Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Up until Tuesday I was pretty confident I'd see Hibs in the lower leagues for a good few years, but seeing how Stubbs has radically changed the style and confidence within the squad so rapidly, and given there's chat of a couple of the better Everton youth players coming up for a year, I'm far more optimistic of our chances.Especially given how poor I found The Rangers.Very average and I think they'll struggle.McCoist must be the worst Rangers manager ever.
Wrt to lower Celtc support travelling due to being poorer, I'm pretty sure that the loss of away support would be met by an increase in home support given the chance of competing, of lower levels of support meaning lower policing costs, or less TV games meaning more folk actually going to games and spending money.Depends how you see it I suppose and there is good arguments for both.
Scottish football needs to re adjust, become closer to the Swedish or Danish model instead of trying to be a smaller version of English upper leagues.Outside the to 10 teams there shouldn't be full time footballers and north/south regional leagues should replace the current set up lower down.Celtc/Rangers finding a suitable way out of Scottish football would be ideal, both for them and the clubs left behind.
Like it or not, Celtic and Rangers (if you take their recent troubles aside) have outgrown Scottish football, Celtic at home in the past have had a larger attendance than all other senior games in Scotland combined. That is not healthy.
How do we fix it? Who know's, plenty have tried. Without Celtic or Rangers the leagues will be more competitive but will it bring in more money? Will sponsors invest? Will it improve the standard of football? They likely answer in most cases will be no.