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'Well top on, scotch pies bought from the local scottish pub, 23 degrees outside, game about to start !!! Just one more thing to go for a perfect afternoon !!!

‘Mon the ‘Well!!!

Glad Jens is going with SODs & McGinn in the middle. Should givebus more composure at the back. Need a big shift from Sparrow and the midfield so we get a grip of things and protect our goal. Hopefully JT, Just and Said will be on it up top.

Halliday as the emergency left back cover I see

Yip, without Welsh, that`s as good as it gets. See Halliday is back on the bench.

Team i would have picked

Certainly surpassed your expectations, we are beaten every game before we start according to you

I like the idea behind the Birmingham City stadium. It would be nice to have a tip of the hat to Ravenscraig incorporated within our stadium, whether that be a museum or just in the design. Realistically, Kansas City Womens stadium is probably more in line with we could afford. Albeit I dont like stadia with open sides as per Falkirk or Hamilton.......

That’s what JBA said, he doesn’t see anyone in top 6 making it to end of season, winning every game.

It has been a blast and can't wait to see how we close it out.

Yep been a fantastic season Another positive for me as well as results, performances and crowds is that fans of other clubs are talking about us in a positive way and know they are in for a tough game

Great video Stephen, thanks for sharing. Its very thought provoking and it would seem the future design of stadia holds both challenges and opportunities. At our level, new stadia have to cater for wider community benefits and I can quite see NLC being fully on board with any new stadium plans we have if it meant we would provide community sports and leisure facilities and pick up the maintence tab. That would allow it to close its own facilities and invest that precious cash into other more important budgets. I suppose new stadia are becoming like Type 26 frigates. As soon as they're finished, they're years out of date. There are other challenges as hinted at in the video. There's perhaps scope for the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal or Barcelona to open their own mini stadia in places like Scotland either on their own, or through partners like ourselves. Premier league games could be beamed live to their own dedicated stadia in the likes of Wishaw. Such games could attract maybe 10,000 - 15,000 fans for a game - replicate that all over Europe and other continents and you have a nice little money earner. At our level I doubt if we'd be able to afford an all singing all dancing version but there's no reason why we couldn't afford a more basic but modern and functional version, that fans could relate to. The design could also connect to our local heritage to avoid any development being soulless. Not sure about Birmingham's design though! It would be a real shame, if in 20 years' time, kids asked their parents what a brick, billet, pig iron or blast furnace was. I'm already seeing and hearing that kind of reaction with my own family. The bottom line, as always, is the raising the funds.

This season has been fantastic and, as I’ve said before, 4th place is now ours to lose.

We have certainly met and surpassed expectations by a considerable distance this season and however it pans out its been an enjoyable one. We are not going to win the league and we were never in contention for it. It’s actually more those outwith our fanbase that have been talking about us as though we were in fairness. For us I think our target should be 4th which would represent an excellent season. I don’t think we’re out of things for 3rd quite yet but I’d say it’s just a bit beyond us and I’d expect to see the top three pull away from us in the coming weeks.

You may very well be right, and there's no way we are favourites today. However, I remember you suggesting we were highly unlikely to ever beat either Celtic or Rangers again not so long ago. We absolutely won't win all of our remaining games, but I don't see any of the other top 6 sides getting to the end of the season unscathed either. We'll cost someone along the way. No time like the present.

I think thats fair comment. Even if we beat Celtic, it will be a wake up call if either, or both of Hearts and Sevco win. Lets just focus on keeping Hibs below us as that will be a difficult task on its own. If we manage to hold onto 4th spot, that will be a magnificent achievement in JBA's first, and maybe only, season.

I don't think we are in a title race realistically , but while it's mathematically possible just need to keep getting results. It is the closest we have been to the top of the league at this stage of a season since 1994 points wise, which is an achievement for me

Gordon starting in defence doesn’t inspire confidence but the reality is we’re short on options so don’t really have any alternative. However today pans out it’s going to be a big wake up call and reality check for anyone who seriously believes we are in any sort of contention for the league title. It’s absolute pie in the sky stuff because we are ten points behind the side in top spot and have failed to beat both Hearts and Rangers in five attempts between both of them and haven’t won away against any of the top six sides. It’s all well and good citing really good performances and “could have, should have” beaten Rangers twice at FP, “could have, should have” beaten Hearts at Tynecastle and “could have, should have” taken at least a point the last time we played at Celtic Park. The common theme from all of those games is “could have, should have, did not”. It’s been a good season and we’ve been great to watch but there is a limit to how good this team actually is and I think we have peaked now.

Very interesting! Certainly a load of ideas in there to broaden our horizens as we move forward.

I wouldnt have Gordon near it. Celtic will isolate him and press him when he has the ball, much like we did with Hanley. However, the ball over Sparrows head in behind has proved a weakness as well, so will be interesting to see what Jens prefers......

Just a feeling Hearts are due a wee unexpected stumble. A Killie win would be preferable, obviously.

You need to have arrived in the UK on an inflatable boat under cover of darkness to stay there these days, its free though.

That’s the other logical option, but I think he views Sparrow as more of a versatile impact sub for games like today. Plus SOD is a far better defensive RB.

Maybe. But I wouldn't be surprised to see Sparrow, SOD, McGinn and Longelo starting.

Gordon will probably start today, unfortunately, but he should be informed he’ll be tarred and feathered if he ever tries to dribble again.