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He got a really bad injury after a horrendous tackle early in the season. Not sure he has had a lot of game time?

Just another example of poor, lazy journalism. There is no news in the article. Best ignored.

Alex Neil on Sportsound last night. Coincidence?

Glad this hasnt come to pass. Ive been critical of the style of play at times this season, but you cant argue with GA's points return and the team has the feel of a work in progress. It would have been a shame not to get to see the finished product, which may take another couple of windows. Re Ya Bezzers last point. I had to check, but it would have been 3 Scots managers in a row for PNE as McAvoy took over from Alex Neill. I wonder if any English team has ever been that bold!

If we approach the game the right way and start fast and put them under pressure we will win at the first time of asking. If we dont, it could be a nervy 90 minutes and possibly a replay and who knows, maybe extra time and penalties!

I hadnt considered McLair. Not sure why. Probably because his time was brief. No doubting his quality. Just didnt have the same impact on my memory as the others.

Who are your top 5 then Weeyin? Genuinely interested. You may pick someone Ive overlooked, like Skippy, who, on his first time round, is certainly worthy of consideration.

Dundee United showed yesterday what happens when you sit off Celtic and let them play. Doesnt matter how many players you have behind the ball if you dont press them. They have the players to create space and open you up. Must put pressure on the ball and make it difficult for them to display their quality. That might not be enough, but we need to try and effect the game.

He is definitely top 5 since I started going to games.... 1. Pettigrew 2. Coyne 3. Arnott 4. Higdon 5. Moult Only others I would consider worthy of consideration are Bobby Graham and McFadden, but they werent really out and out strikers.....

Celtic are a very good team going forward, but their defence can be got at. It would be a mistake to sit in and let them have the ball and try and hit them on the counter. Hopefully that is a lesson we have learned from the game at Fir Park where we were way too passive and barely laid a glove on them. The last few weeks (Dundee game aside) have been encouraging, as we have been pressing up the park much more effectively and not just gifting teams possession. We will need to do that well on Saturday to get anything from the game. Id be delighted with a point, but realistically, as long as we dont put in another gutless peformance and stick to whats been succesful recently, I will be happy.

Woolery. He was unplayable. More of the same at the weekend please big fella!

Went into a slide tackle in the 2nd half, got up holding his hammy. Walked off, so hopefully a strain rather than a pull.

Thoroughly enjoyed that last night. Really entertaining game of football despite the conditions at the end. Thought we were excellent, first half especially, and even played some nice football throught the midfield (I knew we could do it!) Mugabi was fantastic first half and Watts goal is a thing of beauty. Dare I say, Moultesque! He is without doubt the most important player in our team and we should be doing everything possible to keep him. Id be really disappointed if he were to leave now, as thats the 2nd time he has done the "Im staying" goal celebration in front of the East Stand. I understand that money talks, but he seems really happy at Fir Park and is sending out the right signals. I thought Kelly and the back 4 were pretty solid all night and it wasnt until the sending off and the absolutely atrocious conditions at the end that we looked under any pressure at the back. Goss had his best game so far and both he and Slattery showed that we actually have a couple of decent footballers in midfield. Up top KVV played well, but I thought his decision making in front of goal 2nd half let him down a little. But the conditions were terrible so I can cut him some slack there. Woolery was my MOTM though. Thats his best game for us and he finally displayed what Alexander gave as the reason for signing him. Absolutely unplayable and with an end product as well. Hopefully he can keep that up. Armchair football is the way ahead!

Telt ye!

Home tie against lower league opposition. If we cant win this tie, we dont deserve to be dreaming of winning a trophy. Not to say we will win. But good teams take care of business. Hopefully we can strengthen in the window and banish our inconsistencies.

Game live on Sky. Might save myself the diesel, another night of eye bleeding football and cursing myself all the way down the road for being stupid enough for believing we cant be as bad 2 games in a row. So we will probably win now!

Missed the first 20 mins and my stream went down for most of the 2nd half, but saw enough to know it was our poor incarnation that turned up. It absolutely baffles me how a team can look so great one week and an absolute shambles the next. Albeit before the good performance, there was plenty evidence of our frailty. Even allowing for Goss dropping out for Grimshaw, the drop off in performance was ridiculous. Its pointless even trying to comment on formation or tactics when the mental side of the game just wasnt there. Alexander looked absolutely raging after the game, and rightly so. Hopefully he can get some sort of reaction before Tuesday. But like he said in his post match, it shouldnt take a performance like that to get a reaction.

Yup. They are going to suffer like we did when we got to the League Cup Final. Fixture carnage. Although I dont think they are going to have Celtic 3 times in 8 days!

Its hard to know how this one is gonna play out. I guess it all depends on what Motherwell turns up. That might depend on team selection given there will be players returning from injury and suspension. If I was GA, Id be tempted to go same again. I think the performance level v Hearts was arguably our best of the season, so nobody could have any complaints if he chose to do so. Challenge those players to go and repeat the performance and get the consistency we need if we are genuinely going to challenge for top 6. If they cant, then we can always freshen it up second half.

They way the european leagues are set up now and our current co-efficient, its perfectly possible for a team like ourselves to qualify for a group stage. I wouldnt call that pointless, and financially it could be quite lucrative. Obviously Id be happier if we qualifued by winning the cup, but keeping in good form throughout the season would certainly assist with that particular dream.

No failures today and lots of notable mentions. Goss had probably his best game for us so far and Maguire, Woolery and Shields all contributed really well. Lamie was solid at the back and took his goal well. However, the standout today for me was big Bevis. The guy is a total unit at the back and his marauding runs up the right hand side are something to behold.

Had a long think tonight before deciding how to respond to what was an incredibly satisfying performance and result. Without going over the top, I thought the first half was more "effective football" than top class entertainment. We smothered Hearts and prevented them from playing with our intensity and workrate, without being particularly easy on the eye. We limited them to very few real chances and defended very well whenever it looked like they were going to open us up. We deserved to go in at half time in the lead purely down to our endeavour and the goal itself was probably the best bit of football we played all half. 2nd half we played a lot more football through the midfield and it was really enjoyable to see. Getting the 2nd goal and having the extra man allowed everyone to relax and it was really nice to see that we can actually play a bit when we choose to. A really good day at the office. If Alexander and the players can continue to get the mix right between playing effective winning football and entertaimment, then there wont be many complaints on here or down Fir Park way.

Collum in charge. Might as well all go home now! No way we finish this with 11 men on the park. GA will be in the stand too!

After a magnificent week watching the national team play silky free flowing attacking football, its back to the weekly grind of club football! Just hope SOD can use the experience to drag all those around them up to his level rather than the other way around! Hopefully he will have some encouraging words for Liam Kelly and Tony Watt to pass on from Steve Clarke. The more internationals we can get in the team the better!

I hadnt realised at the time that he actually gets a touch on it before it hits the post. It was a good enough save already but a triple save is quite phenomenal.