GroundhopScot Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 League reconstruction has been done to death but whilst Scottish football adjusts to a lower league pyramid there are still the usual bickers and debates. I've devised one just for fun. I planned to maybe recreate it on football manager but the more I looked at it, from MY view it looks like it makes perfect sense and could be realistic rather than a fantasy league. I made a wee presentation on it here. The main points are amalgamating League 1 & 2 in the SPFL, a third league at tier 5 and a national non league cup to replace the Junior Cup. I'm after feedback. I don't expect it'll ever happen but in my view it's the best proposal I've seen so far (bias eh?). Feel free to tell me it's mental, anything else is a bonus! Would you like to see it? Would you like to see some of it? Is it fair on the club you support? Let me know. https://my.visme.co/view/q689xj8e-6ep5dwp1we172dz3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 17 minutes ago, GroundhopScot said: League reconstruction has been done to death but whilst Scottish football adjusts to a lower league pyramid there are still the usual bickers and debates. I've devised one just for fun. I planned to maybe recreate it on football manager but the more I looked at it, from MY view it looks like it makes perfect sense and could be realistic rather than a fantasy league. I made a wee presentation on it here. The main points are amalgamating League 1 & 2 in the SPFL, a third league at tier 5 and a national non league cup to replace the Junior Cup. I'm after feedback. I don't expect it'll ever happen but in my view it's the best proposal I've seen so far (bias eh?). Feel free to tell me it's mental, anything else is a bonus! Would you like to see it? Would you like to see some of it? Is it fair on the club you support? Let me know. https://my.visme.co/view/q689xj8e-6ep5dwp1we172dz3 For a start if League 1 and League 2 are merged, then Tier 5 becomes Tier 4. And it does seem more fantasy than reality considering everything that's been seen over the 5 years. SPFL1&2 merging, 3 teams relegated from the national leagues, Midlands into the East, the South being integrated into the West so high and gradually eroded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundhopScot Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 Just now, FairWeatherFan said: For a start if League 1 and League 2 are merged, then Tier 5 becomes Tier 4. And it does seem more fantasy than reality considering everything that's been seen over the 5 years. SPFL1&2 merging, 3 teams relegated from the national leagues, Midlands into the East, the South being integrated into the West so high and gradually eroded. That's a great point for starters I'll get that changed. I know there's a gap between some of the midland/south in proportion to similar level teams in the east/west but I felt like I had to give them their place considering where they currently stand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 What I will agree with, and have argued for a long time is that the SJFA split of the country (East/West/North) was always more sensible simple Highland/Lowland and if the SFA/SPFL had acknowledged that the whole last 5 years or so would have been a lot less painful. Can see the benefits though unsure if a 20 team conference would work, seems a big lump in the middle of a lot of smaller better thought out leagues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, MEADOWXI said: What I will agree with, and have argued for a long time is that the SJFA split of the country (East/West/North) was always more sensible simple Highland/Lowland and if the SFA/SPFL had acknowledged that the whole last 5 years or so would have been a lot less painful. Can see the benefits though unsure if a 20 team conference would work, seems a big lump in the middle of a lot of smaller better thought out leagues. It'd probably easier getting the SPFL to agree to 3 feeders and Club 42/Highland/West/East playoff. Than getting automatic relegation from the SPFL. Let alone an increase to Club 41 being in the mix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundhopScot Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 Cheers for the feedback! My only thinking behind a bigger league in the SPFL was to push through 3 relegation spots rather than the 0.5 we have now. There was no way that'd work with a 10 team league. is it likely to happen? Definitely not. In the current setup (assuming we had a 3rd league at tier 5) I wonder if they'd agree to having 1 down automatically and one in the play off with the 3 champions. A round robin where the top 2 are promoted? I'm not sure, just thinking out loud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 You appear to have folded Stenhousemuir so you can f**k right off mate! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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