tommyw 36 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 British Super League British Super League being planned in secret with celtic and Rangers joining Prem in new US-style play-off system from the sun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM63 2,150 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Can they relegate celtic? IRed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Honestly don’t think it will happen, but it would be absolutely amazing. Big V 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Where do we get relegated to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Ibrox would need to be upgraded easily 70,000 would show up to watch us play the top English sides every week. EASILY. Big V 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,270 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 It made sense 20 years ago and even more so now. Big V 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post McEwan's Lager 30,225 Posted April 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 Play offs for the League title can fuck off - we aren't the US or Australia. In two minds on this. Firstly I would only support this if there was full pyramid integration between Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales with some kind of transitional seasons to ensure integration is fair and teams find their relative level. The problem is I don't think we would be able to compete regularly with the top 4/5 year on year consistently. It would mean significantly less title days, possibly not ever seeing one again in my lifetime. I genuinely like going home and away in Scotland, doing that week in week out from here to Southampton would likely mean missing out on many games a season. Pure_Quality, jafrfc, Mojo84 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zappa6995 3,620 Posted April 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 We’ll be lucky to still be part of Britain never mind part of a British League sRcFoCt, Jacklondon, magic8ball and 13 others 16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 63,784 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Martin Lipton is pretty well respected so you would imagine this had some truth to it. TheKingObv 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueoysterbar 19,425 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Would make more sense as a UK Cup or something like that. Do it in the summers when there's no Euros or World Cup. chris182 and GA1972 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,225 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 I can't see any of the 14: a) potentially voting themselves out the league to cut the league down to 18 b) potentially voting themselves out the league to bring us and them in c) potentially voting themselves out the league to bring us and them in and cutting the league to 18 Also, don't see the FAW or SFA agreeing to this. I'm fairly certain the IFA would probably be supportive. magic8ball and Iakona 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 70,849 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 No thanks dougie76 and BillyG91 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,225 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 minute ago, theblueoysterbar said: Would make more sense as a UK Cup or something like that. Do it in the summers when there's no Euros or World Cup. No money in it I don't think. If teams even outside the top 6 are playing reserves and youths in the Europa League, FA and EFL Cups then I can't see them taking it seriously when they play us, Celtic, Aberdeen etc. Sky etc know this so I don't think it would command a decent deal. ronniescu 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueoysterbar 19,425 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 minute ago, McEwan's Lager said: No money in it I don't think. If teams even outside the top 6 are playing reserves and youths in the Europa League, FA and EFL Cups then I can't see them taking it seriously when they play us, Celtic, Aberdeen etc. Sky etc know this so I don't think it would command a decent deal. Who knows, just can't believe that this is even being considered given the absolute catastrofuck that the ESL has been. McEwan's Lager and Darth Bear 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,225 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, theblueoysterbar said: Who knows, just can't believe that this is even being considered given the absolute catastrofuck that the ESL has been. Big 6 seem hell bent on forcing some kind of change through. The playoff idea again, its clear the Americans just don't get it. There would be an uproar just as big as the Super League ideal if they pushed a World Series / Super Bowl type game for the Championship. Us and them offer a marginal improvement in marketability and revenue generation... but again, I think that can't be relied upon. If clubs like Villa and Newcastle can be relegated so can we. A Rangers and Celtic that aren't scrapping for titles but are scrapping for a Europa League spot, mid table or worse is not the money spinner people think it would be. Reputational risk for the PL as well. Our fans and their fans would be in the papers every week. Corky True Legend and theblueoysterbar 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 63,784 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 minute ago, McEwan's Lager said: Big 6 seem hell bent on forcing some kind of change through. The playoff idea again, its clear the Americans just don't get it. There would be an uproar just as big as the Super League ideal if they pushed a World Series / Super Bowl type game for the Championship. Us and them offer a marginal improvement in marketability and revenue generation... but again, I think that can't be relied upon. If clubs like Villa and Newcastle can be relegated so can we. A Rangers and Celtic that aren't scrapping for titles but are scrapping for a Europa League spot, mid table or worse is not the money spinner people think it would be. Reputational risk for the PL as well. Our fans and their fans would be in the papers every week. That's part of the appeal tbf Rangers#1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebestest 2,145 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 24 minutes ago, Zappa6995 said: Well be lucky to still be part of Britain never mind part of a British League Might help keep Britain together though. I'm not smart enough to say this with any confidence, but I'd suggest it might be in Westminster's interested to encourage the FA to dangle the carrot of cross border football of some kind for teams in home nations only. Could possibly turn the heads of a few 'on the fence about independence' football fans. JCDBigBear, magic8ball, The Specky Forum Organiser and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prso's headband 34,947 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Weird how this throws up a lot of negative chat but Cardiff and Swansea are fine to play in the English league Hadron Collider 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Prso's headband 34,947 Posted April 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 Be some laugh phoning work from Southampton away on a Sunday night telling them I’ll no be back to Wednesday cause am stopping off at Newcastle for the Tuesday away game on the way back up. Sign me up tommyw, BillyG93, King Jela and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,225 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Just now, Jeffrey said: That's part of the appeal tbf It would be absolute carnage. There's a test for if this story has substance to it or not: We will know there is something in it when the heads of every Police force in England are hammering the doors of the Police Minister, the Home Secretary and Richard Masters demanding a meeting. The Specky Forum Organiser and JCDBigBear 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 63,784 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, Prso's headband said: Be some laugh phoning work from Southampton away on a Sunday night telling them I’ll no be back to Wednesday cause am stopping off at Newcastle for the Tuesday away game on the way back up. Sign me up We'd take about 30k to Newcastle away VanVeenRangers and Prso's headband 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Iakona 2,244 Posted April 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Prso's headband said: Weird how this throws up a lot of negative chat but Cardiff and Swansea are fine to play in the English league Slightly different circumstances mind you. Wales didn't have a football league when they joined the English league set up.. plus it was 100 years ago. King Jela, Geo17, HuistraHairDo and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,225 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, Prso's headband said: Weird how this throws up a lot of negative chat but Cardiff and Swansea are fine to play in the English league Lot of history behind that though. Until the early 90s the Welsh clubs were all integrated into England. The FAW tried to initially force every club to come and play in the League of Wales when it was set up for nationalistic reasons. But it was mental to try and force those two plus Wrexham and a few others into a league which would have bankrupted them. Look up the 'irate eight'. It's a pretty interesting story. Prso's headband 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
East London Loyal 419 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 28 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: I can't see any of the 14: a) potentially voting themselves out the league to cut the league down to 18 b) potentially voting themselves out the league to bring us and them in c) potentially voting themselves out the league to bring us and them in and cutting the league to 18 Also, don't see the FAW or SFA agreeing to this. I'm fairly certain the IFA would probably be supportive. Obviously the SFA would be against it, but not the FAW or IFA. They wouldn't be included, it doesn't impact their leagues either. Now for me, it's a dangerous game for us down here adding a giant club in Rangers to the league. It hurts my clubs chances, because access to the league will give Rangers more resources. Other clubs that are traditionally on the periphery of challenging for the 1-6 spots could also be trying to swim upstream with other big club in the league. In terms of size, only Man United and Liverpool are bigger than Rangers. In an act of self-preservation, Rangers fans shouldn't and won't care about the impact of their inclusion in the league, neither about harming the pyramid they'd leave behind after how the club was treated in 2012. tommyw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rangers#1 5,442 Posted April 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 The death of all the other teams in Scotland and the taigs having to play in a “British” league where do we sign up for this 👍 Hadron Collider, ronniescu, tommyw and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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