Just had a wee look at the table and we've got 55 pts with a GD of 12, Aberdeen have 53 pts with a GD of 6 and Killie have 52 pts with -3 GD. Hibs are 1 point ahead of us with a GD of 7.

We should be looking at finishing FOURTH! Bl00dy split!

Although meaningless, it would be quite satisfying to finish 4th "on points". I can't imagine that has ever been achieved before.

Nice to see, however if there was no split, we would probably not get the points though, so its a false postion.

Cant see the split lasting much longer meself.

At the forum last week David Sutherland said that he expected the split to be gone after next season. But does the league go back to 10 teams or does it extend to 16 - that is the question

4th on points would be would be nice but academic :roll:

At the forum last week David Sutherland said that he expected the split to be gone after next season. But does the league go back to 10 teams or does it extend to 16 - that is the question

Hopefully 16 teams, with some playoffs... that would be quality! :)

Rangers Celtic Hearts and Hibs are apparently trying to reduce it back to 10 teams, but with the new voting system there only needs to be 2 votes to stop a change and that is happening for now. An increased league seems everybody's preferred option.

Hopefully 16 teams, with some playoffs... that would be quality!

I agree, 16 teams would create a more open league. There'd be a little less fear of relegation for teams in the upper-half of the table, which would hopefully make for some better football. It would also mean a lot more chances for young Scottish players at the top level. And we could say goodbye to the split! What's to loose?

CC makes some interesting comments on the topic here.

I have said it for years .... here are some of the things I would like to see .....

3 leagues of 16 .... which means 6 more ambitious new teams can come in - ICT, County, Gretna, Peterhead, and even Elgin havent done that badly when compared to some of the perpetual table proppers in the 3rd !!

Play each other once at home and away meaning 30 games and to offset the 'lost' 3 (or possibly 4 in SPL) home games initiate a divisional cup ... a bit like the Challenge cup but for the repective divisions only ....

Guaranteed 2 up, 2 down each season. If a team does not have a 6000 all seated stadium (for SPL) then they can use the seated part they do have until they build it. Give them a grace period of 1 season where they can use the increased revenues from the higher league to help them meet the required standard.

If the SPL arent prepared to give teams a full season to get stadia up to SPL standard, then get rid of March 31st deadline - teams in lower leagues usually dont know if they will get promoted in March and spending money 'speculatively' could kill a lower league club if they dont win the title after taking the financial gamble. By all means give a team till 31st March to apply for the SPL, but give them until start of season to have the ground ready ! If Tullochs can build 2 stands in 43 days, then any team in that spot can surely give David Sutherland a ring to have their stadium ready for the new season !!!

Get rid of the USH requirement - the costs are too high and it ruins the pitch as we know. Making St Mirren install it for maybe 1 season is also ludicrous. Change the rules to read 'adequate pitch protection' which would allow for 'blankets', air domes etc. If a club has more than 'x' number of games called off when other teams are ok, then they could be fined ..... we all know how few games ICT had called off before we installed the USH and County's problem doesnt seem to be snow or cold weather but 'drainage' and USH only makes that worse !!!

Enable a system to allow ambitious teams from 'non-league' roots to get into the senior setup - including HFL, South/East Scotland leagues and Juniors ... (not sure how that would work, but like the idea !!)

The suggestion is that there will be SPL one and two with each division ghaving ten teams.

As I understand it, the proposal is for one automatic promotion and relegation plave with another decided by play off.

Oh, god. A return to a top division of only 10 teams, playing each other four times, will have everyone dying of boredom. Not sure of the reasons for splitting an SPL 1 and 2 of just 10 teams each. Surely there's not that big a gap between the bottom of the SPL and the First Division?

And Scotty, why don't you work for the SPL? Lots of good suggestions there. I'd like to see a non-league set-up in Scotland, similar to the Conference in England, and perhaps with a Northern and Southern section. The threat of relegation would put an end to any East Stirling type situations, and allow some more ambitious clubs a chance to show what they can do. Sadly, our leagues seem to be something of a protectionist racket. They fear change!