Gers4Life 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) RANGERS and Dundee United may be forced to play four league games in eight days so that the SPL split can take place on April 16. The SPL faces a fixture backlog as a result of both sides falling victim to match postponements, cup replays and Euro ties. Rangers boss Walter Smith and United chairman Stephen Thompson, right, have been warned by the SPL about the threat of chaos. Rangers must fit in a game against St Mirren - forced off by burst pipes at Ibrox on December 18 - as well as rescheduled visits to Pittodrie, Tannadice and McDiarmid Park. United have played fewer matches than anyone else in the SPL due to the big freeze. An SPL spokesman said: "We're doing everything we can to avoid four games in eight days. "We could use bank holiday weekends to play on Friday and Monday." A lot will depend on how far Rangers progress in the Europa League. Sporting Lisbon aren't the force they were and it's not unreasonable to expect Smith's side to reach the last 16. SPL secretary Ian Blair has asked the SFA to help in future by scrapping Scottish Cup replays. This stinks of favouring Celtic to say the liest, they will be rubbing their hands in glee knowing that we will be forced to play these games, a complete useless friendly last night being played, rangers should go to town with the sfa on this Edited February 10, 2011 by Gers4Life 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Not again ffs, When was a match called off against Aberdeen? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Not again ffs, When was a match called off against Aberdeen? Our trip to Aberdeen on Saturday 19th March was rescheduled to Sunday 20th, but has been postponed. Four league games in 8 days is unfair. They should put back the split and extend the season now before it's too late. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Seems like the only way Celtic win the league is when we need to play a silly amount of games in a silly length of time ie 2008. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,370 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Our trip to Aberdeen on Saturday 19th March was rescheduled to Sunday 20th, but has been postponed. Four league games in 8 days is unfair. They should put back the split and extend the season now before it's too late. Don't forget Rangers have said they can't extend the season:boogie: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The Scottish Cup replay against Celtic hasn't helped us because it's to be played on Wednesday 2nd March when we were scheduled to play at Tannadice on Thursday 3rd. It also hasn't helped our fixtures that the CIS Cup final has ended up being against Celtic because it's being played on March 20th when we were scheduled to play Aberdeen that day. Presumably the CIS Cup final has been moved to that day for TV reasons to do with fitting an Old Firm cup final into a good day and time slot. At the end of the day, pandering to the wishes and/or demands of broadcasters is more important to the SPL than being fair to it's member teams. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juffery 0 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I don't think we'll have to worry much about an extended European run and to ve honest, I don't see a Scottish cup run either. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,370 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Seems like the only way Celtic win the league is when we need to play a silly amount of games in a silly length of time ie 2008. It is only Rangers that suffer these predicaments as we are the more successfull team 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,876 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I don't think we'll have to worry much about an extended European run and to ve honest, I don't see a Scottish cup run either. Ever the optimist! *whistles* I don't think we're out of it yet. However its the league I'm worried about. I reckon the lure and *glamour* of european ties will ensure those fixtures take care of themselves. And assuming we beat Celtic, the lure of a Hampden send-off for Walter will provide sufficient motivation for all concerned. But when it comes to trudging up to Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness for midweek games it will start to take its toll mentally as well as physically. Not to mention the dreaded weekend fixtures post European weeks. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,114 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This is what happens when you don't maintain your stadium and defend deep against teams with 10 men.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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