St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: “There will be a nervous energy, of course. We aren’t Celtic who get to every cup final or every other cup final.
“So we have to embrace the day and enjoy the day but most of all what I coin it with is have faith over fear. Really believe in the system, in each other, in the staff, and the stuff we’ve put on in preparation.
“We see all the photographs of the teams that have been very, very successful here and won trophies and they’re held in such high regard. What I try and do is to tell the players ‘We want your names there, we want your pictures there’.
“They’ve got their pictures up for the European achievements, for the top-six achievements, now we want them up [for winning the cup]. We want them to be remembered, we want them to be recognised everywhere they go for the rest of their life.”
St Mirren defender Marcus Fraser: “In 10, 20 years, people will probably still be talking about it [a win] and you can obviously write your own chapter in the club’s history.
“So I think that’s one of the key aspects that we want to do, really grab the opportunity with two hands and if we can get up on that wall, then in a few years’ time, when you walk by it, that would be a great feeling.”
Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy: “Yes, I would like to win the trophy. I’m pretty sure that, if we don’t win it, it’s going to be difficult, because when we lose, this is painful.
“But, again, I am optimistic as a person. So hopefully we’re going to do it. And also if it’s going to validate what we are doing. But, if not, I don’t want to think about this because, for the moment, I want to stay positive and this is the way I think.
“I’m going to have many, many other times to show, to do my stuff and to convince the fans that I am the right guy.”
Celtic midfielder Luke McCowan: “We’re disappointed as a team with the last two results and we need to get on top of it.
“We have to [stick by Nancy], there’s no way around it. He’s the manager, he’s got his staff with him, we’re players at this club. He’s the one that’s going to lead us into victories with whatever style and whatever management the way he wants.
“Once it clicks then we’re hopefully thinking that’s going to propel us into the performances we need and winning games most importantly.”
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