SPL Weekend Preview

Goalkeepers on the front pages.

Celtic coming over all Watergate with anonymous sources and dossiers of incompetence.

It can only be an Old Firm weekend.

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The preamble to Sunday's clash has included Rangers' 'keeper Allan McGregor getting a right old doing on a cold Glasgow night and a mysterious Celtic source launching an attack on the quality (or lack thereof) of refereeing standards in the SPL.

It's not unusual for these Old Firm showdowns to fail to measure up to the drama of the build up. Thankfully there are indications that this latest example of Glaswegian neighbourliness is well placed to live up to its billing. (More)

Quick Predictions:

• Aberdeen v Hearts (ESPN): Away win, with no goodbye to the Pittodrie rancour.
• Dundee United v Falkirk: Home win, with a quick goodbye to Falkirk's revival
• Hibs v St Johnstone: Home win, with a rowdy goodbye to the East Stand
• Motherwell v Kilmarnock: Draw, with a pitch sized goodbye to decent football
• St Mirren v Hamilton: Draw, with little chance of a goodbye to the danger zone.
• Rangers v Celtic (Sunday, Sky): Draw, with a goodbye to the title race.

So far, so bad: I'm blaming the St Johnstone call off for a remarkable return of zero last week. You'd think the law of averages would dictate at least one out of five. 46 out of 116.

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