[Where will the SPFL be in 2042-43 Season?]

37 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said:

2002-03 Hearts finished third in the league, 36 points off top, got put out of one cup by shite, another cup by Rangers at Hampden. Finished 36 points behind the OF.

2003-04 Hearts finished third in the league, 30 points off top, got put out the League Cup by shite and the Scottish Cup 3-0 at home to Celtic. Short European run with some high points ultimately finishing in disappointment.

The last two seasons are startlingly similar.

2021-22 - Finished third in the league, 32 points off top, put out the League Cup by Celtic, lost the Cup Final to Rangers.

2022-23 - Currently third in the league, 34 points off top and growing, put out the League Cup by shite, put out the Scottish Cup 3-0 at home to Celtic. Short European run with some high points ultimately ending in disappointment.

So, in two decades we're more or less where we were. Just a slightly bigger gap.

I think it's seven of the last ten domestic cups we've either lost in the final to the OF or been knocked out on the way by the OF. For all that Hearts are getting a lot of things right, there's a b*****d of a glass ceiling to break through to win anything. I don't see why things will be any different in two decades from now.

Totally Agree

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39 minutes ago, coprolite said:

Ebbe was ahead of his time. 

He tried his best TBF

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23 minutes ago, coprolite said:

Again? The "banter managers" thread is long overdue 

TBF I think the poor appointments of the past were down to a lack of due diligence of the candidates appointed.

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Hugh Keevins is a very strange man.

[League reconstruction: Let's hear your view]

Shoehorning B teams into actual senior leagues shows the incompetence of the authorities of running a competitive and worthwhile reserve league setup.

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I would like a club like Aberdeen to go for a completely rogue European manager as there are definitely managers across the continent who overachieve in their leagues with minimal resources who could potentially replicate that in Scotland.

[Where will the SPFL be in 2042-43 Season?]

Exactly the same place as today unfortunately