Big Bad Brian starts upfront for Raith, getting right in aboot yeez. Spoke to him yesterday, says all he wants is at least one chance to score against his heroes, hopefully the winner.
He's a big lanky bastard, he's no going to beat 3 defenders and blast one into the top corner, but with some good crosses into the box and a bit of support up there he could cause some damage. I just hope he scores, even if it's 10-1, he'll be chuffed just to have scored and it's something he'll never forget.
Dear points of view, Bbc got thir graphic wrong. It had Brown (c) but he's on the bench. Disgruntled in Derry
Much as I expected if truth be told. Hopefully Raith will run out of steam or make an error, i'll take 1-0.
This game is exhibit A) for folk who say it is easy to play in Scotland. Teams can be disciplined and sit in against Celtic. I have no problem with that. It is up to us to break that down. We have played the same way in yoorup ourselves at times. It is a different tactical approach to two sides playing expansive football. This is hard going.