I suppose it'll be added to the 'to-be-ignored' list of the Ibrox club's felonies in Dons-Rangers encounters that remain notable by their absence in the Aberdeen-biased 'hate lists' often printed by newspapers, alongside everything from Willie Johns
ton's stamp on John McMaster's throat in 1979 to Kyle Lafferty's cheating back in May.
Craig Stewartwww.aberdeen-mad.co.ukCELTICAfter last season it is still a novelty to win on the road so I won't be moaning that it was not the most exciting game on Saturday. We won at a ground where we were dumped out of the cup earlier this year so that has to be a measure of improvement.
Paddy "the hair" McCourt is a throwback to another era. His goal was reminiscent of Archie Gemmill's against Holland in '78; he also has the look of John Wark of '78!
It will be interesting to see how we cope against two similar teams this week who are reliant on strong defence and quick counter-attack. This week is an acid test for Celtic: Rapid Vienna tomorrow, Rangers on Sunday. If we can tighten up defensively, we could cause Rangers problems at Ibrox; especially if "the hair" is unleashed. Would Davie Weir's hips cope with Paddy's twists and turns?
David DevineDUNDEE UNITEDWell, United have certainly played a lot better than we did on Saturday and come away with nothing, so to leave Perth with three points was an excellent result for us. Not a vintage performance, but emerging the other side of such a thrilling, end-to-end, tussle victorious left the large and vocal Arab contingent the ones smiling all the way home. Equally encouraging is scoring three whilst our first-choice striker is yet to return from injury… it all bodes well.
You have to feel for big Lee Wilkie, returning to first-team action and having to play a striker's role… fairly unremarkably until aiding Webster's goal. That curious tactical blip aside, it was a battling win. One hopes we appeal Danny Swanson's straight red, though, as we'll need all the guile we can muster for Easter Road.
Hamish Mackintoshwww.dundeeunited-mad.co.ukFALKIRKSo we have an unbeaten run in our September league fixtures – amazingly no goals scored and none conceded. For our young Under-21 Austrian keeper Bobby Olejnik getting three shut-outs will be a timely boost to his confidence, but in attack the frustration is beginning to show.
On Saturday, Kilmarnock proved to be the stubborn and physical opponents we have become well used to, but sadly the chance creation rate just disappeared.
There were some good performances from Ryan Flynn, Sean Lynch and Darren Barr, but not enough to break down Killie. It was far from a classic, but another point on the board is always welcome and overtaking St Johnstone was a real bonus. Now it's onward to Motherwell this week – and it is the time for things to click into place.
Brian Guthriewww.bairnstrust.comHAMILTON ACCIESI'm sure nobody really expected Accies to do anything other than lose at Tynecastle on Saturday and while that's what they did, it was a much more solid performance than they could have achieved last year. James McArthur and Mark McLaughlin were terrific and wee James Wesolowski was in the mood to tackle anything that moved. Marco Paixao scored a pretty nifty goal, too, his first for the club.
So now we move on to a home game against St Johnstone. They play good attacking football, but have yet to win their first game of the season. Accies will want that run to continue, and there appears to be every chance that we'll have former Hibee Guillaume Beuzelin in our team for this game. He might just have that creative spark that we've missed since the departure of James McCarthy.
Gilbert MowatHEARTSWe're still not pretty to watch, but after a couple of home wins in the League Cup and the league things are starting to look up for us.
I have to admit the fare on offer at Tynecastle at present is downright awful, but you won't find many of us complaining if we keep grinding out these narrow home wins like the ones against Dunfermline and Hamilton.
We've also now won our last four home games, and had it not been for that stupid stoppage-time goal we lost at Parkhead, we would have been unbeaten in six games. Considering we've been playing without a recognised striker, I think the manager deserves a whole lot more credit than he's getting from our more critical supporters.
A trip to St Mirren last October sparked a five-game winning run for us. Hopefully something similar materialises this time round.
John FindlayHIBERNIANFollowing two below-average displays against St Johnstone, I ventured to Fir Park last week, hoping we were due a good performance. Hibs are like that, and having followed them for long enough, you soon know the drill. True to form Hibs put on a display worthy of winning all three points, and comfortably too. The re-introduction of Zemmama into the starting line-up gave Hibs the creativity we have lacked and it brought the best out of Liam Miller too. However, it was Zemmama who stole the show. His trickery and end product were simply too good for Motherwell. With Nish and Riordan also scoring it was a good day for the Hibees hitmen and hopefully we can now carry that forward to Dundee United clash on Saturday, where the chance to take second place in the SPL awaits.
Eddie Hendersonwww.hibs.netKILMARNOCKI hate going on about referees week in week out but once again the whole crowd at Falkirk on Saturday were blazing with the man in black. Time and time again he kept blowing his whistle loudly and prevented us all from getting a couple of extra hours sleep.
Apart from a five-minute flourish at the end this was the kind of fare that gave birth to the phrase no-score-bore and will no doubt have left the television producers scratching their heads as to what 'highlights' to feature . . . still, that will give them a reasonable excuse to show more of the Old Firm games, not that they usually need one.
It's a busy week for Killie fans with the well advertised KFCSA meeting going ahead this Thursday in the Park Hotel.
Barry Richmondwww.killiefc.comMOTHERWELLStill delighted with the five-game unbeaten run which opened the league campaign, we can only hope that Saturday's loss to Hibs is merely a blip in what could yet be an exceptional season.
The past week also had its good moments, notably when Ross Forbes' fine strike secured the extra-time Co-operative Insurance Cup win over Inverness. We believe we can be a force in one of this season's domestic cup competitions, but the quarter-final draw which paired us with St Mirren brings back bad memories of our Scottish Cup defeat in Paisley last season. The team has an opportunity to recover league form this weekend when Falkirk arrive at Fir Park. Eddie May is fondly remembered for his service to Motherwell, but there should be no favours on the park as we strive to take three points.
John Wilsonwww.firparkcorner.comRANGERSI found myself taking in a rather tepid nil-nil draw for the third Saturday in a row last weekend. A lack of confidence in front of goal is obvious, but to put it simply too many players are bang out of form. Already the lack of options caused by the paper-thin squad are starting to bite.
For all Barry Ferguson was a spent force when he left, Rangers lack a leader on the pitch. Too many seem to be just getting by and we need someone to grab games by the scruff of the neck and pull the rest of the team along with them. There is much more ability in this team than they have shown this season. That said, Sunday wouldn't be a bad time for them to produce. Last season proved you can never say never in football, but going seven points behind even this early would give us a fairly big hill to climb.
David Edgarwww.theRST.co.ukST JOHNSTONEI'm a big fan of watching films over and over again – picking up something subtle you've missed on the previous occasions – but I'm getting pretty fed-up with seeing St Johnstone: The Hard Luck Story every week. Once again we more than match for a team expected to trouble the upper reaches of the SPL. But once again poor finishing and slack defending cost us. Realistically, we now need to take maximum points from the forthcoming matches against Hamilton, Kilmarnock and Falkirk. However, that is going to require us to get on the right side of that fine line between success and failure. The margins are incredibly tight in the SPL. In the First Division we could miss three or four good chances, score one, and rely on a clean sheet. That isn't happening now, and we can't afford to go on this way.
Jamie Beatsonwww.weareperth.co.ukST MIRRENWhere Celtic fans see a wondergoal, most Saints fans see shocking defending. Letting an overrated winger wander past five players with hardly a challenge coming in defies belief; we'd have been far better off just kicking him into the stand. If having players like Mark Corcoran tells us anything, it's that if you kick them hard and early, you won't have to deal with them all day.
While our players were too nice on the pitch, it seems our fans were annoying a few folk at home by committing the heinous crime of swearing. I hadn't realised this was the first time football supporters had ever used bad language at a game. Another home game on Saturday, so yet another chance to end the jinx. The longer this goes on, the more it looks like we might manage 12 months without a home league win.
Stuart Gillespiewww.saintmirren-mad.co.uk