Its a nonsensical idea imo, but one that a few clubs including Hibs have been sounded out about. As with many ideas, it was at the "concept" stage, hence it hadnt been talked about yet.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Cormack - as usual - has opened his rentagob about this, called out Celtic over it and probably kyboshed any chances it had.
He is in danger of overtaking Budge as the biggest arse in charge of a football team in Scotland.
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12-12-2020 12:46 PM #151
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12-12-2020 01:01 PM #152This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Absolutely, could not agree more, he is a complete self important, tosser. IMO
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12-12-2020 01:02 PM #153This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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12-12-2020 01:19 PM #154This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hope Ron Gordon can avoid looking as money and power desperate.
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12-12-2020 01:19 PM #155This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’m pro European football, but only in a role that supplements domestic football in a healthy way.
I’m also happy to explore change and accept that our football as it is might not be perfect.
Just don’t think that this is likely to be any sort of solution, I’d be surprised if it caught the imagination of our existing fan base over what we already have, and I’d be amazed if it captured the imagination of EPL / elite European club fanboys.
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12-12-2020 01:19 PM #156This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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12-12-2020 05:05 PM #159This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
imho.
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12-12-2020 05:20 PM #160This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
So long as Hibs are involved. That’s the most important thing. We can’t afford to be left behind.
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12-12-2020 05:22 PM #161
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I’d be very comfortable if Hibs came out publicly and stated that we want nothing to do with this crap.
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12-12-2020 05:27 PM #162This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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12-12-2020 06:35 PM #165
There are already three different European competitions, so any Atlantic League would replace the domestic leagues. Other than "not being left behind", I can't see what's in this for Hibs.
At present we have no chance of winning the league, and the introduction of the top teams from Belgium/Holland/Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Finland will only push us further down the table. That will make it even harder to qualify for Europe.
If we're detached from the Scottish league system, would we still be able to enter the Scottish Cup or League Cup? If not, that's our two chances of silverware gone.
It's a bad idea and as a Hibs fan I hope it goes nowhere.Mature, sensible signature required for responsible position. Good prospects for the right candidate. Apply within.
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12-12-2020 06:47 PM #166This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Sadly we need to evolve to stand a chance. We could be taken over by the English league or we could start our own with our Scandic brothers....actually, never understood why we've never tried to tempt some of the bigger Irish clubs to come play with us to add a bit of scale. We can debate how we evolve and what would be best, but the status quo is seeing us struggle to compete with English 3rd tier clubs for players....we need to change the direction of travel.
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12-12-2020 06:52 PM #167
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12-12-2020 06:58 PM #171
I’m all for it, Scottish Football is a backwater with too many clubs that add nothing to the league set up and fans that are counted in the 100’s , Hibs need to move on from it if we are to progress
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12-12-2020 07:04 PM #172This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Completely agree, and Edinburgh is an attractive away fixture for a lot of fans of those teams, give us a much higher profile
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12-12-2020 07:04 PM #173
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Our direct competitors in the Atlantic League will also get that TV money and will be able to afford that standard of player, whilst the larger clubs will be able to get even better players. And there will be more of those larger clubs than just the two Ugly Sisters that we have to face at present.
So in relative terms we'll have lost ground and that means we won't be pushing for a top four and Europe but instead attempting to finish in the bottom half of the league, or to get promoted from the second tier.Mature, sensible signature required for responsible position. Good prospects for the right candidate. Apply within.
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12-12-2020 09:39 PM #175
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13-12-2020 07:00 AM #178
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It’s kind of weird reading critics of the AL talking about saving Scottish football, lets just reconstruct our league or join some British league. Here is an apparently well funded proposal that could triple our income , value and mean a quality of football not seen for 20 years or so..it apparently has support within uefa and sfa/ spfl so worries about returning to the spfl if it flips should be eased. How many fully professionalised clubs do we have in Scotland ? We’ve got 2 giants and 3 big clubs , with the 2 Edinburgh clubs at least potentially much bigger. Outside of these only Dundee United and perhaps a revitalised Dundee could aspire to crowds around 10k. The rest I doubt have the fan base or even aspirations to join a 1st tier Atlantic League. The likes of Motherwell, Killie, St Johnstone may rather be happy with some form of access to a 2nd tier AL perhaps done on a regionalised basis , if the the AL does happen or something like uefa organised cross border leagues, I reckon 5 Scots clubs in some form of AL would be fantastic. I think their B teams would play in a reconstructed spfl . AL away games will be live streamed so we’d have a home game every week. The B teams would include fringe players and injury recoveries from the A team plus top development talent so I think the spfl would remain very interesting and viable. Isn’t that what’s happening in the big 5 European leagues. A team plays ECL, A* B play EPL , B play FA cup and league cup. Bring it on Ron.
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13-12-2020 07:20 AM #180
Not sure if this Atlantic? (North Sea) League is the answer but I’m glad we’re involved, like others said we need to at the front of any proposals and keep our brand relevant, not get left behind.
Some seem to be content with us being a biggish fish swimming around a very small pond dominated by two huge ugly fish with our goal being qualification into what will soon be Uefa’s third tier competition for the diddy nations.
I would rather us have the opportunity to swim in a much bigger pond with some other larger fish and be given the opportunity to maybe grow into a larger fish.
Would be interesting to compete against some Scandinavian clubs or whatever than continue to play Hamilton & Livi four times a season.
All I’m saying is I wouldn’t want to rule anything out before properly looking at the proposals
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