Altamullan Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 What's their home kit like this year? It’ll most likely be a variation on an offensive to the eyes butcher’s apron. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Yeah the Barbers Shop Quartet look is still in this year I imagine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 SPL is not Championship level. It's League One with a smattering of Championship players and one bottom half PL side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Top 5 teams in Scotland would be Play Off contenders in the Championship. IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/who-are-the-top-5-players-that-have-played-at-sol.1436442/ Same question here. (Let’s go from 97 onwards out of fairness) Rivaldo Neymar Ronaldo Baresi Maldini Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Baresi and Maldini played in a testimonial tbf so I wouldn't really count those. Swap for the likes of Buffon, Cannavaro or Xavi though. Honourable mentions to Totti, Nedved and Del Piero Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Zidane and Thuram at Euro 96 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Top 5 teams in Scotland would be Play Off contenders in the Championship. IMO. No chance, not even close. Aberdeen finished 2nd and their star players are failed Championship/League One players like Adam Rooney and Niall McGinn. They'd be a basement battler with their current team, and that's being kind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Zidane and Thuram at Euro 96 Completely forgot about that. Good shout, might as well add Stoichkov and Hagi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Euro 96, which was held during the summer of 1996, misses the 1997 cut-off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Fucking spoilsport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Benwell Lad Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 What's their home kit like this year? Just the usual red and white stripes but with a new club crest which depicts a dog in a pram. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 What's their home kit like this year? Just the usual red and white stripes but with a new club crest which depicts a dog in a pram. No sponsor just FTM on the front because they are debt free and don't need to sully themselves with such things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 James Tavernier is a star up there and he couldn't cut it in league 1. Its a football wasteland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 James Tavernier is a star up there and he couldn't cut it in league 1. Its a football wasteland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Average weekly player wages for Scottish clubs: Celtic £14,135 Rangers £6,338 Aberdeen £2,623 Hearts £1,837 Hibs £1,676 Dundee £1,152 Thistle £1,119 Ross County £1,085 Killie £1,060 St Johnstone £923 Motherwell £820 Accies £798 That puts Aberdeen as a good League One side, Hearts and Hibs as mid-table League One sides, and the rest League Two/National League. Considering the amount of crossover of players moving between English and Scottish football, i'd say wage bills would be a pretty accurate assessment of quality. There's absolutely no way the likes of Hearts or Hibs would be pushing play-offs in the Championship when the likes of Boro, Fulham, Derby probably spend more on one key player than they do their entire squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 What’s the average French & German weekly wage compared to the Premier League? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 There is far more crossover between Scottish Football and the lower divisions in England, in terms of agencies representing players across both systems, and the movement of players between the leagues. There is also absolutely no barrier in terms of culture and style of play for players moving between the two, and they are essentially one and the same. It is not comparable with that of PL and France/Germany where of course wages are hugely inflated. Like I said, the likes of Adam Rooney, Mark Reynolds, Niall McGinn have tried and failed in League One before returning to Scotland. These are key players for Aberdeen. If they were good enough to play in the Championship, and earn significantly more money in doing so, they'd be there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Look at how shambolic scottish teams are in Europe for the gulf in quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 As always the argument with this is if Aberdeen were in English football, they'd have more money and be a better side considering they're quite a big club. Same goes obviously for Celtic and Rangers. However purely comparing quality across the divisions as it stands there is a huge gulf. I'm stunned anybody who watches Scottish football would deny it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Newcastle struggle to sign players due to some players not wanting to move so far north and away from London, could you imagine how bad Aberdeen would be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 The Championship has some big teams in this year those Scots would take a long time to survive in that league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 A good barometer is Conor Newton for example. Great on loan up there when we sent him to St Mirren. He's now in the conference. This McGeough is probably half the player Sean Longstaff is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Remember that Zander Diamond who was Aberdeen’s saviour at one point? Went to Oldham, Burton, Northampton, then Mansfield. He was a star SPL player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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