posted Dec 13, 2006

The championship may or may not be a higher standard than the rest of the SPL, most current SPL sides would probably be able to hold their own in there somwehere with Hearts and Hibs maybe making an impact probably not doing that much worse than Southampton. But if Celtic and Rangers were to go into the Premiership their following and marketability along with the increased share in tv money would pretty much put them on a level with teams like liverpool and capable of challenging at the top (Martin O'Neill would much rather manage celtic in the premiership than aston villa).And if they were challenging at the top then speaking as a scotsman (although not a celtic or rangers fan) those scotland v england clashes would never lose me their appeal.

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posted Dec 13, 2006

You've all overlooked one very important reason why Pressley would jump at coming to Saints.

When his child is born down here he or she could be classed as English, not only English but Sotonian English. What better start in life could a father give to his child?

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posted Dec 13, 2006

Emmmm excuse me wee person.....how is the championship any better than the SPL? And the fact that Celtic bet Man U who currently sit at the top of the Premiership doesnt give you a hint that scotland does actually have good talent.....try beating france yoo english eejit!

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posted Dec 13, 2006

spot on jambosoph


its soemthing us scots have to live with! the english superiority complex

sorry but anyone who actually thinks the championship is better than the SPL is nuts. hearts, hibs, aberdeen and kilmarnock are too good for the championshsip. never mind rangers and celtic!

hearts and hibs are even better than rangers jsut now...andrangers are good ons for the uefa cup

our national team ops a group containing thw world cup finalists but

no


still we're a terrible nation..terrible league

absolute nonsense. for our size we're extremely good. but on the whole we're pretty decent anyway

the spl lies somewhere between the dutch league and the czech league

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posted Dec 13, 2006

yet again the scottish chip on the shoulder is well in evidence! If you disregard Celtic and Rangers which are obviously both very big clubs then there are a dozen championship teams bigger than the likes of Hearts. the standard of champ football gets criticised but for instance there are a number of players in the SPL who had previously played in England at a standard below the champ and never even tempted champ clubs - e.g. Chris Killen (Oldham to Hibs) and Danny Invincibile (Swindon to Kilmarnock).

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posted Dec 14, 2006

He might go to Dundee United...Craig Levein is there and Hearts bought him from United. I think if you cut out a couple of teams from the Championship then maybe they would about match but I think the SPL is more exciting and let's not forget, by playing in the SPL you can gain a spot in Europe, you can't in the Championship. The Championship is also full of players who are fallen stars from bigger teams, players who didn't deliver or players who wanted more money than they deserved and were dropped down a level. Anyway Pressley would do well going to Southampton but I think he'll remain in Scotland. Rangers certainly need him to arrange that dreadful defense.

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posted Dec 14, 2006

I think your all getting off the point here!
Look at the amount of ex "Burley" players that have chosen to follow him around in there careers and jump ship back to him at the first available point ie Rudi Skacel who had the chance of playing Champs League this year but instead he went on strike until he was sold to Southampton!!
Oh and just for the record SPL is a mickey mouse league with two and half teams worth noting in it!!
The championship has I believe been voted the sixth best league in europe behind the top leagues in England, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and possibly Holland. frankly I'd rather watch the Bangledeshi Superleague than the SPL!!

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posted Dec 22, 2006

In terms of club size outside the Old Firm the rest are tiny maybe excluding hearts if their owner sorted it out. In England you even have big clubs like Notts Forest lingering outside the championship.

1 Celtic 58,149
2 Rangers 49,245
3 Hearts 16,788
4 Hibernian 13,566
5 Aberdeen 12,727
6 Dundee Utd 8,197
7 Kilmarnock 7,070
8 Dunfermline 6,260
9 Motherwell 6,250
10 Falkirk 5,515
11 Inverness CT 5,061
12 Livingston 4,938


Team Pld Total Highest Average Capacity Pct
1 Sunderland 28259
2 Norwich City 24575
3 Derby County 23851
4 Sheffield Wednesday 23179
5 Leicester City 22267
6 Ipswich Town 22110
7 Southampton 22008
8 Birmingham City 21039
9 Coventry City 20394
10 West Bromwich Albion 20076
11 Wolverhampton Wndrs 19859
12 Leeds United 19320
13 Hull City 18077
14 Crystal Palace 17478
15 Cardiff City 16531
16 Stoke City 15215
17 Preston North End 13907
18 Plymouth Argyle 12574
19 Queens Park Rangers 12497
20 Burnley 12429
21 Barnsley 11084
22 Southend United 9826
23 Luton Town 8586
24 Colchester United 5256

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posted Jan 3, 2007

Hearts woule have bigger crowds if their stadium was bigger, they are full to capacity and have 5000 on a waiting list for season tickets. Easily 23-25 000 home attendances.

And bearing in mind England is 10 times bigger than Scotland!

I know for a FACT that there is not a player in the WHOLE Championship fit to lace Craig Gordons boots, so we have at least one player better than ANYTHING in the Championship.

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posted Jan 3, 2007

hartley and brellier are too good for the championship to. hearts r too good for the championship, they're a middle to low prem side

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