tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854560272855037231.post6052508726806521964..comments2023-05-19T10:53:09.380+01:00Comments on Only Just Offside...: Welcome to the winter breakSimon Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854560272855037231.post-5513528919801574692010-12-14T16:24:26.158+00:002010-12-14T16:24:26.158+00:00And to crank up the debate a little, along comes N...And to crank up the debate a little, along comes Neil Doncaster and his SPL chums with tales of league re-construction under the banner of 'progress'.<br /><br />As they say almost everywhere now, "you couldn't make it up".Alan Findlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854560272855037231.post-86158889823712680872010-12-09T17:48:31.241+00:002010-12-09T17:48:31.241+00:00You are probably right, and I'm probably just ...You are probably right, and I'm probably just being a devil's advocate. But while I can see the argument against for the SPL (not all of whose members see the problems as unsolvable, btw), the SFL is not that much different from the LoI, surely? A break in December and January wouldn't solve all problems (games are lost in November and February too) but it would surely be better than the present unplanned and costly disruptions? Why not simply have midweek games scheduled in March and April anyway? It's not beyond the wit of football wo/man to figure this out. Anyway, see you at the Airdrie and Brechin games... oh, hang on, they're off! ;)Simon Barrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05366440538616508935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854560272855037231.post-51616978402256801472010-12-09T09:36:05.529+00:002010-12-09T09:36:05.529+00:00Oh, and please add in the following to the argumen...Oh, and please add in the following to the argument.<br /><br />Ireland is cited as a way to do it (summer football). Bollocks. Their league(s) is nothing more than a glorified amateur set-up. They don't have the player base as in Scotland - internationalists - which is better for them.<br /><br />It's an impractical non-starter.Alan Findlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854560272855037231.post-18563669210535991742010-12-09T07:52:52.751+00:002010-12-09T07:52:52.751+00:00Simon, no-one, admittedly 'yet' has come u...Simon, no-one, admittedly 'yet' has come up with an alternative football calendar that takes account of the many obstacles in the way of so-called 'summer football'.<br /><br />It's a utopian dream and not possible.<br /><br />Don't forget too that originally a winter break in Scotland, originated by the SPL, was intended not to take into account the weather, but to give players a 'rest'.Alan Findlaynoreply@blogger.com