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I think it'd be a shame to let Bigi go as a) there's obviously a player in there somewhere if somebody can coax it out of him and b) we'll likely lose at least one of Cadden and Campbell in the near future. Wonder if a six month loan might help reduce the wage bill whilst still getting him regular football.

I'm going to sound like most tinpot person alive here, but I would honestly celebrate beating these cunts tonight as much as I would have winning the cup.

We were the last team to beat them at Celtic Park though.

There's no way this could ever come back to haunt us.

It's easy to forget how much I despise Celtic when we go 9 months without playing them.

I don't really have the energy to be as angry as I probably should be after that. Thought we rode our luck slightly at the start but grew into the game before halftime. Even at 1-0 we still had every chance imo. Thompson killed the game as a spectacle though.

Did your granda ever get a ticket for the playoff game?

I've shamelessly stolen this from either the Terrace or MFC podcasts. But last time Celtic conceded 7 in Europe they drew 2-2 against Inverness immediately after. Alex Fisher with an injury time equaliser.

Reckon there's an argument for either Frear or Sid to start. If Celtic play Bitton at right back then we absolutely have to target him with pace down that wing. Not sure who would drop out in that scenario though, Tait?

He's also riled up a load of basketball weirdos on Twitter.

I would absolutely fucking love it if we won this with a totally undeserved Craig Reid at Pittodrie-esque injury time winner. Bowman or Hartley to score, preferably while breaking a Celtic player's nose and going unpunished.

ITS FAHKING MILWALL ACCIES

It'll be Hearts at home.

Pumping Aberdeen, Rangers and - soon to be Celtic- out of the cup this season has been grand, but I'd rather as relatively a stress free start to our Scottish Cup campaign as possible.

I've 100% convinced myself that we're going to win.

STUART CARSWELL HAS SCORED A GOAL

Wonder what the journey's like from Brighton to North London?

As yer da as it sounds, I'm firmly in the get in about them camp. Our first half performance in the 4-3 game last season was perfect and should probably have seen us 3-0 up. Hopefully we now have the squad and fitness levels to maintain that for 90 minutes.

We'll have gone over 9 months without playing Celtic by the time the final comes around. Strange quirk of the league system I suppose.

3-5-2 or 4-5-1 for me. 4-4-2 would be insanity.

It's been patently obvious since the Queen's Park game and in almost every game since then that our one major weakness is the massive gaps left between our centrebacks and fullbacks. Haven't seen any of the goals we conceded today but wouldn't surprise me at all if at least one of them came as a result of that. I think 3-5-2 is probably overall the set-up that suits us most but could possibly do with some minor alterations, i.e asking Cadden to give Kipre a bit more protection.

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Had a feeling we'd lose today. Now we're 2-0 down I've a feeling we'll get a result.

I actually do think we are one of the teams better placed to get a result off of them. Despite their quality this Celtic team don't really like it up them, which plays into our strengths- pressing, hard work, doggedness and other cliches.We came heartbreakingly close in the 4-3 game last year by pretty much following that game plan. We've obviously improved significantly since then while Celtic look slightly more susceptible this time around. Odds are still overwhelmingly stacked against us but I do think we have a chance if the stars align.