One of the buzzwords of Brendan Rodgers’ regime at Celtic has been “honesty”.

The Parkhead manager has backed his players to the hilt whenever fingers have been pointed over penalty decisions or otherwise but it is effectively a label that could be stuck onto the league as a whole.

Scottish football does not need to look too far for its detractors; flick on the radio and it won’t take long for any English based stations to dismiss anything north of the border with a wide sweep of the hand.

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There will be no helicopter drama this weekend, no real tension in terms of just who can pip who to what.

But the one criticism that cannot be levelled at the Scottish game is the honest endeavour that is at its core.

Celtic will do no-one any favours tomorrow afternoon as they get their hands on the league championship trophy, the irony of course being that Brendan Rodgers’ side could help Rangers on their way to grabbing second spot.

The Ibrox side need to take something from their meeting with Hibs at Easter Road – not a given by any stretch of the imagination regardless of how chaotic Leith has been these last few days – and hope that Aberdeen fail to take anything off of Celtic tomorrow if they are to secure the runners-up berth.

But whatever goes on at Easter Road, both Hibs and Rangers will know that they’ll need to earn their points without Celtic giving two hoots about what they do.

Of far more note is what is going on at the other end of the table.

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Partick Thistle head to Dundee this afternoon fighting for their lives in the top flight. It has been a hellish season for the Firhill side and only a win on Tayside will guarantee a Premiership play-off spot; Ross County are still capable of pulling clear of automatic relegation as the Dingwall side sit two points directly behind.

Should Alan Archibald’s side draw and the Highlanders win, it mean curtains for Thistle, a brutal finale to the campaign.

Playing not just for their own livelihoods but also for those who are associated with their respective clubs, it is difficult to quantify the tension and sheer pressure that will underpin the 90 minutes for both Thistle and Ross County and their suffering support.

What you could set your watch by, however, is that there will be no jiggery pokery as team roll up their sleeves and get down to work, whatever that means for them.

At Fir Park, Motherwell and Hamilton can be assured of going at it hammer and tongs as they play out the last derby of the season.

Motherwell may well see it as a dress rehearsal for next weekend’s Scottish Cup final but in terms of bland statistics both are safe and playing for little other than their shirt.

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Yet their performances and results of recent weeks once the split had taken hold suggests that their own professionalism isn’t in question. St Johnstone beat Hamilton Accies on Tuesday night despite having effectively nothing to play for while it was a similar tale from Motherwell who added to Partick Thistle’s woes with their 1-0 win that really brought the dark clouds over Firhill.

Whatever goes on this weekend at grounds up and down the country, they can at least be assured that their fate lies in their own hands. There will be tears and recriminations from either the Jags or County who will face a dreaded automatic slide but they have the ability at least to stare in the mirror this morning knowing that they are masters of their own destiny. It remains to be seen just what that is now.