Scottish Rugby Union chief executive Mark Dodson attacks English clubs in Heineken Cup debate They have to come to terms with the route they have chosen for their leagues. Nobody is forcing them to have promotion and relegation. They choose to have it. As far as we're concerned we run our leagues and they run their leagues. We're not asking them to change anything about their league. The Heineken Cup was put together as a Europe-wide tournament and to get that you have to have all flavours. Part of the attraction of the Heineken Cup is that you do go to Italy and to Scotland. Nobody wants to see an Anglo-French tournament, but that's what they will be left with if they continue with this tactic. Dodson, who is expected to attend European Rugby Cup meetings in Dublin over the next two days, indicated that he was happy to negotiate with the French over the timing of the Heineken Cup final - they want it to be moved to an earlier slot than it currently occupies - but that he would not be "steamrollered" by the negotiating tactics of the English clubs. "If anything PRL are even more isolated than they were at the outset of these talks," he said. The notion of gunboat diplomacy has back-fired and I think you will find this will be no walk in the park for the English clubs. There might be some reason for change and it might be for the best. The French have asked us to look at when the final is played, for example, so that they can have a clear run at their championship's end. That was a reasonable request made in a reasonable way, but certain things that are to the complete detriment of rugby in Scotland will be resisted fundamentally. This is not just about getting change in Europe. It's a battle about control and money. It's a clear power-play. Every conversation I've had with the Celtic nations and Italians has been one of complete solidarity, and that isn't moving. If anything, attitudes are hardening against PRL. In a wide-ranging briefing at Scotland's training base in St Andrews, Dodson also said he was concerned with the current situation of Edinburgh, who have lost their last six matches and failed to register even a single point in their Heineken Cup losses to Saracens and Munster. "I was very disappointed with the manner of the Saracens and Munster defeats as much as the scores," he said. We're shipping far too many soft tries and we've made it clear to the players and the coaching group that they need to sort it out. We have certainly missed out on improving our stock in Europe. I feel for the fans more than anybody. The fans were getting behind us and they just didn't deserve that. Dodson also reaffirmed his hope that Edinburgh would be able to move out of Murrayfield into a purpose-built stadium of their own. "It's a priority and we have been working hard on this," he said. However, he admitted that no firm development plans have yet been put on the table.