Another fir park trip looms

**HibeeMcGinn1** · 07-04-2010 10:41 AM

Just got that text from the evening news

***Mikey*** · 07-04-2010 10:44 AM

http://www.hibs.net/message/showthread.php?t=179824

***BT58*** · 07-04-2010 10:45 AM

so will it be huns/tarts at home
tic/well/utd away
at least theirs no much difference between our farm to the farm at t well

hb

**HibeeMcGinn1** · 07-04-2010 10:46 AM

Good man. Cant see very much on this phone

**Westie1875** · 07-04-2010 10:48 AM

Hands Motherwell the advantage for 4th place if so. Would much rather go to Ibrox for a 3rd time.

**HibeeMcGinn1** · 07-04-2010 10:49 AM

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Hands Motherwell the advantage for 4th place if so. Would much rather go to Ibrox for a 3rd time.

100% agree.

**Craig_in_Prague** · 07-04-2010 10:50 AM

This split and playing teams away 3 times, is a complete farce and needs to be changed

Simply saying sometimes it goes for you and sometimes not, isn't enough,
this is a stupid set-up and since did when finishing "top 6" before this split ever become celebrated, now it seems managers crave to "make it" into top 6 .... it's nonsense and I hope its changed very soon.

**~~Phil D. Rolls~~** · 07-04-2010 10:55 AM

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This split and playing teams away 3 times, is a complete farce and needs to be changed

Simply saying sometimes it goes for you and sometimes not, isn't enough,
this is a stupid set-up and since did when finishing "top 6" before this split ever become celebrated, now it seems managers crave to "make it" into top 6 .... it's nonsense and I hope its changed very soon.

I think it's more connected to the shame of not being in the top six, and playing Diddy teams for your last five games. Then there's the small matter of the income that would be lost if we missed out on "glamour" ties against the likes of Rangers, and Hearts.

***Leith Green*** · 07-04-2010 10:56 AM

A complete disgrace from a joke of a league set up !!
Dunno why the hell they bothered with it in the first place, when it throws up unfair situations such as these..

***Mikey*** · 07-04-2010 11:00 AM

It would make for a good end of season game. We may well be within 3 points of each other by then. It would certainly generate some interest.

***Gettin' Auld*** · 07-04-2010 11:01 AM

Another fir park trip looms

I blame their playing surface.

**Sir David Gray** · 07-04-2010 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Craig_in_Prague

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This split and playing teams away 3 times, is a complete farce and needs to be changed

Simply saying sometimes it goes for you and sometimes not, isn't enough,
this is a stupid set-up and since did when finishing "top 6" before this split ever become celebrated, now it seems managers crave to "make it" into top 6 .... it's nonsense and I hope its changed very soon.

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A complete disgrace from a joke of a league set up !!
Dunno why the hell they bothered with it in the first place, when it throws up unfair situations such as these..

Agree with both comments.

The split is an absolutely absurd idea and the way that it's carried out is just farcical to be perfectly honest.

It turns our league into an even bigger laughing stock than it already is.

As for us going to Fir Park for a third time this season, that would just be ridiculously unfair if that is true.

**Cocaine&Caviar** · 07-04-2010 11:08 AM

Im just happy that we get Celtic Away this season, meaning ive covered every SPL ground.

**jgl07** · 07-04-2010 11:10 AM

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http://www.hibs.net/message/showthread.php?t=179824

This sounds like speculation from the EEN. The headline says it all.

Hibs could face a third trip to Motherwell.

Equally Hibs could end up with one home match and four away post split.

I prefer to wait until the official fixtures come out.

This is unlikely before the Hearts St Johnstone issue is settled.

**~~Judas Iscariot~~** · 07-04-2010 11:20 AM

Absolute joke if this does happen..

***HibbyAndy*** · 07-04-2010 11:39 AM

Our nearest rivals for 4th place and we get them away for the 3rd time this season?.

This better be a sick joke.

***Diclonius*** · 07-04-2010 11:50 AM

Why don't we just get Rangers away? It doesn't matter to them.

Oh, yeah, that's right, the OF comes first in this fair, fair world of Scottish football.

**lyonhibs** · 07-04-2010 11:52 AM

All this "sick joke" chat is a tad OTT.

Other teams have been bumped with 3 away games to a near rival in seasons gone by.

The nonsense is the entire split concept, not the way it happens to have panned out this season.

***scoopyboy*** · 07-04-2010 11:54 AM

I predicted this weeks ago.

**bighairyfaeleith** · 07-04-2010 11:57 AM

if we are good enough then it won't matter. Since when has going to motherwell to play been something that concerns us?

**HibeeMcGinn1** · 07-04-2010 12:02 PM

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if we are good enough then it won't matter. Since when has going to motherwell to play been something that concerns us?

the Hibs team right now? you sure?

**~~Phil D. Rolls~~** · 07-04-2010 12:05 PM

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Our nearest rivals for 4th place and we get them away for the 3rd time this season?.

This better be a sick joke.

Your absolutely right, it would be much fairer if they got us away for the third time this season.

***EskbankHibby*** · 07-04-2010 12:17 PM

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All this "sick joke" chat is a tad OTT.

Other teams have been bumped with 3 away games to a near rival in seasons gone by.

The nonsense is the entire split concept, not the way it happens to have panned out this season.

Has this ever happened in the old firm games as a matter of interest?

I've not checked but i would bet my left bollock that it hasn't and that is why i find the whole process absurd.

Fair enough if you occasionally get bumped with 3 away games to the same team if EVERY team plays by the same rules.

GFA/new world order conspiracy

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***HFC 0-7*** · 07-04-2010 12:19 PM

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Why don't we just get Rangers away? It doesn't matter to them.

Oh, yeah, that's right, the OF comes first in this fair, fair world of Scottish football.

Why would Rangers prefer to play us at ER?

**~~Phil D. Rolls~~** · 07-04-2010 12:25 PM

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Has this ever happened in the old firm games as a matter of interest?

I've not checked but i would bet my left bollock that it hasn't and that is why i find the whole process absurd.

Fair enough if you occasionally get bumped with 3 away games to the same team if EVERY team plays by the same rules.

GFA/new world order conspiracy

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I wouldn't imagine it would have to change, as they have always been in the top six.

***EH6 Hibby*** · 07-04-2010 12:37 PM

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Has this ever happened in the old firm games as a matter of interest?

I've not checked but i would bet my left bollock that it hasn't and that is why i find the whole process absurd.

Fair enough if you occasionally get bumped with 3 away games to the same team if EVERY team plays by the same rules.

GFA/new world order conspiracy

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Rangers had to come to Easter Road 3 times last season!

***EskbankHibby*** · 07-04-2010 01:25 PM

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Rangers had to come to Easter Road 3 times last season!

Yes and we may have to go to Fir Park for a 3rd time this season, i understand how it should work. I'm pretty sure Rangers preferred a 3rd visit to ER instead of Parkhead.

I'm suggesting that if we accept the "what goes around comes around" premise of post-split fixtures - statistically there should come a time when Rangers have to go to Parkhead 3 times or Celtic to Ibrox 3 times.

I just can't remember this ever happening. The fact that they are both always in the top 6 is incidental surely?

***greenlex*** · 07-04-2010 02:26 PM

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Why don't we just get Rangers away? It doesn't matter to them.

Oh, yeah, that's right, the OF comes first in this fair, fair world of Scottish football.

If the old firm came first surely a game a third game at Ibrox would be on the cards?

***basehibby*** · 07-04-2010 04:42 PM

This very real possibility only goes to show what a joke the current set up actually is. It's not as if it's an unusual scenario - virtually every season one team or another is disadvantaged.

Time for a change - sooner rather than later!