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Originally Posted by Anna_Livia
It wouldn't benefit anyone other than Rangers, mate.
And the co-efficient?  |
Aye the fact the SPL has a better co-efficient ranking this season than Serie A will only benefit Rangers.
Why is there a fixture backlog?
- Rangers will play 68 games this season, probably at least 5/6 more than any other team in Europe.
- Motherwell's groundsharing arrangement with Gretna has led to a spate of cancellations
- death of Phil O'Donnell
- cancellation of Rangers-Gretna prior to Lyon match
- cancellation of all fixtures prior to Scotland - Italy match.
So let's look at the precedents:
- 2003 UEFA Cup Final: Celtic get a week off to prepare
- Scotland v Italy final Euro 2008 qualifying match: Scotland get 2 weeks to prepare
- Russian FA cancel all Zenit St Petersburg fixtures, getting 2 weeks to prepare
Meanwhile, Rangers are offered a whole 4 days off before the UEFA Cup Final, on the back of playing every midweek since early January.
To be honest given I'd rather win the UEFA, I'm happy to play 4 games in a week after the final, provided we get a few days to prepare for it.