It fell to Elgin City chairman Graham Tatters to call out Hearts chairwoman, Ann Budge:
“We go and put the two teams who are bottom of the league in charge of the reconstruction talks.
“I just feel all of this is being done just to find a way to stop teams going down.
“We’ve lost out on the chance of promotion but when the resolution was put out to end the season it was a no-brainer for us.
“I’ve got no problem with Neil Doncaster and the SPFL. They are doing what they can and have been fantastic at getting information to all the clubs. Someone had to make the decision – there was no point fannying about.”
Tatters moved on from not fannying about to the crux of football’s problem:
“People are scared to say it but we might not be playing until Christmas, or even until they have a vaccine.
“Forget about playing behind closed doors. We have a real problem here. Reconstruction talk is a bit of a joke – it’s a total red herring.”
It is impossible to decide how many teams should occupy each league on a temporary two-year basis (which Budge hopes will give her enough time to avoid relegation) if you do not know how many games it will be possible to play next season, what cash flow there will be in the game or how many professional clubs will remain in business.
If Motherwell and Kilmarnock cannot sell a match ticket until January, and then only for around a dozen home games, will they want the league’s commercial income distributed 14 ways instead of 12?
With so many clubs sitting precariously on the edge of insolvency, do you expect them to vote to reduce their share of the pie? I think Ann Budge will meet resistance in her plans to reconstruct Scottish football on a temporary basis to allow Hearts to avoid relegation.
Reconstruction is in the wind, but will look different to what many imagine. Pretty much all of the community clubs, occupying the bottom two leagues in the SPFL can cut their cash burn to near zero and survive, the same is true for some in the Championship, with Alloa and Arbroath.
The vast majority of the rest will have to go into administration, make relatively high-earners redundant, in order to survive. How else can Aberdeen get through a £1m per month cash burn? There will be a Bonfire of the Vanities, from Edinburgh, to Aberdeen, Dundee and, of course, Govan. The same is true across Europe, most particularly, in the English Championship.
There is an almighty reconstruction ahead, but I don’t think anyone can imagine what it will look like yet. Dare we hope for the biggest change of all? I’m not sure.
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HT/GORDYBHOY64-I had the wizard of oz 😂
Not posted in a while, but the movie list is right up my street have a few legitimate podiums so definitely not a hun 😉
Top ten films in no order.
Zodiac
J.F.K
The Big Short
Goodfellas.
Spotlight (controversial I know but very well shot film, great momentum and the acting is solid)
Spinal Tap
Starwars
Spaceballs
Coming to America
Trading Places
Plus any Gangster or War film.
Peace and Love to all in a very difficult time. Stay safe and stay strong YNWA
Hamiltontim
I actually caught Home Alone just the other night,
still laugh no matter how many times i have seen it.
HH & god bless everyone & stay safe.
Food shortages coming your way soon in the US, he has many more videos, all are authenticated by the MSM, no con theories here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4CwcUJ1CEU
Sleep well Timland
HH
Fairhill
Now that is worth ridicule!
Gordybhoy
It never, ever fails to make me laugh no matter how many times I watch it!
PRESTONPANS BHOY
Haha …..I eat hamsters by-the-way.
That’s the Dutch prime minister pulled the plug on their season, no fitba till September at the earliest.
The professional football committee intends to not continue to play the 2019/20 competition. The KNVB will consult UEFA, after which a decision will be taken”
The federation say clubs and other stakeholders will meet on Friday to discuss the issue
HT-he he 😂
I stuck it in with the god father 1&2😂
Hope all is good 🍀
Now calling the Dutch Division could be problematic, the 2 top sides are only separated by goal difference.
Hope they don’t call it null & void as it will only give a precedent to the Huns.
Two games away from lifting the cup.
Has there been any ruling on this ?
So Leanne Dempster reckons there’s a Meteor heading Scottish football way.
For once, she’s not wrong, in fact there’s a shower of them..
Courtesy of Lyrid, and visible in the North East sky between midnight and dawn this morning.
https://mobile.twitter.com/bhoysart/status/1252200491976712193
Hope this works…..what a painting.
Fairhill Bhoy,
do you have a secret fancy for Judy Garland or
is it the munchkins you liked??
bamboo
See my lastpost. Get yourself out there…
Catch a falling star
Put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away….
GORDYBHOY64-I liked the 🦁
GORDYBHOY64 on 21ST APRIL 2020 9:54 PM
Fairhill Bhoy,
do you have a secret fancy for Judy Garland or
is it the munchkins you liked??
GORDYBHOY64….FB was one of the munchkins :)))
Celtic Mac
There’s nothing wrong with Bamboo that cladding covers all of back fences, looks nice too!
Marspapa,
knew he reminded me of something;-)))
GORDYBHOY64
Hamiltontim….. is waiting for the Premiere of ………ANT and DECS big day out:))
Midget jokes eh😂
CElTIC MAC
Love may come and tap you on the shoulder
Nice one .Bing Crosby is it?
Don’t feed it…………..starve it.
https://twitter.com/clydessb/status/1252694838568460290?s=12
Oops
Alien Autopsy was a classic….
Perry Como
PRESTONPANS BHOY
HAHA – I know – I used to be a facing contractor.
FAIRHILL BHOY on 21ST APRIL 2020 10:09 PM
Midget jokes eh😂
FAIRHILL BHOY , you can console yourself in that you wouldn’t look out of place in a porn movie , big yin :))
Fairhill Bhoy,
not at all my little friend
Lou Macari’s opener missing from this clip – but entertaining all the same. Check out a young Arthur Montford and a not so tidy terracing at the end.😉https://youtu.be/aq3A4PGR9j4
BBC on the money again… “UK deaths hit 20 year high – but peak may be over” and if you open the article is refers to deaths in England and Wales…
I recommend the BBC do a wee bit of research and find out which countries comprise the UK, you’re missing a couple.
https://youtu.be/aq3A4PGR9j4
That’s it I’m out of here 😂
FB
awe dont be like that
GORDYBHOY64-naw a mean it
FAIRHILL BHOY on 21ST APRIL 2020 10:22 PM
That’s it I’m out of here 😂
i’ll pop down Monday or Tuesday…..fence should be done by then :)))
FB
is that cause yer away to your pals on SC;-)))
MARSPAPA-look forward to it mate
Bring a flipping brush wi you this time 😉