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Guest 8GamesToGo
2 minutes ago, The Other Foot said:

Yes but how do you respond to the accusation that all Hearts fans wear cardigans and drive Rovers?

Same way I respond to the Hibs poet warriors thing. Hilarity. We're all jakeys. HIbs fans just take jakiness to a different level.

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Of course, yes. They have a chance of promotion.
Anyhow that's a question fo D Utd, Hibs and Rangers fans as when we were in the Championship we made sure we won it. Hearts fans have never been in either a promotion or relegation playoff unlike those clubs.
Then if we are using your very unusal definition of the terms "relegation spot" and "promotion spot", I agree that we finished in a relegation spot in 2000. And also 1995, although some people / most people / everyone apart from you would probably say that in 1995 United finished in the only "relegation spot" in the top division, as they were the only team relegated.
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4 minutes ago, resk said:
12 minutes ago, 8GamesToGo said:
Of course, yes. They have a chance of promotion.
Anyhow that's a question fo D Utd, Hibs and Rangers fans as when we were in the Championship we made sure we won it. Hearts fans have never been in either a promotion or relegation playoff unlike those clubs.

Then if we are using your very unusal definition of the terms "relegation spot" and "promotion spot", I agree that we finished in a relegation spot in 2000. And also 1995, although some people / most people / everyone apart from you would probably say that in 1995 United finished in the only "relegation spot" in the top division, as they were the only team relegated.

It's a spot that can lead to relegation or promotion. There's an automatic relegation spot and there's a relegation play-off spot. Same for promotion. Not hard.

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2 hours ago, 8GamesToGo said:

 

That was their actual plan, based on what FFS 😅 

At some point, no doubt when a second wave really hits hard, the complete contradiction of the SPFL's over-eagerness to NOT play any games last season during the pandemic but total desperation to play EVERY game, with fans no less, this season during a pandemic  will become evident to even the most stupid of the folk who have been backing the SPFL/SFA/Celtic the last few months.

How close did we get to finishing last season?

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Just now, ropy said:

How close did we get to finishing last season?

Close enough we could have finished it and delayed the start of this season, if Celtic hadn't needed to be prepped for their CL "campaign" by playing games from Aug 1st.

Planning to vote yourselves 3rd again this season, or more likely vote to avoid relegation or something? Voting yourselves titles, Euro spots and the like is after all what Scottish football is about these days.

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1 minute ago, red23 said:

Here's the Championship one, should be more your level.

 

Championship hasn't started yet. And possibly won't. Which we all knew. Which makes not reconstructing simply an exercise in spite.

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It's a spot that can lead to relegation or promotion. There's an automatic relegation spot and there's a relegation play-off spot. Same for promotion. Not hard.
Along with most of the rest of Scottish fitba, I'm going to go ahead and carry on using "relegation spot" to mean spot where the club definitely gets relegated, and "playoff spot" to mean spot where the club goes into a playoff to decide whether they get relegated or not. You carry on describing both of these as "relegation spots" if you want.
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4 minutes ago, 8GamesToGo said:

Championship hasn't started yet. And possibly won't. Which we all knew. Which makes not reconstructing simply an exercise in spite.

was it all a conspiracy big man? did you not get to cheat your way out of relegation? Awww diddums

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3 minutes ago, red23 said:

was it all a conspiracy big man? did you not get to cheat your way out of relegation? Awww diddums

We didn't get to play our way out of relegation, no. Not sure reconstruction is cheating given how often it's been mooted in Scotland.

Dundee changing their vote after pressure. Teams on the SPFL board voting out of self interest. The various other goings on. That's more like cheating big man.

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12 minutes ago, resk said:
23 minutes ago, 8GamesToGo said:
It's a spot that can lead to relegation or promotion. There's an automatic relegation spot and there's a relegation play-off spot. Same for promotion. Not hard.

Along with most of the rest of Scottish fitba, I'm going to go ahead and carry on using "relegation spot" to mean spot where the club definitely gets relegated, and "playoff spot" to mean spot where the club goes into a playoff to decide whether they get relegated or not. You carry on describing both of these as "relegation spots" if you want.

It's not though. The playoffs are literally called relegation/promotion playoffs. Anyhow Hamilton and co got to vote themselves out of it and Aberdeen weasled their way out of it as well. Looking forward to absolutely no-one suggesting the club that finishes 11th next season isn't in danger of relegation.

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17 minutes ago, 8GamesToGo said:

Close enough we could have finished it and delayed the start of this season, if Celtic hadn't needed to be prepped for their CL "campaign" by playing games from Aug 1st.

What dates did the Government allow for football to restart?

Its absolutely mind boggling you can see the whole planet locked down for months, professional football banned in this Country for months, yet claim we couldve played 10+ games in the middle of that.

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4 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:

What dates did the Government allow for football to restart?

Its absolutely mind boggling you can see the whole planet locked down for months, professional football banned in this Country for months, yet claim we couldve played 10+ games in the middle of that.

We could have restarted July and delayed the next season until mid Sept. Could have played 2 games a week.

I say that, but the way the SPFL have handled the new season start, I doubt it would have gone smoothly.

We could as you know at least have left the possibility of that on the table for longer.

I doubt we'll finish this season to be honest, which will be interesting. And I don't see how PT teams playing FT teams will go well in the lower leagues. Running the Betfred Cup is sheer lunacy.

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1 minute ago, 8GamesToGo said:

We could have restarted July and delayed the next season until mid Sept. Could have played 2 games a week.

 

And lost millions more by fucking over the 20/21 Sky deal than we lost from fucking over the 19/20 Sky deal?

By all means moan about reconstruction not happening if you want, but this idea the season couldve been played to a finish without killing almost every club in the lower tiers is absolutely fucking stupid. Most only survived due to the furlough scheme.

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5 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:

And lost millions more by fucking over the 20/21 Sky deal than we lost from fucking over the 19/20 Sky deal?

By all means moan about reconstruction not happening if you want, but this idea the season couldve been played to a finish without killing almost every club in the lower tiers is absolutely fucking stupid. Most only survived due to the furlough scheme.

If you believe Doncaster. At the time he gave the reason for finish the league so quickly to release prize money, which has made zero difference. And in fact ending the other TV contracts cost clubs more than the prize money amount. And despite this so called bumper Sky deal a rich team like Aberdeen is still saying they're going to be in trouble without fans.

 It was finished as quickly as it was because of Celtic to remove the threat of null and void, just as the SC is playing because of Celtic.

In my time as a fan in Scottish football all fans of non-OF clubs have acknowledged and bemoaned the influence of the OF on the way the game is run. It's mental how they've all forgotten that the last few months.

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