Right I can say this now without sounding like i have a vested interest. I don't want an 18 team league. It produces far too many boring games. People say they get bored playing the same team 4 times a season, but it,s not the number of times you play that's boring it's meaningless games that are boring. Thistles fourth games with Hamilton Ross Co. and Dundee brought in an extra 1000 each on the earlier fixtures because their was something to play for. If it was an 18 team league the teams 9th-12th would have nothing to play for and the crowds would be down. 4 smaller leagues mean more relegation battles, more promotion battles. Just more interesting games. Thistle are now in the Championship. it's a great league. it would disappear if we had an 18 team league.