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A top league of 20 is not viable for a country of Scotland's size. Even with 3 relegation places it would contain a huge number of meaningless mid-table fixtures. England, Spain, Italy and France get away with it because they have so many European places. The other thing that these countries have in common is large populations. Almost all European countries with smaller poulations operate with 10-12 teams in their top flights and experiments with expansion has generally resulted in falling attendances. We just don't enough people or enough big clubs to make a 20 team top flight attractive. A 20 team league with 3 up 3 down would see clubs like Forfar and Brechin playing in front of a handful of fans in ramshackle stadiums. Televison and sponsorship would run a mile. The discussion that is taking place within the SPL at the moment is about how to make the SPL more competitive and therefore more attractive to fans, television and sponsors - expansion to 16/18/20 clubs just isn't on the agenda. Any change will be minor and focused on convincing clubs to vote for play-offs for Europe and relegation. At best, this will mean a 14 team league with a 6/8 split after 26 games.

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No takers yet, you only have until the end of today to reply so i can PM you when i am online in here at around 11pm or Midnight. I'm not surprised you aint had "No takers yet" , you make it sound like it would be an honour for someone to go out of their way to text you any updates !!!

in spain atm but luckly got to watch the game (even if it was an irish bar with a few celtic fans) but really proud of the boys gave 110% probs missed foran but 1-0 is an excellant result and so i am filled with optimism for the rest of the season and when i get back am looking forward to getting myseason ticket out and taking in some away games

Now the celtic game has been & gone and the in's & out's have been looked at for our first 90 mins back in the SPL.....What if anything do we change for dundee utd next sunday?!?!?!? 1. Leave gill on the bench, or in the car. i am happy with either, i am not a fan and him wasting TWO subs by him coming on then off ain't doing any favors for him with me! 2. Stick with nick, he does what hes told and is a prospect, he did his job by standing at the backpost and stopped a potential 2nd goal. 3. If hayes ain't fit, dont start him! he may be a fan favourite but your risking a comeback by putting him on before he's 100%