Mr Gandosaur Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 To start on 1st August - same day as League Cup 1st round. First round of Premiership fixtures going to be decimated by at least 1 postponement due to Hearts being in round 1 - possibly 2 games postponed if Hibs/Rangers/QOS come up. No doubt Celtic will be disappearing to play the Harlem Globe Trotters in outer Mongolia too. So potentially we could be starting the season with just half the league in action. Absolute farce yet unsurprising. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32535747 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Bring on the Morton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Premiership starting 1 week earlier probably makes sense - I note the CL Final at the end of the season is 1 week earlier due to Euro 2016. Should be underway in early August/even late July as matter of course anyway, IMO. LC format remains bizarre, should be: R3 - 4 clubs in Europe join R2 - other 8 from Premiership + 2 from Championship (relegated clubs ranked highest) R1 - 28 remaining lower-league clubs join or if Falkirk win the Scottish Cup: R3 - 4 clubs in Europe join R2 - other 9 from Premiership + 1 from Championship (relegated clubs ranked highest) R1 - 28 remaining lower-league clubs join This having promoted clubs in R1, and relegated clubs in R2, and one non-CL/EL qualifier in R3, is nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Pretty sure the league cup first round was the same weekend as the first SPFL premiership games last season, and as thistle were due to play in both we simply played the league cup game in midweek. Don't see any reason it'd be different this season coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Pundit Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Yip, pretty sure that any fixture clashes will result in the LC game being moved mid-week. Premiership card will be fine, apart from the already-mentioned issue of Celtic fucking off somewhere to play a friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vbhoy Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 We're not going anywhere this summer, Deila's been talking about staying at home to focus on preparing for the qualifiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 We're not going anywhere this summer, Deila's been talking about staying at home to focus on preparing for the qualifiers I doubt that will preclude you cancelling a league game to head-off to the Dublin Supercup, or playing Liverpool in a friendly, or similar. Does any other European league allow these cancellations, btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I doubt that will preclude you cancelling a league game to head-off to the Dublin Supercup, or playing Liverpool in a friendly, or similar. Does any other European league allow these cancellations, btw? Quit oppressing them, they are the peoples club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKACCIES Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Last season Dundee and Accies played in R2 although there were no Premier games. Rangers postponed their game as Ibrox was being used for Glasgow 2014 despite the draw not having been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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