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I'm guessing he's blaming the SFA for calling the game off, as it didn't pass the match official's pitch inspection. Always someone else to blame with these c***s.
Might be an idea to spend some money on the pitch rather than spending it on a bigoted, bullying, lying slug who fails to grasp the concept of the definition of PR.
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30 minutes ago, The Master said:

If it came to it, could the Motherwell game on 4th April move to Friday 3rd, along with St Johnstone v Hamilton, to free up  Monday 6th for the St Johnstone game?

Depending on TV picks.

I've already noted Monday 9th March could have been another possibility if Ross County v Rangers got moved to Friday 6th, but it's been moved to Sunday 8th for TV.


Another difficulty is the season finishing earlier than it needed to. Scottish Cup Final is May 9th (to hand over Hampden for Euro 2020)... Premiership is supposed to end on May 16th/17th... but many other leagues end or have their cup final on May 23rd/24th.

Instead of split being weekend of Saturday 4th April it could have been as late as Saturday 25th April, with post-split:

#34     weekend of Saturday 2nd May
#35     weekend of Saturday 9th May     (midweek of Wednesday 13th May for cup finalists)
#36     weekend of Saturday 16th May
#37     midweek of Wednesday 20th May
#38     weekend of Saturday 23rd May


or if eager for the fortnight between #33 and #34 they could have played Scottish Cup Final on May 2nd (maybe with SFs on Apr 4th), and 5 post-split games on May 9th/13th/16th/20th/23rd.

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1 hour ago, craigkillie said:

It may not make sense in that respect, but it is absolutely essential that the SPFL (and Rangers) try to get this game to go ahead to avoid an even bigger fixture congestion issue than they already have.

Just to be clear, here are the remaining fixtures right up until the split. They already have a home match against St Johnstone outstanding, and currently no available dates before the split to play it. If they are knocked out of the Europa League then that St Johnstone game can be played in either of the Last 16 matchweeks, but if they get through then it is already impossible to play that St Johnstone game before matchday 33 of the Premiership. If you were to chuck in this Livingston game too then you can see the problem.

Sun 16th Feb: Livingston (H)
Thu 20th Feb: Braga (H)
Sun 23rd Feb: St Johnstone (A)
Wed 26th Feb: Braga (A)
Sat 29th Feb: Hearts (A)
Wed 4th Mar: Hamilton (H)
Sun 8th Mar: Ross County (A)
Thu 12th Mar: EL Last 16
Sun 15th Mar: Celtic (H)
Thu 19th Mar: EL Last 16
Sat 21st/Sun 22nd Mar: St Mirren (A)
24th Mar-1st Apr: International break
Sat 4th Apr: Motherwell (H)
Thu 9th Apr: EL QF
Sat 11th/Sun 12th Apr: Scottish Cup SF
Thu 16th: EL QF
Sat 18th: Post Split Fixtures start

I get that the have the fixture congestion to clear but it just seems really unlikely that the pitch will better tomorrow given the state it’s in and the forecast. Who knows though, maybe it’ll be fine.

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2 hours ago, Troy.1995 said:

Shambles.Second biggest team in the country, and they couldnt get this on against wee insignifent Livi.Embarresing.Wont be on tommorrow either.Total disgrace 

 

Oh, it'll definitely be on tomorrow, come hell or high (wet & windy) weather - They need the cash extras each game brings.  The bent SPFL may not have been so generous with their sanctioning if it had been, say, Motherwell or Livi in the same position as their pet club.   Only sayin', like.

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1 hour ago, EdinburghLivi said:

Asked the question already but is it likely that they will attempt to play the game on Monday if it is postponed again tomorrow?

 I would guess so, yes.

 

58 minutes ago, The Master said:

If it came to it, could the Motherwell game on 4th April move to Friday 3rd, along with St Johnstone v Hamilton, to free up  Monday 6th for the St Johnstone game?

It possibly could, but typically there aren't many Friday games immediately after the international break because some players could have international fixtures halfway around the world on the Tuesday night. My guess is they'll wait and hope that either a) Rangers don't make the EL Last 16 and they can play the game then or b) St Johnstone end up out of the running for the top six and they can just wait until after the split.

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4 minutes ago, hearthammer said:

Oh, it'll definitely be on tomorrow, come hell or high (wet & windy) weather - They need the cash extras each game brings.  The bent SPFL may not have been so generous with their sanctioning if it had been, say, Motherwell or Livi in the same position as their pet club.   Only sayin', like.

To be absolutely clear, this is absolute bollocks. If that was the issue then they would have allowed the game to go ahead today in the bad weather. Rangers are likely to get a lower attendance tomorrow than they would have on a midweek date where fans had more notice. It is entirely down to fixture congestion.

It's the SPFL's job to make sure that fixtures are scheduled in such a way to avoid congestion. If Motherwell or Livi were in the same boat of needing fixtures squeezed in then they would absolutely make them try again the next day.

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40 minutes ago, Moomintroll said:
1 hour ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
I'm guessing he's blaming the SFA for calling the game off, as it didn't pass the match official's pitch inspection. Always someone else to blame with these c***s.

Might be an idea to spend some money on the pitch rather than spending it on a bigoted, bullying, lying slug who fails to grasp the concept of the definition of PR.

And let's hope that HMRC investigate the Personal Service Company (PSC) status claimed by el tubso as his only Level 5 client is the the the rangers.  He is effectively (and definitively) no different from an employee in that he is providing a bespoke service for the one entity.  He should be paying PAYE as an employee and not allowing Level 5 to invoice the the the rangers for his services provided.  

It could be, of course, that no-one within the business/company/club understands the concept or requirements of how PAYE works. 

 

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7 minutes ago, wastecoatwilly said:

Sevco are running out of lifeboats, I'm sure they could play during the international break they've done it before.

They would be without the bulk of their first team players and their opponents would likely be missing several players too. It's quite obviously not a good idea.

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14 minutes ago, craigkillie said:

They would be without the bulk of their first team players and their opponents would likely be missing several players too. It's quite obviously not a good idea.

Super agent Steve Clarke to call up the majority of the Rangers team that week just for the banter and we make off with 3pts 

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1 hour ago, wastecoatwilly said:

Just watch the second half of Braga beating Benfica away from home there won't be any problems with dates to play. 

 

35 minutes ago, Romeo said:

Braga have really picked up, they are flying at the moment.

Researching our European opponents. 

 

Thats devotion for you.

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