Scottish Premier League

El Guapo

El Guapo

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31 point gap from 2nd to 3rd place,

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Scottish football needs a massive revamp to spread what wealth there is and even it back up a bit.

Two divisions: top of 18, 2nd of 24, as it used to be.
 
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I agree though, it's an incredibly dull league because there's so little variety.

It's not even just the fact that Celtic win it all the time, and it's Rangers if not them, it's that the league is so small that you just see the same thing every season.
 
Scottish football is one level above pub football. As soon as Celtic or Rangers get into Europe, as they do every year they get a good kicking by some part timers.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Meanwhile it's only 20 points in the competitive Championship.
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The gap from 2nd to 3rd is 8 points, not 20.

Completely different teams to last season too.

The gap from 1st to 3rd is 19 points.

As opposed to 41 points in the Scottish Premiership in a 12 team league.
 
38 years since someone other than Celtic or Rangers won the league - it’s a clown league
 
It’s a farce of a league. Celtic and Rangers domination makes it such. Their tribal bigoted rivalry keeps them stuck in the Middle Ages. The other clubs only make money when playing those two clubs. Either side would be championship quality at best. If premier league, mid table is all they could aspire for. When they play in Europe they rarely qualify from the group stages.

I have a good friend who is a Celtic fan. He is an intelligent man but his outdated and bigoted views of Rangers,and I’m sure Rangers fans share the same Neanderthal opinions, sicken me. Let them fester in their own bile until they step into the 21st century.
 
What is a joke in Scotland is Edinburgh being unable to compete with Glasgow entirely and Aberdeen very infrequently.

I know Aberdeen pretty well and it’s a large city that should have the capacity to compete with Celtic and Rangers. As it is, there are a lot of Celtic and Rangers fans in the city and surrounding areas.
 
I think that if Celtic and rangers went in the prem, with the extra revenue and large followings would do well and be top half teams with a couple of years.
 
Facefuzz said:
I think that if Celtic and rangers went in the prem, with the extra revenue and large followings would do well and be top half teams with a couple of years.
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Possibly, but the Premier League isn't short of teams with big attendances as is, it's far less of an advantage than it is in the Scottish Premiership.

Celtic would have the 5th highest average attendance, whilst Rangers would have the 8th.

I'd guess that Rangers and Celtic would be able to draw much bigger crowds than some of them if capacity was unlimited, given they draw huge support from across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Ireland, but it's not and I think there's only so much that attendance provides nowadays anyway.

West Ham, Everton and Newcastle have struggled for years, despite their excellent support.

They'd also lose out on the lucrative 4-6 Old Firm games that happen every season, with it dropping to down to 2, unless they stayed in the Scottish Cups.
 
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It's a completely pointless league set up

Celtic and Rangers champions league record in the last 15 years is horrendous - Celtic have won 1 champions league group game in 10 years

Rangers got to a final, sure, if your getting free entry into Europe every single season which is what happens to the old firm they will sooner or later
have a decent run

Lets not forget Rangers lost several games that year in Europe and still stayed in it because of this nonsense about qualifying for the europa league
despite already being knocked out of the champions league

win 3 or 4 cup knock outs and your in the final, and you get to play every single year by default
 
TeaCider said:
Possibly, but the Premier League isn't short of teams with big attendances as is, it's far less of an advantage than it is in the Scottish Premiership.

Celtic would have the 5th highest average attendance, whilst Rangers would have the 8th.

I'd guess that Rangers and Celtic would be able to draw much bigger crowds than some of them if capacity was unlimited, given they draw huge support from across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Ireland, but it's not and I think there's only so much that attendance provides nowadays anyway.

West Ham, Everton and Newcastle have struggled for years, despite their excellent support.

They'd also lose out on the lucrative 4-6 Old Firm games that happen every season, with it dropping to down to 2, unless they stayed in the Scottish Cups.
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The prem money would be the difference. They must get peanuts to be on sky against Ross county twice a year
 
TeaCider said:
Possibly, but the Premier League isn't short of teams with big attendances as is, it's far less of an advantage than it is in the Scottish Premiership.

Celtic would have the 5th highest average attendance, whilst Rangers would have the 8th.

I'd guess that Rangers and Celtic would be able to draw much bigger crowds than some of them if capacity was unlimited, given they draw huge support from across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Ireland, but it's not and I think there's only so much that attendance provides nowadays anyway.

West Ham, Everton and Newcastle have struggled for years, despite their excellent support.

They'd also lose out on the lucrative 4-6 Old Firm games that happen every season, with it dropping to down to 2, unless they stayed in the Scottish Cups.
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Tbh though this would take a few years. If they were shoved into the Premier League they'd need a huge sudden squad revamp and I could see them doing about as well as Forest at best in their first season.

I'd back on at least one of them dropping down into the champo at first season end.
 
Scottish League used to supply the top teams in England with players. Now it's a stepping stone to clubs in the championship.

On the one hand it's bad how all the money and therefore the players are all gravitating towards England but on the other hand it's funny.
 
Fat_Dragon said:
So does the Premier League, Ligue 1, La Liga, Bundesliga etc…
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The PL has seen a huge swing in teams at the top this season. Two of last year's top four are out of the Champions League places and look like missing out on Europe altogether, Arsenal look like winning it for the first time in years, Man United and Newcastle find themselves in the top four, Villa up to 6th and Brighton are having a season of their lives. West Ham who finished 7th are just above the relegation fight and Leicester 8th are entrenched in a relegation battle.

And if there is a God, Everton will be relegated.

No doubt it will all revert back to normal next season.
 
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