[theo_luddite]

Och, those 9 points they would have got from winning their last three games (when they'd got 23 points from the previous 30) would not only have seen them safe but they'd have pipped The Hoops for the Premiership Trophy too.

Rarely has a team been so badly affected by such a sensible decision.

Lets face it, Ross County had 3 games against the 3 teams nearest to them to play. Chances of picking up the points to keep them safe and relegate Hearts - pretty bloody high if you ask me. Hearts (W4) had Ross, Aberdeen(W12) and Livingston(W10) to play. Their boys might or might not have been eyeing a spot on the Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond, given travel restrictions at the time, but chances are, Hearts would not have suddenly had 7 wins to their name. Far more likely it would have been 18 in the L column. Chances of picking up the 9 points needed and Ross County not getting the one to keep them up - pretty much close to Feck Hall if you ask me. Tilting at windmills comes to mind.

The winner is - the Legal Eagles getting paid silly money to point out the bleeding obvious that some numbnuts can't see with their own eyes.