(18-05-2015 07:12 )babelover48 Wrote:  I still don't understand how a 2nd fro bottom team can be given such an advantage

(18-05-2015 17:07 )Scottishbloke Wrote:  

(18-05-2015 07:12 )babelover48 Wrote:  I still don't understand how a 2nd fro bottom team can be given such an advantage

It's really about self preservation which both Rangers and Hibs voted for when they were in the SPL. I wonder now that the boot is on the other foot that they would still vote the same way if given another opportunity.

The Play Off system works well in the English Leagues but we've got it all wrong. What I'd like to see is a Top Division in Scotland consisting of 14 teams with the bottom 3 being automatically relegated.

In the Championship I would then have the Top 2 automatically promoted with either 3rd, against 4th to determine that final promotion spot or 3rd Top in the Championship against 3rd bottom in the Premiership. This would end self preservation and reward the teams for their hard work throughout the season.

I want to see the entire set up being reconstructed and end this current unfair advantage which Motherwell have obviously got. Both Rangers and Hibernian run the risk of picking up injuries and possible bookings which could have a detrimental effect as to there promotion chances, it hardly seems fair to me.

(19-05-2015 19:01 )Scottishbloke Wrote:  The old system had it's flaws don't get me wrong as a Top 10 League strangled a lot of clubs such as giving youth a try as the nature of it all was very much cut throat so the fear aspect of relegation was hanging over every club outwith the Old Firm at the start of each campaign but it was also a fairer system.

At the end of Season 1994/95 my Dundee United team finished rock bottom and were relegated automatically on 36 points. Aberdeen finished 2nd Bottom on 41 points and played Dunfermline over 2 legs which would either determine promotion for the Pars, relegation for the Dons or safety for the Dons. Aberdeen won both legs 3-1 to remain in the Premier Division.

All clubs voted unanimously for a Top 10 thinking it would make for a more exciting league, it didn't. The following year after we were pipped to the post by the Pars we managed come through the Play Off's after defeating Partick Thistle over 2 Legs but we have still flirted with relegation numerous times since and have been close a number of times of going down again.

A Top 14 or 16 would give clubs so much more breathing space, it would mean we could give more youngsters a run out in the first team without being under as much pressure, it would also benefit the national team too in long run. I don't like the current system one bit and I would welcome change and I think a lot of supporters of the other clubs would echoe the same sentiments as myself.