The fall & fall of the SPL

On current form, i'd certainly bet on Shamrock Rovers beating Hearts over 2 legs

 

The one year Hearts got their act together and when cruising at the top of the league he sacked the manager and replaced him with Brian Rix.   The guy is an out and out idiot. 

 

Neither club have much money have not spend much on players.

The point I am making is that if you look at Hearts V Aberdeen (Aberdeen who have won European Cup) , the stadium is empty .

Where are all the fans gone ? They are at home watching the Premier League, or in a pub watching the Premier League.

In years gone by, this fixture would be a sell out. They have totally given up on their local teams.

Sky Sports has a game on telly throughout the weekend. Maybe the Spl shoul move to Friday nights. But I dont really care about them anyway.

 

The big bad 'PREMIER LEAGUE' is the reason for Scottish footballs struggles.

Everyone wants to be in it, adevertising in it, playing in it, watching it, etc etc etc.

 

I talked to a Sporting Lisbon fan, who told me they cant half fill there stadium these days and that the Premier League is more popular in f**king Portugal these days that the Portuguese league. This is coming from a nation who can produce really technical and talented footballers. The ****s are all watching Chelsea V West Brom.

 

Then here in Ireland we here 'sher the tickets are too expensive' , thats bullsh*t too because when Irelland played Croatia you could pick up free tickets everywhere, and nobody came. They were all at home hoping for no injurys to their premiership players.

 

 

Not sure i agree with that, celtic and rangers demise is due to the amount of money in the english premier league anfd football in general, simple as they cannot compete with it, championshipplayers are on iger wages

 

the days of signing suttons, hartsons, flo, laudrup, and lennons are long long gone

 

Sorry man didn't mean to be harsh.   The bloated EPL will destroy leagues all around it, indeed it will eventually destroy itself because we are clearly in an era where the number of clubs who can win that league is an ever reducing number.  Man City are trying to buy their way onto that table (spending over £200 million), but lets be honest outside Chelsea, Man U and possibly now Man City no one else will get near it.     

 

As for crowds, Celtic and Rangers continue to have crowds that most most EPL clubs can only wish for, each week its between 40,000 and 60,000 at each home game.  However, neither Celtic or Rangers get handed £40,000,000 TV money just for turning up, at best they get £3 million.  The game in Scotland has had to cut its cloth accordingly.   To therefore make comparisons between the SPL and the current EPL is a nonsense.   However, you are wrong regarding EPL watching, thanfully it has not reached the horrible level it has in the Republic.  Its background in the pub at best up here.  What is making an impact is cost, as I said in terms of quality right now the SPL has had to cut its cloth, unfortunately it has not also cut its prices, instead for a dad to take two kids to a match you are looking at a minimum £50-£60, 4 games a month and that's a helluva amount of family budget.   It's too expensive, we have to follow the German model, get prices down, get crowds back.  Nothing compares with being there .......and its better for your liver.