If (when) one of the SPL clubs goes bust

[Moody Blue Legend 61,461]

Good question. Personally, I would want him to tell them to get to fuck.

[Senna 735]

Occasionally DD, you come up with a good thread.

Yep*, so long as they had to go through all the shit we did. D3 and up.

*not applicable to Dundee Utd and Aberdeen. They can fuck off.

[there'sonlyoneamoruso 1,724]

I wouldn't admit them as their actions from this year are too fresh and too hard to forget. However, I'm sure the club leadership will do what is right should any such vote be needed.

BTW, what are the chances that the SPL club(s) could survive an event that we endured? I don't think many would.

[Bluepeter9 5,167]

Of course - we should be doing all we can to help - after what we have been through we should have sympathy and empathy with any club in difficulty - especially Hearts who have been run by a nutter!

[tannerall 25,935]

Of course - we should be doing all we can to help - after what we have been through we should have sympathy and empathy with any club in difficulty - especially Hearts who have been run by a nutter!

As i say so often, we did not get any favours from these clubs, and their intent was to hurt us for good.

Where was the sympathy and empathy when we were in trouble, (and run by a nutter) ?

[bazzl82 2]

I'd have them go thru the same process as us, rules are rules

[Bluepeter9 5,167]

As i say so often, we did not get any favours from these clubs, and their intent was to hurt us for good.

Where was the sympathy and empathy when we were in trouble, (and run by a nutter) ?

In my book 2 wrongs dont make a right. Hearts have looked vurnable ever since Romanov took over - that's not the fans fault and if any group can empathise with dealing with shit after financial mis-management it is us.

[govanblue 16,847]

Well said BP9.

I would like to think that we would be fair and gracious in such a situation.

We bemoaned other clubs when they were unfair and ungracious, and I would hate to join their ignoble ranks.

We are, after all, Better Than All The Rest.

[gersandy 594]

As long as they start from the bottom like we did. No prefferential treatment. I wonder if a dunfermline or hearts would have the success weve had though. Our fans have been amazing, which will ensure we shoot up the leagues.

[tannerall 25,935]

In my book 2 wrongs dont make a right. Hearts have looked vurnable ever since Romanov took over - that's not the fans fault and if any group can empathise with dealing with shit after financial mis-management it is us.

Help the fans who voted to destroy us ?

We were vulnerable even before whyte took over, not our fans fault. Did anyone help us. No, they took it in turns to boot in.

Some may empathise with their plight having been there.. Does not obligate us to do anything about it though.

Reap what you have sown is what I say. Given the chance they would have no qualms about doing it to us again.

[govanblue 16,847]

Help the fans who voted to destroy us ?

We were vulnerable even before whyte took over, not our fans fault. Did anyone help us. No, they took it in turns to boot in.

Some may empathise with their plight having been there.. Does not obligate us to do anything about it though.

Reap what you have sown is what I say. Given the chance they would have no qualms about doing it to us again.

Yes, some of those clubs were total shits.

We're not total shits.

[Bertent 2,081]

Yes, some of those clubs were total shits.

We're not total shits.

I can be, and in this instance would be. Purely on the grounds of ensuring sporting integrity.

[hemdale1873 167]

Voted yes but only after they were put down to the lowest league, lost all their best players for nothing, were called a new club every 5 minutes by the BBC, fined and banned from signing any players.

Anyhting less than that then it's no.

[rubyred90 118]

You've got to let them back in , it seems like some people want everyone to die and we play who each week exactly ?

[Bluepeter9 5,167]

Help the fans who voted to destroy us ?

We were vulnerable even before whyte took over, not our fans fault. Did anyone help us. No, they took it in turns to boot in.

Some may empathise with their plight having been there.. Does not obligate us to do anything about it though.

Reap what you have sown is what I say. Given the chance they would have no qualms about doing it to us again.

Its a sport - they may have forgotten what sportsmanship is like BUT we should not stoop to the low levels of others!

[legalbeagle 3,734]

I don't have any interest in competing against these 'SPL' teams anyway, so if they disappear, that'll be no skin off my nose.

Football rivalry and all that stuff is great fun, but playing against clubs and supporters who did everything they could to kick us while we were down just seems like no fun whatsoever.

I almost envy those of you who look forward to us getting back into the SPL and beating all these teams.

[Guardian 4,281]

The rules are the rules.

If they say they must go to div3 then so be it.

It's bound to happen shortly and the balance of power will keep shifting to the SFL who should breakaway

[El Carpintero 546]

Don't see any being in the same position we were in to be honest.

[MosesMcNeil 1,664]

We could show that we are bigger than those spiteful Rangers haters. Why drag ourselves down to their level?

That's colourful language - and your pejorative. Have you forgotten our treatment was all in the name of integrity?

It's only right we show some respect and adhere to said demands for integrity.

[AlBear. 8,499]

That's colourful language - and your pejorative. Have you forgotten our treatment was all in the name of integrity?

It's only right we show some respect and adhere to said demands for integrity.

Rangers have always acted with real integrity, unlike the spl's faux sporting integrity pish, we shouldn't lower our high standards because of them.

[Escobar 13,676]

No.

[MosesMcNeil 1,664]

Rangers have always acted with real integrity, unlike the spl's faux sporting integrity pish, we shouldn't lower our high standards because of them.

It's only right to ensure we return the favours received to ensure integrity is maintained.

[Uncle Fester 186]

We could show that we are bigger than those spiteful Rangers haters. Why drag ourselves down to their level?

Wake up mate this is Scotland land of Rangers haters full of cunts who wanted to destroy Rangers who after all is said and done are a football club, I look forward with relish to the imminent implosion of the SPhell and will shed no tears for any of them.......Oh and I voted no.

[AlBear. 8,499]

It's only right to ensure we return the favours received to ensure integrity is maintained.

'eye for an eye leaves everyone blind'

Don't get me wrong I'd love karma to work out here and these clubs get what they deserve but not at the expense of us losing our dignity and integrity. That doesn't mean be silent and forgive or forget. I just don't want us acting like they did. We all saw how stupid, petty, vindictive and bigoted they were. Now they are starting to realise it with their new mantra "let bygones be bygones". The simple facts are, we are better than them and I wouldn't want us to lose sight of that over revenge.

[gronaldo 38]

No reason not to admit them other than some sort of act of revenge in my opinion. They certainly shouldn't be voted back into the SPL (that would be a complete and utter joke given that we weren't allowed back in) but the precedent with us would put them in the SFL and I think that's fair enough.

I also think that while we'll recover and go up the leagues, some of the SPL clubs could seriously struggle to get back to where they were. Fans of a team like Hearts wouldn't come together the way our fans have done and their attendance would take a right kicking.