Pop Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Given that there is he-haw going on at the moment Saints-wise for the next 2 weeks (apart from the huge news regarding the appointment of our new lotto administrator), why don't we engage in a little bit of factually unsupported speculation? Provided that Robots aren't ruling the planet, where do you thinks Saints will be in the next 10-20 years time? Will we still be playing at McDiarmid? Will the SPL still contain Rangers and Celtic? Will there still be an SPL? Could the EPL bubble burst, leading to a resurgence of the Scottish game? I rather gloomily predict us moving to a hugely scaled down stadium with gates of around 2000. I pretty sure that we will win a cup final by then though, but by that time no one will care. Am I being overly pessimistic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Yo-Yo club always was, always will be. No disgrace in that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Will we still be playing at McDiarmid?-nope Will the SPL still contain Rangers and Celtic?- hope not Will there still be an SPL? -it wil lhave been re-branded half a dozen times Could the EPL bubble burst, leading to a resurgence of the Scottish game?-hope so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I think we will still be at McD...a three-sided McD. Probably still in the SPL, maybe with a couple of close relegation calls thrown in. Rangers and Celtic will still be with us The EPL will have deteriorated. Will still be a 'big' league with some big names, but the clubs will not be as prominent in Europe as they have been over the last decade. Surprisingly, or maybe not, the English national team may benefit and get better. And on that note, I think the Scotland national team will have improved as well, qualifying for the Euro's next time around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted November 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I actually think that we will still be in the SPL. I'm sure a fair few clubs ahead of us will either fold or have to go into administration, which might help us out. I have to say, I quite like it in Division 1 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryangordon86 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 And on that note, I think the Scotland national team will have improved as well, qualifying for the Euro's next time around I'd hope so, is the tournement not increasing in size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY5565 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 between now and 15 years a rich investor will buy the club..+ build a new stadium Celtic or Rangers or even the both will cease to exist...various reasons EPL will learn bad and hard times...attracting less talented players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY5565 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 people take things for granted..being spoiled brats its not a suprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 i'll be pushin up daisies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint sid Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 we will all be dead, the planet will be taken over by a new breed of animal, a cross between dolphins and monkeys called the monkphin, saint johnstone will still exist though and they will dominate scottish football they will also go on to win the chimpians league, but sadly none of us will see it:sad: COYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 in the atlantic league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapleleaf Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Ten to fifteen years? Even today, I don't buy green bananas. However, I have faith that teams of Scotland who have survived for about 155 years, give or take, will continue to do so. There will be speed-bumps along the way but the core will stay. Saints and Saintees will probablly be bitching about a decrepit McD. O.F? Who cares. EPL will still be the best, most competitive and most loved League in the world. Why? Because man, they can play. Scotland and England will continue to suffer internationally because of their reluctance or inability to develop their own players. People will stop paying big money to watch idiots and their goal celebrations, but don't get me started on that one. Lastly, I intend to be around to see it all. But I still won't be buying greed bananas, just in case. Smudge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY5565 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 tourists will remplace local fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY5565 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 many people here in France when you mention Scotland go week at the knees,they love it. i have never met 1 yet who hasnt..+ am sure its similar in other countries 'even the english) can you imagine GB or his sucessor in a partenership with likes of Ryan air,Stage Coach and several hotels in Perth and its surrounding area offering a pack age tour (like a long week end). people all over will be feeling the pinch and not be able to offer thumselves a proper holiday..this could be a solution. of course might not work week in week out,so targetted games...how many countries in the european community...how many europeans want to visit scotland?..etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wish i was Joe McGurn Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Us ?? Moaning about who should be playing down the left. Moaning about someone not playing. Had he fallen out with the manager. Moaning about a 4-4-2 or why the 4-3-3 doesn't suit our team. That's where we will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havana Saint Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 We will be in the top Scottish league, doing well (performance wise). We will be in the process of negotiating a cheap sale of McDiarmid, as crowds will be between 1,500 and 1,800, with an even greater apathy from the Perth public. We will have just beaten Celtic (2-0) at Celtic Park in front of 18,500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Patterson Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 we will all be dead, the planet will be taken over by a new breed of animal, a cross between dolphins and monkeys called the monkphin, COYS You been listening to Ian Brown too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 up yer bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubands House Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I will have a Gasrtric waste band on due to *** Hortons... The ugly sisters will be in an atlantic euro thingy league run by canal tv. St.johnstone fc will play in a hugely entertaining celtic sumer league where we will challange bohemians for the championship, dundee city will finish 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapleleaf Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I will have a Gasrtric waste band on due to *** Hortons... The ugly sisters will be in an atlantic euro thingy league run by canal tv. St.johnstone fc will play in a hugely entertaining celtic sumer league where we will challange bohemians for the championship, dundee city will finish 3rd. What a cynical wee thing you are. 'Trouble is, you may be right. If I don't get my way, I may get yours. Great post. hope everything will go well with your gastric band. Smudge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Lethamite Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 An interesting question. Looking back 15 years, are things all that different from 1996? Much smaller transfer fees now in the market in which Saints function. I wonder if Sky's input will change. It must be a possibility that the tv subscription market will dwindle with a general knock on effect, and perhaps a movement towards more moderate players' wages etc. in the EPL and other top leagues. Plus ca change, c'est tout la meme chose, as Tommy Turner used to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I personally predict that Saints are on the road to better things. Romanov is fed up at Hearts, Rangers are in trouble..... I just feel that the days of investors looking for clubs in debt to take over are coming to an end. There isn't any spare money any more, and whilst the economy will recover, i don't think we will ever see the same levels of lending against hope value. I might be way off the mark, but I forsee the clubs in big debt falling into administration one by one, and restructuring as financially viable operations. Those that can recover their position without throwing in the towell to the administration process will do so. Clubs will look at St Johnstone with envy in the short term. The result will be that club's success will be dependent on their levels of income again. Whilst Saints have a small support compared to others, they do make a lot of money from other streams, and I don't see that we will be massively disadvantaged against teams with two or three times our fan base. Across the league, players wages will become more realistic, and as such the gulf between the big teams and the small teams on the pitch will shrink. In that respect, whilst the OF will probably still dominate because of their huge fan base and continued European football, the gap will be smaller, and the competition behind them will be greater, comfortably supporting a competative top flite of 16 teams. Dream on. We'll be fine, the biggot brothers will be several £100m in debt to everyone, and happily claiming it is sustainable because they are great and mighty. Hearts may well be no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Saints will be fine but we will be playing in an SPL even further reduced in quality and similar to the Irish league. I hope I'm wrong and the changes Levein etc. are trying to make to youth development are allowed to go through and this is (partially) avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY5565 Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 15 years time? how long this economic crisis that has hit the planet going to take to recover?..5 years at least i say! the finacials run our e con me + not the gouverments. the G20 + CO will come out with some kinda plan that is more to colmate the damage done and try and make a reputation amongst yous who vote. investors will be timid and canny where they put there money. the big spenders had their glory..now its time for some humble pie. am wishing that some of these big clubs will go down and never recover...at least for the symbolloque message it carries. Paris Saint Germain with there 85 million euro signing will not be beaten this seasons signings,i dont think..no i dont think. Saints a wee club with a wee budget will survive,due to GB personal investiment in the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint sid Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 You been listening to Ian Brown too much? ha ha, forgot that tune, musta been in my sub-conscious. i recon in 15 yrs time we will be playing at tulloch park, complete with our own railway station, with regular trips in europe and established as a top 4 team with a trophy or 2 in the bag if Steve Brown continues to work hard on the solid foundations his old man has handed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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