Warburton - SPFL should extend top tier

[emerald green]

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...tier-1-3899436

I agree with Warburton. If it gets Hibs out of the Championship, so be it. There's certainly no guarantee Hibs will be promoted this season.

[Centre Hawf]

I agree with him. I'd like to see it extend to at least 16 teams.

[SunshineOnLeith]

There's a general consensus across fans in favour of a sixteen team league, no controversy about it at all.

[Keith_M]

When Doncaster had his Fan Poll, in which he ignored the results, the vast majority were in favour of a 16 or 18 team league.

If they won't listen to the Fans, nmaybe they'll listen to the The-Rangers Manager.

[Ozyhibby]

Hibs are one of the clubs who always block this.


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[mutley]

I agree that a 16 or 18 team top league would be far better, but I'd rather Hibs got promoted on their merits rather than putting up with a life time of "you only got there because of reconstruction" from the likes of fans from certain other teams that shall remain nameless


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[007 Mickey Weir]

The problem is 16 doesn't work. 30 games is too short. 18 is the next option. 34 games. 2 relegated with 4 in a play off with 4 from lower league. You could also do something at the top. With teams sitting 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th all all playing off for Euro places.

[Spike Mandela]

A 16 team league will only get touted if there is a danger Rangers won't get promoted this season. At the moment things will remain quiet.

[.Sean.]

I'd rather an 18 than a 16 purely because I hate the split and with 34 games we wouldn't need one.

[Onion]

Warburton is a no mark who's been up here 2 minutes and works for a lower league team. Let's listen to him

[Sir David Gray]

16 teams wouldn't work and I'm not even sure that the league would vote for an 18 team league.

An 18 team league would mean 17 home games per season, as opposed to the 19 that each team gets at the moment. I don't see the clubs agreeing to losing out on the revenue that two home matches per season will give them.

Also with Sevco looking like being in the Premiership next season, as things stand the other clubs will get at least three home games a season against them and Celtic, meaning that they will get several thousand away fans through the turnstiles. With an increase to 18 teams, they would only get Sevco and Celtic at home twice a season.

The numbers don't add up from a financial point of view and therefore I don't see it being implemented any time soon.

[lucky]

Warburton is saying there may be some financial pain to begin with but for the good of the game we must have a bigger league, which in turn would become more competitive and then attract investment.

[Jack Hackett]

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I agree that a 16 or 18 team top league would be far better, but I'd rather Hibs got promoted on their merits rather than putting up with a life time of "you only got there because of reconstruction" from the likes of fans from certain other teams that shall remain nameless


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Personally I don't give a **** what the fans of another team will say. We are, after all, speaking of the team who got where they are by bumping millions of pounds of debt in their inimitable shameless fashion. If we are promoted by way of league reconstruction then so be it.

[Smartie]

I agree with every single word Warburton says in that article, not that I enjoy agreeing with managers of that club.

[Jack Hackett]

....besides. The Rangers have spoken and Donkey will now do as his masters bid... Done deal

[Colr]

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I agree with him. I'd like to see it extend to at least 16 teams.

Play each other home and away teams to split the gate 50/50

[Michael]

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Play each other home and away teams to split the gate 50/50

People wouldn't want their season ticket money going to other clubs.

[Baldy Foghorn]

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Hibs are one of the clubs who always block this.


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We won't this time I would wager

[emerald green]

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Warburton is a no mark who's been up here 2 minutes and works for a lower league team. Let's listen to him

Those that run the game in Scotland would be daft not to listen to what the manager of The Rangers has to say, whether or not we like it, him, or his club.

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We won't this time I would wager

[greenpaper55]

It was a 16 team league the last time we won it !

[greenginger]

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A 16 team league will only get touted if there is a danger Rangers won't get promoted this season. At the moment things will remain quiet.

Maybe Warburton has wind of an insolvency event looming and still thinks they could make the top four with 25 penalty points deduction.

[SurferRosa]

Clubs will look after themselves. As far as i`m aware, only PL clubs would get to vote on extending the size of the PL and they`ll be more than happy with the present arrangement if the zombies are in their division.The only way a vote to extend said division would be successful is if Sevco were in danger of not being promoted. That wont happen now. So neither, imo, will any league reconstruction.

[Keith_M]

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It was a 16 team league the last time we won it !

That's me convinced.

As Captain Picard would say... "make it so!"

[greenginger]

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Clubs will look after themselves. As far as i`m aware, only PL clubs would get to vote on extending the size of the PL and they`ll be more than happy with the present arrangement if the zombies are in their division.The only way a vote to extend said division would be successful is if Sevco were in danger of not being promoted. That wont happen now. So neither, imo, will any league reconstruction.

The premier league as a separate entity disappeared two years ago.

Any decision to change the league structure would be taken by the SPFL Board.

the chairman , the chief exec. Doncaster, and six directors.

three directors are from top league, two from championship, and one from div. 1 and 2.

change is possible but clubs need to be convinced.

[SurferRosa]

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The premier league as a separate entity disappeared two years ago.

Any decision to change the league structure would be taken by the SPFL Board.

the chairman , the chief exec. Doncaster, and six directors.

three directors are from top league, two from championship, and one from div. 1 and 2.

change is possible but clubs need to be convinced.

Ah, ok. Of course, i remember something now about an SPFL board. Cheers.

I`d still suggest a change to the existing structure is unlikely though, unless Sevco were struggling.

[Nutmegged]

The Premiership maybe extended to 16 teams but itncerttainly wont happen next Season, the SPFL head honchos will be salvating at having the Old Firm games back next Season and they'll look to cash in on them before looking at restructuring the top Division.

I firmly believe they'll give the 12 team top tier anothet two years after Sevconare promoted to see how well Celtic and them draw for the League, only then will iy be reviewed, also, if Aberdeen stick to what they're doing then Sevco will have a job on their hands finishinh above them let alone Celtic, if that happens then restructuring may also happen sooner too if Aberdeen and Celtic take 7/9 points off them each oer season

[Lucius Apuleius]

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It was a 16 team league the last time we won it !

You sure?

[greenginger]

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The Premiership maybe extended to 16 teams but itncerttainly wont happen next Season, the SPFL head honchos will be salvating at having the Old Firm games back next Season and they'll look to cash in on them before looking at restructuring the top Division.

I firmly believe they'll give the 12 team top tier anothet two years after Sevconare promoted to see how well Celtic and them draw for the League, only then will iy be reviewed, also, if Aberdeen stick to what they're doing then Sevco will have a job on their hands finishinh above them let alone Celtic, if that happens then restructuring may also happen sooner too if Aberdeen and Celtic take 7/9 points off them each oer season

The SPFL don't have head honchos. The board is made up of the directors of other clubs plus chairman and chief exec.

I hope they don't see the return of the Old Firm bigot fest as the way forward for our game.

[Mr White]

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You sure?

It was. Changed to 18 in 1955/56 it seems.

[Nutmegged]

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The SPFL don't have head honchos. The board is made up of the directors of other clubs plus chairman and chief exec.

I hope they don't see the return of the Old Firm bigot fest as the way forward for our game.

The head honchos are the SPFL board, thought that was self evident