welshbairn Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 39 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: Pretty sure the Highland and Lowland League are guaranteed a rep each on the PGB. 26 minutes ago, Lowland team said: Finlay noble of Fraserburgh represents the highland league.and Thomas Brown represents the lowland league. Fair enough, I'm sure Finlay Noble would be a decent rep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said: I wonder what effort the SPFL Board put in to organising a Reserve League next season? Rangers, Celtic and several other clubs pulled out of the SPFL Reserve League before the pandemic. I think Hearts were still participating at this point, but it was essentially a rump competition even before 2020. The SPFL setting one up would have had no impact on this whatsoever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 There is likely to be a Reserve League next season, although I don't know which clubs will be involved. It could just be the Reserve League 2 clubs, or a combination of both. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: Do you know who the HL rep is? Can't find a current list. Apparently it’s the Fraserburgh Chairman, Finlay Noble. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, craigkillie said: Rangers, Celtic and several other clubs pulled out of the SPFL Reserve League before the pandemic. I think Hearts were still participating at this point, but it was essentially a rump competition even before 2020. The SPFL setting one up would have had no impact on this whatsoever. I remember it being pretty lively, with 3 SPFL reserve leagues running for years before Covid. Bookies were even taking bets. Edited May 3, 2022 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I remember it being pretty lively, with 3 SPFL leagues running before Covid. Bookies were even taking bets.I remember trying to put a bet on Thistle reserves to beat Motherwell reserves when I lived in Albania only to be told that the match had already finished and Thistle had lost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravehearts dad Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 What a total shambolic embarrassing mess this League is turning out to be. If the 11 clubs that voted to invite guest clubs had a back bone and a pair of …… and rejected the motion the League would not be in the situation of opening up for further applications, and clubs who may not be in the LL next season having or not having a say/vote on their applications. It’s time to get real. C’mon The Rose 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 7 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said: http://slfl.co.uk/member-clubs-canvassed-on-guest-club-applicants/ Hey, everyone how do you fancy a 19 team league and a 36 game league season? Don't worry here's an extra £40k to soften the blow of all those extra midweek games. Snakes gona snake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Would be putting my money on them increasing the league to 20 teams and not relegating VoL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) What a shambles. If they have accepted the Old Firm then they can't really reject Hearts. They should have rejected them all from the start. What happens when Hibs and others start applying too? It's quite sad how this has all turned out. A couple of huge decisions have gone the wrong way (increasing relegation places and having B teams in the league). To think that we could be looking forward to next season with two up/two down but instead there will be two or three colt teams and, once again, the possibility for 0 teams to be relegated. With Elgin City as perennial strugglers, it might not be too long until we end up with no relegation in a season for the Lowland League again. Edited May 3, 2022 by stanley 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I remember it being pretty lively, with 3 SPFL reserve leagues running for years before Covid. Bookies were even taking bets.My point is that Rangers and Celtic (along with Hibs and Aberdeen) pulled out of these reserve leagues in 2019. Therefore, the SPFL could run all the reserve divisions it wants, but it wouldn't magically prevent this B team issue from rearing its head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, craigkillie said: My point is that Rangers and Celtic (along with Hibs and Aberdeen) pulled out of these reserve leagues in 2019. Therefore, the SPFL could run all the reserve divisions it wants, but it wouldn't magically prevent this B team issue from rearing its head. The lack of a reserve league gave cover to the Lowland League proposing B teams in the first place. Hearts in their public quotes have stuck with the line that they'd prefer a reserve league to a B team. Nothing would stop the OF trying to get B teams into the pyramid wherever they can. The lack of an alternative continues to give them the excuse to pursue it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: The lack of a reserve league gave cover to the Lowland League proposing B teams in the first place. Hearts in their public quotes have stuck with the line that they'd prefer a reserve league to a B team. Nothing would stop the OF trying to get B teams into the pyramid wherever they can. The lack of an alternative continues to give them the excuse to pursue it. Agree with this, the SPFL and SFA are culpable in all of this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) Watching that Colombian lad come on for Partick, look like a raffle winner, and absolutely shite himself when presented with a chance to win the game I take back all I said about the B teams not nurturing Scottish talent. I'm sure the "pressure" of playing in meaningless competitive games against amateurs really helped him cope with the big moment. What a great service for Scottish football: the Old Firm snap up quality foreign young players and make them shite. Genius. Edited May 4, 2022 by AsimButtHitsASix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 9 hours ago, stanley said: What a shambles. If they have accepted the Old Firm then they can't really reject Hearts... ...or doing so opens up an avenue for appeal that may or may not have interesting implications. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Appealing against not being selected as a guest team by a league you have no divine right to be in would be like going to the police to complain that your pal from uni didn't invite you to their wedding. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Appealing against not being selected as a guest team by a league you have no divine right to be in would be like going to the police to complain that your pal from uni didn't invite you to their wedding. Let it go man. He had other plans. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 It would be slightly amusing if fhey didnt let Hearts B in. However they pretty much need to stop all the b team nonsense now.Get a proper b team league and let the likes of Tranent Darvel Auchinleck up this season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 2 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said: The lack of a reserve league gave cover to the Lowland League proposing B teams in the first place. Hearts in their public quotes have stuck with the line that they'd prefer a reserve league to a B team. Nothing would stop the OF trying to get B teams into the pyramid wherever they can. The lack of an alternative continues to give them the excuse to pursue it. Rangers and Celtic were pushing for B teams in the SPFL even while there was a Reserve League running (which they were in). The Lowland League would have simply come up with another pretext for allowing them in if a Reserve League had existed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrman2011 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Reserve League wasn't much cop thats why it was scrapped 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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