In the most significant development towards the regionalisation of European leagues yet, Russian Premier League chief executive, Sergei Pryadkin, has announced plans to merge the Russian and Ukrainian leagues. The plan has been driven by CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg and Anzhi Makhachkala, who have formed a foundation committee.
Russian clubs already deal with the rigours of playing across a vast geographical area, so adding a huge nation like Ukraine would present further challenges, but top sides from Russian and Ukraine know that if they are to become genuine top tier clubs they will need to play in as strong a league as possible. The plan is likely to involve feeder national leagues working below the confederated league.
Uefa president Michel Platini has already given the green light to the regionalisation of leagues. The most important question for Scottish football fans, is whether SPL clubs would like to feed into a confederated British league.
The hoary old claim that SPL clubs need Celtic and Rangers has been shown to be a complete falsehood this year. SPL clubs didn’t need Rangers and they don’t need Celtic either – if only those running our game had the balls to ask fans their views on this matter they might reinvigorate our game, instead of managing inevitable decline.
We are not wanted or needed by fans of Motherwell, Hibs, Kilmarnock, Inverness, Aberdeen or Dundee United. These clubs are competing in the best SPL ever with only one problem, a bloated club from Parkhead.
If Scottish football wants a way forward which will see a well-attended and competitive top league, ask the fans, do they need or want Celtic? Do they want an opportunity to feed into a regional league? Any reorganisation which fails to take the views of the paying customer into account will be a disgraceful failure.
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By the way anyone watching SPOTY it was recorded two weeks ago, don’t want to spoil it for anyone but……
John Terry won it.
I loved the GB yesterday telling them, “You can shove yer blinking cameras up you bottom” or words to that effect, to the tune of Ye cannie shove yer grannie aff the bus. LOL Brilliant.
Weefra HH
Kayal33
I’ve just been saying the same thing here. They get them into every programme they can manage. Argh!
BSR
Pray tell……………………it’s oan the mantlepiece.HH
“When I left Celtic, I was told (by Tom Boyd) that my leaving was like a new signing.”
Tony Cascarino.
HH!!
kayal33 – not watching it but they saved the olympics when G4s cocked up – allegedly
Any chance Andy Murray will win SPOTY?
Surprised to see Green in the audience. An award for Sevco. Tax Dodgers of the Year.
Gene’s a Bhoys
Very true, but I was saying yesterday the scouting in the last three years has been nothing short of astonishing (⊙_⊙)
MatthewsKayalForsterAmbroseWanyamaHooperIzzyWilsonLassadWatt CSC
p.s. and yada yada
ntassoolla
19:01 on
16 December, 2012
If you were even a half-decent player, would you play for that shoite…?
Tally
Stoap it
TooFunny CSC
the quote “the celtic shirt doesn’t shrink……….” was first made by bri-nylon
not a lot of people know that
real 2-2 espanyol – oh dear
Espanyol just equalised 2-2
Weefra HH
Late equaliser for Espanol, 2 mins left. 2-2
HH
Watch out for some bear-on-bear action this week. If Agent Whyte sees chicko milkin’ the coo, without a promise of some cream for himself, all hell will break lose.
HH
Hamiltontim,
Just missed you yesterday, was talking to Malorbhoy in the lounge, he said you were coming in, hopefully meet you in the future, glad young miss HT enjoyed herself.
My own daughters always bending my ear to get to more games……..teach the children.
Bma
VP
Well, I bought three for presents I’m not reading it, in case somebody gets me it. I went to Timland at the Barras to save all the online guffery and there is this bloke whose cheeky, but nice in real life?
Any ideas?
Bradley wiggins is rubber
MaestroMcCall @maestromccall
@rangersfctrust @GersnetOnline Story on Rangers Media- only £1.6m raised from share issue. WTF?
I am the Ghost of putting up a Christmas Tree
Scooge CSC
DJBEE
I saw that
Zombies supposes his Shares’is are Roses but the Zombies supposes erroneously……………….Zombies supposes his Sevcos are Go Go’s
but Zombies supposes
erroneously………..Zombies supposes………………
……………….
Hooptie Doodie Doodle CSC
DJBEE
They haven’t included my £1.690M
When is the share offer closing ?
18th Dec ?
Closes Tue I think.
I was thinking of giving SPOTY a miss because, although I like the sports clips, I find it a bit like the Tory Party at Play. The mention of the Armed Forces featuring on it has made my mind up. I won`t bother watching. Brad Wiggins is a cert. Andy Murray second and Jessica Ennis third )althought Mo Farah might just pip Jessica).
JJ
BSR
Murray consistently cheats CFC….he is at least consistent ….
His performance yesterday was a disgrace …
We should ensure that he doesnt ref our games again
Palacio67.
Thanks for the link to the scotsman.
Read the replies,was thinking kojo is posting as of the way someone is ripping thems in only the way he can.
Don’t think it’ll be cycling two years in a row
Sports Split-Personality of the Year; Team Award-
The Sevco!
its not even christmas for another week – ty sevcoclaus…
looks like its time to start trolling on r*gers media again
If Barca win tonight they will be 13 points ahead of real and 9 ahead of Atletico – league over by Christmas – and they thought the SPL would be 1 horse race
I liked the ole camera trick yesterday, and reckon it would be awesome in a big game like the CL *or if you had a camera my Nokia Mark One*
StickYourCamerasUpYour CSC
gene’s…..,
Thank you :oD))))
If it is as low as stated earlier that’ll do me fine
PSG v Lyon about to kick off.
the comments section on the scotsman article has been closed due to repeated ridicule of the zombies
Tpog.
Think there’s a poster on here that is worth a nomination.hh
The SPOTY used to be a small affair in a studio with the potential winners only
There thousands there
No the same as it was when I was a wean ….and it always meant Christmas was close
sipsini
20:04 on 16 December, 2012
know where your coming from…