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Glorious day, played good football on the grass, bunch of youth players came through with aplomb, saw some magic skill and we cuffed our local rivals. What's not to like? I just hope guys like McLean, Turnbull, Maguire, Brown etc become the focus for next season.

Actually played much better football without heid the baws up front. Beautiful back heel flick from Ciftci will live long in the memory.

Nice ball in from Turnbull. Good to see the wee bit quality coming from the youths.

Was working last night but watching the highlights I think Main really needs a goal v Accies. Only scored once in his last 11 league matches and he's looking a bit tight, tetchy and frustrated. Was apparent against St. Johnstone as well when he fluffed a few chances and had a couple of temper tantrums with other players.

Yeah he's been Celtic's best striker this season. Without wanting to tempt fate I've never been that impressed with Dembele when I've seen him played against us.

I'd agree that there wasn't much in it until they scored but I'd make two points. 1) St. Johnstone looked like they might actually score. They had some edge up front and we really didn't have anything. 2) The game in the early stages was played as if it was a pre season friendly match. We had a couple of good moves and touches but there was just no intensity there at all. That for me was really the disappointing thing. You'd have thought the summer holidays were coming early instead of us having an extra, and massively important, game.

Only difference is in the play off we were playing against a team that were struggling in the Championship. In the cup final we are playing a team on the cusp of a historic double treble. The gulf in opposition is huge. I'd also argue that the play off team actually had much better players in it. There's no doubt we'd have a better chance of winning if we went into the game in high confidence with some quality performances behind us.

I disagree with that. Today was just a continuation of last week when Dundee created chance after chance. The only difference was St. Johnstone scored when Dundee spurned theirs, I mean Dundee should have 1-0 last week after about 6 seconds.

To be honest the score line flatters St.Johnstone a bit but we've come out in the run up to a final and played at pre-season pace and that's really disappointing. Very, very low intensity match until the visitors scored. They went up a few gears we didn't. We have absolutely nothing middle to front and Ciftci is basically a waste of space and a midfield of Grimshaw, McHugh and Campbell isn't a go-er I'm afraid.

According to the BBC we have a lot of new signings.

Would rather go into the game with an injury or two than have the entire first team not having played for two weeks. Let's face it, Celtic are better in every position anyway, we aren't going to win this off a couple of star players. We don't even have a Louis Moult level player now. It's going to be about energy, sharpness, team work etc. One week off and levels drop significantly.

Don't think it would be a bad thing to have a battle before the cup final.

Kipre

My first league win since the 14th October so I'm not going to complain too much but it was the sort of game you win off of the oppositions inabilities rather than your own good play. Dundee created and missed so many chances it was unreal, yet couldn't defend a couple of high balls into the box. Middle to front there wasn't a lot going on, our forwards didn't really feature in the match and we got our goals from loading the box. Still nice to see Kipre get his first goal. Overall the suspect a better team would have scored a few of the chances Dundee created but a wins a win.

You need to ask? A header from a set piece. Corner in this case.

As Milo says Dundee have created far too many chances. They are ripping us apart down the left hand side. We briefly woke up after the goal but its all been a bit unfocused and we fell into a tepid tempo again before half time. Need to get some momentum going as you can definitely see Dundee getting a second if the first half was anything to go by.

That will mean walking through the Celtic end though. Also there is work going on the railways at the weekends at the moment so a lot of trains are being diverted away from Rutherglen. Not sure when the works extend too but would be wise to keep an eye on it. I'd walk up through Queens Park and get the train at Queens Park station or Crosshill.

Forgot my season book but got tickets fine. I'd still take it to be on the safe side but I don't think it will be a problem. Queue wasn't too long when I was up. Slow moving but not too long. Nothing like the Panathinaikos match when the queue was right down Firpark Street.

At half time.

Dundee have 3 goals in the last 7 league matches. Motherwell have 3 goals in the last 8 league matches. Last three results : 1-0, 1-1, 1-0. Less than 2.5 goals on the coupon seems worth a flutter.

Celtic's defence is weak and Main can be a handful but it won't be down to him whether we win or not. We need to press high up the field and get runners from deeper positions. It's going to be players like Chris Cadden or Richard Tait that create the conditions for a victory. If they have poor or average games it won't happen. If they have good or excellent games it can happen. Overall we need intelligent running and a forward looking philosophy. If we allow Celtic space and time to play, forget about it.

Celtic 4 Rangers 0 Think you can strike that worry from your mind.

Nah. We need to win the cup to qualify. Runners up were previously given a spot but that was changed a few years ago. Example being Falkirk two years ago who didn't qualify for Europe having lost to Inverness in the Final.

Main. Would also mention Carson who caught absolutely everything that went into the box and Allan Campbell as well.

Strange match. Thought we started poorly and yet ended up 2-0 thanks to some diabolical defending from Aberdeen. Thereafter we looked completely comfortable without creating too many chances. Aberdeen were insipid and there haven't been many occasions where, with nearly 70 minutes of the match left , I was absolutely confident we would not concede a goal. In some ways it mirrored the Rangers semi but with the goals coming earlier in the match. When Aberdeen finally managed to up the pace a bit and start to look a threat, around the 60 minute mark, it was instantly negated by another piece of comedy defending. What we need to do now is improve our league form and not fall into the same mistake made by McCall when he chopped and changed our team in the run up to the 2011 final. No putting players in cotton wool. No resting players. We need to fine hone and build momentum. We need to go into the Final in good form, with wins under our belts and good performances. Then, whoever it is we play, we can look square in the eye and really take on in the Final. The last Final performance, indeed the last three have been far too passive. For the upcoming one we need to really go for it. I might have complaint for most of the season about the standard of our play but the same applies to the rest of the league. The standard is poor across the board and that means with a wee bit of luck, and we've carried plenty on this run, we might actually win it.