Hi. just joined cos I think there's one really important point to be made about the merger (been trying not ).
Before I do its worth quickly knocking this 'handful of games' point on the head before it gets any traction. It only takes 30secs. You can look at the Kingdom here (http://www.leaguewebsite.co.uk/kingdomcaledonianafa/Divisions). Only two teams have three games left. The restructuring doesn't apply to them (they're not in the proposals) as both teams joined the FAFA in February - choosing their own division. In fact the manager of Glenrothes made a good post on here saying that a lot of people seemed to be concerning themselves with where he plays next season but leave it up to him. There's one team has 4 games left and the restructure doesn't relegate them either as its Aberdour with 41 points. All other teams have between 30% and 50% of the League season left. The FAFA Premiersip is here (http://fifefootball.co.uk/fife/fafa/fafa-premiership/). All teams have between 30% and 55% of the season left. There are no teams being told they're relegated with only an handful of games left - its just a non-point.
While on the Kingdom site, the result grid is here http://www.leaguewebsite.co.uk/kingdomcaledonianafa/ResultGrids). A quick look shows that if you use the league sorted on form (pts/game) ylum have picked up one point (loosing the reverse fixture 4-0) in the 8 games against the teams in the six Premiership slots, with a GD of -13. There's nothing wrong with having a bit of passion for your team, mate, but from the outside there's nothing to show they belong with the other six at the moment. But there's still plenty of opportunity to get there - four games left against those teams (that's 20% of your entire league program) including a six-pointer against Cupar Hearts, and there's another six pointer against Kinross. You take points off the teams above you and win the six-pointers with the teams around you, then you move up - that how leagues work. Have to admit I'm hoping for Cupar Hearts tho - two guaranteed Cupar derbys in a Fife-wide Premiership is the sort of thing we can get spectators and press to.
The point I wanted to make was to quickly offer a vote of thanks to the FAFA teams in bottom half of the Prem (where its really, really tight). We've cleared what was supposed to be the biggest hurdle to amalgamation without breaking into a sweat. All teams in both associations should recognise that its been their willingness to accept 4down+2up that means we've been able to put attractive proposals together and sort this so quickly. For example I think everybody knows by now that Fossoway put in a 6+6+2 proposal and Methilhill Strollers really constructive comments can be seen all through these threads. Is worth noting this is actually what sporting integrity means in the world outside this forum - allowing that your team might do worse than than it could/should in the interests of the game.
