EddardStark Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Its not just about Hearts. ICT players would be at risk if Hearts are forced to pick players are are not 100%. Correct decision to call off the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, slasher said: It's not up to the other club to agree to call the game off. They can agree to rearrange the dates. Clubs do it all the time. We've done it in past for a variety of reasons. Only needs both clubs to agree. Edited April 5, 2016 by Squirrelhumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 7 hours ago, Toepoke said: Sat through that one. Garry Tallon Di Canio was doing heidy keepy ups in the first 10 minutes... Likes of Alan Kerr and Steven Hamilton played that night. Who you may ask? Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I wonder if we might see a few more of these postponements in the future now that one has been approved? Might be wrong but can't remember any cases like this in the past. Always seems to be a case of being told to get on with it using any available registered players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) Gastroentiritis is not an easy or quick thing to recover from. I'll be interested to see how many of their 1st team squad that were apparently unable to travel yesterday are playing on Friday. Edited April 5, 2016 by Rossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 15 hours ago, iainmac1 said: One first squad keeper. Why not use a reserve or youth as back-up. We've not been able to field a full bench for some games this season and had youth players on bench to make up numbers at other times. I think they said they've got one goalkeeper over the age of 16 available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 1 hour ago, AberdeenAngus said: I wonder if we might see a few more of these postponements in the future now that one has been approved? Might be wrong but can't remember any cases like this in the past. Always seems to be a case of being told to get on with it using any available registered players. Would it not be the goalkeeping situation which might have seen this treated differently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil r Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 53 minutes ago, Rossy said: Gastroentiritis is not an easy or quick thing to recover from. I'll be interested to see how many of their 1st team squad that were apparently unable to travel yesterday are playing on Friday. Brilliantly paranoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMcoolJ Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 11 minutes ago, neil r said: Brilliantly paranoid. It's difficult to post anything on here these days without it being labelled obsessive, paranoid or a w@nky phrase. This is cautiously cynical at worst. In fact, not to think Hearts were at it would be naive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, neil r said: Brilliantly paranoid. Paranoid ? Utter rubbish. As my Sheepy friend pointed out, curious at best, slightly cynical at worst. I think we all agree that gastroentiritis isn't an easy thing to get over ? That being the case, I admit to being cynical when I wonder how many who would have missed tonight's game will suddenly recover fitness for Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 There's no real reason for hearts to be at it. They have a 12 point gap either way, they will finish 3rd. They could win all their games or none and would still finish 3rd. Do agree with the point about recovery for Friday though. If they only got ill on Sunday/Monday, they won't be 100% fit by Friday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 57 minutes ago, Cove_Sheep said: Would it not be the goalkeeping situation which might have seen this treated differently? That seems to have been the suggestion. Pretty sure other sides have had to go with the youth keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil r Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: There's no real reason for hearts to be at it. They have a 12 point gap either way, they will finish 3rd. They could win all their games or none and would still finish 3rd. And there's the rub. "Cynicism" notwithstanding. Edited April 5, 2016 by neil r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I think the problem here is that the youth keeper was the only keeper, and they had no sub keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 46 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: There's no real reason for hearts to be at it. They have a 12 point gap either way, they will finish 3rd. They could win all their games or none and would still finish 3rd. Who knows ? Maybe they're terrified of Motherwell catching them for 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 43 minutes ago, AberdeenAngus said: That seems to have been the suggestion. Pretty sure other sides have had to go with the youth keeper. If they only have one over the age of 16 available, that would suggest they don't have anyone else who would be old enough to take part. They wouldn't be allowed to name a 15 year old, would they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 14 minutes ago, Cove_Sheep said: They wouldn't be allowed to name a 15 year old, would they? Not sure? looked up john Fleck as remebeted he'd played for Rangers very young. Played a friendly at 15, but made his league debut aged 16 years and 1day. found this too on his Wikipedia. On 2 August 2009 it was revealed that Fleck had been dropped from the Rangers first-team after a training ground bust-up involving a bucket of chicken, with the then assistant manager Ally McCoist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) 13 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: On 2 August 2009 it was revealed that Fleck had been dropped from the Rangers first-team after a training ground bust-up involving a bucket of chicken, with the then assistant manager Ally McCoist I was actually looking at his wiki page last week for some reason. I've got a picture in my head of Fleck rocking up to training with a bucket of KFC and McCoist wanting some but Fleck wouldn't share. McCoist then got really upset as he wanted some fried chicken, took a temper tantrum, told Walter Smith and got Fleck dropped from the team. Edited April 5, 2016 by iainmac1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, iainmac1 said: I was actually looking at his wiki page last week for some reason. I've got a picture in my head of Fleck rocking up to training with a bucket of KFC and McCoist wanting some but Fleck wouldn't share. McCoist then got really upset as he wanted some fried chicken, took a temper tantrum, told Walter Smith and got Fleck dropped from the team. That's pretty much the mental picture I was playing out in my head! It's surely a joke entry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 4 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Likes of Alan Kerr and Steven Hamilton played that night. Who you may ask? Exactly. Hammy hung around for a while after that, was deputy to Gus at right back for a few seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 4 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: They can agree to rearrange the dates. Clubs do it all the time. We've done it in past for a variety of reasons. Only needs both clubs to agree. Sorry, but you're making it up. The authorities have the final say in all cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 3 hours ago, AberdeenAngus said: I wonder if we might see a few more of these postponements in the future now that one has been approved? From what I heard it's cost Hearts a packet in terms of rearranged accommodation and transport so I doubt it was a decision that they took lightly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, slasher said: Sorry, but you're making it up. The authorities have the final say in all cases. I'd presume the SFA/SPFL can veto it, but clubs do rearrange, for example moving a midweek fixture to a Scottish cup date. Have clubs not also requested it for Euro games? I think Aberdeen did it last year and Rangers and Gretna did it a few years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: I'd presume the SFA/SPFL can veto it, but clubs do rearrange, for example moving a midweek fixture to a Scottish cup date. Have clubs not also requested it for Euro games? I think Aberdeen did it last year and Rangers and Gretna did it a few years ago... Yeah there are plenty of instances of games being moved. There are also others where they are told no. My point is simply that the clubs cant get together and decide on moving a game. The authorities have the final say in all cases. If one club asks for a postponement for some reason they might ask the opposing club for their views depending on the circumstances. However it's more likely they will make the decision based on the facts presented to them. PS as a wee footnote, I'm sure both Celtic and Rangers were granted one and denied another postponement in their Uefa cup final runs. In both cases I'm pretty sure the opposing clubs were in agreement but the SPL said no Edited April 5, 2016 by slasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I think Rangers were granted one v Gretna, when there was probably no need given how bad Gretna were and Rangers squad size, which was a factor in their fixture pile up at the end of the season. They then asked for the season to be extended and were told no. (Just off top of my head, may be wrong?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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