Leaderboard

Yes but the problem is that that mindset seeps from the stands into the club itself and thus many players and managers buy into it too. It is no coincidence, in my opinion, that our record against the Old Firm has gone downhill in the last two decades at the same time as the “punching above our weight” nonsense started coming out, in both forums like these and from figures closely linked to and who are now heavily involved with the running of the club. If you’ve got managers/players coming into the club then some of them are naturally going to pick up on such a mindset and I believe that’s why the likes of McGhee and McCall to name but two, saw us as this little tinpot outfit and had no problem with publicly disrespecting us, in McGhee’s case, and our capacity to bottle it in every ‘big’ game we played under McCall despite having a very good squad at the time. I don’t for one minute expect us to compete with either of them over the course of a season, but at the same time it is hugely frustrating seeing us frequently lose heavily to both of them, which is becoming more and more a regular occurrence.

Sadly this. As a club we are scared of them both and this is something that has increased over the past twenty years and intensified since around 2010/2011. Far too often there seems to be this feeling around the club that we should just write these games off and if we escape with anything less than a three goal loss then it’s seen as some kind of moral victory. I honestly don’t believe we will see us beat either of them again for a long, long time, if ever.

Jacob Blyth Abel Thermeus Jordan White George Newell Wes Fletcher How’s that for a top 5?!

Celtic are far from invincible so why should we be defeatist about this or any OF match. With an aggressive game plan and positivity we are capable of generating the intensity to knock them out of their stride. We will never do that sitting off them or parking the bus. As long as we do not throw caution to the winds but remain combative and willing to fight for every ball then we can score against them, I’m sure. So I’m up for a 2-0 win to the mighty Well.

Weight Watchers.

Coyne, McDonald, Jutkiewizc, Sutton, Porter.

I can say 60+ years and although, I cant believe it, my first striking hero was Dixie Deans, my list would read: Willie Pettigrew Willie Pettigrew Willie Pettigrew Willie Pettigrew Willie Pettigrew

It's feck all to do with being scared of them, the simple fact is they are both far better teams than us, we are not unique in having poor records against them every other team in the league has the same issues. Yes they lose games but not very often and even then it's more them having a bad day and the opponents getting a bit of luck to get a win or a point. Games against the uglies are a free hit, anything you get is a bonus, it's the results against the other 9 teams that count,

If we line up 4-3-3 against Celtic we are asking for trouble as we don't have the quality in midfield to cope. Celtic like to play it wide to get in behind defences Jota being out is a bonus, but they have pace with guys like Rogic, forest, Johnstone . We need to go 3-5-2 for me I would start with O'Donnell and Caroll right and left wing backs to hopefully stop celtic getting in behind us, but given GA's apparent dislike of playing 352 I can't see it happening.

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.

Probably get pelters for it but I’ll be happy with a narrow defeat if we can win our next 4 games after that. Being realistic I don’t see us getting anything so hopefully not too much damage to goal difference. I’d rather give up points to celtic than other teams are more likely to be competing against us. Still hoping for a win or a draw but not really expecting it.

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.....

One for the older readers....add Mark Caughey, Joe McLeod and John '£200k' Hendry