What happens now if Milan beats Celtic and Shakhtar beats Benfica? They'll be level on 9 points, so their head-to-head results will be decisive, right? So, Shakhtar would qualify.

But now Celtic hold their fate in their own hands, which is important.

Head to head they both won one each so does it come down to the goals scored in each game?

I don't think Shakhtar will beat Benfica anyway, the Portugese will want that Uefa Cup spot a lot.

I think so. It's not overall goal difference that counts or most goals scored. Those are secondary criteria.

all thanks to my favourite aussie player scott macdonald. That goal on matchday 2 changed everything completely.

If we are beat in Milan and Shakthar win, they go through. They beat us 3-2 over the 2 legs. A point and both ourselves and Milan are through! Still hungover!!

Would also just like to add 31 CL home games and only 1 defeat. Barcelona 3-1 and it was 1-1 until Larsson came on, set up one and then scored the 3rd (they also went on to win the tournament). Fortress Park Head continues.

the next day of CL Milan will go to JApan, So I think they will not play like they surely can

I hope they dont anyway. I hope Donati gets on the phone to a few of his connections and we all agree to play for the draw and everyones happy

I find it quite ironic in the year that a lot of people were saying the SPL had become a joke due to the promotion of Gretna (a team just a few years ago were playing non-league football), that most people are starting to take it seriously. Gretna are languishing at the bottom of the table, and it will take divine intervetion to keep them afloat, perhaps showing our league is not to be taken lightly, and of course most people are noticing it due to the European campaigns of Celtic and Rangers... not so much Aberdeen...

One thing I think that is particularly good about the SPL is the quality of managers we seem to posess. Both Martin O'Neil and Alex McLiesh are now managing teams in the premiership, who found a lot of success in our division, and there is of course the obvious one, Alex Ferguson, who managed Scottish clubs before moving onto the premiership and being hugely succesful. Trying not to be biased but Craig Levein too seems to be a manager that will likely be poached soon enough, either for the Scotland job or for bigger and better things somewhere else, as he seems to have an ability to pick up hard-working players at bargin-basement prices.

HAIL SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!

As a Scot let me thank you for your kind words

you werent half italian?

I am, but i hate my mother, therefor i hate Italians.

a quite simple demonstration of intelligence

Jeez, take a joke man.

Do you not see when i jest?