Ian38018

Some footage of fitba' on the ground:

Impressive line-up!! Jethro Tull Apollo 1977 was mine: http://therockandrollknife.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-10-20T14%3A21%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=1

Mr Murdoch couldn't care less. He sold Sky a couple of years ago. A figure of speech, sir.

The "least interesting" to whom? 100,000 folks turn up each fortnight to either Parkhead or Ibrox - and that is not counting the Celtic-minded or "Rangers-minded" (if such a term exists), who fail to frequent their local clubs due to their tribal leanings, but shell out for Sky/BT packages. The doings of the Ugly Sisters may not interest you, but when it comes to selling our game they are, regretfully, the only show in town.

OK - Reconstruction. (I am not even going to countenance title-play-offs. That is Mickey Mouse thinking for Mickey Mouse sports). You first deal breaker (or strictly speaking, deal-maker) with Mr. Murdoch is 4 Old Firm matches per season. So forget about 16 or 18 team leagues. 10 is one number which guarantees the requisite number of OF duels - Good Luck getting the majority of current 12 Premiership clubs to agree to reduce their numbers, though. You could just about squeeze 12 clubs playing each other 4 times into a season (we have done it before), but it leaves precious little room for wriggle in the event of a bad winter or (less likely, I know) someone having a run in Europe. 14 would work, with a 6/8 or 8/6 (or even 7/7) split, after each side plays each other twice. But that means a split around late January or early February. A long time afterwards for the majority of clubs to spend treading water. So how about we try a top league of 12, which splits into 6/6 after clubs play each other three times? That would be worth a go. Oh, wait a minute...............

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Sorry - but any sport using play-offs to decide a title is just Mickey Mouse.

Is Scotland really such a huge country, that we need to regionalise below the top 2 tiers? The downside of regionalising Leagues One and Two, is it reduces the number of promotion/ play-off places in each league.

So - what does it look like now? http://ian38018.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-16T05%3A00%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=1

I think folks were more suggesting he talks a refreshingly alternative sort of pish to the current Sportsound coven.

Perhaps even the missing Prague striker.

So for a legal ignoramus like me - basically the judge has booted the ba' into the long grass, and told SFA to go find it?? And if he cannae find it, come back to me??

Considering the way he dealt with Rangers' and Tom English's allegations on Sportsound I doubt he'll be putting on a sweat either way. Yes - I was just thinking something similar myself. Let us find out just what the chap is really made of. We may, actually, end up being slightly impressed. (although, maybes naw).

.....at £175 a post (exc VAT and expenses)

Colombia keeps getting KB'd for these big tournaments. Anyone would think there was something wrong with the place.

Fair comment, Sir.

Levein is so lacking in self-awareness, I am sure the thinks every decision he made for Hearts over the past decade or so was the right one.

More pertinently ,ask them if they would swap their future for ours, and I think they would also say No.

We would have qualified for 1978 with a draw at Anfield. So, whilst JJ's fist put us in the comfort zone, we were still qualifying before that incident.

Two words - "Differently Promoted"

Every set-up is temporary.

I have a bit of news for you.

Is that a euphemism for erm...........something?

I missed that, sorry, as I was working. Could you summarise for us?

Doesn't two colt team hatefests count? Never thought of that...............................................you may be onto something!