A group of Russian and Ukrainian clubs hoping to form a joint championship have formed an organising committee and have invited top flight clubs in both countries to a meeting in Moscow on 18th of February to formalise arrangements.
The invitation letter states, “The main goal of our organization is the development of club, national and European football”
“In order to bring football to a new level, we propose to combine multiple national championships in one tournament. Initially Ukraine and Russia will be involved but in order to develop the strength of our game, the league could be extended to all former-Soviet countries.
“We are convinced that this new championship will be a model for other territories; this integration process is the future of football.
“This initiative will create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising – just some of the benefits of unification.
“All of this will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams, who will gain from players working in a higher standard of league. This is perhaps a unique case in sport where all participants are able to win.
Soviet Sport spoke to several Russian teams who confirmed they will attend. Sergei Palkin, the chief executive of Shakhtar Donetsk, was cautious, suggesting Ukrainian clubs and the Federation need to act with unity, “I hope this meeting takes place but only after Ukrainian clubs have chosen a common position.
“Then we can decide who should attend. The Football Federation of Ukraine need to be active, they can unite clubs and deal with the proposal appropriately.”
Note their points:
“Main goal… development of club, national and European football”.
“Bring football to a new level”.
“Develop the strength of our game”.
“This integration process is the future of football”.
“This will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams”.
“Create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising”.
Amid all the talk about reorganising our game has anyone had the clarity of vision to articulate the above aspirations? Having lived with threats from “the big five” leagues for long enough other demographically-challenged countries are putting plans in place to allow their clubs a sporting chance. It will soon be “the big six” and thereafter, who knows?
Why on earth are we worried about the number of lower divisions we have? Regionalise or wither on the vine – and do your best to ignore any muppet who suggests taking legal action because he got his sums wrong. The only change worth having will be consensual and will benefit all in our game.
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31003
You’ve blown yir own case ….nae hangover = peewatter.hh
Kensitas Club….now there’s a right good smoke…..Coupons can be exchanged for all types of electrical goods up in Renfrew St….jist across fae the Fisso Hotel….
Worth noting that Lager (the german word for storage, as the beer was stored in gravel pits near rivers to keep it coo) as we know it isn’t lager beer at all. The brands we know carling, bud, tenants etc are all (shockingly poor) derivatives of pilsner (pils)
Paul67
The two league bodies are worried about how many lower leagues we have because for 41 out of 42 clubs the prospect of playing in a lower league cannot be discounted.
The CIS and Yugoslavian leagues (and the Czecho-slovak merge) will have more prospect of finding favour with UEFA, I believe, because there is historical precedent for these clubs having previously competed against one another in league competition. Celtic playing anywhere other than in Scotland’s top division is a long way off.
The SPL/SFL changes are an exercise in realpolitik, for sure, but one should never let the perfect (regional league with Celtic and relevant other Scandinavian/Dutch/Belgian/Portugese clubs) be the enemy of the possible (a better league model than we have at present).
The SFL/SPL merger is desirable to both bodies because the TV companies (whether you want to accept this or not) want Celtic and Sevco games to broadcast on each weekend. The enhanced redistribution of monies to SFL clubs, and an increased exposure of the 1st division clubs to more games against bigger opposition which the 12-12-18 provides, is the carrot to allow this merger to take place. More money for our opposition now makes the league, marginally, better for Celtic. I would add, that I think Sevco has a point about the changes happening in time for next year. You shouldn’t finish a season with different rules than you started with.
Bawsman
I think that can only be argued once we have reached the group stages regulalry and qualify for the Champions League latter stages regularly.
Moving to England is not an option for me. I don’t want to see my club play under the English flag. It’s just my opinion.
We would also have to start at the bottom and work our way up so that would be at least 4 years without European football at all and probably more once we get up to speed in the EPL. It’s just not a goer for me.
Stay in Scotland. Win the league every season. Play the under 21’s in the League Cup. Win the Scottish Cup as often as possible and put a helluva amount of time and effort into the European matches.
CL is the place we want to be. Celtic will have made more money this season in the CL than most teams in EPL will make. Lots of the clubs down there are not well run and if they go down a division they almost go to the wall.
Our club has a strategy and an infrastructre. A European league is the way forward not buddying up with a country whose football is on the slide. It’s reached it’s ceiling the standard is poor the fans are much worse than we will face up here and the spending on average players is ridiculous. We become an EPL club and we will have to pay top dollar for average players.
We have a winning formula at the moment. We live within our means. We buy wisely and we buy young players with potential.
LB
voguepunter
5.2% abv I’ll have you know….heathens the lot o ye ah tell ye…heathens…
alex thomson@alextomo
#c4news online – we’re doing a Rangers online discussion tomorrow at 12.15 Glasgow time. Fans, legal expert, top journalist — and me.
The best beer in the world is from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Expect news on the Titanic later this afternoon.
In the meantime…
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31003: 14:19 on6 February, 2013
>>>>>
Capstain Full Strength.
Proper 9 inch nails.
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I’ll get tae now…
: > )
31003′
Was it not Cambridge street or was that embassy coupons?
raymac
13:24 on 6 February, 2013
That’s the way I see it. Broonie in the hole behind hooper. A destructive no. 10 if you will. Main mission, just \o/ in pirlo’s face all night.
If juve come 352, then sammi one wing, commons/ mulgrew t’other. Ledley/ mulgrew & victor in the centre.
Lennie will have mulgrew in there somewhere and assuming everyone is fit it will not be in defence, where I expect the only decision to make will be izzy or matthews.
Hx2
31003
14:16 on 6 February, 2013
‘Politics Shmolitics….ye canny whack a reet guid argument about beers and their flavour…’
True.
But the reason we have the beers we have is all tied up with history and economics and politics.
The E- Lites TV advert is very funny.
estorilbhoy
Aye….awright….coarner a baith….
By the way…..and this question is fur the lot o yeez….Why is Budweiser known as “The King Of Beers” then?…answer me that wan…go on then….ah dare yeez…
31003
14:19 on
6 February, 2013
Kensitas Club….now there’s a right good smoke…..Coupons can be exchanged for all types of electrical goods up in Renfrew St….jist across fae the Fisso Hotel….
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Away an iron yir flares an get me a katalog.
Og,
Is it coming via Phil mac?
Ernie…
But the reason we have the beers we have is all tied up with history and economics and politics.
Have to agree….when listening tae some of thae politicians ye think they’ve been oan the beer and thae make ye want tae go oan the beer yersel
LiviBhoy
14:21 on 6 February, 2013
‘I don’t want to see my club play under the English flag.’
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I think we would encounter less bias and animosity than in Scotland. Just my opinion.
King of beers?????????so now you’re a monarchist?
come on O.G – not again?
Beer ?
Last summer a neighbor gave me 2 bottles of German stuff called Kumbacher EKU 28[ left in his wee holiday let by 2 Germans he’d thrown out for anti -social behavior ]
I drank both bottles one late afternoon —–I fell asleep /woke 3 hrs later. I had my worst ever hangover ——read the label – 11 %———never again.
Snake Plissken
What about Poland?
31003
14:28 on 6 February, 2013
estorilbhoy
Aye….awright….coarner a baith….
By the way…..and this question is fur the lot o yeez….Why is Budweiser known as “The King Of Beers” then?
#########
Because it’s full of piss and wind.
31003,
Because in the good old US of A, like the baseball World Series which only contains American clubs, they cannot see pasts their own borders at the outside world, so within their borders that dishwater is their king of beers :))
On subject of beer (or Lager), I have 40 bottles of Coopers Lager fermenting away for the next couple weeks after my first ever attempt at home brew !
Might time it to open the first one on the night of the return leg with Juve.
£1003
Because they knocked the phrase from the original budweiser beer made 100s of years ago that is nothibg to do with the american version
best beer in the world.
the hair of the dug that bit yi
HH
3rd time lucky OG ?
Because it’s full of piss and wind.
Damn you Ernie Lynch….damn you…..very funny though..
31003
In short, because it is not the Beer of Kings.
The other Budweiser is.
Can’t whack a pint of Staropramen! Also like a pint of St Mungo from West brewery, blows the head off you!
…..jist a thought…..anybody got any Budweiser in their fridge/cellar/shed/cupboard/drawing room that they don’t want?
Furstenberg the lot ae yez!
Back to my cabin-fevered dvd.
Laters.
: > )
Nigeria v Mali kicks off soon. If Nigeria lose Efe will play in the 3rd place match on Sat., if they win it’s the final on Sunday. If he plays on Sunday I can’t see him making the Juve game.
Afternoon bhoys from a sunny hun free mountain valley.
Just logged on and seen OG’s post, with a wee bit of luck this afternoon then.
Best beer, only one contender IMO…..Guinness, but Lagers, have to agree with Snake.
HH
Harry Redknapp has claimed he was driving Chris Huhne’s car, as he’s desperate for the three points!
jude
Deepest condolonces to you and your dear lady.
HH!!