Cerberus Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 You do know that they sold him for a small fortune, right?The point being that a 5th tier English club has more money that the 2nd best Scottish club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Cerberus said: The point being that a 5th tier English club has more money that the 2nd best Scottish club. This is evidence of lunacy in English football and not tin pottery in Scottish. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Cerberus said: The point being that a 5th tier English club has more money that the 2nd best Scottish club. Yes, most Scottish clubs aren't owned by five millionaires desperate for attention, though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 8 hours ago, Cerberus said: The point being that a 5th tier English club has more money that the 2nd best Scottish club. Sheep could have kept him. The Dons wanted shot of him, and for some time too. We were linked with him. I think Hertz were at one point, and some other clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazil85 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 8 hours ago, Cerberus said: The point being that a 5th tier English club has more money that the 2nd best Scottish club. I don't know why this surprises anyone. the SP has no competition, the champions are known before a ball has been kicked. The quality of football is also very low. We aren't marketable, why would anyone want to invest money in it? It's no surprise at all to me that lower level leagues in England have more spending power. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I don't know why this surprises anyone. the SP has no competition, the champions are known before a ball has been kicked. The quality of football is also very low. We aren't marketable, why would anyone want to invest money in it? It's no surprise at all to me that lower level leagues in England have more spending power. is there any need to knock the game up here so much? yes the champions are known before it kicks off but i disagree with "the quality of football is also very low". it may not be world class but most games not involving celtic are competitive and entertaining. the game clearly is marketable as we have seen an increase in tv revenue and sponsorship over the last few years. yes we are nowhere near what the EPL generate and never will be but id much rather watch a game up here than down there. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I don't know why this surprises anyone. the SP has no competition, the champions are known before a ball has been kicked. The quality of football is also very low. We aren't marketable, why would anyone want to invest money in it? It's no surprise at all to me that lower level leagues in England have more spending power. That is of absolutely no relevance to Adam Rooney going to Salford but you crack on anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 43 minutes ago, Bazil85 said: I don't know why this surprises anyone. the SP has no competition, the champions are known before a ball has been kicked. The quality of football is also very low. We aren't marketable, why would anyone want to invest money in it? It's no surprise at all to me that lower level leagues in England have more spending power. Shut up, Doncaster you cockwomble. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Another fudpiece Scot-daan-saaf sticking the boot in. Like RandomGuy says Jim, not every SPFL Premiership club has 5 multi-millionaires spunking several thousands a week on wages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 You could start by using apostrophes properly, Jim. Then you could start lobbying to have the Old Firm put down like the rabid dogs they are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Bazil85 said: I don't know why this surprises anyone. the SP has no competition, the champions are known before a ball has been kicked. The quality of football is also very low. We aren't marketable, why would anyone want to invest money in it? It's no surprise at all to me that lower level leagues in England have more spending power. This attitude seems to permeate throughout Scottish society as a whole not only in football. Putting ourselves down and in this instance putting the game down before a ball has even been kicked in anger. This self depreciating attitude has gotten us no where and needs to change. Also i agree with folk above also, i would much rather watch matches that were competitive and evenly matched apart from one team, than watch a bigger league where six teams horse everyone else and the top 6 just play for draws against each other. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Scottish Third Division Gretna signing players from the SPL was more embarrassing than Rooney going to money launderers Salford but of course that was a fairytale, not an embarrassment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Scottish Third Division Gretna signing players from the SPL was more embarrassing than Rooney going to money launderers Salford but of course that was a fairytale, not an embarrassment. i dont think salford are doing a thing wrong. they arent living within their means but they have owners willing to back their loses knowing that once they reach the football league the books will balance.they arent the first club to adopt this business model and they wont be the last. just look at the amount of championship clubs down there that do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 20 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Another fudpiece Scot-daan-saaf sticking the boot in. Like RandomGuy says Jim, not every SPFL Premiership club has 5 multi-millionaires spunking several thousands a week on wages. f**k them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, ah-dee said: i dont think salford are doing a thing wrong. they arent living within their means but they have owners willing to back their loses knowing that once they reach the football league the books will balance. they arent the first club to adopt this business model and they wont be the last. just look at the amount of championship clubs down there that do it. Comparing Salford to the Scottish Premiership is not really a fair comparison in that sense. Not blaming Salford, but they have more money at their disposal than many clubs in the English League One, so not many Scottish clubs will be able to outspend them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 17 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: f**k them. They have never understood that our negative relationship flows two ways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFCTillIDie Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Comparing Salford to the Scottish Premiership is not really a fair comparison in that sense. Not blaming Salford, but they have more money at their disposal than many clubs in the English League One, so not many Scottish clubs will be able to outspend them.The money at their disposal is the problem with English football, albeit they are owned by millionaires many clubs down the leagues there are and it takes the passion from the game, I’d take our dreadful quality football in a heartbeat over the prawn sandwich Salford, still has the fire and passion up here and that’s what football is about 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, ah-dee said: i dont think salford are doing a thing wrong. they arent living within their means but they have owners willing to back their loses knowing that once they reach the football league the books will balance. they arent the first club to adopt this business model and they wont be the last. just look at the amount of championship clubs down there that do it. Depends on what you class as wrong. Major shareholder Peter Lim and his 'Class of 92' chums have totally destroyed what was the well loved, local community club, Salford City, totally alienating life long fans and volunteers who didn't want to follow league football and have recreated the club in the image of Man United to fuel their own ambitions. Personally I don't class that as right. Edited July 20, 2018 by 7-2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 16 hours ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Aberdeen losing their best player (and club legend) Adam Rooney to a team newly promoted to the English 5th tier is pretty tin pot. U wut? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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