08 Apr 2026 12:21:56
Dujon Sterling appeared in court today charged with dangerous driving and drinking under influence of alcohol.
Reports stating nearly 3 times over the legal limit. Bailed until May.
How do we think this will affect him on park?
08 Apr 2026 13:11:57
Won't affect him in the least, he has known since January he is headed for a ban. Deservedly so.
08 Apr 2026 13:14:55
It could hamper him from driving up the wing.
Silly boy.
08 Apr 2026 13:26:53
Silly boy is an understatement, Three Cheers.
Not going to comment as don't know all the facts, but deserves everything he gets if it's all true and found guilty.
Sorry, no excuses for anyone who does this.
They are putting their and other people in danger.
08 Apr 2026 10:42:39
Glasgow Rangers will win the league. Win at home against Hibs under the lights.
Hearts and Celtic to play their 2nd/3rd place play off to a hawf empty Giro dome.
Watch out for inflatable sharks and tennis balls.
08 Apr 2026 09:15:01
Interesting question from my lad there, thought i would throw it to the site
Where do you think we would be in the league?
1. If we had stuck with Russell Martin
2. If we started with Danny Rohl
For me personally, under martin we would still be below Motherwell.
Under Rohl i think we would have won about 5 of our draws and have a healthy lead going in to the split.
08 Apr 2026 09:22:29
Q1. 5th
Q2. 1st.
08 Apr 2026 10:03:50
Under Martin we would be fighting it out trying to avoid relegation.
Under Rohl we would be top by some distance.
08 Apr 2026 10:58:17
A lot of Ifs, Buts and Maybes at play in that question.
What if Martin started to get a tune out of the players?
What if the players bought into what he was trying to achieve?
Maybe the draws under him would have started to turn into wins?
But, I couldn't personally see it. We had players falling out with other players. And the malaise under Martin had already set.
I dread to think where we would be right now under him.
As for under Rohl.
If we started with Rohl, we would have been better off points wise.
But, let's not forget we dropped points under Rohl against Motherwell, Livi and Celtic. So changing all those draws into wins wouldn't have been a given under Rohl.
I'm just thankful the club took the decision to reset and can't wait for these final 6 games to see where we end up.
08 Apr 2026 13:15:22
Good point, mph. The best game we've played this year was under Martin imo, the game in Europe we were brilliant that night, was that a sign of what was to come, or a fluke? Who knows.
Q1 4/5.
Q2 6/7 points better off.
07 Apr 2026 16:59:55
I see a lot of people complain about playing certain teams more than twice away from home.
I am afraid there is a 2 simple solutions.
Solution 1:
Keep 12 teams.
Adopt a Danish style league system.
Play everyone home and away then split.
Top 6 play each other home and away as do bottom 6.
4 old firms guarantee, 6 less total league matches.
Solution 2.
Expand the league to 16, 18 or 20 teams.
Play each other home and away.
07 Apr 2026 18:27:25
Keep as it is or No2. It alternates pretty much each season, so no real complaint. Really don't like the Danish system as it splits the league way too early, killing any interest in most of the league.
07 Apr 2026 18:35:31
We need to expand the league to 18 imo. It's the only way to improve all round.
07 Apr 2026 18:37:08
I understand that way of thinking, Kaiser.
Personally, I do prefer the Danish system over the Scottish for two reasons.
1. 6 less matches helps protect players against the ever increasing workload in world football.
2. I don't like the idea that the split is only to force 2 Old Firms and reach 38 games.
I have always been of the opinion that a 38 game league should only be as a result of a 20 team league.
07 Apr 2026 19:38:26
Here's my take on structure. 18 team league. Home and away. That be 34 games and every team entering round 1 of cup competitions. Scottish football ain't just about Old Firm. Imagine a smaller team in round 1 of both cups getting us or them.
I'd imagine it would pay for their season allowing them to grow in money possibly to pay for instructure and making their club better. This crap of some SPL teams entering round 4 is totally wrong.
07 Apr 2026 20:03:57
Davie, to do that in the cup would only increase the amount of qualification games. The way the cup is organized in Scotland and England is very fair.
07 Apr 2026 21:04:10
You could do the same with 14 teams, play twice, then split, play twice again.
07 Apr 2026 22:40:56
You could, Dado, but that completely offsets the benefit of the system.
Football is becoming ever more demanding in schedule.
I would hope that any change to structure would be aimed at alleviating some of these pressures.
07 Apr 2026 23:28:45
6 Less games means less money for the clubs that already can't afford it. Increase of workload for players isn't that really huge a deal in Scotland for most players, I don't believe, and only means clubs should utilise their squads better, and even promote more youth. How many players, especially u21s, barely get played at all? Even in EPL, with all the big clubs complaining about their fixtures but only using half their massive squads, with many leaving because they don't get game time.
The same was Pep, making a big thing of wanting to increase the number of subs a couple of years ago, then didn't make any.
07 Apr 2026 23:34:17
Aph, agreed it would add 4 more games on the schedule for teams in European competition, but that said, they wouldn't play their first team against the much lesser teams, so it also gives youth a chance and game time, and fans would still turn up. Imagine a team like, let's say, Invergordon FC.
Probably never heard of them. First time in their history qualifying, if they were to be drawn against a SPL club. Would change their club for the better, or a better known small club, Bonnyrigg Rose, the amount of money it would generate would only improve them in the future.
08 Apr 2026 00:58:11
My solution would be: Top league of 14, playing each other twice before splitting into a top six and a bottom eight. The top six play each other twice again, giving a total of 36 matches, and the equal number of home and away games would make it fairer. The bottom eight would also play each other again, home and away, giving a total of 40 matches, partially offsetting the loss of revenue from Old Firm games.
There would, of course, still be playoffs, generating more cash for a couple of clubs. That would leave another two leagues of 14, to set up in similar fashion. Could be too sensible for the SPFL, though.
08 Apr 2026 01:38:59
I like that idea, Thornton.
08 Apr 2026 06:30:28
Sorry, but I hate the idea of an earlier split. Imagine having nothing to play for for 14 games if you're top of the bottom half and could have been competing for a European spot? It would kill any interest in most of the league.
08 Apr 2026 06:35:05
That would do, Thornton, the best yet. You get in contact with SFA; that is better than any plan or idea they could come up with.
08 Apr 2026 10:55:41
I like what Dado said.
07 Apr 2026 13:22:17
Those league fixtures are 🔥 I new one of the old from would have Hearts last game of the season
07 Apr 2026 13:35:06
At least Celtic can't change the outcome for us. :)
07 Apr 2026 15:43:22
It's ours for the taking, Storm. 🫡
07 Apr 2026 16:50:55
Just win the last six games, game over. Hearts and Celtic won't. 7 points above Celtic, 5 points above Hearts when the league is finished. 💙
Feel like bursting into tune with the fixtures. Wait and see, the league will be over before our last visit to Falkirk. 💙
WATP. 🇬🇧
07 Apr 2026 13:07:36
Post split fixtures out.
Motherwell (H)
Hearts (A)
Celtic (A)
Hibs (H)
Falkirk (A)
With Hibs being a midweek fixture.