Stewart Milne fears for Scottish football
He is talking about league reconstruction – what else? – and the dangers for the domestic game. “We all had concerns about certain aspects of 12-12-18, but if we wait for something that nobody has any concerns about then we’ll all be dead and Scottish football will be dead. I see some parallels in football with the coal industry and shipbuilding because neither of them would move forward. They were hidebound by the way they were operated in the past and what happened? They all died.”
In the course of two hours Milne’s mood changes from funereal to hopeful and then back again. He says he has hasn’t given up on some kind of deal being done in time for next season but he doesn’t know where he’s getting his scintilla of positivity from. “Is there a will among the clubs to go again? I don’t know, but I don’t think we should give up. I think we need a short period where we can take a breather and then start talking again.”
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