aberdeen1970 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 If Arbroath can compete at the top of the championship then there's no reason why Cove couldn't. Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Would love to see Arbroath come up, see what the SPFL think of that Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, ericblack4boss said: Would love to see Arbroath come up, see what the SPFL think of that Aye good luck to them Link to comment
Betty Swallicks Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, ericblack4boss said: Would love to see Arbroath come up, see what the SPFL think of that Arbroath and Caley up. St Mirren and Livi down. Ideal! Link to comment
redone Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, ericblack4boss said: Would love to see Arbroath come up, see what the SPFL think of that Can’t think that the SPFL would be unduly bothered to be honest. No real threat to the Scottish football establishment Not much different from the likes of Ross County being in the top flight. Link to comment
torry_battery_ram Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, ericblack4boss said: Would love to see Arbroath come up, see what the SPFL think of that They would welcome Dick Campbell with open arms I would imagine Link to comment
RED_JOHN Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Good luck to Arbroath, I really hope they get up to the top league. Link to comment
Itsagoal Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 hours ago, redone said: Can’t think that the SPFL would be unduly bothered to be honest. No real threat to the Scottish football establishment Not much different from the likes of Ross County being in the top flight. Scone, what do you mean by your last sentence? Ross county have been in the top division for 9 out of the last 10 seasons and have won the same amount of trophies as Aberdeen (and more recently) in the last 10 years. Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 3 hours ago, ericblack4boss said: Would love to see Arbroath come up, see what the SPFL think of that What are the rules now about seating capacity etc? Are there any? Link to comment
G31DON Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Itsagoal said: Scone, what do you mean by your last sentence? Ross county have been in the top division for 9 out of the last 10 seasons and have won the same amount of trophies as Aberdeen (and more recently) in the last 10 years. That's a depressing paragraph. ? 1 Link to comment
afc1903mad Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: What are the rules now about seating capacity etc? Are there any? They could be ok the way Covid is going, currently they're only allowed 500 in anyway Link to comment
redone Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Itsagoal said: Scone, what do you mean by your last sentence? Ross county have been in the top division for 9 out of the last 10 seasons and have won the same amount of trophies as Aberdeen (and more recently) in the last 10 years. Just that Arbroath are a similar size club to Ross County and as far as I’m aware the SPFL have no problem with them being in the top flight. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, redone said: Just that Arbroath are a similar size club to Ross County and as far as I’m aware the SPFL have no problem with them being in the top flight. Ross County are a professional club though & were so (I believe) when they got promoted. Arbroath are an amateur/part time side Link to comment
Itsagoal Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 10 hours ago, redone said: Just that Arbroath are a similar size club to Ross County and as far as I’m aware the SPFL have no problem with them being in the top flight. Similar size? Ross County’s average attendance in season 2019/20 was £4,361 which was bigger than St Johnstone, Livi and Hamilton. They also have an excellent infrastructure and training facilities and as dandy has said were a professional club when they were promoted 10 years ago. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 What matters in football should always be about what happens on the pitch and not about the size or budget of a club now or historically or its attendances. If Arbroath get promoted then they'll have deserved it. Good luck to them. I'd rather they came up than the likes of Kilmarnock or other similar clubs who are in thrall to the Huns and Celtic. Scottish football needs new stories, it's part of its appeal despite what the football authorities and TV companies seem to think. Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Arbroath is a marvellous day oot. Similar in enjoyment status to Dingwall, but obviously easier to get to. Would love to see them come up. 1 Link to comment
RED_JOHN Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 15 minutes ago, Itsagoal said: Similar size? Ross County’s average attendance in season 2019/20 was £4,361 which was bigger than St Johnstone, Livi and Hamilton. They also have an excellent infrastructure and training facilities and as dandy has said were a professional club when they were promoted 10 years ago. Ross County always come across as desperate for cash so it’s good that it appears on match days…who needs fan’s when the cash just rolls up. Link to comment
Itsagoal Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1970, totally agree. County and Inverness getting to the top league in a fairly short time after finally being admitted to the major leagues was a great story, as was them both winning a major trophy (and Inverness coming close to a second after losing a cup final penalty shoot out). Arbroath’s promotion, if they were to win it, would be an even bigger story, although I can see the weegia as well making a negative out of this - we can’t have part timers in the top league, unless of course they’re in or near Glasgow. Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 hours ago, RED_JOHN said: Ross County always come across as desperate for cash so it’s good that it appears on match days…who needs fan’s when the cash just rolls up. Hardly Remember when we interested in signing Alex Schalk a few seasons back under freedom of contract. Until we found out what Ross County had been paying him.....that ended our interest fairly sharpish Link to comment
Itsagoal Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Ten Caat, was that a true story or just a myth? Schalk was good at County but not outstanding. I remember when we were rumoured to be in for him, that my first thought was “meh - nothing special”. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 They were flush enough to turn down our bid for Tansey. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Danny McNamara still looking good at right back for Millwall v Palace Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said: Danny McNamara still looking good at right back for Millwall v Palace Liked him when he was at St Johnstone. Unless we get an offer we can’t refuse I’d rather keep Ramsay until the summer though. Fergie might be the one to sell. I think he’s probably at his maximum value with us now. Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 52 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said: Danny McNamara still looking good at right back for Millwall v Palace Well out of our price range sadly Link to comment
redone Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 10:09 AM, Itsagoal said: Similar size? Ross County’s average attendance in season 2019/20 was £4,361 which was bigger than St Johnstone, Livi and Hamilton. They also have an excellent infrastructure and training facilities and as dandy has said were a professional club when they were promoted 10 years ago. Yes , broadly speaking similar to Ross County. I’m not saying they’re identical , just similar. But I’d also say Arbroath are broadly similar in size (in terms of fanbase and to a lesser extent ,financial resources) to the other clubs you’ve mentioned and several of the clubs in the championship this season. I mentioned Ross County as both them and Arbroath are from fairly small towns that are relatively remote from heavily populated places. And , personally , I wouldn’t rely on average home attendance as a definitive guideline in assessing the size of a club. The number of season ticket holders would be more relevant in my opinion. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Aye should have saved that. His hands were in a funny position. Maybe moved more in the air than it looked Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 When did Craig Gordon become poppadom wrists? What a balls he made of that Tim goal. Link to comment
Millertime Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: When did Craig Gordon become poppadom wrists? What a balls he made of that Tim goal. Yep Beautiful strike but went right through Gordon Howler Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 They're going to get spanked now Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Roberto said: Not sure like. Some strike by the famine cunt... If anything Gordon wasn't expecting it and didn't adjust in time. Flew in. He’ll have expected to save it. Good hit, but went through his hands so he did get in to position. And another goal (the 2nd one) given that VAR would’ve disallowed. Nice finish though Link to comment
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