If Hearts lose to Hibs on Friday night we can put a bit of pressure on them.
10 points is probably right. Win on Saturday and the target then becomes 4 points from the three homes game. If we get that then we are looking for a win at Perth in the last fixture. Difficult but not impossible.
4 points behind Hearts with a game in hand?
Given our run in I admit it's unlikely, but we're still in with a chance. A win against Accies is a must, which will hopefully have followed a Hibs victory in the Edinburgh derby the previous evening.
I was making that assumption. We play them both at home in the next few weeks and will have played both twice at home this season. I am not saying it would not happen, but I was basing my argument that finishing top 6 would unlikely yield an extra home game v either of the old firm. Usually one of the key reasons the club wanted a top 6 finish along with the fact of course you can finish no lower than 6th.
I initially posted in another thread I would take a cup semi / cup final over top 6. It would be great to have both but if I had to choose cup all the way. We are in the Semi - hopefully we can get to another final.
I'm just chucking this out there and many (most) will probably disagree, but if we make the Cup Final i'd rather be bottom 6. The more chance we have of arriving at the final with a winning mentality, the better. Not taking wins against bottom 6 for granted, but it's more likely.
This is assuming our safety is assured obviously.
While top six would be brilliant, seventh would have to be seen as progress. Throw in a cup final, and, fingers crossed for Sunday, a good run in the Scottish Cup, and we could seriously claim to be heading in the right direction, Given the fixtures left before the split, that would look like the best we can hope for.