[hibeejim21]

There's not much between hertz and Aberdeen,by no means is it a "stick on"

[St Charles Owl]

the trouble is anybody in the top 6 if they played celtic once home and away would reasonably expect 50% o' the points but over 4 times a season the bigger club should have the advantage. the current setup helped celtic, and, until the armagedon that didnae materialise,rangers, which is what the powers that be want . as i've said elsewhere before the current set up one of the two usually,not always, won the league but somebody else very often came between them and they didnae run away wi' it

Agree with that. The other problem is that the difference between Celtic's overall income and say Hearts/Aberdeen's (leaving rangers out of it for now) is a chasm. This is down to a fan base and stadium that can generate income way in excess of what other Scottish teams are capable of. Now of course in England Leicester won the title yet their overall income is small compared to the Big 4 in the Prem, but the lucrative TV deal means that even though Man Utd's income is much more, the level of Leicesters income gives them a chance to compete if they buy well, as we saw. In Scotland, the TV income is pathetic by comparison and means that income through the gate or shop is still the most important revenue stream for Scottish teams and that will always make it a struggle for everyone other that Celtic (and eventually Rangers if they get their act together).

[Fredstersafool]

Aye we made a bucket full of money off the back of the old firm right enough haha

[hibeejim21]

Well hertz groin is mostly filled by their own fans and we haven't had the pair of them for years now.

Apocalypse my arse.

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Ground that is hahaha

[Paigntonhibby]

I didn't hear your clubs moaning about the revenue Rangers and Celtic brought with the extra home game. They can't have it both ways.

the SPL clubs havn't had rangers revenue for the last 4 years and it disnae seem tae have done them any harm,quite the opposite, crowds have gone up

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the trouble is anybody in the top 6 if they played celtic once home and away would reasonably expect 50% o' the points but over 4 times a season the bigger club should have the advantage. the current setup helped celtic, and, until the armagedon that didnae materialise,rangers, which is what the powers that be want . as i've said elsewhere before the current set up one of the two usually,not always, won the league but somebody else very often came between them and they didnae run away wi' it

Agree with that.  The other problem is that the difference between Celtic's overall income and say Hearts/Aberdeen's (leaving rangers out of it for now) is a chasm.  This is down to a fan base and stadium that can generate income way in excess of what other Scottish teams are capable of.  Now of course in England Leicester won the title yet their overall income is small compared to the Big 4 in the Prem, but the lucrative TV deal means that even though Man Utd's income is much more, the level of Leicesters income gives them a chance to compete if they buy well, as we saw.  In Scotland, the TV income is pathetic by comparison and means that income through the gate or shop is still the most important revenue stream for Scottish teams and that will always make it a struggle for everyone other that Celtic (and eventually Rangers if they get their act together).

they had a bigger fan base before the SPL was formed but it was amore level playing field and other clubs mounted a stronger challenge