compo 6,222 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 My God, how does any Scottish team compete against that kind of money? What kind of wasteland has Pete and his crew led us in to? The EPL does not need a 'big game' against Scotland's best. Why would any English team vote to allow any Scottish team into their leagues to possibly share a piece of that big a pie? Talk about a reality check. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 And it is going up a lot next season, is it not? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 It is a great deal of money. Not enough to keep Barton down there though 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc 280 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 And it is going up a lot next season, is it not? It certainly is. And the table shows why the Premiership is getting more even. Smaller clubs are getting a decent slice of the pie and they can afford to hold on to their best players and tell the likes of United, City, Arsenal, etc to take a hike. That wasn't the case even 5 years ago. I would love to see Rangers get a piece of this, but I can't see turkeys voting for Christmas any time soon. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 My God, how does any Scottish team compete against that kind of money? What kind of wasteland has Pete and his crew led us in to?The EPL does not need a 'big game' against Scotland's best. Why would any English team vote to allow any Scottish team into their leagues to possibly share a piece of that big a pie? Talk about a reality check. To be honest I think the rot set in before Lawell came in. When Sky called our bluff was when Scottish football collapsed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 To be honest I think the rot set in before Lawell came in. When Sky called our bluff was when Scottish football collapsed. I wouldn't disagree with you on that, but remember Liewell and Reid have had input through Riley for a wheen of years. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,677 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 My God, how does any Scottish team compete against that kind of money? All Scottish teams combined couldn't compete with that but at the same time as even Barton touched on in his interview it's not just Scottish teams. The vast majority of the continent can't compete with it either and are looking for ways to even get a look in which is why we see all this Atlantic league stuff being bandied around. And in the end it wont be up to English teams to decide who can be invited in for a cut of the pie the pay masters will decide that. That's one of the downsides of selling your soul to the devil. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,677 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Average attendances for the SPL 2015-2016 taking celtic out of the equation. Heart of Midlothian FC - 16,423 Aberdeen FC - 13,094 Dundee United FC - 7,969 Dundee FC - 6,122 Motherwell FC - 4,912 Ross County FC - 4,034 Kilmarnock FC - 3,993 St. Johnstone FC - 3,880 Partick Thistle FC - 3,800 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC - 3,754 Hamilton Academical FC - 3,027 So let's just go with that table with no old firm in it which would make for 5 matches on a Saturday and let's further give them the benefit of having all 5 of the top attended clubs at home which gives a total average attendance on an SPL Saturday with no old firm of 48,520 which Rangers can match all alone and those averages are padded by matches against celtic. Whether the rest like it or not and whether they like to admit it or not the old firm ARE Scottish football so sky only need to get them on board at absolutely no extra cost to effectively buy Scotland in a footballing sense. Given the chance that's exactly what they will do by slipping them into the English setup at as I said absolutely no extra cost. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,090 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Average attendances for the SPL 2015-2016 taking celtic out of the equation. Heart of Midlothian FC - 16,423 Aberdeen FC - 13,094 Dundee United FC - 7,969 Dundee FC - 6,122 Motherwell FC - 4,912 Ross County FC - 4,034 Kilmarnock FC - 3,993 St. Johnstone FC - 3,880 Partick Thistle FC - 3,800 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC - 3,754 Hamilton Academical FC - 3,027 So let's just go with that table with no old firm in it which would make for 5 matches on a Saturday and let's further give them the benefit of having all 5 of the top attended clubs at home which gives a total average attendance on an SPL Saturday with no old firm of 48,520 which Rangers can match all alone and those averages are padded by matches against celtic. Whether the rest like it or not and whether they like to admit it or not the old firm ARE Scottish football so sky only need to get them on board at absolutely no extra cost to effectively buy Scotland in a footballing sense. Given the chance that's exactly what they will do by slipping them into the English setup at as I said absolutely no extra cost. I'd like to believe you JFK but Eufa are against cross-border leagues; how do we square that particular circle? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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