JohnnyB Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 If the SFA are such villains in this (and that's certainly how I see it) why is the idea of targeting games involving the SFA's representative team being ignored? Boycott talk can be cheap and overused, but I would see a boycott of Scotland fixtures as entirely legitimate here. What a visible and finacially powerful weapon this could be. We all know that the Scotland support depends a lot on diddy fans. I think this could be very effective if coordinated. Rather than get people from all over to show up at Hampden as fizzled out last week, get them to stay away when they wouldn't usually. A Morton fan suggested such a thing on the TA board on here, but was roundly shouted down. I think it's a great idea. A couple of days ago they had sold 9,741 ‘season tickets’ for home games in the WC qualifiers and I assume that the added incentive of the package also giving priority for the friendly at Wembley next year helped achieve the 9,741 sold. Whilst I desperately want to get a ticket for the Wembley game next year I have decided to hold back and see what happens with Newco as I personally think that the SFA are the ones, as the games governors, to blame most. If they continue the way they have been, then the national team are finished as far as I’m concerned. Not that there is much joy following Scotland anyway! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owsley Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Craig Burley is best ignored. I read the first sentence and knew to read on would me angrier and angrier. Is there no Gordon Waddell article to add a bit of balance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 A couple of days ago they had sold 9,741 'season tickets' for home games in the WC qualifiers and I assume that the added incentive of the package also giving priority for the friendly at Wembley next year helped achieve the 9,741 sold. Whilst I desperately want to get a ticket for the Wembley game next year I have decided to hold back and see what happens with Newco as I personally think that the SFA are the ones, as the games governors, to blame most. If they continue the way they have been, then the national team are finished as far as I'm concerned. Not that there is much joy following Scotland anyway! The SFA are doing their bit for the boycott by keeping Levein in charge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBank Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Well boys and girls, Alex T will be pushing the right buttons at FIFA and UEFA from the press side of things it's time we the keyboard bashing internet bampots started doing what we do best and backing up his words with our own views on the subject. http://www.fifa.com/contact/form.html http://www.uefa.com/...sid=409267.html http://www.uefa.com/...back/index.html Bump ..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Craig Burley is best ignored. I read the first sentence and knew to read on would me angrier and angrier. Is there no Gordon Waddell article to add a bit of balance? I wish I'd stopped at the first sentence. Gone way past angry now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Bible Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Burley's masterpiece: "I’ve heard comments from clubs like Cowdenbeath, Peterhead insisting they must start from scratch in the Third – who are these people and how are they qualified to make a decision that will affect clubs 10 times their size?" eh..................? Donald Findlay..................... His article is exactly the reason it all has to change. The absolute and total lack of respect for wider footballing community is galling, and telling at the same time. Keep focussed on the prize, which to me means abandonment of the whole SPL debacle and punishment/consequences within the existing rules. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyarabnuts Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 (edited) Its the last desperate thoughts of a man who knows that if the sky/espn deal is scrubbed, then he is out of a job as a pundit He's not even a good journalist columnist, as he couldn't even write an original piece for this week, most of it is plagirised from last weeks column, hence the reason for my earlier post. Face it Burley,your a waste of space ETA got my right/rite/write wrong Edited July 8, 2012 by rustyarabnuts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Stramash Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 (edited) He calls us (diddy teams fans) knuckle draggers and neanderthals. He should be sacked for that column. Surely Craig Burley should know that a knuckle dragger and homo neanderthalensis are one and the same. In fact, makes you wonder if he isn't a bit of a homo (neanderthalensis) himself! Homo neanderthalensis Craig Burley Edited July 8, 2012 by Danish Pastry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Jester Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Burley's masterpiece: Well that's spoiled my Sunday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeTeeJag Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Bumley admitted this year that before he signed for Celtic he knew nothing about Scottish football. Not much has changed then. But doesn't it just show how out of touch our media is when they constantly drag out ex players that havent kicked a ball in Scotland, nevermind actually live here in over 10 years. These guys are so out of touch with anything outwith the EPL and SPL that other clubs just don't exist to them. When did ex players stop badly running pubs and start writing columns in crayon for someone else to translate into print??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Dogma Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Burley is worried excluding newco could cost the country millions ...despite oldco costing over a hundred million in debts ffs that article makes traynor look like Shakespeare! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBank Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Someone posted this on ONEF: Longmuir has come out with his statement, and we now know that no matter what the chairmen decide in vote 1 (lets face it, if they vote no, to them entering sfl, dongcaster and regan will slip them into spl somehow) Time for them to realise they've forgotten the biggest factor in sfl football. US Regans secretarial staff - 'anne_marie.mcghie@scottishfa. co.uk' 'sandra.buchanan@scottishfa. co.uk ' SFL 'info@scottishfootballleague. com' Lets clog the mailboxes. and let your clubs know what needs doing, it will be financially worse if they allow them into sfl1, as it'll be empty stadia The 4 voices of reason so far, have been turnbull hutton, steven pressley, john yorkston and alex thompson. But the biggest voice of all needs to be the fans... .yes it'll hurt, and may hurt the club you love....... but whats the point on a rigged league. If newco are not winning the league by mid season, what do you bet some rule changes will come into play? You, raith, dunfermline, any od the 1st division clubs, cannot win, and who wants to win a fixed hollow victory anyway. Lets bring the B******s down. Bump .... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Worst 'article' I have ever read. Burley is a scumbag 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeTeeJag Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Worst 'article' I have ever read. Burley is a scumbag That's giving scumbags a bad name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Bump .... I've already e-mailed the SFL once explaining how disgraceful it would be if a newco are entered straight into the First Division. Fat lot of good that did. If I send another e-mail it'd just say 'You are all corrupt c***s!'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser_smfc Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks Craig. You've allayed any fears I had that I am not good enough to work in Scottish media. If you can sustain employment with your shocking interpretation of Scottish football then there's hope for me yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Apologies for posting a Daily Heil link, but I think this article sums up the situation very well. http://www.dailymail...ck-Collins.html [/size] I do not read the Daily Mail and am therefore unfamiliar with Patrick Collins. I've just looked up a couple of his pieces and, for an English based sports journalist, he seems to be and knowledgeable and unbiased. No doubt someone will disabuse me of this notion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Dogma Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thing is if the suits get their way and corrupt the league it wont be a boycott per se more that the vast majority of fans will simply be turned off a tainted product. It takes a conscious effort to spend hard earned cash and support r team in the arse end of a Scottish winter.it will be very easy to find cheaper warmer things to do and then the financial armegeddon will come to pass 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Right I've pretty much been drunk for the past 24 hours, anything interesting happen? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Sevco being a giant omnishambles is down to years of cheating coming to a head and Duff and Phelps fannying around, but what isn't right is the way Stranraer, Airdrie, Dunfermline and Dundee have been dragged into all this. These 4 clubs will have signed players to handle the challenges of the league that they are in on wages suitable to that league, also they will have sold season tickets at prices based on being in that league and could suddenly find themselves promoted up a league with around 4 weeks to prepare for week 1 of the season. GET IT SORTED 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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