Kilmarnock chairman Jim Mann: Scottish football is boring fans of every club

[ian1964 10,409]

THE Killie boss insists the SPFL needs restructured if it is to win back fans who are bored of the game.

 

KILMARNOCK chairman Jim Mann is still adamant the SPFL is in desperate need of re-structuring if the Scottish game is to prosper.

 

Since he took over at Rugby Park as chairman in March, Mann has been an outspoken critic of the current league system.

 

And he believes it has to change if fans are to start coming back to games and investing in clubs again.

 

Mann said: “I’m still 100 per cent of the view that decline in the season ticket figures is down to the league structure we have.

 

“It’s just not conducive 
to anything other than boredom.

 

“You can’t really have
that go on forever and it’s something I’ll continue to pick up with Neil Doncaster and Iain Blair.

 

“Playing the same teams over and over again is the same old thing.

 

“We need to get a different structure to make this much more interesting and I feel for the fans actually.”

 

Mann revealed Killie are yet again feeling the pinch and believes that Rangers’ failure to achieve promotion back to the top flight last season has also had a big impact on the Ayrshire 
club’s finances.

 

The Ibrox side lost in the Premiership play–off final 
to Motherwell 6-1 over two legs which condemned 
them to another year in the Championship.

 

And the Killie chief reckons it will be better for everyone when they are back in the top flight.

 

Mann said: “It will be better once Rangers are back in the league.

 

“They have cast a negative halo over west of Scotland football and every club have seen attendances dip.”

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kilmarnock-chairman-jim-mann-scottish-6084152

[Rousseau 9,360]

I don't think restructuring is going to make much of a difference -- apart from the initial novelty -- to attendance levels. The football is shite.

Edited July 17, 2015 by Rousseau

[Mountain Bear 0]

If your glass is half full, a 16 team league will reduce the threat of relegation for mid table clubs and reduce the amount of negative / over cautious football.

 

If your glass is half empty, it just creates more meaningless games.

 

Personally, I think summer football with a 16 team top league would improve the quality on offer eventually.

[trublusince1982 243]

Think they all under estimated the number of gers fans who took in other games. The clubs, infrastructure and pricing all pit fans off they need to be more attractive

[RANGERRAB 3,254]

Think they all under estimated the number of gers fans who took in other games. The clubs, infrastructure and pricing all pit fans off they need to be more attractive

 

This is a good point about Gers fans taking in other games. I'd suggest though that has stopped significantly since 2012 when ten SPL chairmen voted Rangers out the SPL. These clubs have since had to cut their budgets accordingly since Rangers left and saw their incomes nosedive. We even had Liewell initially telling us the yahoos didn't need us only to later tell us it was costing them 10m.

[trublusince1982 243]

That's what I was meaning Rab. Think it lost them alot of roaming fans who maybe took their kids to the odd game when not able to go to ibrox.