ALAN ARCHIBALD hopes the weather doesn't have another adverse affect on Partick Thistle's fixture schedule.

The Jags saw their Premiership clash with Ross County called off on Saturday morning after storms left Dingwall in darkness for the second time in two days.

Having seen their Ne'erday derby against Celtic fall foul of a flooded Firhill pitch, Thistle now have two key games to pencil into their plans.

And boss Archibald admits even the introduction of a winter break wouldn't solve the problems after a number of matches across the country were called off at the weekend.

He said: "We all want to play and the games to be on. You would rather have any points you can get in the bag than have the games in hand.

"In the last few years, the weather has actually got worse in January and February so hopefully it is not as bad this time and we can get the games on at the first chance we get.

"It will be tough with the Celtic game because of their European commitments and we are playing County next month and you would rather avoid back-to-back games.

"I am in favour of a winter break but the hard thing is when you do it. You never know with the Scottish weather.

"The last few years it has been January and February that have been bad rather than December so it is about the timing of it and that makes it difficult."

Thistle made the trip to Highlands on Friday confident they could return home with three vital Premiership points in the bag.

But it was to prove a frustrating journey for the Jags as they were left inactive for the second time in a couple of weeks.

Archibald said: "I was able to get to St Mirren against Aberdeen in the afternoon. We are playing St Mirren in a couple of weeks so that was the only good thing about the call off.

"It wasn't a wasted Saturday but it was still frustrating because we wanted to get the game on, it was a good chance for us to go up there and get the three points."