Wellfan1984

In other words BSkyB don't want to be seen as bringing the integrity of Sport into question....

Why the media have been going on how worthless Scotland is without England for decades, and granted some people believe it while others do not. It is what the media do, sadly.

Aye, when they come out and when they do that pish line-up/shake hands - with no fucking mash-up please.

Sky and ESPN (or one of them) will not ditch Scottish Football. FFS ESPN shows Russian Premier League to UK customers - and I don't think we have a high Russian population do we?

The question is are they? I have not read anything from BSkyB about this whole scenario. Just those who think themselves journalists and eh... Neil "SPL requires to go down to 10 teams, becoming one of if not the smallest top league in Europe to survive" Doncaster....

I don't think that would work against Sky. I'd be shocked if the SPL football was the reason why many people in Scotland actually got Sky Sports.

What if we draw Galatasary?

You are correct... about Italy. None of the others.

The Germans also believe if clubs are fined due to crowd issues, it is the fans that pay the fines. Would we take that too? Hannover I believe with flares/smoke bombs...

If their debt is so bad that they cease to exist because another club is relegated no matter who it is (in the past we have had seen Shelbourne (Ireland), Kaunas (Lithuania), Juventus and Fiorentina (Italy) and Ferencváros (Hungary)) then yeah you can lay blame at their door.

If clubs go bust because another team is relegated then they are not innocent. Also as it stands there can be no punishment handed out to a newco... So newco Rangers will be debt free and on an equal keel with everyother club in the SPL (minus the transfer ban).

If that has to happen then tough. It should happen.

It's being reported that if we allow a NewCo into the SPL, then the SPL cannot add sanctions like points deduction to them as the fact is we're letting a new club into the SPL (like we are with Ross County). If they are relegated and they somehow manage to get a TV deal, they need to share that TV deal amongst 29 other clubs (with I'm sure a step system with Division 1 getting more than Division 3). Not to mention the prize money for winning 3rd Division wouldn't even pay a week of McGregor's normal wage.

Looks like it will be FC Nordsjælland as FC København are top with a game in hand (against OB tomorrow)

Nah Olympiakos have already won the league. These 4 teams then enter a round robin for the final Champions League space and what round of the Europa League they enter. At the end of the regular season the following maths is used to decide starting points 2nd pts - 5th pts / 5 3rd pts - 5th pts / 5 4th pts - 5th pts / 5 5th starts on 0 At the split PANO who were second began on 4. The rest began on 0

Greece is still very much a 4 way battle. Pano drew with Atronitos and PAOK beat AEK in the first match of the European Playoff. Currently league table reads PANO Pld 1 Pts 5 PAOK Pld 1 Pts 3 Atronitos Pld 1 Pts 1 AEK Pld 1 Pts 0

The two of the three main mistakes he has made (that led to goals/chances) against Hibs and Rangers (penalty that was not) were due to mistakes by Hutchinson. The only questionable thing about Clancy is his temperament. Very good defender for our budget.

Missing the point. Still you enjoy the benefit for what the 8th slashed budget in 10 years TV and the Old Firm bring to our club.... Fact is SPL has failed, the biggest club in the country has failed but the answer seems to be nothing to see everything is fine. Or do you know something different and can tell us because of the Old Firm we won't fall behind Norway, Sweden, Finland financially (for the record only the latter makes our TV look above average...

What I don't get if we need Rangers, if we need them to be in the SPL for this super-duper SkyTV contact then why the hell at this moment of time with Rangers in the league and this new TV deal are we being told we have to slash our budget again despite having our best season in SPL history... Lot of codswallop somewhere in this!

Or a Chelsea win in the Final. Our chances as they stand of getting to next round is next to nothing but a Chelsea win would put our chance slightly higher (no Russian or Portuguese side)

Nothing stopping our DJ doing it against (before, after, during who gives a fuck) Dundee United a week Sunday though.

Hammell for me. Just wish he'd actually strike the ball more. Easy could get 5+ goals a season.

If you believe media etc. us fans paying into the Well Society rather than the Rangers Fighting Fund is hurting Motherwell just as much

None of our first team players will be playing for Hibs next season unless we refuse to offer them a contract

Looks like Beattie won't be playing tomorrow.