Go on, predict the teams that will join the Old Firm in the top half of the table when the league splits in April. Dare you.
With eight matches to go, 3 points separate 5th and 9th. Dundee United and Motherwell have a teensy wee cushion, but still look potentially vulnerable. And even despite the New Year renaissance from both Edinburgh's clubs, there is still a chance that both Falkirk and Inverness could squeeze in and get that money-spinning extra home game against one of the Old Firm. Basically, the composition of the top six is currently about as easy to predict as the christian name of a child of Coldplay's Chris Martin.
And that is why, at this time of the season, the idea of the splitting the league is a good one. Once we get to 33 games, unless by chance there is a European place still up for grabs, the games will become about as pointless as a Spice Girls reunion (but, like the aforementioned reunion, they will still have to be endured). But would it be any different if the league didn't split, and two mid-table teams with nothing to play for met in early May?
Anyway, with Hibs v Aberdeen and Caley v Dundee Utd this weekend, there is a fair bit to play for. And let us hope that a little blow is inflicted on the Arabs this weekend, eh?
L.
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