While Rodgers exuded confidence in his post-match interviews it is understandable how edgy he was before the penalty shoot out.
We still have the togetherness but I don’t know if the belief is there and I think everyone has to switch their minds that we can have that belief that we can do this
The moment that you start to think of six or eight (games) or four weeks to go, or five weeks to go and then it is holiday then you become in the sh*t. That’s the worse thing you can do, sorry to you that I use that word. I’m too…
There are four switches in the top six – St Mirren will host Heart of Midlothian and Rangers for a third time, Celtic will host St Mirren for a third time and Dundee will be at home to Kilmarnock for a third occasion.
In his 25th SPFL match in charge at Ibrox Philippe Clement has seen his side awarded an incredible 15 penalties.
Yesterday as the club captain chased further scoring records Ross County scored three times, twice exploiting the gaps down the left hand side with Tavernier out of sight as the deliveries went in leading to goals number two and three.
Rumours linking the 32-year-old Englishman with a big money move to the Middle East have never fully gone away since surfacing last summer and if Tavernier already has one eye on cashing it all in in Saudi Arabia – or anywhere else for that matter – then he’s the wrong…
There was no grudging congratulations to County boss Don Cowie, no thanks to the hate-filled travelling support and no words of wisdom to share with the players with Fabio Silva the only player involved to be signed by the Belgian.
What credible firm would want any association with the serial failure that is Neil Doncaster and the organisation that continues to employ him?
The flip side of that is that Dundee will visit Celtic for a third time, as the side finishing in sixth place it is deemed fairer that their fixtures are unbalanced rather than a higher placed club.