BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Lennon in SPL fixture grumbleNeil Lennon says there is extra pressure on team playing secondBy RONNIE CULLYShare 6 Dec 2011NEIL LENNON has appealed for a fairer crack of the whip when it comes who plays first in the title race.To date, on the weekends when both have been in action this season, Celtic have played after Rangers on 10 occasions while the Ibrox side have followed the Hoops’ kick-off only four times.Lennon acknowledges that, by dint of competing in the Europa League – with most of these fixtures scheduled for Thursdays – Celtic’s following SPL game has to be put back a day.Sky TV and ESPN also dictate who should play when, preferring to screen whichever half of the Old Firm is playing away from home on any given weekend.But the Parkhead boss still believes more could and should be done to balance the situation because he reckons it puts more pressure on the side going second due to the gap between the title challengers often being artificially stretched.That was the situation again last weekend when, after playing Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, Celtic played at Tannadice on Sunday, a day after Rangers had extended their lead at the top once again to seven points with a win over Dunfermline on Saturday afternoon.Lennon said: “To me it is a bit unfair because I think only once or twice recently have we played before Rangers.“I understand that the fact we are playing in the Europa League on Thursdays means we have had to play on Sundays sometimes.“But it might give teams a slight advantage. You know, you go into the games like Sunday’s at Tannadice seven points behind when the gap could be just one point if we were playing before Rangers and won.“So, ideally I would like a bit of a balance with that.”The bad news for Lennon and his players is that this is not about to happen any time soon.In fact, on the three weekends before the Old Firm meet at Parkhead on December 28, Rangers will kick off ahead of Celtic.This Saturday, Ally McCoist’s side have a lunchtime start against Hibs at Easter Road, and could again be seven points clear before Celtic meet Hearts at 3pm.The following weekend, Rangers are at home to Inverness at 3pm on the Saturday, while Celtic’s game away to St Johnstone has been moved to the following day because they play Udinese next midweek.And, on Christmas Eve, both clubs have brought forward their fixtures, but Rangers still edge it.Their game against St Mirren kicks off at 12.45, while Celtic take on Kilmarnock at 1.30.The SPL have announced that the following games have been selected for live TV coverage on Sky Sports and ESPN.Sat Feb 11 Dunfermline v Rangers ESPN, 12 noonSun Feb 19 Aberdeen v St Johnstone Sky 12.45pm; Hibernian v Celtic - Sky, 3pmSat Feb 25 St Mirren v Aberdeen ESPN, 12 noonSun Feb 26 Inverness CT v Rangers Sky 12.45pmSat Mar 3 Aberdeen v Celtic - ESPN 12 noonSun Mar 4 Dundee United v Inverness CT ESPN, 12 noon :wanker: :wanker:<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Expect to see a few changes to the list now to appease the hordes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,358 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 fuck off ya wee horrible rat faced bastard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_ni 12 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 It's happened the other way round plenty of times in the past 3 years. We have just got on with it. I reckon if it wasn't for the european games we would probably have played after Celtic more times than the other way round. Lennons getting his excuses in early anyway lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobar 13,676 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Whatever he wishes the SFA will ensure happens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CottonRunt 972 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Never happy unless they are complaining about some "injustice" or other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangers_1993 68 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 fuck sake the conspiracy theories starting already from they manky bastards FUCK OFF LENNON Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegecko 306 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 boohoo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 107,779 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Maybe if they never wrote letters to UEFA they wouldnt have this problem... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,765 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So he moans about it, then mentions why it has happened (Europa League) and then he still doesn't understand? Moron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mor3los_1 3,672 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So he complains his club get an unfair deal for playing on Sundays and then says he understands why this is due to the Europa League, what an utter moron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,732 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Just focus on the fucking games Lennon you absolute halfwit. You're an eternal embarrassment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So he moans about it, then mentions why it has happened (Europa League) and then he still doesn't understand? Moron.This.You can't win with they moaning bastards,if they were made to play before us it would be a conspiracy to give Rangers an advantage as the manks were tired from been torn a new one in Europe.Fool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna 735 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Be fair, they did everything to ensure this wasn't going to be a problem when they faced Sion.Just a shame that once again the establishment made them play more games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Be fair, they did everything to ensure this wasn't going to be a problem when they faced Sion.Just a shame that once again the establishment made them play more games. Just about choked on ma coffee there , brilliant Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna 735 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Just about choked on ma coffee there , brilliant Sorry big chap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 There was a poster (or two ) on here that mentioned a good while ago about rasellik / sfa / sky connected some way or other , can't remember if it was reids son was at sky , anyway I'd bet on at least the games to be played on Christmas Eve both having the same K.O , only to appease liewell and lemmon and no doubt the kafflick church ffs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmond7 795 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Seriously, does this moron actually have any braincells? They were quick enough to jump back into the Europa League. Ok Cretin we'll schedule your league matches after the EL for a friday morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_gazza 1,065 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Fuck off ya ugly cretin prickDidn't hear you come out with this bollocks when the Champions were playing in the Champions League last season & we got our games moved?He's obviously feeling the heat Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer 11 2,533 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 sporting integrity Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna 735 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 If we made them play on a Saturday after playing on a Thursday, they'd be moaning about not getting enough time between games. Fuck them all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goianegra 4,647 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 So they moan so much about not being in Europe then moan about it having an effect on their fixture times. Clueless bastard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 :wanker: :wanker: Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGM_72 3,534 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 fuck off ya wee horrible rat faced bastardPerfectly summed up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 No doubt we'll be getting a few Sunday kick offs to accommodate the shame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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