Apparently we are set to play 1 SPFL game in 33 days

[Gartcoshloyalbear]

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Rangers could only play one Scottish Premiership fixtures in 33 days after their February 13 game with Kilmarnock.

The Ibrox men have played out most of the season so far with their title rivals Celtic trailing behind in the number of games played after Covid issues saw fixtures postponed.



But by the end of March celticshould have caught up after a spell packed with games.

Livingston's success in reaching the Betfred Cup Final against St Johnstone means their match at the Tony Macaroni against the Ibrox men on February 28 has now been postponed with a new date to be announced shortly.


And with space for two Scottish Cupweekends plus matches in the Europa League to fit in, there is currently only room for one fixture in the top flight between February 13 and the clash with Celtic on March 20.

That solitary game, against St Mirren, will take place at Ibrox on March 6.

 

[Gartcoshloyalbear]

Rivals Celtic have three games in hand and catch up on their first against St Mirren next Saturday.

They face the same opponents to chalk off another match on February 10 before facing the last of their backlog against Aberdeen a week later.

Neil Lennon's men will also face St Johnstone on February 14, Aberdeen once again on February 27 and Dundee United on March 7.

It means, when the two sides meet on March 20, Celtic will have played 32 games, one more than Rangers on 31.

The Ibrox mens' games between February 13 and March 20 currently looks as follows:

February 13 - Kilmarnock (Premiership)

February 18 - Antwerp (Europa League)

 

[BlueBeatts]

It might work in our favour. Let’s the players rest the legs after a long season and we can kick on

 

[sheddensbear]

Factually correct, but 2 x EL matches and 2 potential cup ties gives 5 matches in 35 days.

 

[rangeral]

Taking straight off here!

Must be slow news day

 

[BrooklynBlue]

If the SC doesn’t proceed, I hope we can rearrange League games. We want to keep the momentum going.

 

[Stevethebluenose90]

How many games have Celtic got in the same period?

Can’t be bothered with them closing the gap at all so hopefully we can get a rearranged game in there.

 

[CaptainCourageous]

It might work in our favour. Let’s the players rest the legs after a long season and we can kick on

A rest that long will do us more harm than good, IMO.

 

[Scoot1975]

A rest that long will do us more harm than good, IMO.

I agree completely

 

[Stevethebluenose90]

A rest that long will do us more harm than good, IMO.

Agreed, could the gap be single digits by then?

 

[Bordersbear]

A big thank you to the powers that be allowing us recovery time between our Europa ties. Every cloud has a silver lining and all that.

 

[Cross Keys Rab]

They should be pulling league games forward in case they want to cram the Scottish Cup into the last few weeks of the season.

 

[Barba Roja]

Is that not only if the Scottish Cup games get played?

I really doubt this years Scottish Cup will be completed, although if it means potentially shafting us with less league games then it will 100% be played to hinder us, IMO.

 

[Craigie]

That will be them averaging out 2008.

Thanks.

 

[archimedes]

This is not a bad thing.
It gives us rest time between games so that we are less likely to be affected by niggling injuries etc towards the end of the season.
It's not as if we're playing 1 game in 33 days, we have cup games and EL games to concentrate on.

 

[Virgil Hilts]

You’d expect them to have been keen to get as many teams as possible through the 75% barrier

 

[Scoot1975]

They c***s are up to something,stop rangers playing for a month or so so they can catch up,the only way they are gonna get anywhere near us!!

 

[cooprfc]

If the cup is cancelled they will bring games forward as every team will be affected by that.

 

[london_bluenose]

This is a nothing story.

The only league game that will not be played as scheduled is the Livingston away game, and there will be a new date for that which will probably be within the period mentioned in the article anyway.

 

[Barrymoped]

How many games have Celtic got in the same period?

Can’t be bothered with them closing the gap at all so hopefully we can get a rearranged game in there.

They have to at some point, the huge lead is great but they always had to play their 3 games in hand eventually.

 

[allmodcons]

Good opportunity to arrange a wee break in Dubai

 

[BlueBeatts]

A rest that long will do us more harm than good, IMO.

Yeah quite possibly that as well

 

[tonforty]

If we don't play Scottish Cup games as we should and don't get league games rescheduled to then, we could end up with a real fixture headache later on. Especially if still going in Europe.

 

[JayDee]

Rivals Celtic have three games in hand and catch up on their first against St Mirren next Saturday.

They face the same opponents to chalk off another match on February 10 before facing the last of their backlog against Aberdeen a week later.

Neil Lennon's men will also face St Johnstone on February 14, Aberdeen once again on February 27 and Dundee United on March 7.

It means, when the two sides meet on March 20, Celtic will have played 32 games, one more than Rangers on 31.

The Ibrox mens' games between February 13 and March 20 currently looks as follows:

February 13 - Kilmarnock (Premiership)

February 18 - Antwerp (Europa League)

Aren't we at home to Royal Antwerp on February 25?

 

[Scotitch]

Agreed, could the gap be single digits by then?

No if both sides win all games between now and then the gap would be 11 points with a game in hand for us.

 

[OohAhHuistra]

They c***s are up to something,stop Rangers playing for a month or so so they can catch up,the only way they are gonna get anywhere near us!!

They still won’t be near us

 

[whitbyontbear]

oooooooo goody gtoody.Let's all go to Dubai for a fortnight and have some training sessions in sunshine.

 

[OohAhHuistra]

Aren't we at home to Royal Antwerp on February 25?

Yeah, we are mate.

 

[Number 4]

Taking straight off here!

Must be slow news day

Like fvcking clockwork....!

 

[Andrew webb]

I think Livingston away will be March ,3 rd

 

[The Crimson King]

Agreed, could the gap be single digits by then?

If we beat Hibs tomorrow, then Celtic could win all their games in hand, plus 1 more than us, and still be 11 points behind.

So I'd say it's fairly unlikely. Far more probable they'll have played themselves into a worse position by then.

 

[Renoranger]

Good opportunity to arrange a wee break in Dubai

So that is funny. FFS.

Yahoos will drop more points in the next month, so stop worrying.

 

[sammy1872]

They need to get the Scottish cup started next month or there could be a fixture buildup

 

[chilebear]

A rest that long will do us more harm than good, IMO.

I dont know if it would be possible to arrange bounce games due to Covid.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

Surely we’ll look to bring league game(s) forward if possible?

 

[Sir Walter’s Warriors]

Well we would have played 75% of our league games by then, wasn’t that the magic number they were clinging onto?

 

[sammy1872]

A rest that long will do us more harm than good, IMO.

We saw that under warburton with the cup final . 3 weeks from end of league to final whereas hibs had the playoffs and it showed

 

[Leopold]

Agreed, could the gap be single digits by then?

No, because Celtic are shite

 

[OohAhHuistra]

Surely we’ll look to bring league game(s) forward if possible?

It’s Scottish football mate. Common sense doesn’t apply

 

[Leopold]

How many games have Celtic got in the same period?

Can’t be bothered with them closing the gap at all so hopefully we can get a rearranged game in there.

They can’t end the season on 35:games (if we play 38)

 

[LaudrupTheGreat]

If we beat Hibs tomorrow, then Celtic could win all their games in hand, plus 1 more than us, and still be 11 points behind.

So I'd say it's fairly unlikely. Far more probable they'll have played themselves into a worse position by then.

Let’s us know how we get on tomorrow night mate and ill let you know the score on Wednesday night

 

[Finnieboy]

If we get thru v Antwerp then we will have a further 2 euro ties on 11 & 18th March so we should be kept active all being well.

 

[Andrew webb]

If we get thru v Antwerp then we will have a further 2 euro ties on 11 & 18th March so we should be kept active all being well.

good point

 

[jweebear]

Wee R&R trip to Dubai should be organised then

 

[steve1873]

Agreed, could the gap be single digits by then?

We are a minimum of 14 points clear at present assuming they win all their games in hand, so single digits is unlikely unless we lose 2 games and they take maximum points.

 

[insanicdrunk]

They c***s are up to something,stop Rangers playing for a month or so so they can catch up,the only way they are gonna get anywhere near us!!

They're not really. A game cancelled for Livi in the cup final and a couple of cup weekends possibly cancelled.

 

[cooprfc]

If we progress in Europe we will have two more games and if not then the livi game will definitely get played within a fortnight of the original game. So it will all balance out I guess.

 

[High Society]

Agreed, could the gap be single digits by then?

Only if we had 2 games in hand

 

[petric]

No danger. And no stress.

NS. 55.

 

[The Crimson King]

Let’s us know how we get on tomorrow night mate and ill let you know the score on Wednesday night

Wishing the week away there