Dick Dastardly

Well I wasn't expecting that. Get right in tae them

I can tell you now what would happen. The unemployed Neil Doncaster would be given a £500,000 a year contract to lead the formation of a new organisation

So much of this thread is about how other clubs should do what is right for Scottish football and not act in self interest. Therefore, bu reason, we shouldn't stoop to their level and should go en mass to as many away games as we possibly can ... for the good of Scottish football. Or perhaps, sometimes I talk a load of bollocks

Very good point and not one I had thought of. Hearts could easily win and get nothing. Any litigation would be against the SPFL who as you say have no assets worth anything. The clubs are essentially shareholders who could just let the SPFL die and resurrect a new governing body. Assuming this gets rid of Doncaster then perhaps it is a price worth paying

It does beg the question on which is the most likely to have success .... a promotion campaign or a legal case.

There's enough sour grapes around here without your witterings about wine

I'm not disagreeing with you in any way, but (and I am also not a lawyer) If Hearts win, we would have a cast iron case for a follow-up legal action and I bet it wouldn't even get to court. I do think that any legal action would be best if all 3 clubs acted together

There are not too many teams, just not enough fans.

But there would then be a precedent for us to raise a case.... probably settled out of court thus saving cost

Or yellow and red

Docherty ? I would think that all others will be on furlough and therefore can't do it.

Plot spoiler .....The main colours are yellow and red.

Re Ross ... I would guess that the issue is how the fixtures are split (I've not seen what is proposed, but I guess a top 6 bottom 8 split after 3 rounds) and would they end up with fewer or more fixtures post split depending on how the bottom 8 are scheduled. The other issue would be if this was permanent or temporary. If temporary there will need to be 2 additional relegations at some point. As for Ayr, their objection would be ICT getting promoted without a play-off and I guess that Dunfermline would be the loss of 2 Hearts games. I'm not saying that I agree with them, just trying to see why they could object.

I think that is the point. The reporter got his facts wrong

Hibs will vote no to relegate Hearts.

What gave you that idea. They never have been interested that no team should suffer, just that their team doesn't suffer. That is all that matters.

Or maybe he came up with an idea then changed his mind when the facts of the situation were presented. Can't say I've ever done that myself. Never happened to me. Fact is that if he wasn't happy with the way the money was distributed, then he wouldn't have handed it over. It is a very generous gesture and Anderson should be thanked, not vilified because some of the money is going to people we don't like. Besides, if clubs are spending money on recruiting players, they can't then say that they need a grant to pay for virus testing.

It’s Anderson’s money. He can spend it any way he likes.

Motherwell also after him

Anyone who plays for Kilmarnock is in with a chance in Clarke’s books

Actually, I disagree. Several of them have performed much better at higher levels - Fox played for last seasons champions and Banzo was proven in the SPL. O'Ware and Williamson were decent for Morton and Dunfermline, but for some reason nether Caldwell nor McCall could get the best out of them.

There are 4 that I would happily see go .... O'Ware, Williamson, Bannigan, Mansell with Penrice, Sneddon and Gordon on the not bothered list

Is that us down to 13 ? Sneddon, Brownlie, O'Ware, Penrice, Williamson, Bannigan, Gordon, Docherty, Sena, Lyons, Graham, Rudden and Mansell

I'd rather have Penrice than Mansell

Zanatta looked like a great player when he was with Alloa and I thought we had captured a player. For some reason (like so many) something happened at Firhill that sucked all the adventure from his play. Don’t think he would ever turn it round, but I would not be surprised if he turns up somewhere else to bite our bum.