Does anyone other than me not get the point of the split in the SPL, I know it would be boring to play each team 4 times, but even if they kept the idea of the split, the teams below the split should still be able to finish in the top half of the table, as with 7th placed Falkirk winning today they will know deffinitly finish on more points than 6th placed Hibs, and if Hibs lose to Celtic tomorow they will finish on the same points as 8th placed Inverness. So I think Falkirk should finish 6th above Hibs as they have more points than them. I am pretty sure last year the team in 7th had more points than the team in 4th or 5th as well.

Yeah they should still move up the table. Makes the table look ridiculous come the end of the season.

say the table was ridiculously close, and 7th could finish in the European spot if the split wasn't there, they would lose out on all the rewards and money Europe would bring

 

absolutely ludicrous system

You're completely wrong about moving them up the table. Do you really think Falkirk would have taken that many points off Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen or Kilmarnock? It wouldn't be fair to place them ranked by total points when Hibs / Killie etc had much tougher matches.

 

I'm not 100% sure the split is a good idea - I guess it rewards the other four in the top six with another moneyspinning game against the Old Firm and gives those 'doomed' to relegation a better chance to survive (Dunfermline came close to escaping despite being miles adrift) but otherwise I agree it's a bit pointless and as Matt says it means the team in 7th has nothing more to play for in the last 6 matches except consolidation of their position.

Can someone explain what the intended split is?

You're completely wrong about moving them up the table. Do you really think Falkirk would have taken that many points off Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen or Kilmarnock? It wouldn't be fair to place them ranked by total points when Hibs / Killie etc had much tougher matches.

 

I'm not 100% sure the split is a good idea - I guess it rewards the other four in the top six with another moneyspinning game against the Old Firm and gives those 'doomed' to relegation a better chance to survive (Dunfermline came close to escaping despite being miles adrift) but otherwise I agree it's a bit pointless and as Matt says it means the team in 7th has nothing more to play for in the last 6 matches except consolidation of their position.

 

Agreed! The split is a bit ridiculous but I think its ment to make the table 'more exciting' :lol: Thats what the SFA said when the brought the split to the scottish game... :blink:

 

What split? :unsure:

Because there's 12 teams playing each other four times would equal 44 games which is too much, but three times isn't enough. So after everyone's played each other 3 times (33 games) the league splits into two. The top 6 and the bottom 6. The top 6 then play each other again and the bottom 6 play each other again. It results in 38 games then, the same as England.