Leigh Griffiths. Would you want him at Everton?

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Yes. Shockingly bad. The Jocks I work with are in a perpetual state of despair at their league. They reckon the kids up there are more bothered about the Prem than their local teams these days - thanks to Sky. Less attention = less gates and less TV money etc.

I can believe it mate. I remember watching Hibs Vs Aberdeen a few weeks ago. The building was so empty you could hear a rat wee on cotton

 

[Scottish Toffee]

I can believe it mate. I remember watching Hibs Vs Aberdeen a few weeks ago. The building was so empty you could hear a rat wee on cotton

The problem in Scotland is that 50-60% of the whole country support Rangers or Celtic and not their local team. Also, the fans of the smaller teams are ageing and not much was being done to replace the old codgers with kids. This is getting better now though with cheap family season tickets etc. Further, there are also just too many teams in Scotland from tin pot towns that pad out the league like Ross County making it a bit of a joke.

The SPL (or at least Celtic and Rangers) was a lot better 10 years ago, with Celtic and Rangers regularly making it through the group stages. There's also been a huge problem with Celtic and Rangers destroying the decent-good prospects by buying up any kid who seems half decent. This ruined a lot of good prospects and made the league less competitive. This isn't a new phenomenon but it seems to be stopping now with the demise of Rangers.

Hopefully Scotland can get developing footballers and not fat bastards and see a bit of a German style revolution.

 

[zirc]

Is the SPL really any worse than when we nabbed Dunc from there and he went on to be one of our best players?

Well, Jelavic scored 30 in 45 there if that gives you any indication.

 

[stvstheworld]

He's not Premier League quality either, not yet certainly.

Gary Mackay-Steven though, I'd jizz buckets if Everton signed him.

Seconded.

 

[stvstheworld]

Also, to the original question: no, don't think he's good enough for us. The fact he irritates the hell out of me and loves a goal at Tannadice doesn't help his case for me.

 

[Azzurri]

Is the SPL really any worse than when we nabbed Dunc from there and he went on to be one of our best players?

I'll be honest, I didn't watch any SPL football till I got SKY in 2003 so I have no idea whether the standard of football was better back then or whether it was the same as it is now

Yes, yes it is.