It sure does, but will they listen? NopeDoes this not strengthen the case for league restructure where you play each opponent twice and have less league games in a season?
Strong favourites v Braga are we? Really!
Skybet got us at 10/11 at home, braga 3/1. Hardly strong favs.
Shorten it slightly.This seems to be happening a lot these days.
Time to scrap the winter break?
Both sides 10/11 to qualify.Strong favourites v Braga are we? Really!
Far too many international breaks now, nearly one every 5 weeks, it breaks up a domestic season so badly its unreal.
Shorten it slightly.
Cup games could have been played earlier this week and back to league games this weekend.
More like they had assumed Celtic would be in the CL so could play the Saturday.Agree with this. A fortnight is enough and would have allowed another round of fixtures this midweek (although presumably they’d need to change the Scottish Cup TV deal to prevent a Friday night selection).
Alternatively the SPFL could stop continually assuming its clubs are going to be shite in Europe and actually be positive for a change, was the same issue with the farcical LC Semi scheduling last season where they had essentially hedged their bets that we’d be long gone from Europe by that point.
Since the draw to this day bookies have had to qualify as a coin toss.
Wouldn't it make sense to postpone match day 34 after the split to create an extra set of match days to play postponed matches and have the season finish a week later. It's not as if Scotland have a prayer of playing in the euros in June
Feck me, that’s stretch!See when we go a few points clear before the game is played , we can put out half a team in the hope that we can at least take a draw and play 4 games in a week , which is what they will make us do anyways. All caused by making us play on the Friday night v hibs , which I don’t care what anyone says was a deliberate ploy to potentially cause this scenario down the line and in theory keep the poets ahead of us
That's why I say postpone matchday 34 so pre split games have another midweek and weekend to be played in. Seems like a straightforward solutionIs part of the issue not that they can only do that if the game is between teams in either half of the stupid split anyway?
They need the games completed for MD33 to determine who is in what half of the league.
I cannot wait to see the end of the split.
That's why I say postpone matchday 34 so pre split games have another midweek and weekend to be played in. Seems like a straightforward solution
You'd need to extend the end of the season by 1 week.Ah, sorry. With you now.
Is there a spare midweek to move the 34 to though? I'm not sure
Ah, sorry. With you now.
Is there a spare midweek to move the 34 to though? I'm not sure
Wish FIFA/UEFA would just scrap these international breaks in September, October and November.
Scrap that bloody UEFA Nations League too.
Yes April 21st/22nd but that would arranging the fixtures at 3 days notice or the final matchday is played midweek as there is the play-offs to happen after it
Yes April 21st/22nd but that would arranging the fixtures at 3 days notice or the final matchday is played midweek as there is the play-offs to happen after it
Smack bang in the middle of our EL 1/4 and semi final ties though!
I'm not saying we are going to reach the Europa final again, but what happens if we do, (or at least get past the 1/4 final)?
If there are no midweek dates available, how are the mongos at the SFA planning to accommodate this?
The winter break needs scrapped. Madness to make teams play the amount of games in december, then ask them to come back and play 6 matches in under 3 weeks right after the break, and potentially another batch of games in a short space of time if you do well in Europe. No respect for the players at all
It should be 'The Rangers'"And it could prove hugely problematic for the SPFL if the Rangers and Celtic continue to progress in Europe and the Scottish Cup ahead of the split on April 4."
Do the Record normally refer to us as "the Rangers"?
Why did they make us play Hibs on a Friday if this is the case
Ie, 1 game in a week we should have played 2
Should have let us play st Johnstone on Thursday 2 nd January 2020
Yeah, squeaky bums and tired legs for the septic with replaysGlad they managed to fit in this winter break then. And they can get to %^*& if they think they can postpone a weekend of games for Scotland.
Hopefully the poets get a few replays in the cup.
10/11 , the bookies would never have two even money’s to quality , they always have the odds in their favour.Bet356 have us both as even money.
This seems to be happening a lot these days.
Time to scrap the winter break?