Simon Jordan appears to have softened his initial claim that Celtic were ‘bloody lucky’ with their post-split fixtures.
Just on Wednesday, Jordan suggested the much-talked-about post-split fixtures favoured Celtic by handing them crucial home ties against title rivals Rangers and Hearts.
But to nobody’s surprise, Jordan has showcased a lack of understanding when it comes to Scottish football, and he has now admitted his mistake, acknowledging that the schedule is merely balancing out earlier away trips to Ibrox and Tynecastle.
“We were discussing this quirk of fate that Celtic have got home games against Rangers and Hearts,” said Jordan. “That’s a matter of fact because they played them away twice, so I understand it better than my original observations.”
There has been a lot of noise around the make-up of the post-split fixtures, with rival fans and even pundits suggesting that the SPFL are favouring Celtic.
But when Jordan got to the grasp of how it all works, even he managed to speak sense on the matter.
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How many points will we pick up?
Simon Jordan changes stance on Celtic’s post-split fixtures
Given that Celtic are the ones sitting third in the Premiership table and three points behind the leaders Hearts, then there is every chance that Martin O’Neill’s side are out of the equation by the time the final game comes along.
Jordan insists the final run-in is a ‘double-edged sword’ that could leave O’Neill in the nightmare position of playing kingmaker if Celtic’s own title charge collapses.
Many moons ago, Blackburn Rovers won the English Premier League title during the 1994/95 season.
Managed by Celtic hero Kenny Dalglish, and with soon-to-be Hoops striker Chris Sutton in attack, they went to Anfield on the final day battling against Manchester United for the main crown.
Liverpool fans didn’t want Man United to win the title, and despite the Merseyside giants winning on the day, Rovers were still crowned champions of England.
And the same could now happen in Scotland.
While Jordan is absolutely right on talkSPORT that Celtic won’t roll over for anyone, fans will be desperately praying that it’s those in green and white lifting the trophy on the final day, rather than anointing a rival.
“We were discussing this quirk of fate that Celtic have got home games against Rangers and Hearts,” said Jordan.
“That’s a matter of fact because they played them away twice, so I understand it better than my original observations.
“The interesting thing for him (O’Neill). Is that he could either anoint himself. He could anoint Rangers. Or he could anoint Hearts on the last game of the season, so it is really a double-edged sword for them.
“They have the two rivals at home, which is a massive advantage, and obviously, they have played them twice away in the regular campaign before the split, so it’s just equalising that up.
“But the fact is, at a key time, they have these two games. But at this time, which can actually decide the future of the Scottish Premier League, and either one of them could be decided at Celtic Park, by either Celtic winning the league. Beating Hearts and Rangers winning the league. Or Hearts beating them, and Hearts winning the league.
“He is in the invidious position of having all three options. Even if they are out of contention, which is what he was talking about, potentially they could be. They could still be the gatekeeper for one of the others.
“Which is the lesser evil? Allowing Rangers not to win by letting Hearts win. You know what I mean. They aren’t going to let anybody win.”
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