Heart of Midlothian FC Thread

Vienna_70 said:
The Scottish league system has become a victim of its own deficiencies.

Right from when I can first remember - the early '70s - the Old Form were always the dominant teams, but they had competition from other clubs.

However, any young, emerging talent of these other teams was snapped up by the two Glasgow clubs. This inevitably widened the gap between them and the rest, which has led to the current state of the league.
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Yes but you have to remember every development in football since then has favoured the bigger clubs and made it all but impossible to compete with them.
 
Magicpole said:
So are you advocating we don’t try to win? You miss the point that without the resources to be competitive you can’t be. There may be more horses down there but they have the resources and without them, they would be fucking shit too. 14 of your teams have those resources and still can’t move up, West ham got handed their arsenal by Frankfurt. Who were shit and Rangers took them to penalties. Fir the money your teams have they are fucking rank.
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Then Scotland should seek to use the resources it has to to make it more competitive. For example, it’s ludicrous that Inverness have to play two further games before they can have a crack at St.Johnstone, yet the system is deliberately designed to protect the incumbent. Similarly, at the bottom of the senior pyramid, the bottom two teams should be out and the champions of the Highland and Lowland leagues in, and there should be even more movement below them. However, the prevailing culture has long been protection and fear of competition, and that permeates up and down.

It could be even more radical and pull domestic gate receipts and split those equally to encourage greater wealth distribution and attract more internal investment, particularly in clubs developing their own players. Thought it was rather telling yesterday that only 2 of the 22 starting players in the Cup Final were products of their academies.
 
Eric Wirral said:
Out of interest how do you rate Ellis Simms? My mate used to help out at Chaddy Park juniors in Chadderton and his son played in the same team as Ellis. I know he is now with Everton but on load at Hearts and seems to be getting plenty of game time.
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Others will have seen more of him, but he looks talented and is prepared to put himself about. Will probably need to work on his stamina if he’s to play the lone striker role, so I reckon Everton will next look to farm him out to a Championship side or someone competing at the top of League 1.
 
Gabriel said:
Others will have seen more of him, but he looks talented and is prepared to put himself about. Will probably need to work on his stamina if he’s to play the lone striker role, so I reckon Everton will next look to farm him out to a Championship side or someone competing at the top of League 1.
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Was he not at Blackpool last season.
I like him but I just cannot see him playing in the EPL.
 
bennyboy said:
Was he not at Blackpool last season.
I like him but I just cannot see him playing in the EPL.
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Yes, they went up in the play offs; he was also with City at one point, I think.

I agree that he probably won’t make it in the top flight, but he has the attributes to suggest he would do well in the Championship.
 
Gabriel said:
Then Scotland should seek to use the resources it has to to make it more competitive. For example, it’s ludicrous that Inverness have to play two further games before they can have a crack at St.Johnstone, yet the system is deliberately designed to protect the incumbent. Similarly, at the bottom of the senior pyramid, the bottom two teams should be out and the champions of the Highland and Lowland leagues in, and there should be even more movement below them. However, the prevailing culture has long been protection and fear of competition, and that permeates up and down.

It could be even more radical and pull domestic gate receipts and split those equally to encourage greater wealth distribution and attract more internal investment, particularly in clubs developing their own players. Thought it was rather telling yesterday that only 2 of the 22 starting players in the Cup Final were products of their academies.
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How many of City’s starting line up today will be from the academy?
 
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