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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Yorkbhoy,
Look at the time between leaving earths orbit and reaching the moon, they advise 3 days which is more than other sources of 2.5 days
GREENPINATA on 22ND APRIL 2020 8:20 AM
This might be of interest .
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/exclusive-dominic-cummings-s-secret-links-to-russia
Macjay
It is interesting isn’t it.
HH.
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Anybody help with this ?
https://t.co/ioDnHXdrDE
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON
Thats actually not a too bad article. It kind of rubbishes the anti-russian hysteria.
You know reds under-the-bed everywhere. All bad things in the world are Putins fault.
Except now its moved on to China getting the demonisation treatment.
BAMBOO on 22ND APRIL 2020 9:19 AM
Getting the facts is the problem.
Almost every news outlet comes with a bias.
Hunbelievable…
Scotland and Sheffield United striker Oli McBurnie says he chatted with Steven Gerrard about playing for Rangers in Dubai – minutes after being sick as a result of an all-day drinking session with Ibrox goalkeeper Allan McGregor (Scottish Sun) ©️
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 22ND APRIL 2020 8:37 AM
Yorkbhoy,
‘Look at the time between leaving earths orbit and reaching the moon, they advise 3 days which is more than other sources of 2.5 days’
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The earth doesn’t have an orbit.
The earth is flat.
Ernie..,
Would it not have a horizontal orbit then ?
Gooooooooooooooooooooooood morning CQN
Another glorious day the the Deen
LonglastTheAzoresHighPressure
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 22ND APRIL 2020 9:52 AM
Ernie..,
Would it not have a horizontal orbit then ?
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Is the clue not in the name ORBit?
On another topic, what would the capacity of Celtic Park be if a 2 metre self distancing rule was applied?
One year on:
Billy McNeill….the name says all.
1, 2, 3, 4!
Well, she was just seventeen,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked was way beyond compare.
ERNIE
The earth is a cube
Hence the flat sides
DONTBRATTBAKKINANGER on 22ND APRIL 2020 10:16 AM
Well how could i dance with another when i saw her standing there…………………………………..
Good morning Conspiracy Quick News from a sunny Forres. I’ll look for my Celtic news elsewhere this morning.
See ya all later.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people-still-think-the-moon-landings-were-faked
Everybody knows it’s 3 million miles to the Moon
https://youtu.be/PWvRr8XxDhU
SoTcsc
FAVOURITE UNCLE
Well my heart went boom as I crossed that room
Amazing how lyrics from the 60’s are still all there. Who says we are going senile?
DBBIA!
Hey there pal. You’ve been in my mind recently.
Unrelated, been watching the MadMen box set.
Hope all’s well
Unforgettable sixties songs/lyrics.
Sha la la la lala lee
Oblidee oblida
Wooly Booly
I am sitting watching the Billy McNeil tribute that Celtic put out, don’t know if it was a year ago or just out for his anniversary, but by god what an inspirational player/captain.
What a team we must have in paradise in the sky.💚⚽️💚⚽️🍀
Hail Hail
D. :)
An absolute touching tribute from Hugh Keevens to Billy McNeill.
HH
DR trying to give the Huns hope by saying UEFA say there may be play offs between teams where league positions are in doubt. There is no doubt in a 13 point lead, but nice try😂
DAVID66 on 22ND APRIL 2020 7:35 AM
Good morning CQN from another beautiful sunny day in the Garngad
Ffs turned on TV and they are asking Tony Blair for advice on Covid19…. They wid be better asking feckin Lionel Blair and he is probably Deed like RFC.
D. :)
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If I had the choice of PM Blair, Johnson or Corbyn dealing with Covid, I’d go for Blair every time.
TBB, yes very well.
Trust all is well with you and yours.
There’s only one King Billy, that’s McNeill. Missed but never forgotten, what happened to that last year?
No.5, 67 minutes I was there. A pretty decent Killie team.
https://youtu.be/G0f89YVHAwI
Finally, one man’s conspiracy is another man’s truth. No amount of exchanges on here is likely to change somebody else’s mind. I suppose it passes the time of day during lockdown, me I’ve got better things to do like shouting at the telly.😉
Just a quick one. Like a few others have asked, has anybody heard from SOT?
Canman I’ve googled the time to get to Mars from Earth, 7 months approx would you agree, rather than the 3 years you quoted? H H Hebcelt
The moon’s a balloon….
No wait a minute ,that was….
(insert balloon of your choice )
The title of David Niven’s autobiography ?? H H Hebcelt
DONTBRATTBAKKINANGER on 22ND APRIL 2020 10:16 AM
” How could I dance with her mother ? “
THE BATTERED BUNNET on 22ND APRIL 2020 10:42 AM
Madmen.
The pun ?
Timings to the moon have always varied
Test
AN DUN on 22ND APRIL 2020 11:03 AM
‘If I had the choice of PM Blair, Johnson or Corbyn dealing with Covid, I’d go for Blair every time.’
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Blair’s judgement is flawed.
Corbyn’s judgement will stand the test of time.