coqofthenorth Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Long-time lurker and 1st time poster. What a fantastic thread! I don't claim to have read it all but have been kind of addicted to it over the last month or so. The Newco debacle has brought a number of issues to a head that many supporters have been struggling with for some time; the OF bias, sectarianism, league structure, TV money etc. etc. I think we're now being presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity to change. The recent statements from those who currently govern the game in Scotland are hardly surprising; they are trying desperately to preserve what they have. They are stuck in the past and are either unwilling or unable to see a better way. Setting aside (just for a second as the banter on here has been brilliant) the debate around where Newco should or shouldn't end up with the league structure. I reckon this is a real watershed moment for the game in Scotland. What is that we, the fans, want Scottish Football to look like? I reckon there are enough intelligent people on this thread alone who, between them, could define what it should be like and begin a push for change. This scenario hasn't been possible before but technology has given us a voice and it has been listened to as proven by the Chairmen of various clubs issuing public statements. I'm not naive enough to think there's some sort or Nirvana to aim for here. I don't believe in perfect but if we, the ordinary fans, don't take the opportunity now I fear we'll just end up with more of the same dished out in the same way it has been for years. Apologies for the long post and I don't have any suggestions about what to next but just had to get that off my chest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 N.B. Guaranteed not my own work.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 No they just believe that deep down only they know what is best for Scottish Football, and the Nae Sayers are just an angry mob driven by a handful of Internet nutters. Ps twitter saying that Green is meeting Whyte in the Menzies hotel in Glasgow right Now ? I read that Whyte is due in court in Inverness to answer a speeding charge. He has no-showed twice, I believe, but has submitted excuses via his solicitor. Is this serious enough that the polis would try to chase him up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie guevara Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 he's getting to that age (just turned 7) he's now taking an interest in football, and the problem is he has grown up with a rangers fan and a celtic fan as parents poor bugger.. certainly there was no danger i was exposing him to the crap that gets flung around either of their grounds, With my recent unhappiness at the way my club has behaved I think the time might be here to try and tempt him with a diddy team™ absolutely gutting but this is one rangers fan walking away - from bigotry cheating and the tripe attached to my club firhill is just up the road, might have to try and persuade him Where's jagfox when you need him, to point out that kids go free at Firhill? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Who and where are these 103 c***s?? They are the members of the rffffffffffff and of course two votes are andy goram 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) Apologies for the long post and I don't have any suggestions about what to next but just had to get that off my chest. Welcome. Long, well written posts are what people want. Better than the trite shite that I keep putting up Edited June 29, 2012 by cyderspaceman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotland1314 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I read that Whyte is due in court in Inverness to answer a speeding charge. He has no-showed twice, I believe, but has submitted excuses via his solicitor. Is this serious enough that the polis would try to chase him up? The JP granted the continuation and the clerk announced that the case would call again on July 4. There was no instruction that Whyte should appear personally. The businessman, who has been banned from football for life, faces a driving ban if convicted. But as long as he gives an undertaking not to drive before the next court date, a solicitor can represent him or a letter plea can be accepted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie guevara Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The main ones are; enquiries@scotprem.com and info@scottishfa.co.uk info@scottishfootballleague.com for the Longmuir hotline Alex Thomson hints that Longmuir is pissed off at Dimcaster's grandstanding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnesTON Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Celtic's big friend of the Diddies face is beginning to crack: My link Maybe it is time for us to take the nuclear option, if Scottish Football can’t do without a Rangers, Celtic should give the 2 years notice required, and resign from the SPL, let’s see how they get on without Celtic and their supporters. Are they leaving now ? bye 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Roth Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 And there's more - #houseofcards alex thomson @alextomoSenior Hampden source tells #c4news cannot see how RFC were allowed to play last season at all. Doesn't believe they met finance criteria... Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Maybe it is time for us to take the nuclear option, if Scottish Football can’t do without a Rangers, Celtic should give the 2 years notice required, and resign from the SPL, let’s see how they get on without Celtic and their supporters. Are they leaving now ? bye Is that a promise? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Long-time lurker and 1st time poster. What a fantastic thread! I don't claim to have read it all but have been kind of addicted to it over the last month or so. ... Apologies for the long post and I don't have any suggestions about what to next but just had to get that off my chest. What I would like to see once all this has been resolved and settled down... and we might be talking after a couple of years of hard cost-cutting and 'retrenchment', too... is some kind of fans proposals which mixes viability with desirability to suggest an achieveable compromise. For example - only a couple of months ago Supporters' Direct released what they claimed to be the "Fans Plan"... ... but it was ridiculous. Full of nonsense like Sectional League Cups, booting 10 clubs out of the league, and a bizarre 'requirement' for 'every' club to average 2/3 of their capacity. What would be positive is if there was a proposal put together which suggests a workable scenario between the ideal and the practical. For example: a most popular division size among fans (almost invariably) is 16-teams playing 30-games. But this ideal isn't financially viable. On the opposite side the financials and the authorities want 10-team SPL. But this this isn't acceptable to fans. So surely the way forward is a compromise? For example a 14-team SPL with a split for 36/40-games. That's just an example. Neither outlook... the ultra-ideal or the ultra-practical... can win and be popular/viable. But there surely must be a middleground betwixt the 2 which is achieveable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forzamorton Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 This picture gave me quite a chuckle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The JP granted the continuation and the clerk announced that the case would call again on July 4. There was no instruction that Whyte should appear personally. The businessman, who has been banned from football for life, faces a driving ban if convicted. But as long as he gives an undertaking not to drive before the next court date, a solicitor can represent him or a letter plea can be accepted. Goody, I'm going to be in Inverness on the 4th, can anyone get in? I want to present him or his soliciter with an award for services to Scottish Football.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Of 18,625 Scotsman readers who have expressed an opinion in a poll on Sevco's place in the game, 18,522 believe Sevco should start in SFL3 2 hours ago 103 people who didn't understand the question? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyarabnuts Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 alex thomson @alextomoPaints a picture os something now close to civil war between S Premier League, S Football League and SFA. Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 6malex thomson @alextomoSenior Hampden source: they and clubs now inundated by fanpower demanding integrity over money. Says fans are right... Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 8malex thomson @alextomoSenior Hampden source tells #c4news cannot see how RFC were allowed to play last season at all. Doesn't believe they met finance criteria... Surely UEFA/FIFA should be stepping in and getting cockwomble and his cronies tae feck !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 alex thomson @alextomo 4m Paints a picture os something now close to civil war between S Premier League, S Football League and SFA. View details · alex thomson @alextomo 6m Senior Hampden source: they and clubs now inundated by fanpower demanding integrity over money. Says fans are right... View details · alex thomson @alextomo 7m Senior Hampden source tells #c4news cannot see how RFC were allowed to play last season at all. Doesn't believe they met finance criteria... View details · alex thomson @alextomo 9m Source says this is nothing less than a crude takeover bid by Scottish Premier League for Football League... View details · 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 lol sorry rusty! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Roth Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) alex thomson @alextomoPaints a picture os something now close to civil war between S Premier League, S Football League and SFA. Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 6malex thomson @alextomoSenior Hampden source: they and clubs now inundated by fanpower demanding integrity over money. Says fans are right... Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 8malex thomson @alextomoSenior Hampden source tells #c4news cannot see how RFC were allowed to play last season at all. Doesn't believe they met finance criteria... Surely UEFA/FIFA should be stepping in and getting cockwomble and his cronies tae feck !! Instead of civil war can the 3 bosses not all just have an all-in death-match using bags of Murdoch's silver as weapons? Edited June 29, 2012 by Bob Roth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Alex Thomson hints that Longmuir is pissed off at Dimcaster's grandstanding. If only their was some way these 2 could settle this, is Hampden still good for hosting boxing matches? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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