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Sat 26 Feb 2011[/i] Cut Us Some Slack by Lindsay Herron WALTER SMITH has called on the SPL to cut Rangers some slack as fixture congestion is set to kick in after their terrific European progression in Portugal on Thursday night. The Light Blues still have four matches outstanding - Aberdeen, Dundee United and St Johnstone away plus St Mirren at Ibrox. And there is a great feat that these will be crammed in, badly affecting Rangers in their pursuit of all of the honours. Smith said: "We're not doing well in Europe for the good of the SPL - we're doing it for the good of Rangers. "But the fact is that everyone else benefits, except for us at the present moment. "And we're the team that has done as much as anyone over the last few seasons to keep the co-efficient as high as possible. "If they're going to try and help the teams by starting the season a few weeks earlier, what are they going to do for the teams who are still in Europe at the end? "I'd want them to be a little more sympathetic than they were the last time when looking at the fixtures. That's all I'd ask." Rangers play the first leg of their last-16 clash with Dutch league leaders PSV in Holland on March 10, with the return at Ibrox a week later. That is just three days before the Co-op Cup Final with Celtic at Hampden. Smith added: "I stress that I'm not being critical of the league. "As an SPL manager we all met with the league and Iain Blair was at pains to explain to us all how difficult it is to fit in fixtures. "But you have to ask yourself, if you are having a showcase Cup Final - and you put it in the same week as a European game - are you not expecting at least one of your two best teams, Rangers or Celtic, to be involved? "It's obviously not the ideal situation to be involved in but we are and the fixtures have been out there all season. "I've said it before though, if we have a situation where we have a lot of games off, as we had in December and January, it's difficult. "Part of the problem is our own fault in that we don't have a big enough group of players. "When you look at teams who have had success they have had a number of playing staff who can help them achieve that. There are no guarantees but at least it helps them." http://www.rangers.co.uk/articles/20110226/cut-us-some-slack_2254024_2302837

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