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[57vintage]

I dont know if I could watch a 10 team league again.

I watched 18-team league fitba from 1966 to 1975. Everything was decided (2 clubs challenging for the title, another 3 looking at European places, and 4 scrapping against relegation, by March. I watched some frocking awful mid-table, sod-all-at-stake dreck from March to May most seasons. If that?s on the table, I?m eating elsewhere.

[TheDeeDon]

I watched 18-team league fitba from 1966 to 1975. Everything was decided (2 clubs challenging for the title, another 3 looking at European places, and 4 scrapping against relegation, by March. I watched some frocking awful mid-table, sod-all-at-stake dreck from March to May most seasons. If that?s on the table, I?m eating elsewhere.

Doesn't mean it can't work now. Was it really as bad as watching a shyte Motherwell/Livi/Hearts team up here twice a season kicking anything other than the ball.

Would only have four games against the cheeks, which is better than the current eight, if we finish top six.

Make it interesting and relegate four teams a season. With so little between clubs, you could see some interesting developments.

Not a cat in hells chance we would ever see a league with less cheek games.

[57vintage]

See post 163. Believe me, it was verkin dire once everything had been settled around March, unless we were still in the Scottish Cup. The bruteball to which you refer has an antidote in scoring early against the ****s, drawing them out, and giving them a sound spanking, admittedly something with which we have struggled. However, the bland, dull, boring, tedious fitba which we had to watch when ferkall was at stake for both participants, bearing in mind that we’d had two credible championship runs in 70-71 (probably my favourite-ever squad) and 71-72) was the worst period I have been party to since 1966.

[Mason89]

A ten team league has eight teams playing to avoid relegation before a ball is kicked, ourselves included

You would like to think that a bigger league might give some clubs a level of comfort so that they might try to play a bit, throw on a youngster, try something different etc

I?m probably being a bit naive but I know for certain what ten teams would look like and it aint pretty

[neilthedon]

A ten team league has eight teams playing to avoid relegation before a ball is kicked, ourselves included

You would like to think that a bigger league might give some clubs a level of comfort so that they might try to play a bit, throw on a youngster, try something different etc

I?m probably being a bit naive but I know for certain what ten teams would look like and it aint pretty

But, you got to live in hope ? I agree, I don`t want it back to 10.

Would rather only play the cheeks twice each a season, and would choose a 16 or 18 team league, with some rule ordering each team to play a few young Scottish players. How about making it suitably cooky by deciding the bigger your turnover , or share of tv money, the more u-21 Scots need to be played ? ( Currently we`d struggle with that. As would a few other sides. But mainly the cheeks !!! )