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Falkirk are the form side right now so if Accies stay top I'd expect them to be the team that comes through to the play off final. I don't see them of course but I don't think Dundee are a particularly good team. They have more or less the same side that got relegated last season and their results haven't been great under Hartley. They score very few goals for a team at the top of the division. I was looking at the fixture list and Kilmarnock have 3 out of 4 away from home so they might struggle a bit as they have a poor away record. The only team they have beaten on the road lately is us!

Right, we could always play Celtic again. Guaranteed at least a point.

Funnily enough the first real memory I have of Stevie Hammell was playing an absolute stormer against Celtic as an 18 year old, so it was fitting that he made it 500 appearances against the same opponents.

Pretty much the case. Stokes played for it but as a defender you cannot put your leg out like that.

I think these kind of threads are a bit "weren't the old days great" rosy tinted glasses affairs. I've been going to Fir Park since 1982 and in that time we've nearly always been a 4,000 - 5,000 type team. Our current average attendance is just over 5,000 so it's not much different from what you'd expect. The only time I really remember when we were regularly attracting more than that was the late 90's, early 00's when the economy was booming, the SPL had re-branded Scottish football and John Boyle was promising to make Motherwell the third force. When all those things were exposed as illusions crowds normalized again. We actually have the highest average attendance of any provincial club in the SPFL and it is up, marginally, on last season at the moment although that might change depending on the turn out for the next two matches. Attendances may have gone down overall but they have not collapsed. Our core support has probably gone down by about 500. All things considered we aren't doing to badly.

Pretty much. Nielsen had a good save from Samaras in the 2nd half but as I remember it that was it apart from the goals. It's not like they cracked a few off the bar and post, had others cleared off the line or our goalkeepers had to pull off worldies. Everything else was high, wide, defended or routine for the keeper and we could easily have scored four in the second half ourselves including the one we did get. Think over the course of the match we were the better team, Celtic dominated between half time and their equalizer but we came more into again after that. Not been many times recently I've seen us create so many genuine chances to score against Celtic.

Very strong team performance. Nielsen had a couple of excellent saves and no hairy moments. I thought Anier worked his socks off giving van Dijk one of the toughest matches he must have had this season as well as tracking back really well. Must have run miles. Angol had a good game today as well. Reid did well in front of the back four. Sutton got two goals. Man of the Match though has to be Jack Leitch. Superb performance for the young man. If he can keep that level of performance up he's going to go places.

The corresponding fixture last season had 7,503. Not much difference. Probably the other 10 were banned!

Higdon got 26 in the league and scored the penalty against Aberdeen in the Scottish cup. Sutton needs 5 more to equal Higdon or 6 to beat it. Bit of an ask but he's got 12 goals in the last 15 matches so he's finishing the season in good form but even if he doesn't score again he's had a great season.

Celtic were dodgy at the back all day. We created a lot of chances and could have scored 6 or 7 with a bit more composure. Not often you can say that after a match against the OF.

All in the league as well. No 'easy' goals against....well....Albion Rovers in this case!

Tremendous game of football and a great result all things considered. First half I thought we were the dominate team, Jack Leitch bossed it in midfield with a brilliant display. Tremendous penalty save from Nielsen as well. I sit down the other end of the East Stand but it looked like a good penalty right in the corner. Losing the goal just before half time changed the game. Looked like a fluke cross to me but I might be wrong. Second half Celtic took over the initiative of the match but we battled so hard in difficult conditions today. I bet the players haven't been that hot since their last summer holiday. You could see players wilting badly as we got into the closing stages. The third goal for Celtic seemed inevitable and it came but we created a lot of chances today and even with a few minutes to go I always fancied we might get one more chance and we got it. Didn't get a good view of the goal, I didn't even know who scored it until after the match but I think we deserved it for the sheer battling qualities and hard work we put in today. Terrific performance, especially from Jack Leitch midfield. Guess who I'm going to give my PotM vote to?

Today is surely a 4-2-3-1 day. Nielsen - Kerr, Hutchinson, McManus, Francis-Angol - Reid, Hammell - Ainsworth, Vigurs, Anier - Sutton.

I have more of a problem with the description as 'modest' rather than the increase. Say it how it is, it's gone up £50!

Just had a look at the prices. Last season I bought my ticket after the 'early bird' offer had elapsed and paid £280 for it. If I did the same next season it would cost £310, plus the lose of a free cup game at say £18. That means, assuming we get a home cup match and I pay at the gate that's an increase of £48 on last seasons admission. I make that a season on season increase of 17%. Not that modest! Of course I may take advantage of the 'early bird' offer this season but that will depend on whether I can spare that amount of cash before the end of May. I will have a season ticket next season but the way people were talking I was expecting a £10 or £20 increase not what is in effect a £50 increase.

Will losing the free cup game (which isn't even guaranteed anyway since we could not get a home cup game during the season) and paying a little more solve the problem of losing £750k? Obviously our financial problems are much bigger than either of these two measures will actual tackle. I don't mind paying a little more even though I am earning a lot less than this time last season but I agree with Lobey Dosser that we need a different financial approach, to survive clubs our size have to produce and sell talent on a season by season basis.

Going to be difficult if we are missing Lasley and Carswell but you have to hope for the best. Celtic have scored in every league match this season so if we do win it's presumably going to be 2-1!

If we miss out on Europe it will surely be finishing 4th and St. Johnstone winning the cup.

Will be interesting to see how Aberdeen react to their first big disappointment of the season. They have now only won one of their last 5 matches so they might be on the slid.... Fingers crossed.

I live 5 minute from Fir Park and there wasn't a single night of lying snow this year. Probably the mildest winter I can ever remember.

Can't see Aberdeen or Dundee Utd wanting him as they have strong wide players. Hearts are down and might not even exist and I don't think he's the kind of player Hibs need right now since his game isn't without some serious flaws. He's the kind of player you put into a good team, not someone you build around. Anyone else we can surely compete with. This guy has been around the doors and he's found somewhere it's working for him so I don't see him ending up anywhere else in Scotland and I'm pretty confident we'll be in a 'Well shirt next season.

My effort. Now if they could just straighten out that chevron into a hoop...

I think every time in recent times that we've beaten Celtic Lasley was man of the match.

If Lasley and Hammell are missing I'm not too hopeful of getting points from Celtic. 6 points would be good, 7 points better, more than 7 points excellent.

I don't think not finishing 2nd would be a failure but I do think not finishing 3rd after being in the top 3 since December and then slipping away at the death would be a failure of sorts. Not a terrible failure but still a failure. The start of the season was the start of the season. This is the end of the season and we have the chance to at least claim 3rd and possibly better. It's there to be played for, so let's play for it.