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Scottish Prem 18/19

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HowlingGale said:
Totally agree. The only way to do it is to ensure parity amongst the clubs. That's why we want Celtic (and when Rangers were there) out of the Champions League as quickly as possible.

For them to be able to spunk £2m (which is probably more than the entire transfer budget for the rest of the premier league) is obscene. It shows they get too much and it isn't filtering down. To be honest it's a boot in the nuts for the rest of us.
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I don’t recall there has ever really been much parity within football - there is and always will be clubs with more resources than the next

In the English Prem it has gone in cycles - various clubs dominated in 50/60’s then Liverpool and a few others in the 70/80’s then Utd 90/00’s and then Chelsea/ City onwards currently - and it will be because the teams that dominate have better resources to attract or keep the better players/managers


It Scotland it’s been pretty much two teams for over a 100 years - and every now and then another team gets a title more than likely when they have a spurt of youngsters they get through but Celtic and Rangers have always had better resources than all the other clubs - 103 titles between two teams and then about 18 titles between 8 other teams , you are never going to get parity , the Scottish Prem has always been weighted towards the Old Firm
- it’s not going to change even if they left the CL every year , only thing that stops the old firm dominating is them going to another league and that won’t happen
 
Liverpoolphil said:
I don’t recall there has ever really been much parity within football - there is and always will be clubs with more resources than the next

In the English Prem it has gone in cycles - various clubs dominated in 50/60’s then Liverpool and a few others in the 70/80’s then Utd 90/00’s and then Chelsea/ City onwards currently - and it will be because the teams that dominate have better resources to attract or keep the better players/managers


It Scotland it’s been pretty much two teams for over a 100 years - and every now and then another team gets a title more than likely when they have a spurt of youngsters they get through but Celtic and Rangers have always had better resources than all the other clubs - 103 titles between two teams and then about 18 titles between 8 other teams , you are never going to get parity , the Scottish Prem has always been weighted towards the Old Firm
- it’s not going to change even if they left the CL every year , only thing that stops the old firm dominating is them going to another league and that won’t happen
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But the disparity in Scotland is what you need to look at. Celtic have just paid £9m on one player. I haven't been keeping up to date with the values on transfers but that is likely to be more than 100 times what every other club is paying on average. That is orders of magnitude. The same cannot be said of the English league, or probably any other European league.

I'm not saying we should get the same but the gap needs to be bridged before we can even contemplate competing.
 
HowlingGale said:
But the disparity in Scotland is what you need to look at. Celtic have just paid £9m on one player. I haven't been keeping up to date with the values on transfers but that is likely to be more than 100 times what every other club is paying on average. That is orders of magnitude. The same cannot be said of the English league, or probably any other European league.

I'm not saying we should get the same but the gap needs to be bridged before we can even contemplate competing.
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Outwith the "big 5", this is now the norm. You'll note every league now has a dominant team, because they play in the Champions + also rans League, and the money there totally skews everything below it.
 
It will be interesting to see how Sutton United and Boreham Wood get on in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
I quite like the look of this competition with guest teams from all four British regions.
 
HughJars said:
Outwith the "big 5", this is now the norm. You'll note every league now has a dominant team, because they play in the Champions + also rans League, and the money there totally skews everything below it.
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Yip plus parachuting from one tournament straight into another is a disgrace too.
 
Celtic given a fright at Firhill 1-1 at 70 mins before Celtic win.
Quite impressed with Thistle they played some attractive fitba and should survive in the SPFL if they play like that every week.

Celtic were poor until McGregor came on and changed things.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Celtic given a fright at Firhill 1-1 at 70 mins before Celtic win.
Quite impressed with Thistle they played some attractive fitba and should survive in the SPFL if they play like that every week.

Celtic were poor until McGregor came on and changed things.
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Partick Thistle won’t survive in the Scottish Premiership this season as they’re not in it. Maybe next season, if they get promoted...
 
Apparently Rangers next opponents in the Europa Lge are struggling to get VISA’s so they may have to forfeit the tie 😲
 
Sevco fans at their best again last night.

So far they've had running battles in Glasgow. Stabbed opposition fans, launched glass bottles into the Aberdeen end hitting a child, more and more sectarian songs.

Wonder who they'll blame this time? Chelsea casuals again? The Green Brigade? Maybe the BBC for daring to tell the truth?


https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/ne...ge-yob-rangers-fans-attack-glasgow-mcdonalds/
 
Jambos still top. :whoo:

Took two of my grandchildren to Rugby Park today, my 3rd granddaughter for her first fitba game.
Hearts fans filled one stand and made a lot of noise

Hearts played quality stuff in the first half. The Berra position filled by loanee Burne from Burnley who took his chance very well, looks like a future star too me.

Haring was brilliant, how could this guy be playing league 2 in Austria and nobody have noticed him.:confused:
This team looks like it could challenge Celtic if they carry on in their present form.
 
Kyle Lafferty already looking like a good signing for Rangers, could turn out being very costly to Hearts letting him go.
 
ger147 said:
Kyle Lafferty already looking like a good signing for Rangers, could turn out being very costly to Hearts letting him go.
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Seriously, we got him for nothing, remind me how much you paid us for him to sit on your bench.
Mind the gap.:lol:

Proper blood and snotters fitba at Fir Park, great game, great finish. Seemed like a fair result.
With those three 'muscular' Motherwell forwards on for the last 15 minutes it must felt like playing against the SAS.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Seriously, we got him for nothing, remind me how much you paid us for him to sit on your bench.
Mind the gap.:lol:

Proper blood and snotters fitba at Fir Park, great game, great finish. Seemed like a fair result.
With those three 'muscular' Motherwell forwards on for the last 15 minutes it must felt like playing against the SAS.
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How much "we" paid etc? I think you have me mixed up with someone else...

But I stand by my point i.e. selling your top scorer to one of your rivals will cost Hearts by the end of the season.
 
ger147 said:
How much "we" paid etc? I think you have me mixed up with someone else...

But I stand by my point i.e. selling your top scorer to one of your rivals will cost Hearts by the end of the season.
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I disagree, I think Hearts did quite well out of that deal.
Lafferty is high maintenance and comes with a lot of baggage. I'm not sure if he will get the same support at Ibrox that he got at Tynecastle.

Not sure if he would have been a first pick for Hearts, impact sub at the best.
 
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