Billy Dodds admits he faces huge decisions in planning for the Scottish Cup Final – with a four week wait for action.The Inverness Caley Thistle manager, devastated at falling at the final hurdle in the chase for a Premiership play-off spot, would have much preferred to face four crunch games before the showpiece against Celtic.
Ayr’s last-gasp winner sank that dream, leaving Caley Jags idle before one of the biggest games in their history.Dodds said: “We will maybe go away with the lads.
And we will definitely give the players time off. We have to rest – we can’t keep training for a month. We will come back and try to get a couple of games.
The play-offs would have been ideal preparation for the Final. Although it’s disappointing not to reach the play-offs, I hope Caley Thistle fans realise it’s been a good season.“I can be critical of our first-half performance against Ayr but the boys have given us so much.
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