Garrowhillclyde Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 1 minute ago, HibeeJibee said: Mandatory. Does seem somewhat daft if its not financially viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Mandatory. However it's pretty fanciful to think that this would be the way to go about it. Listing (allegedly and if there is truth to the claims) an ineligible player, hoping someone notices, hoping it gets punished, hoping no-one "blabs", and blowing your league title in process? C'mon. It would probably be the easiest way to do it if you really wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 5 minutes ago, Garrowhillclyde said: Does seem somewhat daft if its not financially viable. That's the thing when you force clubs into things. Umpteen clubs in England have bit the dust over the years due to spending money they didn't have moving up the pyramid. Only this week both Darlington and Poole Town both got told they wern't getting to take part in the National League play offs as they don't have enough seats for the league! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Beach Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 B'Jesus if Lossiemouth can get a point at Cove, Brora are champions. Should see off East Kilbride and sort out Clyde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde01 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 B'Jesus if Lossiemouth can get a point at Cove, Brora are champions. Should see off East Kilbride and sort out Clyde. You play 10th in the play off chump, not 8th. Your wee raging hard on for Clyde is cute though. Xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Declining a playoff place would make a mockery of the whole thing. Buckie did vote against the pyramid and have been caught by surprise this season. Brora and Cove both voted for the pyramid and, erm, didn't quite perform in the playoff games, to put it politely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Does seem somewhat daft if its not financially viable. Promotion was explained to the SHFL sides as being very viable, but the sides in the league are happy playing each other and taking the perks of being senior without really wanting to work for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 As with relegation from the EPL, clubs are given parachute payments in order to ensure the existing wage budget is met each month, is there anything in place for teams coming up to League 2? Not for existing wages as such, but for longer journeys than they are currently used to. I mean, whilst it is highly unlikely, at present anyway, but for a side like Wick to come up, that would surely mean overnight stays for pretty much every away trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Don't believe it's deliberate. They play hard all season to win the league. Their fans pay to watch hoping they win the league. They wouldn't throw the league. surely they would just lose 1 of the play off rounds by taking the foot off the gas a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I can't believe its deliberate - it could cost them the title and that's way too important to throw away in protest - but it's a really careless, and needless, thing to have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only coo in the village Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, big al said: Don't believe it's deliberate. They play hard all season to win the league. Their fans pay to watch hoping they win the league. They wouldn't throw the league. surely they would just lose 1 of the play off rounds by taking the foot off the gas a bit? Exactly. The entire league would be utterly pointless if you never wanted to win it for fear of being promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 46 minutes ago, Adam said: As with relegation from the EPL, clubs are given parachute payments in order to ensure the existing wage budget is met each month, is there anything in place for teams coming up to League 2? Not for existing wages as such, but for longer journeys than they are currently used to. I mean, whilst it is highly unlikely, at present anyway, but for a side like Wick to come up, that would surely mean overnight stays for pretty much every away trip. They will get at the very least the annual club 42 payment which is more than you would ever get in either the HL or LL. Also automatic entry to the League and Challenge Cups and a round further in in the Scottish Cup draw. It would probably be drained away by travel if you come from the Highlands but still a lot of money compared to what non league sides draw in at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Beach Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 You play 10th in the play off chump, not 8th. Your wee raging hard on for Clyde is cute though. Xx Oh that clarifies it for a dumb highlander! By the time the next neep tide comes to pass, Clyde will be 10th and the music stopped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 13 minutes ago, Back Beach said: Oh that clarifies it for a dumb highlander! By the time the next neep tide comes to pass, Clyde will be 10th and the music stopped! We don't have no tides in Cumbernauld, neeps, springs or anything in between. I have to say though that a couple of weeks ago I'd have thought we were certs to finish bottom. However, we've suddenly found a bit of fight. Unfortunately every other team round us seems to have done likewise. If Brora end up in the league, you guys will have a heck of a lot of travelling to do. Could be a logistical nightmare. Imagine, for example, Berwick v Brora on a midweek night ! Don't know what your players do for a living but you might find some players can't be available for games like that. I'll be interested in how the HL winners do against East Kilbride who have romped the Lowland League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 If Elgin can play Berwick midweek year in year out then let's not make Brora's excuses for them already. It's not that much further away. Not that Brora have any chance of winning the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Folk go on about these trips to Berwick like they're a regular occurrence. Someone on Fitba North looked them up and Elgin have done long haul midweek always something like half a dozen times in sixteen years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 16 hours ago, cowdenbeath said: That's the thing when you force clubs into things. Umpteen clubs in England have bit the dust over the years due to spending money they didn't have moving up the pyramid. Only this week both Darlington and Poole Town both got told they wern't getting to take part in the National League play offs as they don't have enough seats for the league! They both want to go up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 If the HL clubs continue to fight shy of actual promotion I assume it won't be too long before the SFA takes action and sets up a Highland Feeder league committed to promotion. Aside from Cove and recent converts Brora, do any of the other clubs actually want promotion? Possibly Turriff and Wick at a push. Beyond that, the remaining clubs seem happy with where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surely not! Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 If the HL clubs continue to fight shy of actual promotion I assume it won't be too long before the SFA takes action and sets up a Highland Feeder league committed to promotion. Aside from Cove and recent converts Brora, do any of the other clubs actually want promotion? Possibly Turriff and Wick at a push. Beyond that, the remaining clubs seem happy with where they are. It's almost a moot point. There are only three teams anywhere near winning the league at the moment, and cove and Brora are the most likely over the next few years. The real test will be when both of those depart the HL and then what's rest is made up of teams who aren't keen for promotion. Given the way the bottom of league two looks ( all potential LL teams rather than HL teams), there could be some shift in the HL power over the next few seasons - particularly regarding who wants to go up. The LL has the same issues. Genuinely everyone saying they'd love to go up but it only really matters that the teams capable of winning it want to. So EK, Spartans, Shire and with Colts progressing all do and seem the only teams likely to be in the mix up in the near future- plus whoever comes down ( if anyone). Essentially in any given year it only needs one team from each league to want to go up - as long as they happen to be the team who wins it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Buckie Thistle are saying they have it in writing from the Highland League secretary that it was OK to use Callum Murray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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