Redstarstranraer Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Barry Hearn has been laying in to the SPFL again. Seems the Evening Times contacted him expecting the usual quotes about how much better off the Scottish game will be with the Rangers having made it up to the top tier, but he's gone slightly off message again: “The only sad part, for me, is that you have to be so careful about those matches dwarfing everyone else so that they feel they are not part of the same group because of the supporter base. “You mustn’t take your eye off the ball, if you like, of the overall job that has got to be done with Scottish football. “In a utopian world, Dunfermline, Aberdeen, whoever, are all as big as Rangers and Celtic. That is not going to happen but it shouldn’t stop you trying to make it happen. “It is great news for Scottish football and it will improve various sponsorship and TV deals because of the certainty of those games happening, and that is obviously a shot in the arm for Scottish football. “But it mustn’t be an excuse and you forget about the bigger picture, which is the promotion of football in Scotland.” http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/14729046.Barry_Hearn__The_Old_Firm_return_is_box_office___but_Scottish_football_shouldn__39_t_rely_on_the_big_two/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Wish he'd take over from Doncaster. Then we'd get walk on songs for the teams and burds dancing about in bikinis. That'd be an eye opener in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Someone should tell him that Rangers are now known as sevcodeidcozombienewcothetribureacttherangersinternational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 ^^^ scrambling for relevance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 After four seasons apart, Rangers and Celtic will fight for the Premiership crown once again in the coming months and their head-to-heads will be crucial in determining the destination of the silverware. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 6 minutes ago, bennett said: Someone should tell him that Rangers are now known as sevcodeidcozombienewcothetribureacttherangersinternational. That name is almost as big as the chip on your shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Malcolm Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Barry Hearn gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 8 minutes ago, bennett said: Someone should tell him that Rangers are now known as sevcodeidcozombienewcothetribureacttherangersinternational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Top, top boi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Not for the first time, Hearn gets it spot on in a few comments while the folk who run our game seem to do exactly the opposite of what is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 More common sense, goodwill and above all - belief in our game than Regan, Doncaster, Strachan and just about the entire Scottish media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 31 minutes ago, bennett said: Someone should tell him that Rangers are now known as sevcodeidcozombienewcothetribureacttherangersinternational. Ah well, at least you aren't bothered about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Apart from their own fans, it's only the press and media tarts that care about that pair. I couldn't give a f**k at a rolling doughnut what they get up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Get Eddie Hearn in charge of the SPFL, just for the seethe from all the lads on the lads on the Boxing thread. Sweet Caroline.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Shock to hear that someone who is not a fan of either Celtic or Sevco and/or a 'journalist' with a vested interested (most of whom are usually Celtic or Sevco fans themselves) come out with something different to the party line. Also Scottish football doesn't rely on the 'big two' anyway, unless you take Scottish football to mean any interest in those two clubs. Ross County have never played Sevco (or the dead club). How exactly are they relying on them? Edinburgh City have somehow made it to the SPFL without ever playing Celtic, Sevco or the dead club. How do teams like Stirling, Montrose, Arbroath, Alloa, Queen of the South rely on Celtic and Sevco? They don't of course. Had a read of that article and the first two lines had me raging; IT is the box office bout between the heavyweights of Scottish football. It is the rematch that could help our game get off the ropes and come out swinging once again. And Barry Hearn hopes the return of the Old Firm showpiece will be the inspiration to the power brokers and not an excuse to down tools in the rebuilding job at Hampden and across the country. It's just lies. Easily dis-proven lies. When was Scottish football 'on the ropes'? Was it when loads of clubs were flourishing and winning trophies? What 'rebuilding' job is ongoing at Hampden (I assume they mean the SPFL/SFA)? And what 'rebuilding' is going on across the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Get Eddie Hearn in charge of the SPFL, just for the seethe from all the lads on the lads on the Boxing thread. Sweet Caroline.... Prefer him in charge of the sfa as it goes. Let Barry do spfl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessmagic Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 28 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Shock to hear that someone who is not a fan of either Celtic or Sevco and/or a 'journalist' with a vested interested (most of whom are usually Celtic or Sevco fans themselves) come out with something different to the party line. Also Scottish football doesn't rely on the 'big two' anyway, unless you take Scottish football to mean any interest in those two clubs. Ross County have never played Sevco (or the dead club). How exactly are they relying on them? Edinburgh City have somehow made it to the SPFL without ever playing Celtic, Sevco or the dead club. How do teams like Stirling, Montrose, Arbroath, Alloa, Queen of the South rely on Celtic and Sevco? They don't of course. Had a read of that article and the first two lines had me raging; IT is the box office bout between the heavyweights of Scottish football. It is the rematch that could help our game get off the ropes and come out swinging once again. And Barry Hearn hopes the return of the Old Firm showpiece will be the inspiration to the power brokers and not an excuse to down tools in the rebuilding job at Hampden and across the country. It's just lies. Easily dis-proven lies. When was Scottish football 'on the ropes'? Was it when loads of clubs were flourishing and winning trophies? What 'rebuilding' job is ongoing at Hampden (I assume they mean the SPFL/SFA)? And what 'rebuilding' is going on across the country? It wasn't on the ropes...but it seems we just suffered a serious armageddon which we are only just recovering from. Didn't notice it mind - what it looked like to my ignorant mind was an absolutely great four years for Scottish football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 hour ago, bennett said: Someone should tell him that Rangers are now known as sevcodeidcozombienewcothetribureacttherangersinternational I've shortened that for you so it's less of a mouthful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 22 minutes ago, jessmagic said: It wasn't on the ropes...but it seems we just suffered a serious armageddon which we are only just recovering from. Didn't notice it mind - what it looked like to my ignorant mind was an absolutely great four years for Scottish football. I think you could miss an Armageddon, tbf, if you weren't particularly paying attention. It was the social unrest, the nuclear winter and the slow, lingering death I must've been oblivious to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 47 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Ross County have never played Sevco (or the dead club). Erm, yes we have. We played the oldco 3 times in cups, all in Dingwall. 28/02/1966 Scottish Cup (2nd Round) 0 - 2 18/02/2001 Scottish Cup (4th Round) 2 - 3 28/11/2001 League Cup (Quarter Final) 1 - 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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