IveSeenTheLight

I’ll take that, breakaway goal to win 1-0. It could go in off the new boys arse for all I care

Its maybe Putin's way to seek revenge for Vladimir Romanov

My proposal would be that there should be consistency and that this should be applied across the board. There are plenty of instances where players sent off in friendlies have missed the following domestic games. The alternative is that there is an across the board agreement that incidents in friendlies only pertain to the game itself and doesn't inflict consequences in following games. What doesn't sit well that it is determined by the individual FA's as that leads to inconsistency and potential corroboration / corruption. As RussellAnderson says above, he's made very little impact on games against Aberdeen (indeed his stats are not impressive overall) and long may that continue

Yes, I do know. The Veolia Tournament, held in France against French teams with French association officials. Excellent example of demonstrating consistency and fairness across the board and impressing on youngsters of today watching the televised event that there is no consequence of actions in "some" friendlies

When do they announce John Beaton as the ref?

No, SevCo are getting advantages before the season kicks off. Seems like there is an opportunity to bypass the system and not have players suspended if an agreement can be made for the relevant authority not to report it officially.

Had the french league previously put it to a vote? I see they did subsequently. I'd expect the arbitration panel to have a view of the members vote. Now theres the initial vote (Dundeegate) but wasn't there also a subsequent premier league vote some time later that concluded the SPFL (Dundee not involved in that)

Did I read something similar happened somewhere else in Europe (France), where the courts blocked relegation and the league still voted and rejected it. they had 20 teams in the league and said they could not increase the league

Not done and dusted though. Good lead maybe, but not mathematically concluded

The Season should be put on hold until its completed then.

There's no way they'll have won the championship after 13 games

The parachute payments for sides relegated in 11th are funded by gate revenues from playoff games. That doesn't exist. Fair enough. That said I though the figures were questionable. If they need to get £750,000 profit out of 6 play off games, it might be a stretch but I take your potential point. I thought the SPFL took a cut but the remainder (the majority) was retained by the clubs.

I agree, it is extremely tough on Falkirk. They had the opportunity to get direct promotion. I said before that the first point should have been to complete the season when they could. When that was not possible, they should have went with a temporary reconstruction. It was individual club selfishness which stopped that Then it was down to an agreement of the clubs to call the season as it was, which I agree is harsh on the likes of Falkirk

Two thoughts on that. 1) "Potentially" promoted clubs are not materially disadvantaged like relegated clubs are. Yes, they had an opportunity to gain promotion, but that not a guarantee, which leads on to my second point. Yes they would likely to have gained through promotion, but again, that is an advantage, not a disadvantage 2) The rules of probability would play a factor as well

I think on the basis that they still had the opportunity to get off bottom spot in the last 8 games. Nowhere near £8M though.

I mean that is 11th spot had been relegated, there is a £500k parachute payment for them. I had also linked Flash's post which mentioned the same thing That is not needed, therefore the funds are available to be used for compensation.

Maybe I was not as clear as I had intended, let me try and explain it further. Its not "in the bank" as you put it. My point was using the 11th place parachute payment, which is as someone also highlighted below £500k. That's not in the bank for Hearts, Partick or Stranrear So immediately you have as a minimum £500k that can be used towards compensation. That along with the £300k for 12th spot, if there is anything in the lower leagues and throw in a bit more to compensate, then you could be looking at around £1M The money "in Hearts bank" would only be £300k for finishing 12th, with this, they could get that increased to say £800k, with the other £200k going to Partick / Stranrear.

Good post, but to highlight one section. I read somewhere else that the parachute payments for the teams in 11th (not relegated this year and 12th was something like £800k. If you add in whatever Partick would get as a parachute payment (if there is any), lets say £50k, means that there is already funding for about £850k. Its not outwith the realms of possibility that say £1M could be made available to be split across Hearts, Partick and Stranrear

~St johnstone had some fight about them. You only had 4 wins all season, games where you upped your effort when against Hibs and SevCo. It did not appear that you were able to get enough points against the Ross County's, Hamiltons and St Mirren's that you were up against. The likelyhood is, you were never equipped to scrap it out at the bottom end of the table

I had some sympathy for Hearts. They were the worst team in the league over the period played, but shoud have had the opportunity to turn it around in the final 8 games. i think their form suggests they were unlikely to do so, but you never know. Don't think their £8M claim was fair though which will have riled up a lot of people

I read somewhere that the wage cuts that Aberdeen players were asked about whilst there are no crowds was appearance and bonus money. I guess there could be an exception for Hobban based on his previous time here

Really, so now you think Rangers will be the strongest with Hearts just behind. I would beg to differ. [edit] Out of interest, what makes you think that SevCo are faring so strongly? Is it because they continue to spend money on tick that they don't have? (Kicking the can down the road) Is it because they deferred half their wages for three months? That time must be coming to an end, so are they deferring further. (again kicking the can down the road) Do you believe that they are about to sell Morelos for £30M (or whatever the latest made up valuation is? Do you not think things might take a turn for the worse for them if their marquee signings fail to stop 10 in a row I find it strange to think that SevCo are faring the best at this moment, but not surprising coming from a Hearts supporter

So you now think that Hearts will come out of this the strongest? I presume you are basing this on being awarded and unjustifiable £8M.