Fraser Forster or The Scottish Football Thread.

[toon_don 0]

Surely every club has a right to earn money and improve themselves through success though? If you split everything where would that come from. There has to be some element of prize money left in.

 

In Scotland I don't think it works, because 2 clubs are already so much wealthier than everyone else, and every season they're rewarded for being rich, while small clubs are punished for being poor. And if you want an idea of just what a corrupt farce Scottish football is, this is how the prize money from TV and sponsorship this season is divvied up:

 

1. 17.0%

2. 10.5%

3. 9.5%

4. 9.0%

5. 8.5%

6. 8.0%

7. 7.5%

8. 7.0%

9. 6.5%

10. 6.0%

11. 5.5%

12. 5.0%

 

Now, the prize money for winning the league makes virtually no difference to Celtic. But an extra few £100k either way makes a huge difference to clubs like St Johnstone or Inverness who only have 3,000 home fans on a normal day.

Edited March 13, 2013 by toon_don

[David Kelly 1260]

In Scotland I don't think it works, because 2 clubs are already so much wealthier than everyone else, and every season they're rewarded for being rich, while small clubs are punished for being poor. And if you want an idea of just what a corrupt farce Scottish football is, this is how the prize money from TV and sponsorship this season is divvied up:

 

1. 17.0%

2. 10.5%

3. 9.5%

4. 9.0%

5. 8.5%

6. 8.0%

7. 7.5%

8. 7.0%

9. 6.5%

10. 6.0%

11. 5.5%

12. 5.0%

 

Now, the prize money for winning the league makes virtually no difference to Celtic. But an extra few £100k either way makes a huge difference to clubs like St Johnstone or Inverness who only have 3,000 home fans on a normal day.

I was more thinking about Toonpacks suggestion that all moneys from everywhere being split evenly among the teams. Apart from that I think there must surely be legal implications (companies have a right to make money so I can't see it going unchallenged if the SFA tell them they have to share everything they earn), you have to have a prize to play for. TV money should certainly be split evenly though.

 

What you say about the crowds that the likes of Inverness get just goes to tell me what I've always believed. The league has too many teams up there. The attendances at every stadium other than Park Head and Ibrox are too low for any of the other teams to ever be able to make an impact. A few clubs need to merge to make bigger clubs that can actually compete. Obviously I realize that getting supporters to agree to this is almost impossible. Telling Dundee and Dundee United fans that need to all start supporting one club is no more likely to be accepted and telling us and the unwashed to do the same!

Edited March 14, 2013 by David Kelly

[mls1-CelticFC 0]

You jammy bastards.

Edited March 14, 2013 by mls1-CelticFC

[Howmanheyman 33965]

You jammy bastards.

They were no Ross County to be fair.

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4000]

 

I was more thinking about Toonpacks suggestion that all moneys from everywhere being split evenly among the teams. Apart from that I think there must surely be legal implications (companies have a right to make money so I can't see it going unchallenged if the SFA tell them they have to share everything they earn), you have to have a prize to play for. TV money should certainly be split evenly though.

 

What you say about the crowds that the likes of Inverness get just goes to tell me what I've always believed. The league has too many teams up there. The attendances at every stadium other than Park Head and Ibrox are too low for any of the other teams to ever be able to make an impact. A few clubs need to merge to make bigger clubs that can actually compete. Obviously I realize that getting supporters to agree to this is almost impossible. Telling Dundee and Dundee United fans that need to all start supporting one club is no more likely to be accepted and telling us and the unwashed to do the same!

 

In the strathclyde area alone there are Rangers, celtic, St Mirren, Partick Thistle, Airdrie, Hamilton Academicals, Greenock Morton. That's a population of Newcastle and Sunderland combined

[mls1-CelticFC 0]

And Motherwel, queens park and Albion rovers to that list.

Edited March 15, 2013 by mls1-CelticFC

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4000]

And Motherwel, queens park and Albion rovers to that list.

 

Forgot Motherwell but the other two aren't worth mentioning.

[Brock Manson 0]

You jammy bastards.

 

Aye, there was another black & white striped team who were quite jammy in Europe this season too.

[mls1-CelticFC 0]

Juventus?

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4000]

Lad at the bottom of my street signed for Celtic's acadamy this week.

[toon_don 0]

Aberdeen take the lead at Parkhead

[Tom 14021]

Good lads.

[toon_don 0]

It was also another mistake from Forster. I take back all the good things I said about him. He's going backwards again.

[toon_don 0]

3-1 Aberdeen!

[toon_don 0]

Oh for fucks sake.

[Tom 14021]

[The Fish 10978]

this is going to be "proof" they're a good side.

 

No, no it's just proof their league is turbo-shit.

[Tom 14021]

I like Aberdeen mind, so it's a shame.

[Monroe Transfer 0]

Winning the SPL must feel so hollow.

[The Fish 10978]

Winning the SPL must feel so hollow.

I presume it's like masturbation. I mean yeah, you "win" & feel great briefly but given you were the only one around it's not exactly like you're gonna tell your mates about it are you?

[Tom 14021]

[Monroe Transfer 0]

it's not exactly like you're gonna tell your mates about it are you?

 

Are you not meant to do that?

 

Now you tell me.

[The Fish 10978]

Are you not meant to do that?

 

Now you tell me.

No, that's what I'm stating we absolutely don't do!

[mls1-CelticFC 0]

Get it up yees!

 

Love a good comeback so I do.

 

Forster hasn't been the same since injury it's a shame.

[Monroe Transfer 0]

Is there not a Celtic forum you can post on?