The Scottish Premier League could be set to increase to 14 clubs from season 2011-12, with relegation play-offs also featuring in the new set-up.

 

A senior Scottish football figure has told BBC Scotland that the current 12-club set-up could be replaced.

 

The new format would see all clubs play each other twice and split after 26 games into a top six and bottom eight.

 

After the split, clubs in the top six and the bottom eight would then play each other twice.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8653062.stm

 

WTF The Fuck

 

Imagine being 7th by only a point or two after 26 games and having your season finished in Feburary.

 

Increasing the amount of teams in the SPL is something I'd like to see but this way is just as retarded as the current setup.

I think the AFL next year is a 17 team league, one team each week doesn't play.

On a very pissed off note, why not have one off games, neutral venue, betweeen the top 4 teams to decide who plays in the various yooorupeeen competitions?

 

The ugly sisters will still (courtesy of "generous" refereeing) win most often, but it would offer the likes of oursels, the embra twins, DUFK, or evem maybe Motherewell a chance to make real money once in a blue moon.

Why not a league of 20+?

 

Pick the 20, 21, 23, whatever teams with the highest annual attendance over the last 3 seasons. No relegation for 2 years. Sorted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh and kick out any team who have ever espoused bigotry in any way

Kick out the bigot brothers now (as they say they are leaving anyway given the chance) and have a 16 team league

1= more competitive

2=fuck the old firm

Kick out the bigot brothers now (as they say they are leaving anyway given the chance) and have a 16 team league

1= more competitive

2=fuck the old firm

 

 

3 - Even less money. Would only work if a shit-load more folk started coming to games to see this new-found competitiveness.

That'd be perfect for us - cos as it is Aberdeen don't play every week anyway!

 

What he said . . . 

 

3 - Even less money. Would only work if a shit-load more folk started coming to games to see this new-found competitiveness.

 

I'd come back 

Re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.

 

14 or 12 shite teams with a ridiculous split? I just cannot decide.

Re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.

 

14 or 12 shite teams with a ridiculous split? I just cannot decide.

 

 

Ultimately you're right. Any setup with a split is nothing short of an embarrassment.

A pretense of change when in effect absolutely none of the serious problems are being addressed, and a coward of a chief exec (Doncaster I think he's called?) doing everything he can to pass himself off as progressive when actually he's yet another bootlick for the OF.

 

Absolute non-story to everyone apart from fans of the top sides in the 1st div. Congratualtions lads, soon you will be able to say you are a part of the laughing-stock of european football leagues.

A pretense of change when in effect absolutely none of the serious problems are being addressed, and a coward of a chief exec (Doncaster I think he's called?) doing everything he can to pass himself off as progressive when actually he's yet another bootlick for the OF.

 

Absolute non-story to everyone apart from fans of the top sides in the 1st div. Congratualtions lads, soon you will be able to say you are a part of the laughing-stock of european football leagues.

 

I suspect it is the dregs of the spl that are pushing for this as much as the top teams in the 1st

Probably very true gs. In fact did the StMirren boss not admit as much?

 

3 - Even less money. Would only work if a shit-load more folk started coming to games to see this new-found competitiveness.

 

They would eventually especially if more teams had a chance of winning things.

I know it looks like football would die without the old firm but this is just scaremongering by some people.

Probably the same people who said thousands of pubs would close with the smoking ban.

 

Just like the Aberdeen fans came back in their droves when JC was sacked?

 

I don't think it's worth the risk of anecdotal fickle fitba fans predictions of who would come back to the fitba or nae.

 

They OF need reigned in - not shipped oot.

p.s. thousands of pubs have closed since the smoking ban was introduced 

 

This.

 

Rest of teams need to grow a pair and stand up to them.