Jardi, that is a measured contribution on what must be the biggest crisis facing Scottish football in many years. There are, of course, many contributory factors to falling attendances. There is the socio-economic factor; the competition from Sky and BT to which you allude; there is the appalling state of so many grounds throughout Scotland (including Palmerston); there are iPads and iPhones with their various Apps; and so on and so on. Why, though, are so many reluctant to accept that a substantial contributory factor is the poor quality of the product on offer. I cannot be convinced that Scottish boys are innately less skilful today than they were fifty year ago so where is the next Deniis Law or the next Kenny Dalglish or the next Big Jim for that matter? The usual excuse is that boys nowadays are not playing football on the streets like they used to; which is true, of course, but today these same boys are diverted into the pro-youth schemes of our senior clubs. Regrettably, we find that after ten years of professional coaching we produce a stream of boys who are lacking the basic skills of the game. Why are players from unknown teams in unknown countries so much more comfortable on the ball than hone produced players. Could it be that our coaches and managers are themselves products of this system and that all they are capable of is regurgitating and perpetuating failure? Has the time come to abandon the pro-youth scheme and revert to the development methods of yesteryear - ie school football to juvenile football to junior football and so to the senior game? One thing is certain. If the footballing establishment in Scotland cannot address this problem then full-time professional football in Scotland will vanish down the plug hole.