MJC

And? What exactly?

He’s not getting punted, we need to accept that.

Thought it was just me that was getting irritated by that!

Too easy as always. Worst possible start

It’s an ‘interesting’ line up for sure. We need to get a result here or questions will rightly be asked of the selection.

SO’D back in, Nicholson starts.

Absolutely and in all honesty if we can’t beat Livingston then we deserve to be in the playoffs. We all know we will get nothing at Ibrox on Saturday and we’ll do well to get a draw at home to Aberdeen in the next fixture so tonight is vital that we take all three points. Sadly I’ve got no faith in us whatsoever to win.

That’s the thing that gets me too, the length of the injuries. It’s never a wee niggle here or there that causes the player to have to go off as a precaution or keeps them out for a couple of games it’s month or more long layoffs. It could be simply down to bad luck but that would be seriously, seriously bad luck happening to several different players. That would suggest there is another issue.

Paton out for a ‘significant period of time’ with a serious ankle injury. Get this season in the fucking bin.

And less than two years after that we had the ‘Well Bois’ doing a joint protest with them at Fir Park over heavy handed policing. Talk about ‘useful idiots’.

As I said last night all that would happen then is their fans would buy up home end tickets in droves.

The Green Brigade are untouchable, not just with the authorities but with Celtic themselves. They’ve got alot of powerful people backing them and they are a very dangerous lot.

Of course this is must win. Two wins in over twenty league matches playing the bottom side and with a trip to Ibrox next, if we can’t beat Livingston then we’re in bother.

Butcher definitely needs to drop out but I would keep Devine in the side if possible.

Ok whatever. There’s no point in engaging with you so I’m done.

Okay let me explain this to you as best as I can. I consider this game to be a must win game and I HOPE that we win. However I THINK it will be a draw. Obviously I want us to win but I don’t think that we will. Does that make sense to you?

They certainly aren’t. The levels of obnoxiousness and entitlement in the Celtic support is off the scale.

#This is how it feels to be Motherwell Same script again as you know MJC is here for 8 in a row 8 in a row# This one is a stick on draw, in my opinion. 1-1

In an ideal world that would be great, but it would never happen due to loss in gate money. Plus it would increase the amount of their fans buying home end tickets which would ensure a poisonous atmosphere in the stands.

But they've got Kibble as an independent 'source of money'. They're not like us in that the fan owned model is the main shareholder. That's why they were in a position to offer KvV "twice as much as we could" last month, even though he didn't end up going there.

St.Mirren are a completely different set up to us so it’s pointless comparing us with them.

That’s the best summary of today I’ve seen on here so far. We were good for the first 15-20 minutes and seemed to take confidence from them looking under par. They grew into it and we went back into our shells but again took heart from them not being as relentless and clinical as you’d expect Celtic to be. We deserved our lead when we got it and it was a fine goal from our best player. After half time though we hadn’t a clue what to do and as soon as the equaliser went in it was only going to end one way. And you could see that our players knew it too. Sloppy stuff as ever from Butcher and taking GG off was a killer. That we so nearly got away with a draw makes it all the harder to take but we didn’t and just like earlier in the season a below par Celtic side come to Fir Park and snatch it back in the dying seconds. As I said, just so predictable.

Spittal for a great goal.

Talk about straight out of the happy clappers manual. The game lasts as long as it does until the final whistle. And over the years I’ve seen us snatch defeat from the jaws of victory too often in these scenarios. 2-0 and 3-2 up against Celtic a few years back, lose with the last kick of the ball. 1-0 up at Ibrox with five minutes to go in the Scottish Cup. Lose 2-1 with two late goals. Score a stoppage time equaliser against Celtic. Still lose the game. Beating Rangers 2-1 at Fir Park and totally comfortable. Stevie Woods gifts them an equaliser and lose the replay. Comfortable against Rangers in a Semi Final at Hampden. Craigan loses Naismith in the last minute. Lose the game. Likewise against Celtic at Hampden in a semi. Corrigan pass backs to Graeme Smith last minute, they score they win. Get a last minute penalty against Rangers when 0-0. Miss it. I could go on but you get my drift.

Yes a gutless mentality and it’s been growing and festering for over twenty years now. ”we’re punching above our weight” ”we don’t expect anything against the Old firm” ”These games don’t matter because of the difference in budgets” All quotes that have been doing the rounds since the early 00s and lo and behold that corresponds with our worst ever run of results against both OF sides all while the four clubs you mention and more have beaten them more than once during that same period regardless of whether they have been relegated or not. And let me be clear here so that no one misunderstands this. I am not for one second suggesting that I would want to see us relegated if it meant we beat Celtic or Rangers every once in a while, but the two aren’t mutually exclusive. I would just like to see our mentality as a club improve.