Should Celtic request Premiership postponements if three or more players are on World Cup duty?
KEITH JACKSON: No. Ange Postecoglou says he won’t be getting the violins out if he’s missing players so Celtic simply have to get on with it. The fixture list is rammed already.
CRAIG SWAN: Not just Celtic, any club. If the rules say it can be done, why would you not?
FRASER WILSON: It’s within the rules and the stakes are higher than perhaps ever before in this title race with Champions League group stage qualification for the champions so I would say yes.
MICHAEL GANNON: The more you look at it the more it would seem like a bad idea to bounce three games down the road. Celtic don’t want to be left playing catch up and they have a huge squad. It might be best to get on with it.
What figure should Hearts accept to let John Souttar go to Rangers this month?
KEITH: Half a million seems like the kind of number that would make sense for all parties.
CRAIG: Hard to put a figure on. Much will depend on where Robbie Neilson sees Souttar’s mindset in the coming days.
FRASER: It depends how much importance Hearts place on Souttar in their quest for European football which could be worth far more in the long run than even a £500,000 January fee for the defender. I’d be amazed to see them let him go this month for less than that.
MICHAEL: If they can get £500,000 they will be doing well as Rangers hold all the aces. They are under no pressure to buy but Hearts will be left with a player with one foot out of the door.
Where will Leigh Griffiths end up next?
KEITH: Who knows? Griffiths has all the talent in the world but his attitude makes him a liability. He’s becoming almost too toxic to touch.
CRAIG: Griffiths started out as a 16-year-old at Livingston and, with 16 goals in 20 Premiership games, the Lions need more goals. Career full circle.
FRASER: Good question. I thought his old club Dundee and old pal James McPake would be the perfect fit to kick-start his career. It’s not worked out for whatever reason and I can see Griffiths dropping into the Championship. Whether he returns to top level football is down to him.
MICHAEL: It doesn’t look great for Griff after failing to the business for his pal James McPake at Dundee. There might be an experienced gaffer out there who can whip him in to shape again. Perhaps Ian McCall at Thistle?
Will Arbroath go all the way and win the Championship?
KEITH: No. Kilmarnock may have dropped a couple of points at Firhill on Friday but they’ll prove too strong over the course. Arbroath’s fairytale season will take them into the play-offs which will still represent a remarkable success.
CRAIG: Everyone keeps waiting for them to fall and they don’t. Killie and ICT really should get above them, but it’s not happened yet and might not at all.
FRASER: No. I still see Kilmarnock going through the gears under Derek McInnes and taking top spot. But what a story Arbroath have been and would I bet against them going up through the play-offs? No I would not!
MICHAEL: Dick Campbell’s men just keep rolling but you’d think Derek McInnes will make his mark at Rugby Park and get Killie over the line.
