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Fuck reconstructing now anyway, this current setup seems to suit us

Think that's what he meant.

Great 3pts tonight, 3 good goals. What can you say about big Higgy the donkey Fantastic team performance, everyone giving their all. Think back to the 3-3 at Pittodrie earlier in the season, we showed the steel tonight that we didn't show then, shows how far this group have come since then. Seem to remember someone on here saying our season was over after that game & here we are on the verge of looking out our passports for another European adventure. Times are good Off to Mansfield v Wrexham tomorrow, hoping to see a win for Stags to seal promotion & cap off a great weekend of football!

WTF? What a bunch of c**nts!

He was talking about the U-20 games, you can play trialists in bounce games. If the clubs they are contracted to are happy for them to go out on trial, then there isn't an issue with that.

Whirlwind start & 2 great goals, outstanding from us. Lost our flow a bit but 3 important saves from Randolph so happy to go in 2-0 up. Law & Las not been great so far, hoping they pick it up in the 2nd half. Got to keep MKS in check. Faddy been immense. Hopefully an early goal 2nd half to seal it.

Good luck lads, sounds like a good night & hopefully a big number will turn up despite the late notice.

Bunch of c**nts!

Cheers, it all makes sense now, I think

In the statement they listed the items that require 11-1 vote in the current setup, league reconstruction was 1 of them. I'm unable to copy & paste it on this tablet for some reason, but if you have a look at it on page 7 of this thread, it's there. EDIT: Just read it again & it does say they are described as Qualified Resolutions in the proposed rules. Still, as NWF said, if it was 10-2, the proposal would've gone through on Monday

The St Mirren statement yesterday lists the things that are ringfenced to 11-1 & league reconstruction is 1 of them.

But it's not 10-2, it's 11-1.

All other teams will except Celtic and Aberdeen it would appear. As far as I'm aware there has been no explanation from Aberdeen why they voted against changing voting structure, this is something I would love to hear.

My thinking now is that right at the start of the reconstruction discussions, Aberdeen & Celtic made it clear that they would not budge on the 11-1 voting structure & that's why it was never on the table. No point if 2 clubs were going to vote against if it was included. Both clubs had voted against changing it only a few months previous. Certainly is ironic that it was this that scuppered the whole thing. Agree with weeyin re St Mirren though, while the statement reads well, I remain suspicious of what their real motives were/are.

St Mirren Statement Further to yesterday’s SPL Club meeting held at Hampden Park, St Mirren FC is extremely disappointed by the comments of certain clubs’ representatives and some journalists towards our club and seeks to clarify our position. We made it perfectly clear in our statement issued last week that we were against the league structure proposed and also that of the proposed 11-1 voting system. It would appear that certain individuals have tried to move this round to being only an objection to the voting structure. Please read our statement of last Monday (see below*) for clarity of this. Both of these items were our primary issues with the proposals. The following resolutions are described as Qualified Resolutions in the proposed rules and require an 11-1 vote to change:- - Retaining home gate receipts - League restructuring - Distribution model of finance - Squad size - Under 21 rules - Season start date - Numbers of home live TV matches - Salary capping You will probably be aware that during the meeting a proposal to change one of these Resolutions, namely the League Restructuring section, was brought to the table by two clubs who suggested reducing this to a 75% majority ie 9-3. As this was only part of the Qualified Resolutions this was not acceptable to St Mirren. The items in this section require to be changed completely to a 9-3 level of voting, excepting the retention of home gate receipts which would be totally unfair to the larger clubs. We are also happy to contract that no club shall have more live home TV matches than anyone else. This democratic set up in the SPL is one that has been in place since its inception and has proved not to be fit for purpose, hence our objection to it. It is ironic that this is what has stopped the proposal going forward. However, clubs have the right to vote as they see fit and directors have a legal responsibility to look after the interests of their club, a criticism that appears to be directed towards St Mirren. It should be highlighted that Aberdeen could have indeed changed this voting structure last year had they seen fit to vote with their fellow clubs. That is their decision and we respect that, however before being critical of others they should possibly take stock of their previous decision not to allow this change to go forward. While on the subject of criticism, we find it hard to accept other Football Clubs telling us how to vote on football matters, or indeed questioning our motives. It is the right of all Clubs to make their own decisions and other Clubs should respect this. We are being accused of self interest. Is that the self interest in consulting with our supporters and staff prior to the board making this decision? If so, we are guilty. We are very grateful for all the messages of support we have received not just from our own fans but also from supporters of many other clubs who did not wish this proposal to go ahead. We firmly believe in our heart and in our head that this is the correct decision for Scottish Football. St Mirren Football Club are still intent on change in Scottish Football within a system for all 42 clubs. We wish to make it very clear that we have no SPL 2 agenda. We believe that that is not the way forward. It should be noted that at the start of yesterday’s meeting we asked clubs to consider revisiting the proposal before the meeting. Our suggestion was that we looked at the following compromise; - One League Body - All Through Financial Distribution Model - Introducing a Play Off Place - A Voting Structure of 75% of the Top League Clubs having to agree. (Subject to an agreement re home gates and the number of home live TV matches) Some clubs were willing to discuss this and hopefully come to a compromise. Regrettably this was rejected by a majority of clubs who wished to only stick to the all or nothing proposal. There have been suggestions of influence on our Board by other clubs. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Board of St Mirren has only the interests of St Mirren and Scottish Football at the centre of their attention. Finally, St Mirren FC hope that all 42 Clubs can get round the table in the very near future to progress the formation of one league body and the all through financial distribution model as the first steps to finding the best league format to encompass the views of Clubs, supporters, sponsors and all other people involved in Scottish Football. On behalf of the Board of Directors of St Mirren Football Club

Definite no to that.

I think people who see St Mirren as championing the views of the fans are being a bit naive. I believe they were working to a different agenda but it is convenient for them to claim they listened to the fan's views etc & are taking the moral high ground. The statement from sevco stating that St Mirren & Ross County shouldn't be singled out sounds like a veiled way for them to take some of the credit for blocking it. Like you say though, there has to be a better way & the outcome was 1 that the majority of fans wanted.

McCall - Evening Times Commenting on league reconstruction.

Thanks for the report NWF, appreciated.

No reason why we can't beat Celtic again at home. Not saying we will but wouldn't be a big surprise to me if we did.

Or option 3. Signs for Celtic & gets the big wages, the chance to play in Europe & still close enough to have the better quality family life. Really hope that doesn't happen but if he stays fit & continues to play well, certainly can't be ruled out.

Definitely, without a doubt. Not just for the Europa League but for an assault on the SPL title!

Randolph Evening Times Go on Darren, you know you want to

& Eoin Doyle has signed a pre-contract with Chesterfield.

So now Utd are in top 6 & not Killie, that's 1 of our predicted home games gone. We've already played Utd twice at home already but guessing we'll get another home game against them. Not sure that's a good thing as we lost both previous games 1-0. Our home form has improved a lot since the last time they visited though so hopefully we'll turn them over if this is our other home fixture post split.