Source: Team_Talk
McCoist: We must get on with it
A number of clubs have complained about their lot since the final five fixtures of the season were announced on Sunday, including the Ibrox club's arch rivals Celtic.[LNB]The Hoops have demanded an explanation as to why Rangers will end up playing three home games against Hearts when a trip to Tynecastle would have provided a much stiffer test.[LNB]But McCoist said: "The split is what it is and you can mump and moan about things all you like. You just have to take your chances with it when you get them.[LNB]"Everyone plays against each other once when the top six break away and you need to get on with it. Sometimes it works for you and sometimes it doesn't.[LNB]"People will always find something to complain about but I'm certainly not doing it. We're happy with how the last five matches have worked out.[LNB]"The SPL do their best to accommodate everybody and, while we'd rather play our last game at home, we haven't got that. That's fine and we'll just see what that brings us.[LNB]"All of our matches will be tough, no matter where they are played, so we'll just roll our sleeves up, get on with the task in hand and hope that we win the league in the end.[LNB]"We are going to have to do it the hard way by going to Easter Road and Tannadice and having to beat Aberdeen, Hearts and Celtic at home.[LNB]"But you must earn the championship.[LNB]"If we want to win the title, we'll have to show what we are made of. That'll be the case whenever we have to go and whoever we play and we've no qualms with how the fixtures have panned out."[LNB]The SPL's primary concern when the post-split fixtures are compiled is ensuring each club ends up playing 19 home and away matches during the campaign.[LNB]Instead of a second trip to Tynecastle, where they lost in November, Rangers will instead visit Hibernian for a third time.[LNB]They have won both games at Easter Road so far this term but McCoist is adamant his side have not been handed an easy ride.[LNB]He said: "Easter Road is a heck of a place to go for a third time. I remember going there as a player myself and we had some real tussles and right battles at the ground.[LNB]"It's the same now when I go there as the assistant manager.[LNB]"Sure, it's a good place to go and play football because they've got a fantastic surface there, but they make things very difficult for you too."[LNB][LNB]
