Which would leave us with a load of totally meaningless games. It ain’t perfect but the split actually works when it comes to keeping things interesting. It’s grown on me.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-03-2019 06:53 PM #31Every gimmick hungry yob,
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19-03-2019 07:03 PM #32
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A 16 team league, everybody plays each other home and away, so we get to 30 games.
Then, the league splits into a top 8 and a bottom 8. Seven more games takes us to 37, which is one game fewer than we currently have now.
Each season, 4 teams in each half will miss out on the extra home game, but hopefully when a pattern develops the fixture boffins would be able to work out who's due the extra home game every season.
I think that would answer everybody's problems. We'd stop having to play sides 4 times a season (which is dull). The most you could play a side in the league would be three times, and you'd only play the other half of the league twice. Throw in the Scottish and League Cups, and the most you could play a side in a season is 6 times, and that would only be if you finished in the same half, drew them in the League Cup and drew them in the Scottish and a replay was required. For context, Rangers and Aberdeen have already played each other 6 times season and will be ending up in the same half of the split come April.
This would make games, in my opinion, more exclusive and special. For example:
August - Hibs vs Hearts
January - Hearts vs Hibs
April/May - Hibs vs Hearts
The hope is that the first two derbies would generate hype purely by being derbies (and occurring less often than under the current system), then the final derby might well have European football or the like riding on it, so there'd be high stakes and it wouldn't be a meaningless end of season friendly as you would have more of under the 30 games a season model.
Also, I'd have 15th and 16th going automatically down, with 14th in a relegation play-off against the winners of 3rd vs 4th* in the Championship. This would hopefully keep things more exciting down the bottom, and you wouldn't just get one or two teams being cut adrift.
Feedback welcome on this, but I honestly think it's the best way forward in terms of a league structure.Last edited by HibeeHibernian4; 19-03-2019 at 10:02 PM.
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19-03-2019 07:43 PM #33
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19-03-2019 07:57 PM #34
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So if the top 6 is the same as last season how have they managed to get an uneven number of fixtures?
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Maybe they’re just making it up?
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19-03-2019 08:06 PM #37
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We weren’t in relegation danger prior to the split in the season we went down. Sadly every game mattered after it.Every gimmick hungry yob,
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Apart from that bit of head-scratching I think you've got a really interesting idea with some attractions. The reality of course is that TV want the twisted twins playing each other as often as possible (at least 4 times a season) and we all bow down to the TV companies.
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Re. your point about TV companies, you're absolutely correct. It would require Rangers and Celtic to grow a bit of awareness for what's best for the game rather than themselves for once. I won't be holding my breath on that one...
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I’m all for a bigger league purely due to the competitiveness that brings the top of the league but to blame only rangers and Celtic for it not happening is utter nonsense.
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20-03-2019 12:14 PM #47
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Always thought the 3 points for an away win, 2 for a home and 1 point for the draw would make things interesting.
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Current Fuzzy's Celtc 70 Celtc 56 T'Rangers 60 T'Rangers 50 Aberdeen 52 Aberdeen 45 Kilmarnock 51 Kilmarnock 43 Hearts 47 Hearts 40 Hibs 45 Hibs 39 Motherwell 40 Motherwell 34 Livingston 38 St Johnstone
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You could be right.
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Would be interesting to see where we would have ended up last season had the points been as fuzzy mentions earlier with more for away wins.
If I remember correctly our away form was great.
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In terms of points, it makes a big difference to Livingston. They've had nine home wins and only one away.
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Theres too many clubs who bank on those games - don’t killie give the OF something like 2/3 - 3/4s of rugby park when they visit? It’s all about raking in the cash when rantic come to town.
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I'm sure i read somewhere on here that with a larger league it is more difficult for the OF to win it, calling all mathematicians !
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