Top quality scouting, data analysis and recruitment would be a good start. There are far better markets than the UK and Ireland which most SPFL clubs rely on.
Don’t forget Leicester are backed by a billionaire who is committed to them.
Any team that wanted to challenge would need mega money behind them, if only to stave EPL teams from taking their players.
Similar to what I read in Football Hackers.
Meek voting has exposed what we already strongly suspected, other than us and them nobody cares about winning anything, they're happy with the occasional run maybe a victory over one the Old Firm.
3rd place minimum should be expected for a team with a little bit of ambition, but if you were making a team to break the 35-year-Old Firm stranglehold, what would you go for?
There must be a few clubs that will go under.on the back of this is it maybe a good thing if some teams go under?
we have less than 10% the population of England and 50% the amount of professional teams. We can’t sustain a competitive league with a handful of farmers sustaining the majority of the competition
I expect it will get to atleast 50 years of old firm wins. Fact we got put to the bottom division and no one even came close to stepping up says it all really. That was the golden opportunity for them and within years it's already back to us and them being top 2 easily. Too many clubs settled on simply existing in the top flight and nothing more, hence the plastic pitches and no ambition to get on grass.
Dont forget the san marino and the likes.You think any player who players international football is world class?
Aye, three performance enhancers right there!Vardy, Mahrez, Kante. Did you forget that those 3 are world class!?
Kante is a world cup winner.
I have a bet, now 10 years old that a team outside of the Old Firm will win the league before Newcastle win a major trophy.
Bet your arse started making buttons when you heard the Saudis were trying to buy them!
I have a bet, now 10 years old that a team outside of the Old Firm will win the league before Newcastle win a major trophy.
Not sack George Burley!Meek voting has exposed what we already strongly suspected, other than us and them nobody cares about winning anything, they're happy with the occasional run maybe a victory over one the Old Firm.
3rd place minimum should be expected for a team with a little bit of ambition, but if you were making a team to break the 35-year-Old Firm stranglehold, what would you go for?
Hearts would have done it if they hadn't fallen out with Burley in my opinion.
Gordon, Pressley, Webster, Neilson, McCann, Skacel, Hartley were quality players, rarely would a club like Hearts have all of them at the same time. They made a total lady's front bottom of it that year.