Rangers Banter Archive October 04 2011
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04 Oct 2011 21:38:03
I don't get the welcome back Charlie Adam and Danny Wilson brigade. Why? I mean Wilson got to as soon as he got the chance and fat Adam wouldn't keep himself fit enough to sustain a run in the team. The only reason he got fit was by being forced to play every week.
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Wilson got us £5m and Charlie Adam was forced out of Ibrox by supporters like you
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Adam was rank an he will get found out at liverpool FAT WASTE OF SPACE
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Wilson got us 2 million he wont make the grade down there so we miss out on the other three mill its based on appearences
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We've already had another £1.5m on his appearences so far
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04 Oct 2011 20:47:48
Antone notice there was a game today ?
https://picasaweb.google.com/103395880053751184521/PracticeGameFleetwoodTownVsRangers20111004#
Mr. Roller Coaster
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04 Oct 2011 19:25:30
rangers matt mckay named aussie player of the year
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No he was... you who hit disagree when you didnt know.. clearly
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04 Oct 2011 19:07:52
Why has'nt graham stack been hauled up for his attempted elbow on lafferty on saturday?what's the difference between his and naismiths? Is it celtic had a free week and there was hope that by banning naismith rangers best player so far this season for two games there was a hope we would drop points? {Ed003's Note - I would say no,but I havent seen the incident maybe you're reading to much into it}
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II seen the incident and I cant believe that Naismith`s `offence`was any worse ,and if he deserved a two game ban then the Hibs keeper should have received the same punishment,this is not just sour grapes honestly!
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Can you imagine the outrage from the paranoia bunch if this had been Mcgregor.
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Just seen the replay again on this one and tbh its not as clear as the naisy incident. However i thought that swinging an arm was classed as intent whether it connected or not?
I personally think the SFA are going to ban O'Connor for simulation and Hibs would revolt if they lost a 2nd player in the same week. But a precedent has been set now.
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They were nothing in the Stack's slap. The difference between Naismith's and Stack's was one nearly took someone's head off the other was tapping someone's stomach. You know fine well what the difference is your just SH*T Stirring.
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I know why he was banned I just wanted to get in on this conspiracy garbage the celtic guys spout but the incident was just as blatent and nowt has been said
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BBear....... rules are rules, Lafferty did nothing more than land on Stack, and stack lashed out with a clenched fist.....The only reason nothing has been done is because this wasn't a live game with three or four camera angles on the incident. (Or andy walker mentioning it every 5 minutes) If the ref saw it he would have been ordered off, end of story. If it wasn't as bad as naismiths, it was 10 x worse than Johnny Russell from Utd on Broadfoot.
The SFA must either punish them all or none at all.
As soon as I saw the incident I thought it was a no brainer, two match ban....like Naismith. Every incident must be looked at on its own merit and not compared to lesser or worse incidents from the past.
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04 Oct 2011 17:36:27
Suarez wont be playing it will be liverpool reserves total waste of time and if we get an important player injuried it will only be our own fault, friendy games should be for pre season and pre season only just a total rip off
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Ha ha bear on our page saying rangers going to make £3m and all kinds of live tv involved for a reserve friendly Ha ha
at least most of you guys are realistic and see it for what it is a way for whyte to keep cash coming in with no euro footie cash LOL Mick the Bhoy
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04 Oct 2011 16:25:56
Friendly with Liverpool on October 18 @ Ibrox. Will be good seeing Charlie Adam back at Ibrox. £25 a ticket bit steep for a friendly. Weird time for a friendly but could be entertaining.
Source Evening times
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Will it be on TV?
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This game is in place because neither team will have European fixtures, it'll be on the net somewhere but come on get yourself a ticket and welcome Charlie and Danny back. I'm looking forward to seeing Suarez, fantastic player!
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Is it not £20 a ticket? Although it is still quite a lot.
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I'll pass on this rip off. A friendly a third of the way through the season? Liverpool won't play all the top guys and it'll be a boring waste of money with nobody on the pitch fully committed. It would end up costing me around 70-80 quid for me to take my two kids to watch a glorified kick-about.
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Same here, will keep my cash for more meaningful fixtures, i.e the league.
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I got a text this morning saying tickets as a bond holder tickets where on sale from tomorrow adult £20 child free
don't know about general sale date and price but hopefully children still free.
Club deck loyal
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04 Oct 2011 15:31:20
Matt McKay is named Australian Player of the Year
sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/rangers/273241-matt-mckay-named-australian-player-of-the-year/
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Matt mckay couldnt tie tim cahill's shoelaces
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I know Matt McKay personally and he's very good at tying shoelaces. I think he could tie Tim Cahill's if asked.
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04 Oct 2011 15:27:26
I made this suggestion as a response to a post last week. Would like to know what you think about it fellow bears?
The post was about doing away with league cups in Scotland and England and compining them, this was my suggestion.
A competition involving the top 6 clubs in SPL, the 6 teams outside the european places in EPL, the 5 teams that failed to win the championship playoffs and the best relegated team from EPL. This would eliminate meaningless games between premiership teams and league 2, and SPL and Division 3 teams while enhancing a cup by only having a certain calibre of team involved. Potentially you could have a competition with Rangers,Celtic, Motherwell, Dundee Utd, St Mirren, Hearts, Bolton, Everton, Newcastle, WBA, Fulham, Wolves, Leeds, Nottm Forrest, Cardiff, Blackpool, Derby and Blackburn. I'm sure Sky TV would throw money at this as they could build a whole Scotland v England thing and i'm sure finding a sponcer wouldn't be a problem. Thoughts?
J1985
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04 Oct 2011 15:19:24
Rangers to host liverpool in a friendly on the 18th October due to both teams not being in europe :(
BBC SPORT
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Remember the ac milan game a couple of years ago we drew 2-2 the team took alot of confidence from the preformance and went on to win the league so i think this is a good idea. Also lets give charlie the welcome he deserves the boys done well for himself and hes rangers man through and through.
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Who really cares about this game?
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The 2-2 game with Milan was in 2002 was it not? Back when we had DeBoer, Canigia etc.
GovanFR
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The person who said who really cares about this well maby you don't but me i care about every game and am sure a lot of people do even if its a frendley match i care
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We played Milan a couple of years ago too.... Beckham had just joined them on loan, Kaka & I think Pato scored for Milan, Beasley & Papac scored for us
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No it was the game were beckham was anounced as a ac milan player im sure papac scored the equilizer to make it 2-2
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Correct papac did score the equalizer against milan
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04 Oct 2011 14:51:20
Matt Mckay named australian player of year beat tim cahill by more than 130 votes we all know how good a player cahill is so can't wait 2 see mckay in team at left mid, all my friends who don't want wylde dropped who is SUPER ALLY going 2 drop if he plays mckay in centre mid, davis our captain or ness who came on at centre mid on saturday & edu was moved 2 accomodate ness, do you want the answer none of the 3, wylde will be dropped
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Simple answer is McKay wont play. Been fit for the last fortnight and been nowhere near the team.. Nobody will be dropped for him.
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McKay has only just returned from injury less than a week not a fortnight. As McCoist reported to the BBC.
GDog
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Yes thats right we sign a guy who is voted australia's player of the year & don't play him because the australian national team is s**te a think a wis debating with u the other day ya plum
the man with no pals
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Has it not occurred to anyone that although Matt McKay is fit he can't get on the bench due to the U21 rule? Just a thought.
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WATP 70 you're the plum mate. As stated McKay has played as a CM his whole career. Where was McKay at the weekend?? Coisty and Durrant have stated he is a CM as has Charlie Miller and Craig Moore. Me thinks they know a bit more about football than you mate. You know eff all. You keep banging on about him like he's the new Maradona, he's 28 and played his whole career in Oz and cost 350k. Aussie player of the year means nowt, Sebo was player of the year for his country remember and he was fantastic wasn't he. McKay's a squad player, no more no less.
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Yes I bowed 2 your superior knowledge the other night 2 he came on at tannidice left mid replaced wylde, he plays left mid for australia & was voted aussie player of year ahead of cahill who is a great player, I never once said he was maradona but I have seen him play for the aussies & he is a great player but you must think wylde is like messi a bit like your boxers the now, sorry 2 upset you my friend calm down as the scoucers say away change your panties
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Tim cahill is miles better than him anybody that thinks different is kidding themselves on
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WATP70. You're aff yer trolley, its impossible to argue with people who are delusional. I reckon WATP in your title stands for what a total plank, 70 probably stands for your IQ or am i being generous lol. :)
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Worked in Oz for a few years and seen McKay play a couple of times. Was totally average. Never stood out for me although admittedly this was a couple of years ago so might have improved a bit since. To compare him to Cahill is laughable though.
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04 Oct 2011 14:28:57
See Rangers have aranged friendly with Liverpool for 18 October, bears this can be summed up by Whyte in two small words CASH FLOW Mick the Bhoy
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And? ..... still top of the league, its just sooo easy! even being skint and you lot splashing out and gettin nowhere. It's just sooo good being a bear and watching you lot hurt. 4 in a row, here we go !
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And Celtic haven't played any friendlies ya mug?? Most pointless post in the history of this page.
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So what does this friendly really have to do with any little jealous celtic fan?.Maybe had your team been top of the league liverpool might have played your team too.Why dont you give king kenny dalgliesh a phone call! Oh sorry i forgot he was rumoured to have been brought up a rangers fan etc etc but you were,nt bad mouthing him when he was banging in the goals for you then were you? So what exactly are you trying to imply?or are you just trying for the moron of the year title? you have won that hands down already I would say.
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Rangers will make more than £3m for that friendly. That's more than Celtic will make in the Europa cup lol. Only got two words for you mick (BIG BUCKS) lol.
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Lets talk about cash flow mick did ceptic board or ceptic manager sign your players from asia, me thinks it was the board as it was a money making exercise because lets face it they have all been s**te even naka, he was well found out when he went 2 spain but maybe they signed them for another reason I have heard there is far less stray dogs & cats in glasgows east end these days
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Do your sums idiot bear, and come on 50,000? last time rangers tried this 18000 turned up. Lose lose lose lots of money after paying Liverpool their share Mick the bhoy
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To the original post- I take it Liverpool need the money also, or are they just doing this a favour to Rangers? YOU CLOWN!
GDog
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I think you take one kestrel super lager 2 much mick the wee boy me thinks when we played chelsea pre season nearly biggest crowd in UNITED KINGDOM that day & when we played ac milan few years back when beckham was playing there was over 40,000 that night
so away & have a shower & gee yourself a shake
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If you would do your home work sick the only money Whyte is to fork out is the bus for the Liverpool players. King Kenny has said it's his dream to have his boyhood team up against his 2nd team when growing up. He also said Liverpool are not getting money for they friendly cause 3 quarters of the players are rangers fans and then they are Bellamy lol. Ticket money, Fox tv, programs, catering, Rangers lotto. Club shop will sell most of is stock to both Rangers & Liverpool supporters. £3m Big Bucks lol.
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You bears live in cloud cuckoo land, if friendlies made that much money, why dont old firm do it all the time? Also that week is a big euro week, what tv company will splash out cash for meaningless game get real Mick the super bhoy
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9th Feb 2011 attendance 48,899. 6th Aug 2011 attendance 49,572. Not bad for friendly games? Celtic v udinese attendance 24,666 europa cup. Absolutely shocking attendance. Fox tv have bought the rights to the Rangers v Liverpool £980,000 and with ticket sales, programs, food. Club shop merchandise, Rangers lotto, a raffle, pin the tale on the Donkey (Scott Brown is the Donkey) nice guy helping his boyhood team out, Bingo with al that it must come to well over £3m. Lmao
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Correct me if i'm wrong mhick. but what kind of teams do you lot play against in friendlys? wolves? swansea? cardiff? atleast the top premiership teams want to come and play us
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04 Oct 2011 12:07:31
With Hearts at Tynecastle coming up we should get Ness back into the starting 11. Edu has always been rubbish at Tynecastle and Ness was outstanding they're last year.
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And why would we want to do that? edu's in fine form .. ness has only played 45mins of football in months. we dont want to end up like them by changing the team over and over when there's no need at all. if edu's not upto it then bring ness on but we should keep the same startin 11 as long as we can.
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04 Oct 2011 11:45:08
Rangers to take on Liverpool in a friendly on 18th October 7.30 pm kick off. Prices £18 for adult kids go free only for season ticket holders. For public sale £25 adult £15 concessions and £5 for kids.
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When do tickets go on sale for non season ticket holders? I if I bought one what stand would I likely to be in? Thanks
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Tomorrow they go on public sale. You can choose what stand you want.
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10th October the tickets go on public sale. They are a limited number of public sale tickets go on sale tomorrow for certain parts of the ground.
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All monies goes to Mr whytes HMRC bail out fund
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Throw the muppet the CELTIC SECURITY BLANKET. You've been reading to much rubbish on that smeltic page by thiko the miko. Nameless poster.
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04 Oct 2011 10:21:59
With all the talk of Atlantic league etc here's my idea on the concept,
2 teams from five leagues qualify dependent on finishing in top 2 of home league.
These five countries withdraw from champions league and Europa league.
10 team league playing each other twice 18 games total. Playing on weekends throughout season.
Current leagues still exist to gain qualification to tournament although clubs in tournament have there games rearranged to Wednesday nights.
Smaller spin off competion for 3rd & 4th placed teams from the five leagues and also domestic cup winners which equals 4 teams from each league 20 teams total. They get split into 4 groups of 5 teams and play each other twice 8 game total from group stage. Top 2 from each group qualify then go on to a quarter final semi final final format playing home and away in quarter and semi finals. 13 game total for finalists.
Current proposals to downsize spl to 10 teams playing each other 4 times with no split. 36 games total. Although the possibility of 6 teams of qualifying for Atlantic competition dependent on cup winners.
Five leagues involved would for me have to be
Portugal
Holland
France
Scotland
And I would ask the Germans in hope that they agreed, although they seem to be open to change in the game ie the return of terracing in the bundesliga.
If not Germany then it would be Russia for the large audience.
I believe removing these countries from the champions league would damage the competition and affect the tv money directed to it.
The Atlantic league will be attractive for the countries involved and it would receive decent tv money in my opinion.
For rangers this could mean the possibility of 18 European games a year plus a possible couple of old firm European fixtures 6 of games minimum which has to increase revenue avenues for the club.
A European competition that would be competitive and we may be able to win.
Thoughts anyone?
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That's nice just disagree offer no input whatsoever just put our heads in the sand and pretend that the champions league is the promised land. The same competition that virtually gives 16 teams from the top 4 leagues half of the 32 teams that take part. This competition has made a mockery of the countries I have mentioned and their clubs who used to win the European cup regularly. The introduction of numerous qualifying rounds just to ensure the big countries get there spot in the competition is a farce. Remember we got to the semi final of the first champions league when in a different format. It's current format has ruined the leagues I have mentioned. Leave them to it I say and breakaway from it cause they clearly don't want an Ajax or a Porto to win it.
But yeah let's all just disagree on an idea for change and enjoy the next ten years of the European abyss as we get made to qualify through 3 and 4 rounds before the season even begins. Great idea
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Ur token bout makin a kinda champions league tournament n Europa league tournament from the s**ttier countries. Who's gony want to watch tht wen they cud watch champs league. Wudnt make much money. Porto won the Europa league last ur an they won the champions league and uefa cup a few yes ago do y wud they pull out. Ur idea is b****cks. 10 outa 10 for effort tho
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So you believe 40 other european leagues fighting for 16 places in champions league is fair? Do you believe rangers fans or Ajax fans would choose watching the champions league over watching there own clubs participation in another comp? Don't be daft, the reason I said the games should be on weekends is so it wouldn't clash with champions league fixtures. I think there would be interest in the competition we are talking about a league of ten formed of a possible
Rangers
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Benfica
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Ajax
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Bayern Munich
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While the second tier comp would have the likes of sporting Lisbon feynoord Monaco werder Bremen hearts.
The fact our owner has come out and said he is looking at other options league wise it is safe to say he thinks the money in a competition like this is greater than we receive just now.
I also think in time this would improve the standard of the home leagues as your hearts Dundee utd etc have something worth playing for, the cup comps both receive a euro place increasing the importance of the league cup again and generally a wee boost to the economy with fans from 6 clubs travelling to away games and tourism from opposing fans visiting Scotland.
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You mention Porto winning the champions league now cast your mind back and remember what happened next, Chelsea billionaire steals there manager and buys half of their team, they then rebuild over a few years then win uefa cup again along comes Chelsea billionaire steals there manager and the team gets broken up. Yeah Porto love the league they are in, I don't see the barca squad getting broken up and sold piece by piece and their manager being poached after they won the champions league, yep I agree with you footballs fine the way it is. Lol
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I like the idea of an Atlantic League, However the reason it may never happen is that should it come to fruition, then the G14 group and other big players would systematically form their own super league and break away entirely from UEFA etc. Which they are continuously discussing now by the way.
Probably the same reasons why Rangers will never play down south.
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Clubs that may be involved
Rangers
Motherwell
Ajax
FC20
Benfica
Porto
What do you think of clubs from Scandinavia?
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I wouldn't mind the scandavian countries involved but that would increase the number of teams in the competition therefore increasing the number of games each team would play in a league set up. I feel if more than 5 leagues were involved it would be to many games therefore meaning rangers withdrawing from spl altogether. I don't think any of us want that really. I think 18 games in a premier atlantic league and 13 in the secondary competition is sustainable and allows these countries leagues to survive and maybe even prosper due to increased popularity and competition. {Ed001's Note - what about having that as the top flight above the SPL? With a regular promotion and relegation to give teams below a target to aim at.}
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That's it Ed start debating these things as we need a change. I never thought of it that way how would it work with many countries involved? The only time I have heard about an atlantic league involves the old firm leaving spl altogether. To me that would mean around 18 away games in Europe for fans to travel to which I think is excessive
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04 Oct 2011 10:06:31
MASSIVE COURT DECISION MADE TODAY AFFECTING SKY SPORTS AND FOOTBALL!
A landlady from a pub in Portsmouth has just one a case by appeal in Luxembourg giving her the rights and everyone like her, to show live football matches by using a foreign decoder. Basically without subscribing to Sky, which was until now illegal. The decoder she used was from Greece.
This could impact football down south and north in a massive massive way. Of course I would expect Sky to appeal.
However there in nothing stopping anyone now following her and many like her's, lead and watch football with other decoders. This coupled with internet could open up football in an entirely different way.
Football clubs are already meeting to discuss breaking away from UEFA. Could they now push to control their own television rights?
The court case source was Talksport.
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Heard this on radio1 too, don't see it lasting tho surely ? Sky will lose millions if this goes a head, spoke to a guy in kavos & he had it in his pub had every game under sun on this tv, it's only about a grand for the dish & someone to fit it?
But old saying goes money talks , if half of sky punters got this dish do u think they will just accept it ?
I would certainly go for it & enjoy it while it lasted never know it might bale Greece if we all got one lol
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A thought samarass was trying 2 bale out greece laugh out louder
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04 Oct 2011 09:01:36
Morning ed
Quick question, how many qualifying rounds do the spl champions play next year for the champions league? {Ed001's Note - as I understand it, both qualifiers from Scotland go into the 3rd Qualifying Round.}
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I was told that the SPL winners got straight into the group stages of next seasons CL, but this is the last time for a long time as we are still living on the coefficient points gained from our UEFA Cup 2008 run
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I thought it was straight in 2011-12 winners
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04 Oct 2011 05:13:04
ally mcoist got 355 goals for the gers now he is going for goal again to win four in a row cmon super ally you can do it son
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