So long weegies?

[thesportingrogue]

usahibee mentioned this on another thread, and I wanted to get feedback on it:

Would you like to see Rangers and Celtic depart the SPL?

Personally, I don't like the fact that they buy up good players just so other clubs can't have them. There are many other things to dislike, yea even hate, about them. But it is this very backdrop of "evil" that makes our good shine all the brighter . . .

[mick50]

It winnae happen. Fifa & Uefa wid block it anyway ( So would most English Clubs in a vote.) - set precedent .....

Top Dutch clubs applying to join Bundisleague , Porto, Benfica applying to join La Liga. No any time soon.

Heres a thought- Chelsea v Celtic ,Stamford Bridge, , Help!! Murder,!! Polis !!

[usahibee]

Ah widnae be so sure Mick.
Precedents are there to be set in everything.
Wisnae to long ago there mouthed about a Super League.
With Italians ,Spanish, German, Dutch and all the other wannabe SUPER teams.
The fact that both the weegies think they are good enough for the premiership is joke enough i know but its not about the punters its about MONEY that could be generated by such a move.

MY opinion is that they can both eff off for me.
The Scottish Leagues would survive.
Of that i have no doubt because the league would be far more competitive and teams would have a shout at winning Leagues and Cups.
Supporters are a fickle lot and if Infirm supporters had to travel that distance week in week out then HOME games are going to be the priority for them.
THAT was the reason of the Super League.... Home games always would be full to capacity.
Now the rest of Scotland would see their support grow for 2 reasons. 1: They could getting a chance to win something and in doing that younger kids who tend as a whole to be glory hunters till older would be indoctrend (cannie spell that word ah ken )into the fold of a club.
2: The supporters of the weegies who are playing away would go to nearby clubs and we all now they come from all around Scotland.
Thereby gates of nearby clubs would increase.
When teams start winning something in Scotland that increases gates ... increases wages... better players and so on so on.

It would take a good few years ( to many for me to see it bare fruit)
Feeder clubs in the beginning YES but is that any different from what we have now NOPE.
These are just my thoughts and i`m sure you guys and gals have yours but for ME the quicker they both feck off the better.
Am gettin oaf my soapbox now. ;D

[mick50]

Cannae disagree wi maist of yer points ,usahibee,
Am no putting an argument fur them tae stay, but what would be the "short term "problems if they went elsewhere.? (finance T.V. cash, Major sponsorship, etc.).
Could we survive initial drop in finances which would be inevitable.and still maintain a good standard ?
An' am no talking aboot" Old Firm gate money ".Thats been a red herring since stadia went all seater, they dont bring the support they did in the long past.

Oh ,yer spellings fine,by the way, ah spell "eff off" the same as yoo!!
Am off tae Mathers noo . Cheers!!
Glory! Glory!

[vahibbie]

Cannae see it happening anytime soon but I won't be sheding any tears when it does.
The other 10 SPL teams should have stood their ground a few years back and broke away from the 2 uglies....let the b@stards stew in their own juices.
It pisses me off tae think of these bigots putting their fat uglie erses on seats at ER

[usahibee]

Mathers eh
Well thanks for sharing that wie us... cannie get a decent pint here.
Well some can get Belhaven but no me
Anyway back to topic.
Short term problems: There will still be approx 5 million scots to cater for so TV still has to cater for them as has Sponsors.... granted they can probably claim there isn`t the demand if the Infirm wasn`t there,
But their supporters ARE and they are going to watch games on TV and Sponsors who want to show there stuff on TV and Club shirts will pay for that right.
I also feel more families would attend games... i for 1 wisnae takin my bairns when they were wee to Hun/Sellick games for obvious reasons.
So as you were correct to point out Short Term Problems they may not last as long as people think
Have a wee hauf for me Mick

[vahibbie]

Of course there's now THREE big teams in Scotland so you really
should include the Jambos ;D ;D ;D

[ianfaeclerrie]

I don't think they will leave. They have their best route to the CL at the moment via Scotland.

I would be very surprised if we don't have another Texaco Cup in a few years, as long as Hertz don't win it, that would be fine.

I think United and Sheep got pretty close in the '80s to being their equal through having clubs in good financial shape and building talented teams with strong management.

I don't think I'm alone in thinking that with the debt paid off and 75% attendance each game, we should be able to begin the long haul to a long-term serious challenge.

I always liked out song "we hate the boys in royal blue, we hate the boys in emerald green so feck the pope and feck the queen".

[dixie]

The most pertinent point here is that whenever the idea has been mooted in the past the English clubs and Premiership heid yins have shown zero interest. They are going nowhere, unfortunately.

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