Who would you like to get relegated?

[PatHead]

Personally happy to see the back of Hamilton and Killie. Two plastic pitches away.

Would prefer Dundee to get promoted. I love a day out in Kirkcaldy but now that they have a plastic pitch....
If they changed their pitch I would prefer them over Dundee.

[matty_f]

Hearts.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

Hamilton to go down. None of the teams in the Championship are good enough to beat either Killie or Ross County over 2 legs.

[kaimendhibs]

Hamilton

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[AgentDaleCooper]

I would love to see hamilton go down. Plenty bigger and better clubs in the championship. They're just pointless, and their stadium ks a farce.

[Lancs Harp]

Rangers or Celtic.

[Glory Lurker]

Hearts.

Close thread.

[Sir David Gray]

Hamilton.

[zitelli62]

Hearts

[bingo70]

Hearts.

The way I’m seeing it is that Hearts think they’re in the clear and coming up but what if the team being relegated has a shrewd estate agent with 25 years experience In conveyancing on their side?

I wouldn’t rule out all premier league teams avoiding the drop just yet.

[BegbieHSC]

Would love Accies to go down. They’ll survive though, like the Absolute cockroaches they are.

Reckon Ross County, unfortunately.

[hibby rae]

Hamilton to go down. None of the teams in the Championship are good enough to beat either Killie or Ross County over 2 legs.

Did you see the Highland derby? Caley dominated County.

[SChibs]

Hamilton. Don't mind plastic pitches but its about time they went down after scraping by each season

[ekhibee]

Hearts.

[weecounty hibby]

Hamilton and Livingston. Both have rubbish plastic pitches and bring nothing to the top league. But I'd swap any of them for the tarts every second season!

[oneone73]

Hamilton and Livingston. Both have rubbish plastic pitches and bring nothing to the top league. But I'd swap any of them for the tarts every second season!

Livi are in the top 6, ain't gonna to happen

[Lancs Harp]

Preferred relegation list

Hearts
Rangers
Celtic
Preston NE
Bolton

[hibsbollah]

Hearts

[weecounty hibby]

Livi are in the top 6, ain't gonna to happen

I get that, but as folk were posting hearts and the old firm I kinda guessed we had just ignored that fact

[MWHIBBIES]

Ross County. Hardest game of the 3 in trouble. We've taken 18/18 from the other 2.

[Since90+2]

Normally would be Hearts but they are so ***** they've already achieved that last season.

They'll probably go straight back down next year though. Wee yoyo club that they are.

[Ronniekirk]

After yesterday’s defeat at home to a poor united team it’s looking like Hamilton


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[calumhibee1]

Killie for me.

[CentreLine]

Hamilton and Killie. Thus getting rid of two out of three of the ridiculous plastic pitches inflicted on our top league by clubs looking to gain an advantage.

[Pretty Boy]

Hamilton.

I obviously support sporting merit so they have deserved their place in the top flight for all these years. They don't bring much to the league though. Crap stadium, crap pitch, crap crowds. They don't seem to have any potential to really improve their crowds in the way the likes of St Mirren and Dundee do/would.

I'm not all that bothered about Hearts coming back up either. Seeing them struggle is good for laughing at them. However I've always said a strong Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen and Dundee Utd is good for Scottish football. As long as Hibs finish higher I don't care if they all have relatively good seasons as well.

[Bristolhibby]

Hamilton. Never forgiven them for relegating us.

Or this game where they won at ER 1-2 with having only one shot on target.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9454896.stm

Ridiculous stats. It still sticks in my head as the very definition of smash and grab.

And fake ground and pitch.

Farcical.

Get doon!

J

[WhileTheChief..]

Good to see any of the bottom 3 go down and hopefully it will be 2 of them.

Plastic pitches and Highland teams in the Championship suits me fine.

Dundee or Raith to come up.

[KeithTheHibby]

Hamilton. I’m over the fact that they relegated us however they have been hanging around the top league like a bad smell. They offer very little to the league, have a crap stadium and support and haven’t improved at all since they came into the top league.

[Since452]

Hamilton. Offer nothing to the league

[Del Boy]

Killie. Tommy Wright is a big miserable *******. Plus Broadfoot and Lafferty.

[BILLYHIBS]

Hamilton

2021/22 Hearts

[EdinMike]

I wouldn’t shed a tear if Hamilton and Killie were to go down.

[greenginger]

The way I’m seeing it is that Hearts think they’re in the clear and coming up but what if the team being relegated has a shrewd estate agent with 25 years experience In conveyancing on their side?

I wouldn’t rule out all premier league teams avoiding the drop just yet.


Yep, it could be argued that a season with no crowds and various covid related restrictions on training etc. have provided some skewed results this season.

Therefor it would be unfair for any premier team to be ejected from the league. :greengrin

[Hibby70]

Hamilton and Killie. Happy with any of Dundee, Dunfermline or Raith to come up.

[greenlex]

Don’t care as long as it’s not us.

[LancsHibs]

Preferred relegation list

Hearts
Rangers
Celtic
Preston NE
Bolton

:greengrin Spot on:thumbsup:

[Eyrie]

Same as last year - the worst team in the league gets relegated.

Not fussy who that team is.

[Hibee Mac]

Anyone with a plastic pitch. Trouble is half or more of the ones with a chance of coming up each year also have plastic bloody pitches.

About time the sfa banned them

[Wilson]

I can't choose. I work with a Killie fan and rate Tommy Wright. I don't mind Yogi and would like Oli Shaw to keep going at this level. Typically I want Hamilton to go down but have come to admire their tenacity - and I like Brian Rice.

I'm just glad were well out if it if I'm honest.

[chrisski33]

Hamilton this season amd Hearts next season

[Keith_M]

Even though I hate both of their plastic pitches, I enjoy days out at Killie and Hamilton's not too far away from where I live just now, so it's a difficult one for me.


I've never shared the opinion that Hamilton were responsible for Hibs being relegated. That's 100% down to Butcher and the team we had at the time.

[hibby rae]

Even though I hate both of their plastic pitches, I enjoy days out at Killie and Hamilton's not too far away from where I live just now, so it's a difficult one for me.


I've never shared the opinion that Hamilton were responsible for Hibs being relegated. That's 100% down to Butcher and the team we had at the time.

Yep, agree with that. I bear no ill will towards them, tbf they are usually good for points and goals.

I wouldn't mind seeing someone different in the league though so would be happy to see a new team in there.

Although I do appreciate the moniker Hamilton have been given by The Terrace as the 'cockroaches of the Scottish Premiership'

[EI255]

Whilst I really like Brian Rice, I'd prefer Hamilton went down. They bring around 50 fans to Edinburgh and those gazebos at their stadium are just WRONG!

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[eezyrider]

Hamilton or Ross County. Either would be fine with me.

EZ

[Frazerbob]

Hamilton

[Wakeyhibee]

Hamilton, Killie is a good away day (and close for me :) )

Never got to Ross County yet 0so hopefully next season.

[J-C]

Hamilton, get rid of that plastic pitch and their 400 fan base. We need to have one of the bigger clubs from the championship back up like Dundee or Dunfermline, even Raith would be better.

[Since452]

Dunfermline up would be great. Nice stadium, just over the bridge (or along the road in my case), decent fan base, cracking bridies. Just a pitty their team is mince too 😉

[SingaporeHibs]

Hamilton - they add nothing to the league at all

[Perfectly Loud]

Unless you're a regular at away games and like a day out I can't see it matters much. I'd like QoS and Arbroath promoted. And Berwick Rangers.
I'd go for Hamilton though. I've never got to Hamilton earlier than 2pm or 6:45 for a game. Place looks a kip. It's the only Scottish stop before Glesca on the overnight bus. Maybe I think ill of the place coz I usually see it at 6am when passengers piling off wake me up. The ground's not great. Nor was the old one. Got to admire them staying up for 7 years but they're not a top-16 club. No more likely to come back up than go down to the seaside league once they get relegated.
I want Ross to stay up for Yogi. I wanted them down before he arrived. Only been once. Got there about 1 o'clock. 90 minutes too early. Can't see the love for the place as a day trip. A long hike. Can't risk planning to arrive at 2:30. Could booze in Inverness I suppose.
Killie's an OK day out. Some decent pubs. Some decent areas. You can take a stroll and gawk at the dives where Huns live if you're bored.

[147lothian]

Hamilton

[Victor]

Hearts


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[McSwanky]

I don't care. **** the Hearts though.

[WestCoastHibby]

Hamilton. Never forgiven them for relegating us.

Or this game where they won at ER 1-2 with having only one shot on target.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9454896.stm

Ridiculous stats. It still sticks in my head as the very definition of smash and grab.

And fake ground and pitch.

Farcical.

Get doon!

J
The fact that they actually did what was needed to survive annoys you??
We sha# it full stop and they came out on top.
However I'd rather see Hamilton down than the other two. It's about time

[Pagan Hibernia]

Hamilton.

my preferred top flight would have 2 Glasgow teams, 2 Edinburgh teams, 2 Dundee teams, 2 highland teams, Aberdeen, Motherwell, killie, and st Johnstone

[PatHead]

Hamilton.

my preferred top flight would have 2 Glasgow teams, 2 Edinburgh teams, 2 Dundee teams, 2 highland teams, Aberdeen, Motherwell, killie, and st Johnstone

Would rather Dunfermline than both Highland teams and bump Killie for Partick or Ayr until they get rid of the plastic pitch.

[Jones28]

Anyone with a plastic pitch.

[Allez Hibs]

Hamilton.

[jacomo]

Would rather Dunfermline than both Highland teams and bump Killie for Partick or Ayr until they get rid of the plastic pitch.


I’ve nothing against Killie as a club but you make a good point about the pitch.

Would be great to see the Pars back in the top flight.

[California-Hibs]

Hamilton via the automatic and Ross County via the play offs.

Less plastic pitches the better so bye bye Hamilton, tin pot stadium aswel.

I like Yogi so its hard saying County but so far away and another eye sore on the tv stadium. Killie are switching to a grass hybred next year or the following im sure.

Dundee to come up via the Play Offs please.

Those are my wishes.

[highland hibbee]

Hearts.

hearts, rangers and celtic

[oneone73]

Hamilton via the automatic and Ross County via the play offs.

Less plastic pitches the better so bye bye Hamilton, tin pot stadium aswel.

I like Yogi so its hard saying County but so far away and another eye sore on the tv stadium. Killie are switching to a grass hybred next year or the following im sure.

Dundee to come up via the Play Offs please.

Those are my wishes.

How is Ross County's ground an eyesore? Neat tidy little ground, well maintained - certainly from the last time fans were in. If you'd said ICT, I would have agreed.

[Bristolhibby]

The fact that they actually did what was needed to survive annoys you??
We sha# it full stop and they came out on top.
However I'd rather see Hamilton down than the other two. It's about time

Yip, call me petty, I know.

J

[Sir David Gray]

I actually hope Ross County stay up. I enjoy the trip up to Dingwall and often make a weekend of it by staying over on the Saturday night.

I've already said that Hamilton's my preference to go down but if there's to be a team relegated via the play offs then I hope it's Kilmarnock, hate going there.

[Steve20]

Why people care about getting 'bigger clubs' in the league is beyond me. Will it really make a difference to the league if a Raith are in the league instead. They're hardly a huge club anyway.

I'd like to see Kilmarnock go down.

[marinello59]

I actually hope Ross County stay up. I enjoy the trip up to Dingwall and often make a weekend of it by staying over on the Saturday night.

I've already said that Hamilton's my preference to go down but if there's to be a team relegated via the play offs then I hope it's Kilmarnock, hate going there.

Dingwall is one of my favourite away days. As is Kilmarnock.
I really wish Aberdeen were in danger of going down for purely petty reasons. :greengrin

[Allez Hibs]

Let's be honest Dundee, Falkirk, Dunfermline and Partick should all at least be in the top league.

Top league should be at least 16 teams playing each other twice. OK, the turnover of clubs might shrink a little but it would lead to a more sporting league. A model where revenue is shared shared equally might even make it a better league.

This playing each other 4 times a season is a nonsense. What other major league does it?

[Jones28]

Let's be honest Dundee, Falkirk, Dunfermline and Partick should all at least be in the top league.

Top league should be at least 16 teams playing each other twice. OK, the turnover of clubs might shrink a little but it would lead to a more sporting league. A model where revenue is shared shared equally might even make it a better league.

This playing each other 4 times a season is a nonsense. What other major league does it?

Why? They both got relegated to league 1, there are 10 teams in the Championship that should be ahead of them.

And they have 3 sided stadiums.

[Allez Hibs]

Why? They both got relegated to league 1, there are 10 teams in the Championship that should be ahead of them.

And they have 3 sided stadiums.

OK, Raith Rovers, Inverness and Queen of the South then. They would all add value to the league.

Look at leagues across Europe in Germany and Italy, there are so many unheralded teams in the top leagues now. Benevento, Crotone, Sassuolo and Spezia.

[Wilson]

Why? They both got relegated to league 1, there are 10 teams in the Championship that should be ahead of them.

And they have 3 sided stadiums.

Falkirk have fallen on hard times lately and have had to cut their cloth accordingly. It was disheartening when they severed their youth connections to concentrate on the first team because their development of young players had been one of their success stories over the previous years.

You are correct about the teams in front of them. However, if Falkirk can get back up to where they were and can afford to rekindle their youth partnerships it would be better for Scottish football at least at upper championship level.

Being Falkirk based I'm a bit biased but they are a decent community club and not too far a trip for the Edinburgh based amongst our ranks.

[McSwanky]

Let's be honest Dundee, Falkirk, Dunfermline and Partick should all at least be in the top league.

Top league should be at least 16 teams playing each other twice. OK, the turnover of clubs might shrink a little but it would lead to a more sporting league. A model where revenue is shared shared equally might even make it a better league.

This playing each other 4 times a season is a nonsense. What other major league does it?

Agree with your point, the leagues should be bigger, but I think there are other countries of comparable size in Europe whose teams play each other 4 times. Croatia and Denmark are 2 examples (unless I'm mistaken).

There are enough teams in Scotland the same size as or bigger than Livi/Ross County/Hamilton to make a 16 team top league work (current top 12, plus 4 from ICT, Dundee, Dunfermline, Raith, QOS, Ayr, Morton, Falkirk, Thistle. Not sure if I've missed anyone....). Anything below that top league should then be regionalised IMO, to avoid the likes of Stranraer v Elgin on a Tuesday night. That sort of fixture is pure madness.

[Diclonius]

Ideally, Hamilton and Ross County to go down and one of the Fife teams (preferably Dunfermline) to come up via the playoffs. I like County but ease of access wins for me.

[Greenbeard]

Killie. Tommy Wright is a big miserable *******. Plus Broadfoot and Lafferty.
I don't mind Tommy Wright but have sympathy with your view given the Lafferty link. And Boyd.
If Caley Thistle come up through the play-offs I hope it is at the expense of Ross County, purely from the team pov and not having double the number of trips all the way up the A9.
Not looked at the stats but it just strikes me that over the years our record up that way isn't great. Will stand corrected if any statos out there can counter my impression.

[Jones28]

Falkirk have fallen on hard times lately and have had to cut their cloth accordingly. It was disheartening when they severed their youth connections to concentrate on the first team because their development of young players had been one of their success stories over the previous years.

You are correct about the teams in front of them. However, if Falkirk can get back up to where they were and can afford to rekindle their youth partnerships it would be better for Scottish football at least at upper championship level.

Being Falkirk based I'm a bit biased but they are a decent community club and not too far a trip for the Edinburgh based amongst our ranks.

They made a massive error of judgement scrapping their youth system - one of their more redeeming qualities. If they can - and it's probably a big if at the moment, not to say it's impossible - then they would be an asset to the scottish game.

I have a (imo) perfectly rational dislike of Falkirk after our time in the championsip.

James Keatings goal against them is one of my favourite ever Hibs goals.

[Magpie]

Kilmarnock.

[jacomo]

Let's be honest Dundee, Falkirk, Dunfermline and Partick should all at least be in the top league.

Top league should be at least 16 teams playing each other twice. OK, the turnover of clubs might shrink a little but it would lead to a more sporting league. A model where revenue is shared shared equally might even make it a better league.

This playing each other 4 times a season is a nonsense. What other major league does it?


It might also lead to better football, because the current league set up has up to 6 teams fearing relegation and so more cautious tactically.

Dumbo Budge should have thought this through last summer before presenting her 14 team compromise mess, which offered benefits for no one except Hearts.

[hibbyfraelibby]

I have a sneaky suspicion that Accies and County will stay up and Killie go down. Most folk get off on hating Hamilton for the plastic pitch the pitful excuse for a stadium the lack of fans and the fact they relegated us but I am more petty. I hate Killue because the last game before the split that season we only needed a single pount to stay in the top six and they beat us...and I hate their pies.

[Lith]

Without a shadow

Hertz

[Northernhibee]

Brechin. Teams from the lowland and highland leagues such as Brora and Cove have shown that they can more than compete with league one and two quality sides and it's time the league structure was freshened up.