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Of course Rangers are a special case. The TV broadcasts have changed this season (no live Championship matches) and we have to deal with the ridiculous split every season just because the league and the TV companies wanted 4 OF matches. Not to mention the unfair distribution of cash in the game which, again, is entirely due to Rangers (and their ugly sister).

TBH, I'd rather have us take a punt on another Moult or Fletcher type signing than on Erwin. I know only one of the two worked out, but it showed the kind of imagination that a club like ours needs in the transfer market.

The entire split was created so that the OF were guaranteed to play each other 4 times a season. So there's that,

That's an inevetible side effect of manipulating to suit the 'bigger' clubs.

So in summary: SPFL manipulates fixtures to suit OF. The split is mince. Pope Francis rumoured to be Catholic.

Cue the "Motherwell Dick Tait defence" headlines.

My thoughts, too. He didn't come into the club until he was 16, and we get a few quid in the bank for moving him on. He may have done better to follow the Jamie Murphy route and end up at Brighton as a first team choice, or he may kick on to great things sooner. I don't think we did too badly from the deal, though. EDIT: And I know I broke my commitment of not reading this thread until August, but when I saw the deal confirmed on twitter, I thought I'd jump in.

Ah, fair enough. I made good on my promise and stopped reading that thread.

Surprised nobody has commented on 'Flow's promotion to Chief Operating Officer. I was in the "dubious" camp when he was appointed as GM, but I think COO is an ideal role for him in the club. Congrats all round.

You don't even get a pension boost in the NASL. Even in the top league, only a few players get top dollar. The vast majority are on salaries less then $100k per year thanks to the salary caps in place.

At his age? Absolutely. Same reason as guys like Cadden improved from their loans rather than playing non-competitive U20s.

And what lots of young players need to realise is that to earn more money in the long run it's often better to serve you time and learn your craft first and boost your earning potential. It's a bit like getting a degree or serving an apprenticeship. Hone the skills first and your career earnings will typically increase.

I know I've said this before, but I always feel slightly let down when Julian talks about flights. I have a mental image of him driving his cab hundreds of miles to every game.

Every summer I swear I won't read this thread until the new season kicks off. I think I have finally been persuaded to stick to that.

"Fair" only if you completely ignore the part that reads "While I think we have a great chance of getting through the initial group" Still that was in the 2nd sentence of a 2 sentence post, so I can appreciate why he might not have reached that part. Probably either exhausted from the effort of reading the first sentence, or had been overcome with blind internet outrage by that stage and missed it.

Aye, the fighting at US sports events is rarely reported. Happens all the time, though and, even worse, in some cities when teams win or lose big games (even college teams) it can result in riots in the streets with shop windows being smashed, cars turned over and the odd shooting. Tanked up Steelers, Jets, Knicks, Rangers or Browns fans are not averse to kicking off.

Steve King was always one of my favourites. Scary to see Gordon "Night" Mair, The Rile and Ruby Murray beside each other.

No.

Were you at the Albion Rovers game? While I think we have a great chance of getting through the initial group, I have been following this mob long enough to know there is know such thing as a banker cup game.

Just to add to Yabba's post. When I moved over here in 1997, the Jets was an all season-ticket stadium. There was a 10 year waiting list for season tickets, and that list was closed. Then they decided to build their new stadium. A guy I knew had decent seats at the old stadium around the 40 yard line. He went with his dad and his son. When the new stadium opened he wasn't allowed to buy the same seats. Instead he was offered the privilege of buying 3 personal seatslicenses (PSLs) for $20,000 each for 3 worse seats. That $20k would allow the 3 of them to buy season tickets each year. The season ticket price for the new, inferior seats was 3 times more expensive. In the space of 3 years, the Jets managed to burn through their 10 year waiting list and are now advertising tickets for individual games on the telly. Unheard of in the New York Market. They even had to give away thousands of tickets for some games to get around the rule that said the stadium has to be "sold out" before they can show the game live on local TV. The Giants followed a similar path with similar results, and up in The Bronx the Yankees ended up having to drop prices to their new stadium having hiked them up to crazy amounts after it opened. So it's safe to say they have no qualms treating fans as loyal mugs. And Madison Square Garden is infamous in the city for being the worst of the worst in ripping off the Knicks fans.

I'm guessing you have never been to a Yankees or Mets game with $10+ beers and a car park where they close literally half of it in the middle of the season so they could house the circus. Of course, having a few billion dollars in TV money + state funded stadia also makes it easier to provide a better fan experience. Not to say that they don't have a number of things right, but just listen to any sports phone-in programme on a Monday morning to hear all the horror stories about facilities and rip-off ticket prices. Especially when there are play-offs involved.

Fixed your post.

That's true, and I hope we do take it seriously. If we decide to mess around with u20s against the "weaker" teams, however, it might not be so straightforward. Our early season form isn't always great, but I suppose that is true for most of our opposition too. It's not like Europe where some teams have half a season under their belts.

That's a good theory if we were good enough to relax and win at the same time.