Six appeal

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.