If Celtic and Scotlands other big club were offered places in the English leagues under which of the following scenarios would you accept/decline the invitation.
Enter at Championship level.
Enter at Division One level
Enter at Division Two level
Enter at Blue Square Level.
I think it would be unfair on any club currently in the football league/premiership for two Scottish clubs to be parachuted in. However, if you were to enter at Blue Square level, with the massive support and resources you have it would probably only take four years to get into the Premier League. Would this be a price you are willing to pay or are you happy to keep battling it out every year with the other big club in Scotland for a trophy that is essentially a two horse race. Personally I would rather not have Scottish clubs playing in the Premier League but a precedent is about to be set with Swansea. Surely you would rather have meaningful games every week and the possibility of finishing even mid table than what you have at the moment. I follow Cardiff City and although we haven't been in the top flight for over fourty years at least we've had the excitement of promotion and relegation battles. It must be absolutely soul destroying knowing you can't progress any further.
English Premier League
posted on 13/6/11
I dont care about financial insentives, its called selling yourself out.
Rangers are two massive clubs situated in a small country, deal with it. It is what it is.
Its not being parochial at all. Its like pinocchio wanting to be a real boy, shut it, your made from wood.
posted on 13/6/11
and Celtic**
Its early people.
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posted on 13/6/11
"Its not being parochial at all"
I'm afraid it is.
You even said it yourself, "... massive clubs situated in a small country, deal with it. It is what it is."
"I dont care about financial insentives"
Luckily what you care about doesn't come in to it.
" its called selling yourself out."
Boak!
posted on 13/6/11
Or living within your means
posted on 13/6/11
No Ish it is being down to earth. You are wanting your club to move to a different country because you are bored.
I support Rangers knowing what league they perform in, wether we play a team four times a year is an issue to take up with OUR game administrators. Its not right to just jump ship.
We are whats stopping this league becoming a complete non-entity and to me it would be detrimental to the Scottish game for us to pull out and leave this country with nothing.
It isnt parochial its reality, We ARE Scottish ipso-facto WE PLAY in SCOTLAND. What is difficult about this.
All this clambour to get into Engurlund is nothing short of embarrasing.
Its like standing at their door on Christmas looking for scraps off the dinner.
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"We are whats stopping this league becoming a complete non-entity and to me it would be detrimental to the Scottish game for us to pull out and leave this country with nothing."
That's not what I was proposing. I believe what I was proposing would make SPL STRONGER. Read it again.
It isnt parochial its reality, We ARE Scottish ipso-facto WE PLAY in SCOTLAND. What is difficult about this. Again... refer to my earlier post. Also... just because it is 'reality' does not mean it is not parochial. And who says we have to stop being Scottish? I am not suggesting we MOVE to England. Britain is a VERY small country north to south... MUCH smaller than most other European countries.
posted on 13/6/11
As Zacshda said, each to their own.
I actually believe that the only thing stopping the SPL being a good league is the other teams. They are just too happy to lay blame at the old firms door and hang about with a chip on their shoulder rather than deal with the issues. The issue is that they are all too incosistent. Not one of them can nail a spot betwenn 12th and 3rd and make it theirs.
Their argument would hold water if they played us 36 times a year because then they could say the gulf in class maters. However they cant play consistently against teams below them.
They hardly give themselves the best chance.
posted on 14/6/11
It's called striving for more. Rangers and Celtic are too big for Scotland and they have the support to maintain a team in the EPL. Unfortunately it will probably never happen much to the detriment of the Old Firm and Scotland. However, would it be fair to let them parachute into the Premiership or Championship?
It'll never happen cus the EPL couldn't have teams from Wales, Scotland and one that might be Irish.