Dick Dastardly

Excuse me if I don't hold my breath waiting

The other teams in the Premier League want to play the Old Firm 4 times

Premier league money was not distributed as the league was not terminated. That was just the lower leagues. Still double standards

To be fair, average point is what they used for our league. The difference is that no teams changed places as a result.

Rather than getting rid of teams from the bottom, why not get rid of some from the top. I can think of 2 for starters.

It may be a great idea for the benefit of Scottish football, but no way on earth that the current SPFL member clubs would ever vote for this I think that we would need 28 clubs to resign from SPFL and set up a new organisation, similar to when the original SPL was set up many years ago.

But there would need to be a way for all clubs to make money (or at least not make a loss) when staging a closed doors match. Would it be viable for QotS, Alloa or Arbroath to set up a streaming service ? How many would really pay to watch Thistle v Morton if there was an English or Scottish top flight game on at the same time (presumably those with season tickets would get the streaming of closed door games included).

And how many would be willing to pay for live steaming of Annan v Elgin ? It would cost more to put on the game than it would make in revenue. Leave aside the social distancing issues, i just can't see how closed door games is viable for anything other than top flight clubs

I can see how it works in Bunesliga where TV companies will be offering deals to screen every match, but how does it work in the Scottish Championship (or League One) ? With no money coming through the turnstile, where does the revenue to put on the match come from ?

Looking at the provisional League One table for next season and we will be 9th, just ahead of Peterhead on alphabetical order. I wonder how we would vote in 12 months time if the entire season is a washout ?

Last I heard he had a backroom job at Sunderland. No idea if he's still there

Whether or not they get the reconstruction of the leagues through, I think there should be a separate review and agreement on what to do in future if they league season can't be completed for any reason. Rather than retrospectively changing the rules, have it cast in stone now.

Which means it is more than likely true

Not being personal to yourself, but more a general comment. Why is it that when posters lose the argument they have to start childish name calling ? Go on. Convince me that there would be long term benefit To PTFC in spending hard earned cash, possibly costing staff their jobs, going down a legal route and I will call myself a Dick

I have heard that there are some who prefer to wear silk negligees

This is something that I had been thinking about. By calling the season now, any clubs hitting financial difficulties would have any points penalties applied to next season, so that wouldn't help our current plight. Now there could be clubs who might go under completely (a la Rangers) however I don't know who would be likely to pull the trigger. Traditionally it would have been HMRC, but I can't see the government doing that under the current circumstances.

We can only hope

So, just to get this straight .... You want to risk the long term future of the club for your own short term gratification. Good plan

Not when Ann Budge is coming up with the plan. Her only objective is to see Hearts avoid relegation.

But it will need a vote, which will be another chance for the SPFL to **** it up. They do have previous

And if you look at how little money the current squabble is over (Forfar were talking about around £3K) that is going to impact on how some clubs vote. Win The Championship and you now get 0.14% less than the club who came 3rd this year. And that is before the League One clubs think about the loss from losing their biggest travelling support. I'm not sure that the finances are as clear cut as you think

So if we add 2 extra teams to League 2 then the bottom 2 get nothing ? We are dividing money that went to 42 teams between 44 so somewhere the prize money is diluted.

Currently we need the backing of the member clubs to support a reconstruction of the leagues. That is our only hope of avoiding relegation. Is it therefore a good idea to piss off these same member clubs by delaying the payments or slagging them off. I really don't know what is the best way forward.

Would we be better petitioning for and and getting a mandate for the independent inquiry into the dealings that went on. I'm sure that there are many clubs who voted yes who are not happy with how it was conducted. Worst case is that this shamble might never happen again. Best case would be a change in the SPFL executive and some fresh thinking.

I think that we need to speak to Ann Budge to find out exactly what her plans are, what are the timescales and how likely they are to succeed. (We might also want to speak to others) Once we know that we can make a balanced decision on the risk/reward of taking legal action