12th in Premiership & 3rd in Championship... Quote Livingston also insist that the only fair way to go about this is to make it a permanent reconstruction and not have it as a temporary measure as has been suggested in recent days. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/livingston-outline-spfl-reconstruction-plan-21897822 Edited April 21, 2020 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 24 minutes ago, Romeo said: Can't we come up with a solution where no team is disadvantaged or misses out on promotion except Hearts who get relegated? You’re almost there. The only slight flaw in your masterplan is that Partick and Stranraer are also collateral damage. But, f**k ‘em Romeo, eh? All that really matters is 8.79-in-a-row. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Pet Jeden said: Yes. Shame Ayr didn’t apply that logic before casting their vote. Aye mate it was me who actually made the vote for Ayr. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, btb said: Livi announce their reconstruction plan- A permanent 14-10-10-10 with a 6/8 split in the top flight, 2 up, 2down with a potential play-off spot between 12th in Premiership & 3rd in Championship... https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/livingston-outline-spfl-reconstruction-plan-21897822 That's not plausible at all, nor fair. Youd have a team finishing 3rd bottom, having played 40 league games, going into a play off against a team who finished 3rd and playing 36. Longer league season probably means play offs would be played in June. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I’m undecided about reconstruction. If we have a temporary reconstruction, then this is being done simply for two clubs, Hearts and Partick Thistle as Stranraer we’re going down anyway, and with the play offs not happening Brechin are safe anyway. If the reconstruction is deemed to be permanent, until the next reconstruction, it has to be asked if this would have happened had this crisis not been with us. The answer is obviously “no”, so really the same reasoning applies. Should we be turning our leagues upside down for the sake of two clubs out of 42? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 minute ago, eez-eh said: Aye mate it was me who actually made the vote for Ayr. Very good. But, any idea why they did actually vote that way? I can’t get my head round any team with a play off chance voting to end the season early on current places. Was it desperation for the pay-out? Or desperation to be able to end player contracts? Or can we expect to see a show-case friendly in Boston? Just weird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 @Romeo, do you sometimes find, just like your accursed team, it all gets too easy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: That's not plausible at all, nor fair. Youd have a team finishing 3rd bottom, having played 40 league games, going into a play off against a team who finished 3rd and playing 36. Longer league season probably means play offs would be played in June. In reverse order It should be possible to accommodate two extra games for teams in the bottom half of the top flight (there's normally a free week before the post-split games start) and play-offs for the Championship play-off spot would mitigate the extra games for the Premiership team - just saying. There's obviously gonna be a deal of horse-trading but I think we can assume that Anne will have to Budge (I'll get my jacket) on her idea of a temporary reconstruction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Should we be turning our leagues upside down for the sake of two clubs out of 42? No......and we wont, because the 42 will have a vote on it Edited April 21, 2020 by Green Day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 @Romeo, do you sometimes find, just like your accursed team, it all gets too easy?Sometimes, a few idiots bite at the slightest thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBank Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Elgin chairman sees through Budge's self interest .... https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ann-budge-acting-hearts-self-21897432 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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