The Master Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 When are replays pencilled-in for? Or will it be a case of each game being judged separately? There's full midweek cards of Premiership fixtures next midweek and the following midweek. That leaves the midweek of 6/7 February, but the 5th round is on the 10th so surely that would be too late. Presumably if a Premiership team needs a replay, one of their midweek fixtures will be postponed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Erm, see this post of mine 4 up: On 16/01/2018 at 14:46, HibeeJibee said: Postponement/replay information:https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scottish-cup-fourth-round-information/?rid=2107 As mentioned previously, for some extraordinary reason SPFL have scheduled Premiership cards both midweeks, while leaving other midweeks during the course of the season free. Meaning the following 8 Premiership games will be cancelled if the stated ties are postponed, abandoned or drawn:Wednesday 24th January Kilmarnock v St Johnstone... depending on Kilmarnock v Ross County OR on Albion Rovers v St Johnstone (if postponed or abandoned only) Motherwell v Ross County... depending on Kilmarnock v Ross CountyTuesday 30th January Celtic v Hearts ... depending on Celtic v Brechin OR on Hearts v HibsWednesday 31st January Hibs v Motherwell ... depending on Hearts v Hibs OR on Motherwell v Hamilton Kilmarnock v Dundee ... depending on Dundee v Inverness Partick v Rangers ... depending on Fraserburgh v Rangers OR on QotS v Partick Ross County v Aberdeen ... depending on Aberdeen v St Mirren St Johnstone v Hamilton ... depending on Albion Rovers v St Johnstone (if drawn only) OR on Motherwell v Hamilton To highlight how ludicrous this all is... the following midweek, Wednesday 7th February, is entirely free of competitions . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Oops, sorry - I skipped to the last page so missed your post. Why don't the SFA set the replay midweeks in stone like they do down south (i.e. second midweek after the original tie) and let the SPFL work round that? If the teams involved then want to bring it forward to the first midweek, and it doesn't impact on any other games, they're free to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I'd agree with you as regards trying again 3/4 days later if there are Premiership matches scheduled. However, the main question is why SPFL scheduled full cards for both midweeks. It would - for example - surely have made sense to use January 24th and February 7th, thereby leaving January 31st for Scottish Cup postponements or replays. Afterall it's only Killie-County, and Albion Rovers-St Johnstone if postponed/abandoned, "going early". Infact the whole allocation of midweeks this season was very odd. You see stuff in the press about "7 games in December" (5 on weekends) and "4 midweek games in December-January". These were the 7 midweeks selected for Premiership cards:* October 25th * December 13th * December 27th * January 24th * January 31st (clashing with Scottish Cup postponements/replays)* February 28th * May 9th Meanwhile these were the 4 midweeks left blank:* November 29th * December 20th * February 7th * April 18th Granted that April 18th is difficult as it falls beside Scottish Cup SFs and the split. However had they used Nov 29th, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Feb 7th there'd only have been 6 games in Dec (-1)... 0 midweek games in Dec-Jan (-4)... and no clashes next 2 midweeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Today's Metro had a review under the Ladbrokes banner. They hold the opinion that The Red Lichties will be in for a big pay day at Celtic Park tomorrow. It's nice of Brechin to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Albion Rovers v St Johnstone postponed, skittling Kilmarnock v St Johnstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 It's shite being out the Cup before anyone realises that it's started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Albion Rovers v St Johnstone postponed, skittling Kilmarnock v St Johnstone. Fraserburgh-Rangers skittles Partick-Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 It seems one of the featured games on Sportscene tonight is Celtic v Brechin. Is it too charitable to think the cameras were originally going to Albion Rovers v St Johnstone and this was the easiest place to divert them to at short notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 24 minutes ago, The Master said: It seems one of the featured games on Sportscene tonight is Celtic v Brechin. Is it too charitable to think the cameras were originally going to Albion Rovers v St Johnstone and this was the easiest place to divert them to at short notice? To be fair, it is the holders against a lower league side. If it was at Brechin then it absolutely would and should have been televised. Other than maybe Queens vs Thistle or the Lanarkshire derby, there's not many more exciting ties that have survived the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 With the Edinburgh derby and Fraserburgh-Rangers tomorrow, I'd have expected Celtic v Brechin to be one of today's feature ties alongside Albion Rovers-St Johnstone and the Lanarkshire derby. If somehow Brechin didn't lose - or ran them close - it would be a huge talking point and, equally, they might also be thinking Celtic could thrash them making it a talking point that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: With the Edinburgh derby and Fraserburgh-Rangers tomorrow, I'd have expected Celtic v Brechin to be one of today's feature ties alongside Albion Rovers-St Johnstone and the Lanarkshire derby. If somehow Brechin didn't lose - or ran them close - it would be a huge talking point and, equally, they might also be thinking Celtic could thrash them making it a talking point that way. Well the other featured game (aside from Aberdeen v St Mirren which counts as one of the three despite being shown live is)... Dunfermline v Morton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Don't think I'll bother tbh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Well the other featured game (aside from Aberdeen v St Mirren which counts as one of the three despite being shown live is)... Dunfermline v Morton Turned out to be an inspired choice. [emoji2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Dundee v ICT ends drawn and the replay skittles Kilmarnock v Dundee so both Killie's games off . Well done Brora for the only shock of the day. Attendances:9,848 Aberdeen v St Mirren 4,725 Motherwell v Hamilton 3,595 Kilmarnock v Ross County 3,507 Dundee v Inverness 2,573 Dunfermline v Morton 2,338 QotS v Partick 1,615 Alloa v Dundee Utd 1,151 Ayr v Arbroath ? Celtic v Brechin ? East Fife v Brora Postponement/replay details:Tuesday 23rd January Albion Rovers v St Johnstone (next attempt would be Mon/Tue 29th/30th Jan) Livingston v Falkirk (ditto) Peterhead v Dumbarton (ditto)Tuesday 30th January [replay] Inverness v Dundee (next attempt would be Mon/Tue 5th/6th Feb)Wednesday 31st January Formartine v Cove (next attempt would be Mon/Tue 5th/6th Feb) Fraserburgh v Rangers (ditto) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 17 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Dundee v ICT ends drawn and the replay skittles Kilmarnock v Dundee so both Killie's games off . Well done Brora for the only shock of the day. Attendances:9,848 Aberdeen v St Mirren 4,725 Motherwell v Hamilton 3,595 Kilmarnock v Ross County 3,507 Dundee v Inverness 2,573 Dunfermline v Morton 2,338 QotS v Partick 1,615 Alloa v Dundee Utd 1,151 Ayr v Arbroath ? Celtic v Brechin ? East Fife v Brora Postponement/replay details:Tuesday 23rd January Albion Rovers v St Johnstone (next attempt would be Mon/Tue 29th/30th Jan) Livingston v Falkirk (ditto) Peterhead v Dumbarton (ditto)Tuesday 30th January [replay] Inverness v Dundee (next attempt would be Mon/Tue 5th/6th Feb)Wednesday 31st January Formartine v Cove (next attempt would be Mon/Tue 5th/6th Feb) Fraserburgh v Rangers (ditto) According to the BBC Celtic v Brechin 24,879 East Fife v Brora 685 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Is this the thread for the draw, then? Never mind, just spotted the proper thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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