[hibeejim21]

Last paragraph highlights my key concerns really. We are about to find out if lennon can keep the squad focussed and winning with the distraction of a big cup tie in the foreground. Stubbs struggled to do that and it cost us hugely in the title race even though the team redeemed itself at hampden.

I think you are right in that its already cost 2 points - but the flipside of that is that if Cummings or bartley had got injured against ayr the fans would have gone apeshit. Its time to put this league to bed so to speak,and straight wins going to the end of the month v raith/pars/st Mirren I think would give us a real cushion before we go into the key games with utd/Falkirk/ Morton in march.

Its fast heading towards crunch time!