KILMARNOCK right-back Stephen O'Donnell believes that the Premiership's 12 clubs should fulfil all of their games before the split - and then finish the season on 33 matches.

The Scotland internationalist has told the BBC that the "fairest" way to conclude the campaign early is to draw a line under it once every team has played each other three times - but O'Donnell conceded that his team will not be affected too much by any decision from the SPFL.

And the 27-year-old reckons that no matter what happens, either Celtic - who are on the brink of a ninth successive title - or Hearts and Rangers will be left frustrated by the outcome.

"It's a really difficult one," O'Donnell told the BBC. "And there will need to be a lot of empathy shown, because there's not one decision that will make everybody happy. There will be fall-out from it and I just hope everybody can get behind the decision that is made by the powers that be.

"I think the fairest would be if we were able to get to the split, because then everybody has played each other three times.

"Kilmarnock are in a position that not much would be affected - we could maybe get into the top six - but no matter what happens, you're not going to make everybody happy. You're either going to frustrate Celtic or you're going to frustrate Hearts and Rangers.

"Playing everyone three times is a fortunate situation we can have in Scotland, so maybe call it then. But you are still going to get Rangers and Hearts saying that's not fair."