Let's see the true gulf in class between the English and Scottish sides. Current score: Hearts 0 Tottenham 5.
You have factored in that: More than half the eleven for Tottenham are not English. Hearts have had nine managers in seven years, with the latest having had two matches (Romanov is a twat). Hearts have about 1% of Tottenham's transfer budget. Hearts are 8th in their league. Just a touch of realism for ya!
Didn't Hearts come 3rd in Scotland last year? Hence why they are the Scottish representatives in the Europa League. Although outside the top 2 Scotland's strength in depth is even poorer than La Liga's, which makes most comparisons pretty difficult.
What does Tottenham having few Englishmen have to do with anything? This is about English Domestic Football vs Scottish Domestic football. Do those other factors mean that there actually isn't a gulf in class between the 2 leagues? No. Hearts finished 3rd in Scotland last season, Tottenham finished 5th in England.
So far the game is more one sided in Spurs favour than a carling cup game against a division one team. Sent from my GT-I9000
Claims that La Liga has any depth have once again taken a bit of a hit this week with their less than inspiring results in Europe. As for the SPL, their co-efficient looks set to take another battering after the results this week.
I think a pretty good guide is transfers, where are these teams getting their players from and where do they go when they leave. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9510636.stm
Couldn't help but notice Dundee United's groundbreaking transfer where they signed Willo Flood from - Dundee United!
I remember him when he come through the ranks at City. Come up at the same time as Stephen Ireland and I remember thinking they were both cracking players...
Yeah. He did look promising. I think he wound up in the Championship (Cardiff possibly) before moving to Scotland, eventually getting a move to Celtic where he hardly got a look in and is now at Dundee United. Funny how some guys show such potential and not only fail to deliver on it but actually deteriorate rapidly to a far lower level.
Scotland will really suffer in Europe over the next few years. A lot of small Eastern European nations produce better players and better teams.
It wasn't that long ago that Celtic pushed the would be Champions League winners AC Milan almost to extra time in 2007. Nor was it that long ago that Rangers got to the Uefa Cup final (they got spanked albeit). Neither was it that long that Scotland were beating France in Paris and having a good Euro 2008 qualifying.
