Kieran Hennigan Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Re-constructing the SPFL is like having a burger recipe that contains beef mince, pork mince, salt, pepper, softened onion. You fancy changing it, so instead go for pepper, beef mince, softened onion, salt, pork mince. Pleased with your efforts, you stand back and admire your new burger. Sometimes I wish I had a quid for every time Bruce Springsteen has shouted ‘1-2-3-4!’ in his life. Other times I wish I had a quid for every time I think ‘get the two disproportionally large powerful clubs to fcuk’. Other times I just fancy a burger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Busta Nut Posted August 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2023 Do we need more threads on this? 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Is the OP by any chance a St Johnstone fan ??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I'd swap L2 with the top Division every 5 years. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broughty Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 39 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: Is the OP by any chance a St Johnstone fan ??? We will be fine by Christmas. At least we will have cup memories to look back on unlike most of the league who only have disappointments to remember. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 51 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: Is the OP by any chance a St Johnstone fan ??? SPFL will find a way to keep the big clubs in the league, otherwise there will be 'armageddon' so Saints will be just fine. On the actual question, no, reconstruction isn't needed. What is needed is proper governance and a fairer distribution of wealth. The wrongs of Scottish football are not caused by whether we have a split of a 12/14/16 team top division. If you assume for now that the Glasgow cartel fight it out for the title, then everyone else has something meaningful and achievable to aim for (even St Johnstone who have an outside chance of 11th). We could chuck in another 4 championship sides thet would make it different for a couple of years, before it would feel stale again. See the LC groups for a prime example. Being different for a couple of seasons was all good, but now feels a bit meh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 When you consider the winner of League Two gets just 2% of what the winner of the Premiership gets, you understand where the bread is buttered. Even better, the difference between 1 and 10 in League Two is 50% more for first than last…in the Premiership the difference is 300%…and that’s prize money alone. The alignment is fine, and pretty much irrelevant…the payouts are f**ked because of the OF monopoly on TV demand/revenues and such. As long as fitba is dominated by two teams, the problems remain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumbartonBud Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 League reconstruction will never happen unless it is led by a successful business woman with absolutely no ulterior motives and ably assisted by a media cheerleaders, I think Tom English and Alan Preston would be ideal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumbartonBud Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, TxRover said: When you consider the winner of League Two gets just 2% of what the winner of the Premiership gets, you understand where the bread is buttered. Even better, the difference between 1 and 10 in League Two is 50% more for first than last…in the Premiership the difference is 300%…and that’s prize money alone. The alignment is fine, and pretty much irrelevant…the payouts are f**ked because of the OF monopoly on TV demand/revenues and such. As long as fitba is dominated by two teams, the problems remain. This is pretty much it, it is the prize money distribution that is holding the game back not the format of the leagues. I would almost go as far as to say with the champions league entry being a prize for winning the league there is an argument that you shouldn’t get any prize money on top of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Apetura & Clasura format in the Premiership if only to witness pundits trying to grasp the concept. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Fine example of heaping up compromises then satisfying nobody... those wishing it don't want just 2 more clubs, don't want to keep playing each other 4 times, don't want even more splits. Plus why still 42 not 40? 44? 48? Detail dubious too: giving 8th a EL slot can't be popular... or splits in January (is it even feasible lower down?)... or splits with odd numbers... or raising Premiership to 40 dates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 20 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I'd swap L2 with the top Division every 5 years. The Sevco Repositioning Manoeuvre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: The Sevco Repositioning Manoeuvre. Every club should experience "the journey". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 On 14/08/2023 at 14:48, Busta Nut said: Do we need more threads on this? How do you make your burgers, Busta? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Instead of a roll, I put my burger between two digestive biscuits. You'll never go back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: You'll never go back. Said everyone invited to your BBQ. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 14 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: Instead of a roll, I put my burger between two digestive biscuits. You'll never go back. ^^^Gets his burgers out of Farmfoods. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Aye. As soon as possible so there's no relegation please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 On 14/08/2023 at 15:54, Broughty said: We will be fine by Christmas. At least we will have cup memories to look back on unlike most of the league who only have disappointments to remember. Ever been in #TB4? Thought not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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