Klos' Glove 260 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 When is the game v St Johnstone going to be scheduled? Looks like 8th Feb is the only available date before April - any reason it's not been scheduled for that date already? Danger is if we don't play it then we get into a 2008 situation with a massive fixture pile up at the business end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanksRFC 3,867 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Klos' Glove said: When is the game v St Johnstone going to be scheduled? Looks like 8th Feb is the only available date before April - any reason it's not been scheduled for that date already? Danger is if we don't play it then we get into a 2008 situation with a massive fixture pile up at the business end of the season. Scottish Cup 5th round is scheduled for 8th of February. Could be into March/April before we have a free slot. Bit of a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueteeth 2,185 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 If it was me I’d be ignoring the game and hand and be trying to motivate the team to get above the scum without it. I’d be treating it psychologically like we are still two points behind. Then once we get the chance of playing the game in hand we might not need it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,595 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Blueteeth said: If it was me I’d be ignoring the game and hand and be trying to motivate the team to get above the scum without it. I’d be treating it psychologically like we are still two points behind. Then once we get the chance of playing the game in hand we might not need it. That's exactly the attitude. The game in hand will only mean anything if we get to it in our current position or better. Are we gonna go between now and that st.Johnstone game with a 100%record highly unlikely imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blumhoilann 6,712 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 We're developing a winning mentality,winning becomes a habit and Gerrard's not the type to allow us to sit on our laurels 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GersInCanada 7,775 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Really don't care about when the game in hand is played. The fact that we have it, and go top after winning it, is all I need to know. Gerrard will be drumming into the squad that it's one game at a time. Scottish Cup then St Mirren. Look no further forward than that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nk89 1,285 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, GersInCanada said: Really don't care about when the game in hand is played. The fact that we have it, and go top after winning it, is all I need to know. Gerrard will be drumming into the squad that it's one game at a time. Scottish Cup then St Mirren. Look no further forward than that. If its one game at a time you shouldnt have mentioned St. Mirren! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GersInCanada 7,775 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Nk89 said: If its one game at a time you shouldnt have mentioned St. Mirren! Can't really count Stranraer at Ibrox. Sure to be a lot of fringe players for that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueteeth 2,185 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 43 minutes ago, KingKirk said: That's exactly the attitude. The game in hand will only mean anything if we get to it in our current position or better. Are we gonna go between now and that st.Johnstone game with a 100%record highly unlikely imo It is unlikely I agree, but as you know if you are good at what you do it’s ok to have an aim or goal that is perhaps unlikely. But it is that lofty standard which increases your performance to be better than what you would have been without it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsofWar 549 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 You tend to forget that we aren't actually ahead of them on points yet given that their meltdown is already in full swing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeJacksonRFC 647 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Klos' Glove said: When is the game v St Johnstone going to be scheduled? Looks like 8th Feb is the only available date before April - any reason it's not been scheduled for that date already? Danger is if we don't play it then we get into a 2008 situation with a massive fixture pile up at the business end of the season. Remember how shambles that was ! fighting for 4 trophies zero help ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brubear 2,905 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Blueteeth said: If it was me I’d be ignoring the game and hand and be trying to motivate the team to get above the scum without it. I’d be treating it psychologically like we are still two points behind. Then once we get the chance of playing the game in hand we might not need it. I agree with ignoring it and the goal should be to get in front of them even with that game up our sleeve. There is little chance of us not needing it by the time we play it, if by that you mean we have the league won. It will need to be played before the split, even if it means us playing 4 games in 8 days or something like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill8972 479 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Klos' Glove said: When is the game v St Johnstone going to be scheduled? Looks like 8th Feb is the only available date before April - any reason it's not been scheduled for that date already? Danger is if we don't play it then we get into a 2008 situation with a massive fixture pile up at the business end of the season. BT screwed it for us by scheduling our gave v hibs on Friday 20th December, meaning that we couldn't play it on the 18th December. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman36 3,455 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, Bill8972 said: BT screwed it for us by scheduling our gave v hibs on Friday 20th December, meaning that we couldn't play it on the 18th December. We won the OF game which was a huge battle. We looked dead on our feet 70 odd minutes on. We don't know what would've happened if we'd have played an extra game midweek, or indeed the hibs game itself might've been a lot tougher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsden bear 2,376 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, Gman36 said: We won the OF game which was a huge battle. We looked dead on our feet 70 odd minutes on. We don't know what would've happened if we'd have played an extra game midweek, or indeed the hibs game itself might've been a lot tougher. Good point. Imo we should be making subs earlier and protecting our main men when we can. Got Jones and Stewart etc kicking about that we should give more game time too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getstiffed 8,863 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Said after that last game that if we can win it and take maximum points from the rest of the games before the next OF it would be massive because I don't think they will want to come to Ibrox needing to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclovin9091 1,388 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Can give it to us the day before the Scottish cup final as the last game of the season for all I care. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,342 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, mclovin9091 said: Can give it to us the day before the Scottish cup final as the last game of the season for all I care. Would rather the Scottish cup final was the last day of our double winning season tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klos' Glove 260 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, Tiger Shaw said: Would rather the Scottish cup final was the last day of our double winning season tbh Triple including the EL. I'm not asking the question because I think we should be relying on it to get ahead in the league. More because I'm concerned about a 5 games in 10 days type scenario like we had 12 years ago potentially costing us a couple of trophies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Rfc 557 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, mclovin9091 said: Can give it to us the day before the Scottish cup final as the last game of the season for all I care. Scottish cup final is before the league finishes this season so they can get hampden ready for the euros Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beararse 6,365 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Blueteeth said: If it was me I’d be ignoring the game and hand and be trying to motivate the team to get above the scum without it. I’d be treating it psychologically like we are still two points behind. Then once we get the chance of playing the game in hand we might not need it. Spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Hurlock Loyal 12,133 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 It has to be played before the split, so it is quite possible that it will be very close to the next OF game - depending on how results go between now and April, this could be one of the most important games of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Enclosure Row N 2,820 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 The bigger picture is that the league needs to grow some balls and create a stronger negotiating position with the TV companies. We had a perfectly good fixture list until they came along and fucked it up. As it is just now, the TV companies say "jump", and the league just asks "how high?". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalfollower 1,543 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 To be honest I’d rather us just win our games and be top at the end of the season. If it was played in 4 weeks time and we went top only to throw it away again then it means nothing. having the points on board at game 38 is miles more important Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsofWar 549 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, East Enclosure Row N said: The bigger picture is that the league needs to grow some balls and create a stronger negotiating position with the TV companies. We had a perfectly good fixture list until they came along and fucked it up. As it is just now, the TV companies say "jump", and the league just asks "how high?". Sky have recently given us a 5 year deal worth £160m for exclusive rights to our matches starting from 2020, while they have given the English Premier League £3.58b over 3 years for a selection of matches. Which is £32m per season for us and about £1.193b per season for them. They have even given the lower division English Football Leagues £595m over 5 years, which is almost 372% more than us and they're not even playing top flight football. I think we suffer from our national broadcasters taking our money and ploughing it into the English league. It would be interesting to see the figures of what they take from us and what they give back to our game. Another issue, of course, is that the vast majority of people would rather watch a dug chase its own arse than watch any match in the SPL outwith the OF. Seems like most Scottish clubs are solely interested in throwing hammers, long ball tactics and I suspect most (if not all) of them would rather take a dull draw than attempt to play any kind of entertaining football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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