Caley wait for Saturday’s results

By: Ian Rose | May 8th, 2009

No comment on the match that could very well decide the SPL title this Saturday, because as much as I hope it’s a cracker, the result doesn’t much matter to me. While Caley’s survival is still in question, there’s no time to be bothering about the top of the league. There are more important matters to attend to at the bottom.

Caley sit 9th place as I write this post, a single point above both Kilmarnock and St. Mirren, and only four from bottom side Falkirk, with 4 matches remaining. We did ourselves a world of good last weekend with a 2-1 win over St. Mirren, and if we can beat Hamilton on Sunday, we’ll be on 38 points, with four teams behind us in the table.

But before Sunday comes Saturday, and this Saturday, Caley are spectators. Killie and Falkirk will take the pitch, and you have to think that whoever loses this one is the favorite to go down. Despite their early form, Kilmarnock have been absolutely horrible over the late stretches of the season, and have only a single league win in 2009. Lucky for them, that win was a 3-0 demolition of none other than their weekend guests Falkirk. St. Mirren look to get their feet back under them against Motherwell, who have to be hungry after first barely missing out on the top six, and then losing to the last-place Bairns.

If I had to make a guess, I’d say Motherwell over St. Mirren, which is good news for Caley. The Killie-Falkirk one is tough to call. Killie were dominant last time, but Falkirk is I think the more dangerous side right now. As much as I’d like to keep the four-point advantage on them, I think they’ll just tip it, and close to within a point of the Caley.

We’ll be watching. If things go right, and there’s still four points and a game in hand between us and the drop, we will have all the confidence in the world going into Sunday with the Accies. If not, well, we’ll see what this team is made of. Mon the Caley.