Celtic are cruising to another Premiership title.
What a return it has been for Brendan Rodgers after he replaced Ange Postecoglou in the Celtic Park dugout last season.
Rodgers won the double upon his return and now Celtic are on for the Treble, including a record-equaling 55th Premiership title.
For nearly 30 years now, Celtic have been used to competing in a 12-man league, but all of that could change in the coming years.
The SPFL could push for a ten-man league – and that has divided opinion since it was announced – but another suggestion was put on the table to the horror of Marvin Bartley and Simon Donnelly.
MLS-like SPFL suggestion shutdown that will enrage Celtic fans
The old-age argument, that has been going on for decades and decades, outside of Celtic and Rangers, nobody else has been able to win the league, other than Aberdeen.
But it was suggested that, when the split happens, the top eight should go ‘into like a cup draw’, and from there, you should get the winner of the league.
As you can imagine, a hysterical Bartley shut it down and stated it’s ‘impossible’ for this MLS-like style format to be brought in, whilst former Celtic man Donnelly explained that it would make a ‘whole mockery’ of the league system.
It was suggested on Clyde 1: “Keep it as it is with the 12. When the split comes, the bottom team goes down, and the top eight go into like a cup draw. The winner of that wins the league – they do it in other countries.”
Bartley laughs out loud and responds: “It started badly with the producer saying he liked the idea. I should have known since then that it was a non-starter – that can’t happen. It is basically impossible to do that.”
Donnelly added: “It’s a non-starter. It just makes a whole mockery of the idea of the league. I get that everyone wants competition, but over a league campaign, then you get to a stage where it’s like a draw. Nah, it’s not working for me.
What is the SPFL planning?
Well, expect a change in the coming years, and it is the norm because it has happened before.
Neil Doncaster is the man sitting at the top of the SPFL tree, and he isn’t a popular figure as it is, so he doesn’t want to decrease his popularity here if he gets this one wrong.
It was reported by the Herald that a possible 10-man league could be put on the table, but expanding it also hasn’t been ruled out to 14, 16 or even more.
Going by the reaction of fans since this was reported, many seemingly prefer more teams added, rather than it being reduced.
Either way, the SPFL teams are yet to vote on anything, so this is still merely a debate and discussion, more than anything else.
