Hibs v Villa

[Jordi Culé]

Re: Hibs v Villa

In the days when they actually were 'cups', ie 100% knockout tournaments. The mini league set up practically renders surprises/giant-killing impossible.

True.

I'm in Birmingham and watched the Hibs / Villa game whilst knocking back a pint yesterday afternoon. A few Villa fans knocking about getting extremely giddy about the performance and Villa being in Europe (which is fair enough).

It does seem an age away when they beat Bayern Munich in the European Cup though and thought then how distorted the Premier League is.

I'm getting all whimsy and reminiscing now.

[Jimmy the Jock]

Re: Hibs v Villa

This is an indication of how poor the SPL has become.
Long gone are the days of teams like Aberdeen winning the UEFA cup.
Maybe we should join, we'd be in Europe every season

Have you written in the fact we would be getting Scottish incomes into your summarisation ?

[Rjk]

Re: Hibs v Villa

the spl these days is league one standard, aside from 2 teams that are like top championship teams

[Jimmy the Jock]

Re: Hibs v Villa

the spl these days is league one standard, aside from 2 teams that are like top championship teams

All down to money.

Cheer on Wrexham but their fairy tale is all down to money . Man City compete with the aristocracy of Europe , money allows them to compete at that level.

[Rjk]

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All down to money.

Cheer on Wrexham but their fairy tale is all down to money . Man City compete with the aristocracy of Europe , money allows them to compete at that level.

yep definitely, and there's **** all money in the Scottish game these days, even the championship get a lot more TV money

[Jimmy the Jock]

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yep definitely, and there's **** all money in the Scottish game these days, even the championship get a lot more TV money

But everyone gets European football.....

A level of football even our best two sides struggle at the top table and everyone else struggles at any level. :hehe::hehe:

[William Treseder]

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All down to money.

Cheer on Wrexham but their fairy tale is all down to money . Man City compete with the aristocracy of Europe , money allows them to compete at that level.

The Old firm are now caught between a rock and a hard place. Way too good for the SPL, but no chance of getting to the latter stages of the CL,
They are strapped for cash, and even if they had dough, the standard of the SPL would stop big names signing.

[Rjk]

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The Old firm are now caught between a rock and a hard place. Way too good for the SPL, but no chance of getting to the latter stages of the CL,
They are strapped for cash, and even if they had dough, the standard of the SPL would stop big names signing.

they've eaten the rest of the SPL, no sympathy at all they keep all the revenue to themselves.

similarly to what Bayern have done in Germany, it isn't a healthy situation in the long run