Fuctifano
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If comp pick formula is same as present, Bills have thirteen picks for next year which seems excessive.
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I can't see Airdrie playing a full team next week and QP have something to play for.
That said if we play like we did in the last game at Tannadice we're capable of losing 10-0 but shouldn't be that bad again.
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Why is league 2 outside the blackout period today? @The Master
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Ref playing 40 seconds injury time when there were 6 sub breaks and about 5 minutes worth of injuries sums that one up. The nillest nil-nil of all time, only shock is we didn't manage to lose it 1-0.
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2 minutes ago, Jaggy McJagface said:
Anyone know what’s wrong with Milne?
slight thigh knock, from Doolan's pre match interview it seemed more precautionary leaving him out today rather than anything else and he could have played if absolutely necessary.
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Fairly meh half that, Ayr looking dangerous from set pieces but from open play haven't been able to find a good final ball.
Thistle definitely nowhere near full intensity- and the dropoff from Milne to Ngewnya is large, but should probably still be ahead with Robinson's chance, good save from keeper but he shouldn't have had a chance to save it.
Not even close on the offside at the end as much as Graham will argue otherwise.
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Happy with the Bills trading back, would have been happy with most of the options available at 28, I'm just glad they didn't mortgage the farm and trade up a long way.
Lot of people losing their shit online about trading to the Chiefs and allowing them to get their guy, obviously if Worthy turns out to be decent then it'll be cast up as often as the Mahomes trade but clearly lots of teams didn't fancy him.
Still possibility they can work out a trade for a vet WR, maybe one of the 49ers guys that are being shopped.
Other than that, what the f**k are the Falcons doing?
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FFS
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I think <the player from the team I support > should win it.
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I know it was onside in the end but surely the fact Liverpool had 2,765 chances to clear the free kick would render the original 'offside' before the goal irrelevant?
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I'd heard that too about parachute payment, but what if the Premiership team stays up? Does it go into the prize pot for next year or the SPFL Christmas Night Out?
4 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said:Would we have to pay to install the VAR stuff again this season (if we make it that far) or would we already have most of it in place due to last season? @Ad Lib can you shed any light on this?
If you believe that guy who thinks there was a conspiracy at Dingwall it shouldn't cost much to install a bit of plastic with a piece of card in it saying "give the decision against Thistle"
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1 hour ago, Dunning1874 said:
If you left the top flight at 12 though, then expanding the second tier to 18 simply wouldn't cause the same problem of that gulf between divisions. You get away from clubs playing each other six times a season unless you're very unlucky with cup draws, only drop one home game compared to currently, the meaningless game argument is hugely overstated and there's something in it for everyone.
just to piggyback on this, the usual argument is it allows managers to play more youth players without fear of losing games but in reality:
1) there are actually far fewer "meaningless" game than you'd imagine. Even in the English Championship this year, a league of 24 teams and 46 games, with 3 games to go there were only 3 teams who were arithmetically both safe from relegation and out of the promotion play off race (plus Rotherham who were already relegated). With 6 games to go literally everyone still had something to play for.
2) going back to the Scottish second tier, we've seen on here in the last few weeks the discussions about how much prize money means to a team at this level and that the difference between finishing a place or two higher is effectively an extra couple of players wages for the following season. yes, that bit is a slightly harder sell to casual fans rather than diehards but there's always something to play for.
In a 2nd tier of 18 you'd probably have the same playoff system as now as Prem clubs still unlikely to agree to 2 down automatically but you'd also have 3 going down at the bottom, 3rd bottom can either be automatic or playoff. I think folk would be surprised about the low number of "meaningless" games in that scenario.
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17 minutes ago, BFTD said:
Everyone plays twice for 30 games, then a split for another seven games each for 37 matches in total.
Not saying it's my preferred choice, but that sounds do-able.
This used to be the set up in Poland but I think they went to 18 during covid. The teams that finished top half of each section got the extra home game.
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I think the issue with playing teams repetitively is more of an issue outside the top tier. Premiership clubs don't play (their first teams) in the Challenge Cup, and the nature of the playoffs means they can't play another Premiership team in them whereas in the Championship you're guaranteed to do so meaning a minimum of 6 games a season vs the same team before cup draws- and in leagues 1 & 2 you will do so if you finish 2nd or 3rd (or 4th and then beat the team from league above).
I think there's an argument for a bigger second tier -with split if need be- with the current Premiership / Championship play off format, at least if you finish 4th in a league of 14/16 it seems more reasonable to get a shot at promotion rather than 4th in a league of 10.
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46 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said:
In order to resolve a minor disagreement on the Utd v Ayr thread @Fuctifanowould it be possible to show us what your predictor states now for Utd to win the league? Cheers
Not sure what the disagreement is tbh but there's no scope in the model, or in real life, for a nonsensical GD overturn.
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I should add that as Morton are safe this year, they will complete ten years in the 2nd tier next year to equal QoS, so if they don't go up or down in 24/25 then they will be the new holders of this very niche record.
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50 minutes ago, The Ghost of B A R P said:
A 16-team league with a split into four sections of four after 30 games gives a 36-game season (with the post-split games evenly home and away). It also virtually guarantees the broadcasters their four games between the sisters (added bonus being that two of them are late in the run in).
This is and always has been the answer.
I generally like this sort of idea but I think it would need a playoff system for the last European spot else teams 5-13 are playing for not much- this is easier since the Conference League has come in.
Currently, the Czech and Bulgarian leagues are both 16 team leagues which split 3 ways after 30 games but split 6/4/6.
In Czech league the 4 teams in the middle play a straight 2-leg knockout series for the last Conference League place. In Bulgaria the team which finishes top of the middle section plays off against the team sitting in the last qualifying slot in the top section for that last Conference League place.
Romania is also a 16 team league but splits 6-10 with the top half playing a double round robin and bottom half playing once for 40/39 games. Again there are playoffs where the top team in the bottom half can get into Europe. That's probably too many games though given the already congested calendar
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Got home from primary school at about 3.05 in time to see the finish. 6 minutes injury time in those days must be equivalent to about 25 minutes now.
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Only the final which is now set in stone given Aberdeen can't be in both that and the SC final on 25th- those are Thu 23rd and Sun 26th May.
I'd be very surprised if the others aren't Tuesday and Friday nights given they're on BBC but nothing official as yet, maybe get confirmation tomorrow, they maybe had contingency plans if Aberdeen won yesterday which are no longer required
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For next season we already have a relatively large number of players signed up both for a club at this level and for our recent past.
GK: McCready, Stewart (if we exercise option). Erm. Not great.
Defence: Milne, McBeth, Williams, O'Reilly and there was a lot of talk Muirhead had triggered an extension even if nothing official. I'm keeping McBeth here for now but we might try him in midfield again next year.
Midfield/ Wingers: Fitzpatrick, Lawless, Bannigan, Stanway, Mackenzie, Lyon, Robinson
Forwards: Graham, Diack.
That's 16 players - although I don't think we'll sign Stewart (if Doolan has a functioning pair of eyes), Lawless has got to be a large question mark moving forward given the severity of his injury and his age, though obviously I hope I'm wrong on that, and Lyon might get moved on during the summer especially if we're signing another young midfielder.
f**k knows what we'll do with half these guys if we go up , but I'm willing to find out.
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I think even if Airdrie lose to DU on Friday which would realistically confirm us as 3rd given our GD advantage, we'll start this game with our strongest team available, but depending on how it's going the likes of Graham and Fitzpatrick might only play 60 minutes or so.
The argument for resting players in this game and not at Tannadice would be if we played a shadow team on the last day and got thumped then does it affect the team morale going into the playoffs? You can argue these things either way, probably one of those situations where the result vs Airdrie means we've done the right thing if we win and wrong thing if we lose regardless of what option we take.
I agree with playing O'Reilly ahead of Muirhead to get him some game time as well
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To sort of answer the original query:
Since we went to 4 tiers in 1994-95 the longest spell in 2nd tier without moving up or down is 10 years by QoS from promotion in summer of 2002 to relegation in 2012. A couple of teams have done 9, Falkirk and Morton.
The longest in the 3rd tier (and this surprised me) is Brechin who spent 11 years without going up or down from 2006 to 2017, when they got promoted into the championship. Tailed off a bit after that it's fair to say. Airdrie next best with 10 which ended last summer.
So Elgin quite comfortably in the lead albeit it still is harder to get out of the 4th tier in the wrong direction.
Morton have had the most seasons in the 2nd tier since that date with 22 and Forfar in the 3rd tier with 20 , but Forfar have never had more than 7 in a row in the third tier.
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3 minutes ago, The Thistle Archive said:
Most of your post-Airdrie updates in place, with a packed edition of 'Stats Watch'. Donald Wilson's capture nails it!
● Brian Graham - the Division's top-scorer - has now scored against every team in the league this season! Has that ever happened before for us? Seems unlikely - certainly prior to 10 team divisions.
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True, seems like a transition year this year and go for it next year once Diggs and Miller huge cap hits off the books.
Anyway, some notable names that Buffalo have either signed as UDFAs or invited to mini camp:
Frank Gore Jr, his dad played for the Bills only 5 years ago. Not quite Eidur Gudjohnsen replacing his dad but that's a short gap
Branson Deen (the Bills GM is Brandon Beane, sounds like a fake name)
Keaton Bills (seems an appropriate name)
Keni-H Lovely
Kolbi Fuqua - shame he doesn't play the same position as the guy above him or we could have a Lovely-Fuqua tandem