craigkillie Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, JohanForeskins said: As for this nonsense about teams placed 4 5 6 & 7 take the hit as per Hearts statement is bunkum. Rangers came to Easter Road three times one year when going for the title They still had 19 home games and 19 away games though, which is the main crux of it. Regardless of where you are in the league, sometimes you have to go to another venue three times to balance out your fixtures to 19/19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 As for this nonsense about teams placed 4 5 6 & 7 take the hit as per Hearts statement is bunkum. Rangers came to Easter Road three times one year when going for the title And Hearts went to Ibrox three times It was to avoid the Edinburgh Derby being at Easter Road for a 3rd time Which Is only right Celtic fans complained and then quietend down after Hibs beat Rangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 4 hours ago, BawWatchin said: Well for starters, they allowed Hearts to play at Murrayfield and didn't cap allocation numbers. They've been very lenient towards Hearts over the years over planning applications. Also allowing Hearts off the hook for hazards with their old stand. Not to mention Hearts irresponsible financial antics that left many small companies out of pocket, including several clubs that generally went unpunished. Hearts have been given a free ride over the years and can't rely complain about something that won't really have any impact of then anyway. A load of made up shite then. It's all good man, there will be a new derby thread for more faeces slinging soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshire_nomad Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Imagine this absolute carnival happening in any other league where everything is all about trying to appease two clubs and only two clubs to the detriment of the other forty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMLISCH Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: All pretty amazing that such time, hassle and effort went into framing the fixtures in such a way as to ensure that the title wouldn't be secured in an OF clash; I'm not so sure it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wright scores Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, ayrshire_nomad said: Imagine this absolute carnival happening in any other league where everything is all about trying to appease two clubs and only two clubs to the detriment of the other forty Perfect summary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 6 hours ago, Radford said: The bottom six could have been done with as few as two switches, did we not deduce? Saints have three switches alone! How fucking hard is it? It's puzzling, some explanation would be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 19 minutes ago, JamieThomas said: A load of made up shite then. 20 minutes ago, JamieThomas said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 31 minutes ago, HAMLISCH said: I'm not so sure it did. Most of the recent coverage has focused on that. Are you suggesting that such focus has been misplaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 31 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: It's puzzling, some explanation would be useful. Is it no the case they've tried to make sure none of the bottom clubs have unequal home ties against fellow bottom clubs, and since we're apparently safe its us who get fixtures fucked with to force a "balance" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Is it no the case they've tried to make sure none of the bottom clubs have unequal home ties against fellow bottom clubs, and since we're apparently safe its us who get fixtures fucked with to force a "balance" Found it bizzare though that the only team you hadn't had a second home game against was us - yet they didn't give you it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May1 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 3 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: It's puzzling, some explanation would be useful. Perhaps because having just 2 switches (Partick to St Johnstone for 3rd time and County to Dundee for 3rd time) meant it was hard to give all teams a decent order of home and away games. Some clubs would have ended up with consecutive home games and consecutive away games With having 3 switches(Partick to St Johnstone, County to St Johnstone and St Johnstone to Dundee) means 2 teams have perfect alternating fixtures and the other four teams have either consecutive home games or consecutive away games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 12 hours ago, MEADOWXI said: Friday 27 March Aberdeen v Hearts KO 19.45 - last train to Edinburgh is 21.31, If game runs exactly on time that gives 60 seconds to get from Pittodrie to train, minus the fact the trains can now close the doors up to 30 seconds before the train is due to depart. Tuesday 8 May Aberdeen v SEVCO KO 19.45 - Last train to Glasgow is 20.42, Might just see the 1st half before a taxi for your train. While this is shite for fans, Doncaster can’t really be blamed for Scotland’s shitey train services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 4 hours ago, May1 said: Perhaps because having just 2 switches (Partick to St Johnstone for 3rd time and County to Dundee for 3rd time) meant it was hard to give all teams a decent order of home and away games. Last season, Saints played their first two away, then their last three at home. Chasing Europe and they gave us the top two teams away first. Certainly won't be holding my breath on the SPFL explaining the thinking. After 2011/12, when Saints were properly shafted and just took it, they know we are a soft touch though. Folk can laugh but if you know a club isn't going to complain or make a statement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 12 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: All pretty amazing that such time, hassle and effort went into framing the fixtures in such a way as to ensure that the title wouldn't be secured in an OF clash; yet they've come up with something whereby it's perfectly conceivable that precisely that will happen. This. If they really wanted the league done and dusted before the derby, surely Aberdeen at home would have been the obvious choice for Celtic's first match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Last season, Saints played their first two away, then their last three at home. Chasing Europe and they gave us the top two teams away first. Certainly won't be holding my breath on the SPFL explaining the thinking. After 2011/12, when Saints were properly shafted and just took it, they know we are a soft touch though. Folk can laugh but if you know a club isn't going to complain or make a statement... What happened in 2011/12 again Radford? Did we end up with 18/20 split? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMc99 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 what was the original reason for making the split? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 To give gainful employment to Statement Writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 what was the original reason for making the split? To facilitate extending the league to 12 teams. If you didn’t have the split there would be 44 games a season if you kept the 2 home, 2 away set up against each team, which was deemed to be unworkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Surely if the fixtures were made up to suit the clubs with most to play for (most home fixtures), then Celtic could most afford to take the hit and play more away games. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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