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Agree with the last bit, though that’s not a reason against doing it necessarily. Sending Plymouth up to Inverness for a fixture would be pretty entertaining anyway.
Agree with the last bit, though that’s not a reason against doing it necessarily. Sending Plymouth up to Inverness for a fixture would be pretty entertaining anyway.I think you'd have to merge English and Scottish football entirely to do that. I have some ideas on how to do that fairly but I'm not going to bother writing a load of paragraphs that are probably cobblers on here.
Needless to say it benefits the Scottish clubs way more to be in our league system than it does our clubs them being in it.
Difference is with us v Bournemouth we’re effectively in the same playing field.
Scottish football is shrinking into the ether. The standing of the football is dragging rangers and Celtic down with it.
as the world moves forward their will eventually be people more familiar with the Bournemouth’s than Rangers, therefore increasing the worldwide fanbase.
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It’s more they develop it by association with the premier league - I agree their tinpot but currently their worldwide appeal will be bigger than the Scottish leagueBournemouth are the epitome of a tinpot outfit who got lucky. They'll get it wrong at some point and beback in the lower end of the Championship.
Not sure even many of their deluded support would think they're going to develop a worldwide fanbase
Unfortunately, distance aside, I think there would be too much trouble (particularly on the political front) between fans. We've already seen how it kicked off between Sunderland and Celtic a few years ago. Rangers have had some incidents in England too, smashing places up, etc. Loyalist supporters would probably join forces or something.Agree with the last bit, though that’s not a reason against doing it necessarily. Sending Plymouth up to Inverness for a fixture would be pretty entertaining anyway.
Money talks though, they’d bring a fair bit.Unfortunately, distance aside, I think there would be too much trouble (particularly on the political front) between fans. We've already seen how it kicked off between Sunderland and Celtic a few years ago. Rangers have had some incidents in England too, smashing places up, etc. Loyalist supporters would probably join forces or something.
What would they bring in that the premier league already doesn’t bring in?Money talks though, they’d bring a fair bit.
Not relevant to the title of the thread at all but I'm in favour of more leagues merging to keep the quality higher and get more eyes on them. Really wanted that Dutch/Belgian league merger to go through.Money talks though, they’d bring a fair bit.
Don't tell that to Celtic fans in terms of being delusional. Their supporters often wrongly boast about how they could compete in the PL when they're on a little run of form, and yet didn't they recently lose to a club I've never even heard of in the CL? More confused than Rangers...Bournemouth are the epitome of a tinpot outfit who got lucky. They'll get it wrong at some point and beback in the lower end of the Championship.
Not sure even many of their deluded support would think they're going to develop a worldwide fanbase
Let’s be honest, Celtic in the top flight would be a far bigger ‘brand’ than Bournemouth, Brentford, Fulham or any of the other clubs I forget are top flight clubs. Same for Rangers.What would they bring in that the premier league already doesn’t bring in?
If it were up to me Britain would just be one country tbf, but that’s definitely for ranting like a loony in off topic, not here.Not relevant to the title of the thread at all but I'm in favour of more leagues merging to keep the quality higher and get more eyes on them. Really wanted that Dutch/Belgian league merger to go through.
It's true but it's also a proper coping crutch for them. "If we were in the Prem with Prem money blah blah." Yeh well, you ain't... its proper if my auntie had bollocks she'd be my uncle stuff.Let’s be honest, Celtic in the top flight would be a far bigger ‘brand’ than Bournemouth, Brentford, Fulham or any of the other clubs I forget are top flight clubs. Same for Rangers.
I agree, but it’s a commercial reason to have them in the league system.It's true but it's also a proper coping crutch for them. "If we were in the Prem with Prem money blah blah." Yeh well, you ain't... it’s proper if my auntie had bollocks she'd be my uncle stuff.
No way. Rangers fans are more confused. They still think they are the same club they were before 2012.Don't tell that to Celtic fans in terms of being delusional. Their supporters often wrongly boast about how they could compete in the PL when they're on a little run of form, and yet didn't they recently lose to a club I've never even heard of in the CL? More confused than Rangers...
They don’t have this weird habit of pretending to be Irish as Celtic fans do, but that’s another debate too.No way. Rangers fans are more confused. They still think they are the same club they were before 2012.
Didn't you used to live up there or did I imagine this?They don’t have this weird habit of pretending to be Irish as Celtic fans do, but that’s another debate too.
But given the collective purchasing of the premier league rights - it doesn’t matter if it’s Celtic or Brentford.Let’s be honest, Celtic in the top flight would be a far bigger ‘brand’ than Bournemouth, Brentford, Fulham or any of the other clubs I forget are top flight clubs. Same for Rangers.
They’d suffer the same issue as Newcastle - no matter how much money they have… no fucker wants to live up northDon't tell that to Celtic fans in terms of being delusional. Their supporters often wrongly boast about how they could compete in the PL when they're on a little run of form, and yet didn't they recently lose to a club I've never even heard of in the CL? More confused than Rangers...
All the Welsh clubs in the pyramid have played in it since their inception, though. The Welsh league is comparatively new, and for years all Welsh clubs played in the English league system.I wouldn’t actually object to them entering our league system, we have enough Welsh clubs in the pyramid anyway.
Lived in Scotland for nearly a decade and my wife is Scottish also. Formerly an Aberdeen fan so we often watched them when they played in Dundee.Didn't you used to live up there or did I imagine this?
Well saidCantwell only left rangers because he fell out with Clement.
So you've made a presumption that isn't true.
It doesn't bother me but if we heard, (and in the past we have heard), supporters of say, Bournemouth, who are a tinpot outfit who just managed to get on the Gravy train, talking about us in the same way, we'd rightly slate them
I’d counter that as above 1 they’d suffer from the same issues Newcastle have done.Well said
Anyone trying to put down Rangers and Celtic is idiotic imo
They should be respected for their history and also worth bearing in mind if they ever got invited to English leagues they would challenge at the top
All this nonsense of their team is league 1 standard etc is just that nonsense. They would use the money to buy better players anyway
Would be on same level as spurs villa who were mentioned earlier within a few years
There was talk of merging the Dutch and Belgian leagues a few years ago to make a super league of sorts to help them compete.Isn’t there an issue with UEFA and the leagues merging? I swear they got a bit jittery when we did team GB football in 2012 and that’s why it was just a one off.
Maybe a similar situation for Benelux.
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