Hearts vs Celtic LIVE as Sutton and Lennon head up an audit into a club on the brink

Yeah, it's a big opportunity. I think when you play for Celtic, every game's a big game. But of course when you come into here and Tynecastle is notoriously a tough place, then it's what you have to do.

You've got to come in and show you can step up. I've got no qualms about Dane. He's played so well over pre-season. The games he's come into this season he's done so well. He's a big presence, he's quick and it's a real opportunity for him to step in.

It also gives us a the balance in the team. Two left-footers at centre-half, I'm not overly comfortable with. But bringing him in, with his stature and how well he's been training, he deserves the opportunity.

I’m starting to believe that Brendan Rodgers wants out of Celtic.

There, I’ve said it and I’m going to give the reasons why.

With every passing moment of this current malaise, that’s my belief. And do you know what? If that is the case, I couldn’t blame him one bit.

Obviously, he can’t come out and say it and he won’t walk away. Not when he has promised to stay for three years.

Many fans felt he was within his rights to leave after that atrocious last transfer window and, had he not gone to Leicester at the time he did to end his first spell, then he may well have done so.

I also realise the board surely cannot get rid of a manager merely because of the fact he is just plainly pointing out the mistakes they have made upstairs. Not to mention his trophy record.

It feels to me like an unhappy stalemate, so I think Rodgers is poking, being antagonistic. The obvious question then becomes: Is he entitled to be? My answer to that would be unequivocally yes.

If you think you've been loud in the past.. be louder! Get in early, get behind the team, make it as hostile as possible, make it as noisy as possible and stay with the team, you don't play Celtic and expect to get it all your own way. There's going to be times in the game when we're going to have to dig in and that crowd behind us, hopefully they can play their part. I don't think they should underestimate their part and, from a positive point of view, I think the players have earned the trust of the crowd at the minute. So I think even if we got off to a poor start, if we were to lose a goal, I think stick with this team, we've shown that we can get results. The players believe they can get results and hopefully that can play out that way.

Yeah, 100 per cent. I probably should have had goals on Thursday night but for my first game for a long period of time, I'm happy with the performance. But obviously, I'll be looking to add goals if I get the nod. If the opportunity comes, I’ll be raring to go. The manager's been very good with me since I came back. Whatever decision the manager makes, I'm fully behind him. It’s a big game. I think we need to go and show the real Celtic. We need a similar performance to Thursday night. We need to take the game to them and see what happens.

I try to take one day at a time. But it's easy to feel down. There is a syndrome I have in my legs that makes it a little difficult to play football, unfortunately. When I run continuously during a football match, my calf muscles expand and put pressure on nerves and blood vessels. It's like blowing up a balloon in a narrow tube and there is a problem with a lack of blood supply. It's painful and disgusting. It feels like I'm losing control of my ankle joint. I can't seem to lift my ankle or my feet when I run. It feels like I'm half paralysed. Last year, I travelled to Wyoming to test a treatment where Botox is injected into the parts of the muscle that compress blood vessels and nerves.

These points in the muscle will be paralysed, allowing normal blood circulation even during muscle pumping. But the problems returned and the treatment turned out to be just temporary. There are no treatments or surgeries that provide any guarantees, so we have tried a few different things. I tried half doses to reduce the side effects and then a full dose, which means three more months on the sidelines. I'm just moving around in uncertainty and hoping for the best. It makes it a little harder, but I still have hope that it will be good.

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