RossBFaeDundee Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Only reason I can think of is that clubs feel that the extra games adds more legitimacy to the season, but I really don't think it makes much of a difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 minute ago, forameus said: It makes you wonder about the reasoning behind the 22 game idea...has anyone associated with any club come out and said why? The only thing I could see is certain clubs needing the extra games to catch up, but surely then you'd have other clubs disagreeing? I would've thought they'd be dead against the idea of pretty much running their players into the ground with an unrealistic schedule. Only other reason I can think of is to reduce the need to compensate season ticket holders by giving them a few more games to watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, RossBFaeDundee said: Only reason I can think of is that clubs feel that the extra games adds more legitimacy to the season, but I really don't think it makes much of a difference. Not sure how players playing with no legs left for the last 3 weeks of the season adds legitimacy but I doubt the chairmen really thought it through 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, bairn88 said: Not sure how players playing with no legs left for the last 3 weeks of the season adds legitimacy but I doubt the chairmen really thought it through Exactly, probably just thought '22 games feels more like a real season than 18' without taking the logistics fully into consideration, whereas the SPFL seems more realistic about it (for once). Edited March 15, 2021 by RossBFaeDundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 It’s late on Monday and we are due to play on Saturday but still have yet another vote to get through.Id imagine this is a ratification exercise and will pass, but if it doesn’t we are surely null and void?I’m not sure Ive got the energy for another debate with the Sergeant about what a laughing stock this makes the SPFL so I’ll leave it there......[emoji23][emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, RossBFaeDundee said: Only reason I can think of is that clubs feel that the extra games adds more legitimacy to the season, but I really don't think it makes much of a difference. 18 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said: Only other reason I can think of is to reduce the need to compensate season ticket holders by giving them a few more games to watch. It's surely solely down to clubs who want more points available? Partick and Forfar won't want 18 games. Only needs one more club to vote against it and you get this sort of situation. It'll quickly descend into a nonsense and it'll be 18 games, which is what most folk want anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, forameus said: It makes you wonder about the reasoning behind the 22 game idea...has anyone associated with any club come out and said why? The only thing I could see is certain clubs needing the extra games to catch up, but surely then you'd have other clubs disagreeing? I would've thought they'd be dead against the idea of pretty much running their players into the ground with an unrealistic schedule. They said something about 22 games allowing for a ‘competitive end to the season that fans want to see’ in that joint statement a while ago, but they’ve, to my knowledge, never explained how it achieves that, or how 18 games would fail to achieve that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 33 minutes ago, roman_bairn said: Id imagine this is a ratification exercise and will pass, but if it doesn’t we are surely null and void? Null & void needs to be voted through as well and that has no chance of passing (right now, anyway...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Null & void needs to be voted through as well and that has no chance of passing (right now, anyway...)True. But as the days pass if they don’t pass this one then they won’t do 27 games so we could be here in a month agreeing N and V... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 41 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: They said something about 22 games allowing for a ‘competitive end to the season that fans want to see’ in that joint statement a while ago, but they’ve, to my knowledge, never explained how it achieves that, or how 18 games would fail to achieve that. Can't see any more than those two being that desperate for more games though. Cove are only two points behind and Clyde must realise they'll have enough issues playing the 18 never mind 22. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBrian. Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 hours ago, RossBFaeDundee said: Only reason I can think of is that clubs feel that the extra games adds more legitimacy to the season, but I really don't think it makes much of a difference. To be honest an 18 game season of 1 home/1 away has more legitimacy than a 27 game season of 2 home 1 away or 1 away 2 home - an added 4 game split adds even less legitimacy to the season \IMHO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, McBrian. said: To be honest an 18 game season of 1 home/1 away has more legitimacy than a 27 game season of 2 home 1 away or 1 away 2 home - an added 4 game split adds even less legitimacy to the season \IMHO. I get that, but I'm assuming the boards of the teams are just thinking along the lines of 'more games = more legitimacy' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 hours ago, roman_bairn said: It’s late on Monday and we are due to play on Saturday but still have yet another vote to get through. Id imagine this is a ratification exercise and will pass, but if it doesn’t we are surely null and void? I’m not sure Ive got the energy for another debate with the Sergeant about what a laughing stock this makes the SPFL so I’ll leave it there...... SPFL have said that if this vote is rejected then they will provide a 27 game fixture list. Presumably once they inevitably ran out of time, it would then resort to PPG like last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 SPFL have said that if this vote is rejected then they will provide a 27 game fixture list. Presumably once they inevitably ran out of time, it would then resort to PPG like last season.Not if Falkirk are top it won’t...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 They explicitly said that if they run out of time for any reason at any point in the season then it will be PPG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 They explicitly said that if they run out of time for any reason at any point in the season then it will be PPG.Correct............If the clubs vote to accept the proposal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Shadwell Dog said: Can't see any more than those two being that desperate for more games though. Cove are only two points behind and Clyde must realise they'll have enough issues playing the 18 never mind 22. What about another team (full time and has one F in it) that might like the insurance of a few extra games to recover from any daft losses they might have? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Phoenix Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, roman_bairn said: Correct............ If the clubs vote to accept the proposal. The Clubs have already voted given the Resolution presents what they asked for. The Resolution should simply be a rubber stamping exercise. If that transpires not to be the case it will make a mockery of the assertion that the 20 Clubs are united as one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, The Phoenix said: The Clubs have already voted given the Resolution presents what they asked for. The Resolution should simply be a rubber stamping exercise. If that transpires not to be the case it will make a mockery of the assertion that the 20 Clubs are united as one. Vote against it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 The Clubs have already voted given the Resolution presents what they asked for. The Resolution should simply be a rubber stamping exercise. If that transpires not to be the case it will make a mockery of the assertion that the 20 Clubs are united as one. As I said, I expect them to ratify what they have stated. Mind you, we all remember Dundee and Raith stating one thing and doing another.I expect it’ll go through, but It wouldn’t exactly come as a massive shock to me anymore if it didn’t.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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