topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) A thread to mark the points when things become mathematically certain. Early days yet but last nights win over Aberdeen put Celtic 47 points clear of 11th place Hamilton with only 45 points left to play for so the Bhoys have now officially escaped relegation (or should that be rhelegation) yet again. By the same token Hamilton have to accept that their title challenge is now officially over after they themselved finishing Inverness' title dreams last weekend Edited February 18, 2019 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Celtic were safe from relegation a while ago as they were far enough ahead of the bottom 6 they couldn't finish below 6th at the split after 33 games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 Celtic were safe from relegation a while ago as they were far enough ahead of the bottom 6 they couldn't finish below 6th at the split after 33 games. Good point Now I've got to find out when that happened I'm surprised there wasn't more fuss made at the time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Keith Lasley recently made his 400th league appearance for Motherwell. He also passed the 500th total appearance mark earlier in the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 A great achievement. I wonder if anybody will ever get close to the lad Armstrong's total; I remember him getting an award for 1000 appearances, anyone know what his final total was? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gandosaur Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Must win on Saturday for us. Otherwise Celtic can end our league title hopes with a win on Sunday. Nervous times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Adam Rooney became Aberdeen's top scorer since the millennium with his double against Stranraer in the cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Keith Lasley recently made his 400th league appearance for Motherwell. He also passed the 500th total appearance mark earlier in the season. Pretty sure I saw Keith Lasley buying some kind of muffin 2-pack or other cakery type product in the Morrisons petrol station in Easterhouse yesterday.Probably pass by footballers all the time and would never notice but the silver fox beaut that Lasley is caught the eye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 3 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Good point Now I've got to find out when that happened I'm surprised there wasn't more fuss made at the time I've got a feeling it was after beating Accies away 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I don't have anything to say yet, just wanted to make sure that I had commented on a thread about mathematics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Arithmetic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 A couple which may or may not be reached in the next few weeks: Kris Boyd has scored 198 top flight goals. Inverness have played 995 matches since being formed in 1994. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Arithmetic? If you can come up with a synonym for "milestones" that alliterates with "Arithmetical" then I'll give it consideration 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 On a related note, whats the "usual" points tally of the team in 6th at the time of the split? Intrigued to see if the ultra competitive nature this season will see a much lower total needed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 With Rangers losing on Wednesday and Aberdeen losing to Celtic, Celtic are 25 points clear of Rangers in 2nd and 27 clear of Aberdeen who have a game in hand. So if my arithmetic is right then Celtic could clinch the title on 12th March at home to Rangers if Celtic gain 3 points on Rangers in the 4 games before then and 4 points on Aberdeen. So if you assume Celtic win all 4 games, Aberdeen and Rangers would just need to draw twice by then for Celtic to be able to clinch it at the Old Firm game. Surely this would be the earliest a team has ever clinched the title? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverWolfe Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 On a related note, whats the "usual" points tally of the team in 6th at the time of the split? Intrigued to see if the ultra competitive nature this season will see a much lower total needed. I think 44 is the bench mark for top 6, although it has been a bit higher/lower on occasion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverWolfe Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 With Rangers losing on Wednesday and Aberdeen losing to Celtic, Celtic are 25 points clear of Rangers in 2nd and 27 clear of Aberdeen who have a game in hand. So if my arithmetic is right then Celtic could clinch the title on 12th March at home to Rangers if Celtic gain 3 points on Rangers in the 4 games before then and 4 points on Aberdeen. So if you assume Celtic win all 4 games, Aberdeen and Rangers would just need to draw twice by then for Celtic to be able to clinch it at the Old Firm game. Surely this would be the earliest a team has ever clinched the title? Aberdeen will play 6 games before the old firm and i believe we need them to drop 7 points to win the league that day. Rangers to drop 3. That's assuming we win our next 4 games as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 6 minutes ago, Tartantony said: Aberdeen will play 6 games before the old firm and i believe we need them to drop 7 points to win the league that day. Rangers to drop 3. That's assuming we win our next 4 games as well Good point, still very much possible though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 1 hour ago, irvine_buddie said: Surely this would be the earliest a team has ever clinched the title? The earliest date the title has ever been won was 17th December - that was back in 1898/99 when the season finished in early January. That was achieved with 4 games out of 18 remaining, which is 22.2% of the season. To beat that, Celtic would have to win the title with 9 or more games to play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Motherwell have just reached a significant milestone, having taken 500,000 shite, hesitant throw-ins since I started watching them. There's no team in top-flight history can match our record of giving the ball back to the opposition after a heavy first touch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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