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If a recent report from The Daily Record is believed to be true, Celtic are keeping close tabs on Marc Leonard, having scouted the midfielder extensively since his move to the league leaders Hearts on...
The defeat at the weekend against Celtic was another hammer blow for David Gray and his Hibs players. Jamie McGrath has been arguably the player of the season for Hibs, but his rashness in the tackle that led to his red card was a costly and ultimately decisive moment in the game. Prior to that, Hibs travel to Falkirk, who, under John McGlynn, have had such an exciting and profitable campaign in their first top-flight season for 15 years.
Former Hearts defender Christophe Berra believes Hearts are "in the driving seat" heading into the last three games of the Premiership season. The Tynecastle club are three points above Celtic in second place, with nine points still to play for. Berra, who came through the youth ranks at Hearts, thinks head coach Derek McInnes deserves a huge amount of credit for what he is on the cusp of achieving with his team.
The Rangers support have seen this film too often for their own liking, and now they are all repeating the same questions. Rangers wilting in a title race with Celtic is one thing, but wilting in a title race with those same city rivals and a non-Old Firm club that has not won the top flight in 66 years - and with a fraction of their budget - is quite another. Head coach Danny Rohl has bristled at the mindset doubts, but Rangers' back-to-back league defeats at the start of their post-split schedule - after suffering just two Premiership losses all season beforehand - perhaps suggest otherwise.
There was plenty of reaction after Hearts' big win at Tynecastle on Monday, but from a Celtic point of view, the result was probably the least best outcome. Whatever the result, Celtic stood to benefit in some way and we now simply have to crack on with where it all leaves us. A run that's kept us firmly in the title race, and which has given us some much-needed momentum heading into the final stretch.
Defeat means Hibernian remain sixc poitns behind fourth-placed Motherwell and with an inferior goal difference, but Gray says the team have to do what they can in theri remaining three games, and be aware Falkirk are intent on leapfrogging them. "We still want to achieve the same thing," he said.
Celtic now sit just below league leaders Hearts on goal difference before the Tynecastle side face Rangers at home on Monday evening. The Celtic manager said he would be watching the game but says the most important thing from his side is that Celtic have won their game.
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