article_snippet: Hopefully it will come on Sunday - but we have so many big matches you get used to it.
article_snippet: and I think we can feel in the atmosphere of the players there is a big game coming up.
article_snippet: More options will be diminished if Nir Bitton, an increasingly influential midfielder, fails to overcome a swollen ankle.
article_snippet: There will be more focus at Hampden on the discipline of the teams.
article_snippet: So edgy and ill-tempered – and hugely enjoyable - was the Scottish Cup tie between these two teams at Tannadice Sunday that people are already looking for ‘afters.
article_snippet: Evidence of bad blood which might lead to another day of big decisions and navel-gazing over the state of Scottish refereeing.
article_snippet: The Scottish League Cup gets a bad press.
article_snippet: The semi-finals were played on a Hampden pitch better suited to Chinese rice farmers, but a new surface has been laid for