17 Dec 2021 09:54:53
I keep banging on about these so called "random" fixture lists
We are in midst of FOUR AWAY games including trip to Dingwall.
I am in no doubt when the "impartial" fixture compiler chose us to visit Dingwall in December he hoped for the usual winter bad weather and must have been disappointed with the mild weather.
No these fixtures are NOT random they are chosen to disadvantage Celtic as much as they can.
17 Dec 2021 10:25:57
Have a word with yourself Tim, if the big bad impartial computer was hoping for bad weather for December do you think it would have chosen to give Sevco an away day in Dingwal at the end of January when the weather is usually worse than in December?
17 Dec 2021 10:36:33
The SPFL are to blame for all this fixture congestion because it’s unnecessary.
The Ross County game was originally scheduled for November but Celtic played St. Johnstone that weekend in the League Cup Semi Final.
The SPFL then decided to reschedule away to Ross County a few days before the Cup Final.
Our game away to St. Mirren was originally scheduled for This weekend but Celtic are playing in the League Cup Final.
Once again the SPFL have squeezed another game in this side of the winter break.
There’s plenty of midweek dates after the winter break but the SPFL want the games outstanding played ASAP.
You do have a point Tim about the fixture compiler because there was always a good chance Celtic would get to the League Cup Final but the fixtures had Celtic playing away from home, on the weekends of BOTH Semi Final and Final weekends.
That means Celtic have to reschedule 2 Midweek away league fixtures.
And at the same time, the fixture compiler had Sevco at home on both Cup weekends.
17 Dec 2021 10:37:14
And we always play 2nd as well Tim strange that, if we win this league it will be a miracle with everything that's going on, and the injuries and the fact we've basically threw a team together with most not having a pre season.
17 Dec 2021 11:52:18
Giving them Us Hearts Hibs Aberdeen Motherwell all at home 1st is baffling. How nobody could see that could be a potential problem come the split is astonishing.
17 Dec 2021 12:41:54
Guys my point is why deviate from the usual home/ away/ home schedule and the fixture compiler is well aware that December usually entails extra games, no I stick with my premise that all these away fixtures plus a long winter trip to Dingwall was intended to cause Celtic as much inconvenience as possible.
17 Dec 2021 13:28:37
Don't you think if the wee guy sitting making up the fixture list was wanting to make it as hard as possible for us they would have made up play in Dingwall before the game on the 2nd and given them a home tie?
Instead we play Hibs at home and they are away to the Sheep.
No wonder some people laugh at us and the word paranoid is always thrown in our direction.
If there was such a big witch hunt against us there is no way we would have won a quadruple treble, there would have been a wee instruction from up on high to make sure we lost a cup game here or there.
17 Dec 2021 13:48:00
@Jonbhoy your posting on the wrong page pal so goodnight jonbhoy.
17 Dec 2021 14:39:37
The games are rightly being put in ASAP as the whole of Scotland knows C.V. isn’t away and fixtures will get cancelled so play as many games as you can now is best option. I don’t care how many injuries we have we should still be able to beat most spfl teams as we carry about 30 first team players who are all better than most opponents. We have 5 big games till break then we recover, boost squad and go again hopefully to a treble. Hail Hail.
17 Dec 2021 18:48:02
To be fair Jonbhoy,
The Scottish Football Authorities tried their hardest to derail our constant Treble chances, which included forcing Celtic to play a Semi Final against Hearts, less than one mile from Tynecastle.
But nothing worked and Celtic won a world record Quadruple Treble.
17 Dec 2021 19:20:55
They have 3 home league games. I don't think we have ever had 3 league home games in a row. Buzz?