Ya Bezzer!

We were pretty poor in the final and I don't have a problem with a winner steaming into losers and telling them they weren't good enough. However, I lost a lot of respect for Tom Boyd when I saw the Team Captain of the last Motherwell team to win the trophy parading about in a Celtic scarf. I know he is a Celtic man but I felt given the occassion it was disrespectful to the club and supporters.

Personally, for me Gunning isn't a first team player, more someone than can fill in in a number of positions. Therefore I wouldn't pay a fee for him. If we are going to spend money I'd rather we did it in a key position and right now that looks like up front or a more natural attacking wide player.

Don't see much point in keeping Ross. He's not impressed me enough to favour him over Saunders or Hateley at right back and I have a feeling McCall would like to bring Gunning back although I don't rate him as highly as the manager. Jeffers did OK in spells but I'd like to think we could bring someone in on his wages who is fit to play 90 minutes and will get us more than 2 goals over half a season.

We get this 'everyone is leaving' thing every close season. Sutton and Jennings will probably go. Gunning, Jeffers, Ross and Jones can all go and I won't lose much sleep over any of them, some of them have done no bad but not one of them is a stick on first 11 player. Anyway I doubt all four will leave. Murphy, Randolph and Humphrey might attract bids but again I don't see all three leaving. I'm pretty sure big Crags will stay for another season. Basically it won't be any different from any other close season with 5 or 6 out and in. The spine of the team will be much the same unless someone comes in with cash bids.

Between Hammell and Hutchinson for me and Hammell got subbed, so got to go for 'The Heid'.

I thought Hammell was one of the better performers today and I thought it was a mistake to take him off rather than Gunning which is the change I would have made. But facts are we just weren't good enough today. You can't blame McCall or any player. As a collective we just weren't good enough to win.

Got to say I wouldn't have played Gunning, I think he is a bit suspect defensively. I couldn't believe we didn't use Murphy more, especially in the first half. We played about 2 or 3 balls down the wing in the whole first half. Everything was going down the right and nothing down the left. Perhaps that had something to do with moving Hammell into the middle and playing Gunning there.

I didn't think Celtic were brilliant, I don't remember Randy having loads of saves to make, but they did keep possession quite well and basically thats the key to football, if you don't have the ball you ain't going to win. When we got the ball Celtic did not need to work hard to win it back, we made it easy for them. How many times did we win a throw in and then give Celtic possession of the ball from the throw in? We just weren't good enough and while I'm disappointed we really didn't deserve anything different today. There is always next year...

When we won 20 years ago we had some genuinely quality players. If you are being honest about it we don't really have those in this current team and at the end of the day we just weren't good enough to win a major trophy. And that's that really. Time for a wee break and then let's look forward to season 2011/12.

It's going to be a long wait till 3pm!

I'm fat and old and therefore avoid football tops. I will be wearing my lucky t-shirt though (not football related but seems to influence the result when worn ) and my 20+ year old scarf that was there the last time we lifted the cup.

Keep checking my tickets every two seconds to make sure they aren't 'lost'! I was up the town the other day and it was good to see all the shops and bunting and stuff but I won't really believe this is happening until Friday night probably!

Or what about a 'rotund' Psycho trying to do a celebratory somersault at Dougie's testimonial....

Surprised we've not played Celtic in the Scottish Cup since then but I suppose that's right. As I remember that Tommy Coyne game was rotten with a gale blowing that made it virtually impossible to play football. Of course we won which instantly makes it a great match! I think my favourite win over Celtic was the Jamie Dolan in goals match. One nil up, Howie off injured, Dolan in goals, Celtic pull it back and everyone is expecting a bit of a drubbing. Somehow we survive and score in the last minute to steal the win - brilliant!

I think some of Psycho's victims probably need a titanium hip as well!

I'm saying to thisGRAEME don't be delighted quite yet!

Kevin McBride and Graeme Smith are still floating about out there without a club.

No player gives 100% "every single game".

If we sold Humphrey for 1M plus we'd end up on Watchdog as a seller of faulty goods! This season he has just about justified a starting place in our team due to SOME improved performances and our small squad which doesn't have many options but he is no where near Premiership level. Think of the stick Theo Walcott gets in the premiership and contrast his ability with Humphrey. Walcott is at a totally different level from Humphrey. The one thing you need to play at a higher level is a good level of technical ability and Humphrey just doesn't have that. I don't think he really has the mentality of a top level footballer either as he disappears far to often, gets down when things don't got for him and is half hearted when tracking back. Maybe he'll end up at a lower half Championship club but I'd be amazed and very happy indeed if we got a seven figure sum for him. He's fast but if that was all that mattered Usain Bolt would play for Barcelona.

He plays for Birkirkara of Malta now. Well, some of the time!

Rangers played 55, couple more than us.

Aye your right, I meant Hamilton Accies rather than St. Mirren.

I remember this game cos I got the shit kicked out me close to Mount Florida station by some unhappy Celts!

We will actually end the season playing 12 more matches than Hearts and St. Mirren who played 41 matches, the lowest in the SPL. We even played more than our cup final opponents Celtic, who, including the cup final will end up on 52.

Got to be honest I don't really agree with squad rotation systems but when we beat Celtic earlier in the season it was after a home defeat to St. Mirren in what was one of the worst performances by the team in many a season. The players will know only to well how important this match is, most of them will never get a chance to win major silverware again in their career so I don't think form will mean too much going into this one. Those other games didn't mean much and this one does. The players will know the difference. Even looking at it rationally our recent form hasn't been that bad, away defeat to Dundee Utd, defeats to both the old firm and draws against Hearts away (twice) and Kilmarnock? It's not great but it's roughly in line with what you would expect. The team will either freeze on the big stage because the players we can afford don't have that special mentality you need to win things or they will rise to the occasion and give their all. I don't really think that either of those possibilities will ultimately depend on who played when or what the results were of our last few matches.