RandomGuy. Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Gordon EF said: I cannot believe people are genuinely suggesting playing a bunch of friendlies instead of a proper season. Why not just forget signing actual players and sign o bunch of fat fans from the stands to play? The point was made to a Falkirk fan who's spent the past week simultaneously demanding Falkirk are allowed to play games, and demanding that Falkirk are allowed to keep a full squad and not release them. They only alternative to a normal season for them would either be closing down for 6 months and sucking up losses, or some form of challenge league for 6 months with other teams who dont have a division to play in until January. As was to be expected, the Falkirk fan demanded something different to that aswell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 At the very least, even if you wanted to suspend automatic promotion/relegation for these short seasons, you could still have the play-offs (or even extended play-offs) to ensure some movement between the leagues and something to play for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I cannot believe people are genuinely suggesting playing a bunch of friendlies instead of a proper season. Why not just forget signing actual players and sign o bunch of fat fans from the stands to play?Just for the avoidance of doubt, I’m not advocating that at all.It’s a shite idea. RandomGuy suggested it (and I don’t think even he was particularly serious) and I don’t think anyone else has jumped on it as being a good idea. Shadwell and Sarge just annoyed me with their “you’re so stupid, I know best” routine. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 29/05/2020 at 13:44, stevoraith said: Like a friendly you mean? Plenty of punters turn out to see clubs play meaningless games every pre-season. I don’t imagine the attendances would be earth shattering but for a Raith fan who hasn’t seen their team play in 6 months a ‘friendly’ against Forfar suddenly would seem quite appealing. I don’t know if the idea would work but you couldn’t dismiss it on the grounds that people wouldn’t pay to see games with no prize to play for. 29 minutes ago, stevoraith said: Just for the avoidance of doubt, I’m not advocating that at all. It’s a shite idea. RandomGuy suggested it (and I don’t think even he was particularly serious) and I don’t think anyone else has jumped on it as being a good idea. Shadwell and Sarge just annoyed me with their “you’re so stupid, I know best” routine. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 37 minutes ago, craigkillie said: At the very least, even if you wanted to suspend automatic promotion/relegation for these short seasons, you could still have the play-offs (or even extended play-offs) to ensure some movement between the leagues and something to play for. It was off the cuff suggestion, with almost no thought, to a Falkirk fan who wanted Falkirk to still play games even if their division gets delayed for 6 months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 If Falkirk didn't want to have to abide by the wishes of League One teams we shouldn't have got relegated to, and subsequently failed to win promotion from, League One. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 It's the same teams saying that we shouldnt be allowed to play in a league next season of teams that are able to play due to sporting integrity that were happy to stop us getting promoted into the top flight without 10k seats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 ?Not sure what’s so confusing. Those two posts are not contradictory. It’s a shite idea. My first post said I wasn’t sure if it would work. The point of it was that you couldn’t dismiss it on the grounds that people wouldn’t pay to see meaningless games which is what Shadwell was saying. Hence pointing out that people pay to watch (meaningless) friendlies every year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 29/05/2020 at 13:44, stevoraith said: a ‘friendly’ against Forfar suddenly would seem quite appealing. 2 hours ago, Scary Bear said: I wasn’t advocating Randomguys suggestion. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 34 minutes ago, stevoraith said: Not sure what’s so confusing. Those two posts are not contradictory. It’s a shite idea. My first post said I wasn’t sure if it would work. The point of it was that you couldn’t dismiss it on the grounds that people wouldn’t pay to see meaningless games which is what Shadwell was saying. Hence pointing out that people pay to watch (meaningless) friendlies every year. They wouldnt buy season tickets was what I was talking about not individual off pre season friendlies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) See if there’s not a spike in cases by the end of June, can we not just take a pragmatic view? Maybe ask people to get masked up and get the football on again with crowds allowed in. Even if you want to stay apart from people, it’s fairly easy to do that at lower league Scottish games. Edited May 31, 2020 by Scary Bear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 15 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: See if there’s not a spike in cases by the end of June, can we not just take a pragmatic view? Maybe ask people to get masked up and get the football on again with crowds allowed in. Even if you want to stay apart from people, it’s fairly easy to do that at lower league Scottish games. Yeah I'm sure the scottish government just turn a blind eye to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said: Yeah I'm sure the scottish government just turn a blind eye to that. Think outside the box, Chief. Maybe the Scottish Government should do likewise and be a bit less risk averse. When were the busy beaches down South? Has there been a significant rise in cases following that? If not, let’s take some steps like wearing masks and get back to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Think outside the box, Chief. Maybe the Scottish Government should do likewise and be a bit less risk averse. When were the busy beaches down South? Has there been a significant rise in cases following that? If not, let’s take some steps like wearing masks and get back to it. 8000 new cases a day in England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Beachbum said: 8000 new cases a day in England. Nah, where’s your graph? That’s how it works on here. No graph, no story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: ? ? Indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haufdaft Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Think outside the box, Chief. Maybe the Scottish Government should do likewise and be a bit less risk averse. When were the busy beaches down South? Has there been a significant rise in cases following that? If not, let’s take some steps like wearing masks and get back to it.Instead of singing sections we can have wheezing sections. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, haufdaft said: 27 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Think outside the box, Chief. Maybe the Scottish Government should do likewise and be a bit less risk averse. When were the busy beaches down South? Has there been a significant rise in cases following that? If not, let’s take some steps like wearing masks and get back to it. Instead of singing sections we can have wheezing sections. Signing section? People can still make the w****r sign while wearing a mask. Maybe the masks will prevent folk booing. If folks eyesight is going after a bought of coronavirus they’ll not suffer as much. So many positives. Edited May 31, 2020 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Shadwell Dog said: It's the same teams saying that we shouldnt be allowed to play in a league next season of teams that are able to play due to sporting integrity that were happy to stop us getting promoted into the top flight without 10k seats. ^^^ blubbering mess 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haufdaft Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Signing section? People can still make the w****r sign while wearing a mask. Maybe the masks will prevent folk booing. If folks eyesight is going after a bought of coronavirus they’ll not suffer as much. So many positives.Signing section?No idea what you're talking about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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